Microsoft's sent over word of a number of Xbox Live deals and promotions headed your way over the next few weeks.
Access to Xbox Live Gold will be free from April 21-25, while Limbo, Castle Crashers, Shadow Complex, Trials HD and Monday Night Combat will all be offered at half price (600 MS Points) for one day only, this Friday, April 15.
Further details of what's available this month follow:
Gears of War 3 Multiplayer Beta
April 18 for Bulletstorm early access, April 25 for everyone else
Xbox Live Arcade
Might & Magic Clash of Heroes (Ubisoft, April 13, 1200 MS Points)
Section 8 Prejudice (Microsoft, April 20, 1200 MS Points)
Fancy Pants (EA, April 20, 800 MS Points)
SEGA sale (April 19-25)
Get up to 50 percent off hit titles from SEGA including "Sonic 4," "Crazy Taxi," and "Outrun Online Arcade!"
Capcom sale (April 12-18)
Marvel vs Capcom 2 (600 MS Points, 50% off)
Mega Man 10 (400 MS Points, 50% off)
Final Fight: Double Impact (400 MS Points, 50% off)
Bionic Commando: Rearmed (400 MS Points, 50% off)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (600 MS Points, 50% off)
Games on Demand
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing - April 12 (worldwide except Japan, Brazil and South Africa)
Toy Story 3: The Video Game - April 12 (Worldwide except Japan, Korea and Russia)
Fallout: New Vegas - April 19
Mafia II - April 19 (Worldwide except Japan, Korea and Brazil)
Lost Planet 2 - April 19 (Worldwide except Japan)
Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch free-to-play video games on Xbox Live.
Comments
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heatuk10 on 13 Apr '11 said:
Never understood why they do FREE gold weekends... doesn't benefit a active Gold Member, but benefits the cheapskate Silver surfers!
singhcoventry on 13 Apr '11 said:
@ heatuk10
To tempt them to cough up, after they've seen how much fun they can have
Windowlicker79 on 13 Apr '11 said:
Its called a promotion. Do you understand what a promotion is?
promotion
something devised to publicize or advertise a product, cause, institution, etc., as a brochure, free sample, poster, television or radio commercial, or personal appearance.
Dentrassi on 13 Apr '11 said:
I've went to buy a game on Sale on XBL before but I am not Gold so it wouldn't give me the Discount. Do you know if this sale on Limbo etc are the same way? Or are Silver XBL users able to buy them at 600 MP too?
Noobsaibot on 13 Apr '11 said:
It would be nice if they added two days onto members who already have a gold membership. I'm very eager to see the SEGA sale as I'll have Sonic 4 if it's down to 600 points.
heatuk10 on 13 Apr '11 said:
@Windowlicker79 your sarcasm kills me :S
Exactly Noobsaibot. I know it's to try and lure Silver Members into getting Gold, but really they just get there weekend fix and never bother with getting Gold and the annual Gold subscribers get nothing!
Windowlicker79 on 13 Apr '11 said:
Just trying to be helpful
I don't really get what you are getting so upset about though. Surely having more people to play online against would be a good thing?
Do you react the same when you go to the supermarket and they have a promotion on? Do you get angry at the people who are trying the free little bits of sausage roll on the bakery counter because you've already got some at home that you paid for previously?
And most people who actually want to play online will pay for a subscription. Personally I don't like playing online. Partly because I'm not that great at playing games and partly because it just seems like a way to meet a continuous stream of rude, vulgar, racist, homophobic and generally completely unsavoury people. I probably wont bother going online on the free weekend. With regards to the people who will go online but don't usually have a gold subscription, they are most likely not that experienced and could just been seen as cannon fodder?
corkscru74 on 13 Apr '11 said:
That makes me So MAD!!!
MPH on 14 Apr '11 said:
Yeah well keep away from me.
*Stuffs face with free sausage rolls*
Mwuahahahaha!
*During the laugh, spits bits of chewed sausage roll all over corkscru74*
*Runs out the store proclaiming himself as the free sample sausage roll king*