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Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

At this rate I'll need to buy a bigger hard drive.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:00

Seems a bit of an empty gesture considering people will start migrating to the Xbone soon. PS+ is definitely the more compelling service as it seems a lot of stuff will be cross-compatible between PS3/4/V.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

zaphod79 wrote:

Halo 3 now free for the rest of the month

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... noSplash=1

Dont know why i bothered with the link though because even though its free you cant purchase on there unless you've setup a billing option so you should go get it from your 360

Last day to pick this up if you have not already - not seen any announcements yet for the free games in November

gospvg · **Joined:** 7th Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 2306

World of Keflings & Iron Brigrade (Both XBLA games)

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

gospvg wrote:

World of Keflings & Iron Brigrade (Both XBLA games)

http://majornelson.com/2013/10/31/games ... -november/

Quote:

The next set of free games for Xbox Live Golf Members in November will be A World of Keflings and Iron Brigade.

Starting Friday (November 1st) A World of Keflings (Normally US $9.99) will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through November 15th .

Then on November 16th, Xbox Live Gold Members can download Iron Brigade (Normally US $9.99) for free.

The “Games With Gold” program gives Xbox LIVE Gold Members 2 free games to keep each month. A new title will be available the 1st and 16th of each month.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Mandatory 'update' to the terms and conditions today before you can sign in - you would think that someone .... anyone would actually view this like most customers would via an Xbox and maybe decide that fixing the weird non consistent caps and all the [] characters would be worthwhile right ?

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

zaphod79 wrote:

Mandatory 'update' to the terms and conditions today before you can sign in - you would think that someone .... anyone would actually view this like most customers would via an Xbox and maybe decide that fixing the weird non consistent caps and all the [] characters would be worthwhile right ?

Maybe they noticed, realised nobody reads those things, and didn't bother?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

An article about the creation of Xbox Live (reads quite a bit like it was written by Microsoft to me but still interesting)

http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/11 ... llennium-e

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

zaphod79 wrote:

Mandatory 'update' to the terms and conditions today before you can sign in - you would think that someone .... anyone would actually view this like most customers would via an Xbox and maybe decide that fixing the weird non consistent caps and all the [] characters would be worthwhile right ?

The caps aren't inconsistent; it's legitimately capitalising "Agreement" because it's legalese. The [] stuff is pretty bad though, that's totally some bullet-pointed text that's been copy and pasted out of Word and doesn't render properly anywhere else.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Bamba wrote:

zaphod79 wrote:

Mandatory 'update' to the terms and conditions today before you can sign in - you would think that someone .... anyone would actually view this like most customers would via an Xbox and maybe decide that fixing the weird non consistent caps and all the [] characters would be worthwhile right ?

The caps aren't inconsistent; it's legitimately capitalising "Agreement" because it's legalese. The [] stuff is pretty bad though, that's totally some bullet-pointed text that's been copy and pasted out of Word and doesn't render properly anywhere else.

I'd suggest "Scope of Agreement" was a defined term rather than "agreement".

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Saturnalian wrote:

I'd suggest "Scope of Agreement" was a defined term rather than "agreement".

From reading the full text of the thing 'scope' seems to get a capital letter just for being the first word in that heading but 'agreement' gets capitalised throughout.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

You read the lot? You're crazy nutzoid, man.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

Saturnalian wrote:

You read the lot? You're crazy nutzoid, man.

And you're the law-talking-guy

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

I haven't turned my xbox on in yonks. But, yeah, read stuff Mr & Mrs Public. Mind you, it's not like you can say 'no' to a mandatory update if you want to play online, right?

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Saturnalian wrote:

You read the lot? You're crazy nutzoid, man.

