Xbe

XBE files (XBox Executable) are the main files that are executed in the Xbox System. In official games, these files are created by game developers, and then signed by Microsoft.

Title ID

A title ID is usually 2 ASCII letters for the publisher, followed by a u16 integer game number (Above 2000 for non-original Xbox games)

Publisher ID	Name
AC	Acclaim Entertainment
AH	ARUSH Entertainment
AQ
AT
AV	Activision
AY
BA
BM
BR
BS	Bethesda Softworks
BU
BV
BW
CC
CK
CM
CV	Crave Entertainment
DC
DX
EA	Electronic Arts (EA)
EC
EL	Enlight Software
EM
ES	Eidos Interactive
FI
FS	From Software
GE
GV
HE
HP
HU
IA
IF
IG
IL
IM
IO
IP
IX
JA
JW
KB
KI
KN
KO
KU
LA	Lukas Arts
LS
MD
ME
MI
MJ
MM
MP
MS	Microsoft Game Studios
MW	Midway Games
MX
NK
NL
NM
OX
PC
PL
RA
SA
SC
SE	Sega
SN
SS
SU
SW
TA
TC
TD
TK
TM	TDK Mediactive
TQ
TS
TT	Take-Two Interactive Software
US	Ubisoft
VC
VN
VU
VV
WE
WR
XI
XK
XL
XM
XP
YB
ZD	Zushi Games, formerly Zoo Digital Publishing

The title ID seems to double the information from the Xbox Game Disc mastering code etched into the ring or readable from the DMI. The game number is expressed in 3 decimal digits here which suggests that it will always be below 1000.

Examples:

FIFA 2003:

• DMI and mastering code: EA02302E (Meaning: publisher EA, game number Zushi Games, formerly Zoo Digital Publishing023, version 02, region Europe)
• Title ID:

Halo (1.02):

• DMI and mastering code: MS00402A (Meaning: publisher Microsoft, game number 004, version 02, region America)
• Title ID: 4D530004 [MS-004]

Halo (1.04):

• DMI and mastering code: MS00404E (Meaning: publisher Microsoft, game number 004, version 04, region Europe)
• Title ID: 4D530004 [MS-004]

Resources and links

• .XBE File Format 1.1