US Games (confirmed region-free)

• Ridge Racer 6 (region-free)
• Call Of Duty 2 (region-free)
• Quake 4 (region-free)
• Condemned (region-free)
• Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (region-free)
• Gun (region-free)
• Amped 3 (region-free)

USA Games (confirmed not region-free)

• Project Gotham Racing 3 (not working on JPN Sys)
• Kameo (not working on JPN Sys)
• Perfect Dark: Zero (not working on JPN Sys)

Japanese Games (all games)

• Ridge Racer 6 (complete english, not region-free)
• Perfect Dark Zero (complete english, not region-free)
• Every Party (not region-free)
• Need for Speed Most Wanted (not region-free)

Here is the sole cheat code I came across for Amped 3 on the Xbox 360.  If you have any more codes, feel free to post them in the comments or email them in and we will add them to the list.

Cheat codes listed below are entered at the cheat menu, under options. Select cheats, then enter the code:

Unlock All Sleds

• RT, X, LT, Down, Right, LB, LT, RT, Y, X

1) Call of Duty 2
2) Condemned: Criminal Origins
3) Kameo: Elements of Power
4) Perfect Dark Zero
5) Project Gotham Racing 3
6) Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
7) NBA 2K6
8) Madden NFL 06
9) Quake 4
10) Amped 3
11) Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
12) NHL 2K6
13) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
14) Gun
15) FIFA Soccer 06 Road to the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Read the full article [here].

2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. today announced Amped 3 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft has shipped to North American retailers. The only snowboard game available for Xbox 360, Amped 3 fuses together the culture, style, music and attitude of snowboarding with intuitive, fun gameplay, creating the most authentic snowboarding experience ever seen in gaming.

Driven by a colorful and humorous storyline, Amped 3 offers gamers the most enthralling trick-based snowboarding game on seven real-world resorts, including Northstar, California; Avoriaz, France; Snowbird, Utah; Valle Nevado, Chile; Zugspitze, Germany; Laax, Switzerland; and DC Mountain Lab, Utah. The Snowbox offers hundreds of challenges at these resorts, with tons of upgrades and swag to unlock upon completing missions and challenges. Players can listen to more than 300 new independent music tracks while performing outrageous tricks on their customized jumps and rails, with the help of the Park Builder. Gamers' top-scored runs, hang-times and crashes are automatically posted on the Xbox Live online game service.

Amped 3 stays true to its roots as the most authentic trick-based snowboarding game on seven new real-world resorts. Amped 3 is three times larger than the levels in the preceding Amped games. The SnowboxTM offers hundreds of challenges at various resorts, including the option for players to test their skills snowmobiling and sledding and then have their top scored runs, hang-times and crashes automatically posted on Xbox Live online gaming service. Given the vastness of the mountains, players explore the backcountry on snowmobile to find the perfect spots and then use the Park Builder for planting their own jumps and rails.

"With Amped 3, 2K Sports has tapped into the power of Xbox 360 to create the most authentic, customized, and unique snowboarding experience for gamers," said Greg Thomas, president of Visual Concepts, a 2K Sports studio. "Amped 3 captures the sport of snowboarding and reflects the style and attitude associated with the snowboarder culture."

Amped 3's Snow Tracks in-game soundtrack features more than 300 new independent music tracks. Select tracks are featured on the exclusive Amped 3 soundtrack CD, available as a pre-sell promotional item at major retailers and at 2K Sports events in November.

2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., today announced the 20 semifinalists in the Amplifier Challenge contest. The Amplifier Challenge allowed fans to choose the bands they want to appear on the Amped 3 Official CD Soundtrack and, starting today, Amped 3 fans can vote for one of the bands to win $10,000 and send them to play at the South by Southwest music festival next spring. The Amped 3 Soundtrack will be available in November as a pre-sell promotional item at major retailers and at 2K Sports events.

The second phase of the Amplifier Challenge will kick off today, with Amped 3 fans logging onto the official Amped 3 web site. On the site they can listen to the 20 tracks featured on the Amped 3 Soundtrack and vote for their favorite. The band that receives the highest average fan rating will win $10,000 and a coveted slot at the revered and influential South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas in March 2006.

2K Sports is proud to announce the following fan-selected bands and songs on the Amped 3 Soundtrack (in no specific order):

• Tub Ring - The Promise Keeper
• Hellogoodbye - Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn
• Halifax - Anthem For Tonight
• Hidden In Plain View - Ashes Ashes
• Houston Calls - Exit, Emergency
• Emery - Studying Politics
• Underoath - It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door
• The Junior Varsity - Get Comfortable
• Anberlin - Paperthin Hymn
• Boys Night Out – Healing
• Cartel - Say Anything (Else)
• The Rocket Summer - Around The Clock
• The Dirtball - Bulldoggin'
• Copeland - No One Really Wins
• Day At The Fair – Coda
• After The Tragedy - The Soul Burns, The Body Decays Pt. 1
• Self Against City - All This Time
• Tears From The Sky - Nailed Down
• Waking Ashland - I Am For You
• June - OK Corral

Amped 3, embodying the snowboard and alternative lifestyle culture and style, has one of the largest selections of music ever in a video game with over 300 Indie tracks from some of today's hottest underground bands. Styles range from punk to techno, rap, hard-core rock and a little bit of everything in between.

Coming soon for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Amped 3 gives snow junkies their fix with an all-new physics engine, perfected controls for all the hottest tricks, and the most authentic riding experience at some of the world's greatest winter resorts. Amped 3 captures the soul of snowboarding with incredible customization, a fat helping of boarding culture and large worlds loaded with addictive gameplay. With a new Terrain Park Builder, bone-breaking sledding and snowmobiles for exploring the terrain, players can be who they want, go where they want and do what they want.