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Free Xbox LIVE Weekend Announced

Microsoft Studios has announced that the next ‘Gold Unlocked Free Live Weekend’ will take place from 12.00pm midday BST on Friday, 3rd May 2013, until 23:59 BST on Sunday, 5th May. Xbox 360 gamers will be able to enjoy multiplayer gaming with Gears of War: Judgment, FIFA 13 Ultimate Team Spring Classic, Halo 4 and many more for free.

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blitz06234008d ago (Edited 4008d ago )

They are probably doing this to see how many people without Gold will go on to play for free and use the results to decide whether they will make the 720 free to play online or not.

admiralvic4008d ago

I got to disagree with you there. Not only is this information pretty much irrelevant (how many people are going to try to play online if they don't know about the free weekend... thats right, zero), especially if you don't read online sites, but it goes without saying that free live would be more "successful" than paid. In either case, they've made a killing on Live and don't have a real reason to change that at the moment.

r1sh124008d ago (Edited 4008d ago )

Yea I dont think MS are going to let go of the money they are making from live.

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GameCents4007d ago

Funny how? Funny as in Xbox Live creates a revenue stream that keeps people in thier jobs and Microsoft not having to axe 10 000 people and shut down studios? That kinda funny?

Oh_Yeah4007d ago (Edited 4007d ago )

Microsoft isn't hurting for money bud, think again.. They're one of the richest companies in the world. Xbox live is just a scheme they have set up to reach into more pockets of those gullible enough to pay for something that's free elsewhere.

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ApolloTheBoss4008d ago

I'm just here for the comments section.

Gazondaily4008d ago

It's gonna get messy in here that's for sure.

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Xbox 360 Turns 18: Three Cheers to Live, Halo, and Red Rings

The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.

darthv72149d ago

Great platform, and many of its games (not bc) still hold up well to this day. Like the PS3, I keep a 360 hooked up for those games you can't play any other way.

isarai149d ago

The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.

TheBrainZ149d ago

So many brilliant games. I still have one stored somewhere.

LG_Fox_Brazil148d ago

I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces

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Our Favorite Villains in Gaming - Roundtable

There have been plenty of great villains in video games over the years. Now it's time for the VGU crew to name a few of their favorites.

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Which Far Cry Should I Start With? - A Beginner's Guide 2023

If you’re new to this long-running franchise, we’ve got you covered.

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masterfox402d ago

Farcry 3 and literally thats it! lol

GamingSinceForever400d ago (Edited 400d ago )

I recently tried 3 for the first time but the frame rate was a turnoff.

I liked 5 and 6 though.

banger88400d ago

If you have a Series X or S, the Xbox 360 version runs at 60 fps with fps boost. It's a shame the remaster doesn't.

isarai402d ago

2 and 3, pretty much the only ones i really enjoyed. 1 was amazing for the time but aged quite poorly. 4 has the elephant gun, all i can praise from any entry after 3 lol

cooperdnizzle400d ago

Ummmm 3 than stop.

Okay maybe two as well. But yeah probably 3 and then move on.

JEECE400d ago (Edited 400d ago )

Far Cry 2. People constantly rant about games now being too easy, holding your hand, having too many unnecessary RPG-lite leveling features, etc. People specifically complain about open world games being too focused on tons of collectibles and "checkmarks" that just waste time.

Far Cry 2 is an answer to all of those complaints. It was made by Ubisoft before they fell into all the traps discussed above (and before they started inserting towers into their games to defog the map). It has respawning enemies, weapons that degrade, and the collectible diamonds are very useful in the game (which you find in a similar way to the way you find shrines in BOTW with a radar system). The map you have is an in game item you pull out while playing, not a pause menu that is unnecessarily detailed. Also the enemy AI and physics are much better than later entries in the series.

It has a mixed reputation because people at the time said it was too hard, the weapon degradation was annoying, and then respawning enemies were annoying. FC2 came out in 2008, so this was before games like Dark Souls and BOTW had come out and made it cool to like these types of features.

XbladeTeddy400d ago

Far Cry 2, the one with the AI that find you through walls and trees, can one shot you from a mile away and have 100% accuracy? That was frustrating not fun because cheap AI.

JEECE400d ago (Edited 400d ago )

Uhh, I mean, it isn't one of these games where once the enemies have detected you they will magically forget you exist because you walked behind a wall or went into a bush. And yeah the AI isn't stormtrooper level accuracy. Again, these are positives, not negatives to me.

To be fair, I'm really directing this at the people most critical of "Modern Ubisoft" or "Modern Open World" design elements. Like the type of people who fawned all over Elden Ring because it had a clean UI because they are so burnt out by the "checkbox" type of open world design.

If you like those types of games, then a later FC game like 3 and especially 4-5 would be more your style.

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