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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:05 ] |
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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. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 16:56 ] |
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Which is better, Sleeping Dogs or Crackdown? |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 17:16 ] |
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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 |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 17:43 ] |
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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 |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 18:06 ] |
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I downloaded Crackdown when it was free but don't have enough space for both. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 18:09 ] |
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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) |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 19:00 ] |
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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. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 19:18 ] |
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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. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 23:11 ] |
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You're so 2005 |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:23 ] |
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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. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:08 ] |
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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 :-) |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:28 ] |
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My guess: Brian Lara 2007 and Blue Dragon. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:46 ] |
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Maybe the promotion has quietly ended? |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:07 ] |
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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 |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 18:05 ] |
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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. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 18:13 ] |
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Dead Island? Sweet
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 20:39 ] |
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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. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 20:50 ] |
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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 |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 21:06 ] |
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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) |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 21:52 ] |
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Do you have a gold account? |
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| Author: | Malc [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 22:08 ] |
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TheVision wrote: Do you have a gold account? I have 4! Malc |
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| Author: | Malc [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 22:12 ] |
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zaphod79 wrote: 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) That works, does that mean microsoft think I am American? I just went through getting my son's account converted to UK because he couldn't logon since the family account became 4 seperate accounts. Malc |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: XBLA thread-oh |
Dead Island is now showing as 'free' - follow this link to get it : http://marketplace.xbox.com/Product/Dea ... 024b4d07df |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:46 ] |
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Toy Soldiers is now live for Games With Gold : http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... dType=Game |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:13 ] |
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also the cold war dlc was free yesterday, I assume it still is. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:14 ] |
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I enjoyed this game when it first came out but I honestly think it's impossible on the hardest setting. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Feb 26, 2014 16:29 ] |
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£15.99 for Pac-man museum. Good grief. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Feb 26, 2014 16:39 ] |
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TheVision wrote: £15.99 for Pac-man museum. Good grief. So I've not checked the Xbox version but its supposed to have Pacman Battle royale included (the first home release of this version) http://majornelson.com/2014/02/26/arcad ... an-museum/ Quote: Pac-Man Museum is now on Xbox Live! Pac-Man Museum includes 9 classic Pac-Man arcade games, including the original Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man games that spread Pac-Man Fever around the world in the 1980s. PAC-MAN stars in a nostalgia-packed collection of the greatest PAC-MAN games of all time. PAC-MAN MUSEUM will include classic PAC-MAN titles as well as newer releases, allowing gamers to play through the evolution of PAC-MAN from his humble beginnings from 1980 through current hits like PAC-MAN Championship Edition and PAC-MAN Battle Royale. To celebrate debut of “PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures”, the characters from the cartoon have burst into PAC-MAN MUSEUM! Head to the Pac-Room to check out more than 70 characters and items! Challenge your friends and the best players in the world on your favorite PAC-MAN games with worldwide leaderboards. PAC-Mania lives! Whether it’s your first time playing or you are a Pac-Man expert, catch up on your Pac-Man history! It’s fever time |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Feb 26, 2014 16:47 ] |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Feb 26, 2014 16:54 ] |
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Wow. I didn't realise that it came with all that. Sold! |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Sat Mar 01, 2014 0:29 ] |
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March's games with gold are Civ Rev and Dungeon Defenders : http://majornelson.com/2014/02/28/xbox- ... -in-march/ Quote: Xbox Live Gold Members get Civilization Revolution and Dungeon Defenders Free in March March’s set of free games for Xbox Live Gold Members in will be Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution and Dungeon Defenders. Starting Saturday (March 1st) Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (Normally US $29.99) will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through March 15th . Then on March 16th, Xbox Live Gold Members can download Dungeon Defenders (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. |
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:05 ] |
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A combined nine years old between them. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:09 ] |
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Dungeon Defenders is now live : http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... noSplash=1 |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 17:38 ] |
