region locked games.

If the game is region locked then a code for the game will be region locked. In order to download region locked content, your account region has to match your physical location and you have to be in a region where the game is available.

Well there is your answer

Region locks only apply to region locked content

Yes there are games that are region locked and your accoung region and actual region must match

Resident evil is one of many region locked content

Both games are region locked

Any resident evil or kinect game is region locked

Anything that is triple a titles are region locked

Since both games that are free this month isn't a major title there is no region lock on them

For the best experience with live your account region must match your actual region

However you don't live in an Xbox live region

There is no way to refund prepaid currency cards

You will have to find a game that isn't region locked

Most triple a titles are though

The region locks technically aren't even NTSC/PAL locks because such a differential does not exist within the console. The games are just coded with a region lock. When a region locked game is loaded on a console from another region, it will display an
error message. If a game is region free, it does not look for what region the console comes from and continues to run. The region lock outs for Xbox 360 games these days are down to the publishers, nothing more.

Xbox One on the other hand has no regional lock outs at all for disc games. You can play any Xbox One game on any Xbox One console. There are certain region locks for downloads, but that has nothing to do with NTSC and PAL.

Bios hock is region locked but not ntsc or pal region locked

Region locks don't always apply to games that's why we suggest your location match your actual region and buy consoles and games from your actual region