Nah, it popped up when I logged into the website and I just scanned through it looking at the capitalised words to see if I was right.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

I quite liked the fact that the button said 'I accept the terms' rather than 'I have READ the terms'.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Iron Brigade link : http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-gb/Produ ... 0258410a95

Showings as free - but still cant purchase on xbox.com (unless you've added a credit card)

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Next Months 'free with gold' games are :

Gears of War (released November 2006) - current 2nd hand price on Amazon = £2.29
Shoot Many Robots (released on Live Arcade in March 2012) - only available digitally = £6.49

http://majornelson.com/2013/11/27/xbox- ... -december/

Quote:

Xbox Live Gold Members get “Gears of War” and “Shoot Many Robots” Free in December

The next set of free games for Xbox Live Gold Members in December will be Gears of War* and Shoot Many Robots.

Starting Sunday (December 1st) Gears of War (Normally US $19.99) will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through December 15th .

Then on December 16th, Xbox Live Gold Members can download Shoot Many Robots (Normally US $9.99) for free.

The “Games With Gold” program gives Xbox LIVE Gold Members 2 free games to keep each month. A new title will be available the 1st and 16th of each month.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

This is just embarrassing.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Nov 27, 2013 16:07

Saturnalian wrote:

This is just embarrassing.

Indeed. I think it would be better for them in terms of PR to not give away free games if this is how they do it.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Their big problem is that their rival is doing it so much better - if Sony were doing the same 2 old games / 1 downloadable and one classic then it would be fine.

Just to contrast the PSN 'free' games for December (yes i know you dont keep these if you let your PSN lapse whereas you do keep the Microsoft ones but its a close enough comparison)

New to PS Plus :

Resogun - PS4 (released last week)
Contrast - PS4 (released last week)

Grid 2 - PS3 (released May 2013)
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories - Vita (released Oct 2005)
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed - Vita (released Nov 2012)
Guacamelee! - PS3 and PSVita (released April 2013)

Previous titles which will still be available in December

Remember Me - PS3 (released June 2013)
Giana Sisters : Twisted Dreams - PS3 (released June 2013)
X-Com Enemy Unknown - PS3 (released Oct 2012)
LittleBigPlanet Karting - PS3 (released Nov 2012)
Uncharted 3 (single player only) - PS3 (released Nov 2011)
Dragons Dogma - PS3 (released May 2012)

Gravity Rush - Vita (June 2012)
Uncharted: Golden Abyss - Vita (released Feb 2012)

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

There's almost a PS3's worth of games there!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Nov 27, 2013 23:31

PS Plus seems insanely good value.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Info on the Black Friday and other deals that are running on Xbox - Diablo III is the only one that says regions (NA / CA / MX) so the others *should* be global which would mean the games on demand version of Dark Souls is going to be £3 on Monday / Red Dead would be about £5 / Far Cry Blood Dragon would be £2.50

For today Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen down to £6.79

http://majornelson.com/2013/11/26/xbox- ... day-sales/

Quote:

We’ve got so a lot of stuff on sale for the US Thanksgiving Holiday so we thought we’d start today. We’ll also have more deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday that you’ll see further down this post. Since Xbox Live has moved to local currency for Xbox Live Game store purchases, I’ve just included the percent off for each offer. Check your local version of Xbox.com or your Dashboard for pricing in local currency. More on Xbox.com.

Persistent Week-long Offers (26, Nov. – 2, Dec.)
Content Type % off
The Bureau XCOM Declassified Games on Demand 67%
Deadpool Games on Demand 40%
God Mode XBLA 50%
Skyrim Games on Demand 50%
Skyrim: Dragonborn Add-on 50%
Skyrim: Dawnguard Add-on 50%
Fallout 3 Games on Demand 50%
Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta Add-on 66%
Fallout 3: Point Lookout Add-on 66%
Fallout 3: The Pitt Add-on 66%
Fallout 3: Operation: Anchorage Add-on 66%
Fallout 3: Broken Steel Add-on 66%
Wolfenstein 3D XBLA 75%
The Cave XBLA 75%
Rockstar Table Tennis Games on Demand 66%
Tomb Raider Games on Demand 50%
Sleeping Dogs Games on Demand 38%
Mark of the Ninja XBLA 66%
Mark of the Ninja Special Edition Add-on 66%
Runner 2 XBLA 50%
Sacred Citadel XBLA 50%
Deadblock XBLA 75%
Motocross Madness XBLA 75%
Dust XBLA 66%
AMY XBLA 50%
Metro Last Light Games on Demand 50%
Puzzle Quest Challenge of the Warlords XBLA 70%
Puzzle Quest Galatix XBLA 57%

