Who here has played the Japanese Resident Evil 5 demo? You know, the one that works perfectly fine on non-Japanese Xbox 360s and whose default language is English? Yeah, that one!

Apparently, Microsoft has begun preventing gamers from playing the scrumptiously sinister demo's online co-op by kicking players off of Xbox LIVE when they attempt to boot up Resident Evil 5 without a Japanese IP address.

I suppose if you were adamant enough about playing the demo online, you could always resort to using a proxy or some other form of Internet-related trickery to bypass the region locks, but who has the time?

While there were a few good community discussions in the Cblogs and forums, I think Resident Evil 5 needs some front page love as well. Personally, I loved what I played -- for the most part. There are a few kinks in there, sure, but nothing that cannot be fixed by March. What about you guys? Spill your guts!

[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]