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Games with Gold for April are Hitmand and Deadlight http://majornelson.com/2014/03/31/xbox- ... -in-april/ Quote: Xbox Live Gold Members Get Hitman: Absolution and Deadlight Free in April
April’s set of free games for Xbox Live Gold Members will be Hitman: Absolution and Deadlight. Starting Tuesday (April 1st) Hitman: Absolution (Normally US $19.99) will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through April 15th. Then on April 16th, Xbox Live Gold Members can download Deadlight (Normally US $14.99) for free through April 30th. 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. |
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| Author: | TheCookie197 [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 19:39 ] |
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Is that a game NEWER than 3 years old? |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 20:04 ] |
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Cookie197 wrote: Is that a game NEWER than 3 years old? Theres a really good spreadsheet that someone put together on Neogaf : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub ... utput=html Attachment: Screen Shot 2014-03-31 at 20.01.45.png So Hitman becomes one of only 2 retail 2012 releases on the system ( Shoot many robots and Magic 2013 being the other 2012 releases) |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 20:37 ] |
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Eww... Crackdown. |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 20:39 ] |
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is it any good? |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 20:45 ] |
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I liked Deadlight a lot. Very nice twaz. There's a thread about here about it. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:35 ] |
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Deadlight is now free for gold members (until the end of the month) http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... noSplash=1 |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:50 ] |
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zaphod79 wrote: Deadlight is now free for gold members (until the end of the month) http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... noSplash=1 It didn't review massively well but I really enjoyed it. It's very pretty as well. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Tue Apr 22, 2014 16:08 ] |
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Interesting post about the Xbox Ops area : http://www.totalxbox.com/73483/features ... ns-centre/ |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu May 01, 2014 20:57 ] |
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This months games with gold are Dust an Elysian tail http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... ?cid=SLink And Saints Row 3 |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Fri May 16, 2014 14:33 ] |
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zaphod79 wrote: And Saints Row 3 Saints row 3 for 'free' is now on their site http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... dType=Game |
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| Author: | RuySan [ Fri May 16, 2014 14:45 ] |
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zaphod79 wrote: This months games with gold are Dust an Elysian tail http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produ ... ?cid=SLink And Saints Row 3 Dust looks good but it's mind-numbingly boring. It just made me fire up the GBA emulator to play some castlevania. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Fri May 23, 2014 10:39 ] |
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It looks like Microsoft are sending out reminders to people who had points in their account which were switched over to 'cash' in June last year It goes to the email address you have registered for your account - so may not be your regular one - worth checking as you only have about a month to spend whatever is left on there otherwise you lose it. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Fri May 23, 2014 10:44 ] |
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zaphod79 wrote: It goes to the email address you have registered for your account - so may not be your regular one - worth checking as you only have about a month to spend whatever is left on there otherwise you lose it. Or alternatively: they lost me. If they're going to arbitrarily remove money I've spent, there's sod all chance that I'm ever going to do so again. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Fri May 23, 2014 10:53 ] |
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Mr Dave wrote: zaphod79 wrote: It goes to the email address you have registered for your account - so may not be your regular one - worth checking as you only have about a month to spend whatever is left on there otherwise you lose it. Or alternatively: they lost me. If they're going to arbitrarily remove money I've spent, there's sod all chance that I'm ever going to do so again. Not clear on exactly how this would work but you may be interested http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/1 ... 37772.html Quote: Got Xbox Live Gold And Don't Need It Anymore? Microsoft Will Pay You Back Microsoft recently announced a major change to its online subscription. Starting in June, an Xbox Live Gold membership will no longer be required to access third-party apps like Hulu Plus and Netflix. However, the new standard doesn’t do much good for the vast number of users who have paid $59.99 for an entire year of an Xbox Live Gold membership they no longer need. Luckily, Microsoft has offered these people a solution. Once the new update goes live, Xbox Live Gold subscribers who want to cancel their subscription will receive a refund if they do so before the end of August. “If you purchased a Gold membership before the changes to Gold are available in June you have until 31 August 2014 to cancel, and receive a pro-rata refund of any unused days remaining between the day that you cancel and the day that your paid Gold membership ends,” Microsoft writes on its Xbox FAQ. An Xbox Live Gold membership is still required to use the Xbox 360 or Xbox One for multiplayer gaming. I have Live until some point next year |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Fri May 23, 2014 11:00 ] |
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Live ran iut a few months ago. I still have some cash in there, but not enough to buy anything I'd want. And as I'm not putting in any more, it's going to disappear. Still, I'm sure it's worth it for them. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Sat May 31, 2014 21:45 ] |
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http://majornelson.com/2014/05/30/xbox- ... Id=8370757 Quote: Xbox Live Games with Gold for June 2014
Next month, Xbox Live Gold members can look forward to a total of five free games on Xbox One and Xbox 360. As Head of Xbox Phil Spencer recently announced, June’s system update will debut Games with Gold on Xbox One, with Max: The Curse of Brotherhood and Halo: Spartan Assault. We will announce specific dates that these games will be available soon. On Xbox 360, Xbox Live Gold members will receive a bonus third title in June to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Games with Gold. Starting Sunday, June 1st, Dark Souls (normally US $19.99) will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through June 15th. Then on June 16th, Xbox Live Gold Members can download two titles, Charlie Murder (normally US $9.99) and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (normally US $29.99) , for free through June 30th. |
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