Black Friday 1-Day Offers (29, Nov. only)
Content Type % off
Diablo III (US, CA & MX only) Games on Demand 33%
WWE 2K14 Games on Demand Games on Demand 33%
WWE 2K14 Accelerator DLC Add-on 50%
Halo 4 Champions Bundle Add-on 50%
Rayman Legends Games on Demand 50%
Magic 2014 XBLA 50%
Spider-Man: Edge of Time Games on Demand 67%
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe Games on Demand 67%
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Games on Demand 67%
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Games on Demand 67%
X-Men: Destiny Games on Demand 50%
X-Men: Origins Wolverine Games on Demand 67%
X-Men: The Official Game Games on Demand 67%
Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisien Games on Demand 66%
Onechanbara Games on Demand 80%

Cyber Monday 1-Day Offers (2, Dec. Only)
Content Type % off
Far Cry Blood Dragon XBLA 75%
Red Dead Redemption Games on Demand 75%
The Witcher 2 Games on Demand 75%
Dark Souls Games on Demand 75%
BattleBlock Theater XBLA 67%
Rayman Origins Games on Demand 50%
L.A. Noire Games on Demand 75%
Fast and Furious: Showdown Games on Demand 75%
Men in Black: Alien Crisis Games on Demand 75%

Runcle · **Posted:** Fri Nov 29, 2013 14:23

Look at all the sales. Aren't they wonderful!

Does anyone want to buy a £50 XBOX voucher thing (The new XBLA Points card things) for £45?

BertyBasset · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 334

Cheers for that Zaphod.

Haven't used the 360 for a few days & wasn't aware of this sale.

Currently a bit cash-strapped so I'm not picking up any newer titles at the moment.

However, just grabbed these from the sale :

Motocross Madness : Simple but fun arcade-style "motorbike racing & doing tricks" game. Wouldn't have paid top whack for it but I reckon it's a bargain at the sale price !

Puzzle Quest : Loved this on the PSP but never finished it & only ever played as one character class (and then I sold the PSP). Will be nice to play through it again & maybe finish it this time !

Wolfenstein 3D : Haven't played it before but I bloody love the original Doom games and it's 84p for christ sake !

All in all, £5 well spent I reckon !

More exclamation marks !!!!!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Free Gears of War is up :

http://marketplace.xbox.com/Product/Gea ... e#LiveZone

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Forgot to post it earlier but the free game has switched over to "Shoot Many Robots"

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Produ ... 02584111fb

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:14

/downloads unenthusiastically

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Ah crap, that means I forgot to get Gears of War.

Shows how long it is since I last logged into my Eggbox.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

2 actually decent games for a change with XBL gold this month - but i already have both

http://majornelson.com/2013/12/30/xbox- ... n-january/

Quote:

Xbox Live Gold Members get “Sleeping Dogs” & “Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light” Free in January

The next set of free games for Xbox Live Gold Members in January will be Sleeping Dogs and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.

Starting Wednesday (January 1st) Sleeping Dogs (Normally US $19.99) will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through January 15th .

Then on January 16th, Xbox Live Gold Members can download Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Normally US $14.99) for free.

The “Games With Gold” program gives Xbox LIVE Gold Members 2 free games to keep each month. A new title will be available the 1st and 16th of each month.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Which is better, Sleeping Dogs or Crackdown?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

Tried playing crackdown when it was free a few months back. Fucking hell, what a heap of shit! Barely controllable, garish ugly graphics and just awful all round. If I'd paid forit, iI would've been gutted

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

DavPaz wrote:

Tried playing crackdown when it was free a few months back. Fucking hell, what a heap of shit! Barely controllable, garish ugly graphics and just awful all round. If I'd paid forit, iI would've been gutted

Crackdown has aged poorly - when it first came out the free roaming city you could just jump around in was great however its been surpassed many times since (and SR IV was such a joy to play with that mechanic last year)

Sleeping dogs is a game which *should not be good* it started as another game (True Crime) and then was sold off to another developer who put enough in to make it work and released it but it has some good basic mechanics and a 'fun' story (okay well not fun but it all makes sense in a cheap movie kind of way) and the mission structure works to lead you though the game.

Its definitely worth a play

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

I downloaded Crackdown when it was free but don't have enough space for both.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Mr Russell Sprouts wrote:

I downloaded Crackdown when it was free but don't have enough space for both.

If you've downloaded it then its on your account and you can delete it and re-download it any time in the future (for free)

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

zaphod79 wrote:

Mr Russell Sprouts wrote:

I downloaded Crackdown when it was free but don't have enough space for both.

If you've downloaded it then its on your account and you can delete it and re-download it any time in the future (for free)

Good idea. So it's worth rememberng to re-download?

Actually, I should just look how much a bigger hard drive is.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2014 19:18

DavPaz wrote:

Tried playing crackdown when it was free a few months back. Fucking hell, what a heap of shit! Barely controllable, garish ugly graphics and just awful all round. If I'd paid forit, iI would've been gutted

You are a heap of shit. One of my games of the generation.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

You're so 2005

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is up for free now : http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... e#LiveZone

No details yet on what next months games will be.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

So given that todays the 30th - i'm surprised we dont know what 'next months' games with gold titles are since you should be able to download the first one on Saturday , this suggests that either one of the titles is something great - or they are both junk :-)

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:28

My guess: Brian Lara 2007 and Blue Dragon.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:46

Maybe the promotion has quietly ended?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

British Nervoso wrote:

My guess: Brian Lara 2007 and Blue Dragon.

Nah , thats two 'full price' titles - i'm thinking one of those could be correct with something from XBLA with a metacritic score of between 60 and 70 maybe like

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360 ... -refuelled

Jetpac refuelled or

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/flock!

Flock!

Or if they are really pushing out the boat something thats actually quite good but has been on offer a lot so that people have already bought it - e.g.

Dark Souls would seem like a great deal for them and its already been down to £4 quite a few times on XBL + it could get people excited for the sequel.

Or maybe something like The Maw or Explosion Man which were both good XBL arcade games from 2009 so nearly 5 years old - but i think we might end up with a crappy XBLA and an old 'full game' from the first 2 years of the 360's existence to 'go up against' games that were in the running for a lot of places Game of the Year on PS+

TheVision wrote:

Maybe the promotion has quietly ended?

They had said it would continue through 2014

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

So the games for Feb are announced and are

http://majornelson.com/2014/01/31/xbox- ... -february/

Quote:

Xbox Live Gold Members get Dead Island and Toy Soldiers: Cold War Free in February

February’s set of free games for Xbox Live Gold Members in will be Dead Island and Toy Soldiers: Cold War.

Starting Saturday (February 1st) Dead Island (Normally US $19.99) will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through February 15th .

Then on February 16th, Xbox Live Gold Members can download Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Normally US $14.99) for free.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 18:13

Dead Island? Sweet

myp · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 20:39

Grim... wrote:

Dead Island? Sweet

It's... an acquired taste. I picked it up on Steam for a fiver and it's interesting enough. Much improved with co-op.

Malc · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 20:50

Just realised I haven't downloaded Lara Croft yet, when I try and do so (on my computer) it says the price is £9.99

and when I go to click on it, it asks me to confirm my credit card.

What's going on?

Attachment:

lara croft gol.png

Malc

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Malc wrote:

Just realised I haven't downloaded Lara Croft yet, when I try and do so (on my computer) it says the price is £9.99

and when I go to click on it, it asks me to confirm my credit card.

What's going on?

Malc

Try this link

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... e#LiveZone

What I get is :

Attachment:

Screen Shot 2014-01-31 at 20.06.02.png

(When i log in it just says download because i'd previously bought it)

TheVision · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 21:52

Do you have a gold account?

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