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Xbox Live Gold free this week end for US, and Europe next WE

Microsoft will give an excellent opportunity to become an Xbox Live Gold member. The Gold service will be free in the US from November 20th from 17:00 GMT until November 23rd. In Europe, players will all be gold players from November 25th from 17:00 GMT 'til November 30th at 17:00 GMT. Good deal !

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wxer5282d ago

lol
so they can ban MORE PPL

HAHAHA

X_iGame_X5282d ago

Lmao yeh must b their plan.

Lifendz5282d ago

see what reaction it gets. How many silvers get online as gold members. Same thing with the price rebate. I hope it does whatever MS wants to see it do so Live can one day be a free service.

sunnygrg5282d ago

"5 days free" counts as a good deal?

dangert125282d ago

if there offline its like being banned already whats your point?

I_LOVE_MYSELF5282d ago

gotta admit... I lold at this

10/10

crck5282d ago (Edited 5282d ago )

Really? I can play my games on my system using my ISP for 3 whole days?! Pass, I'll continue to get my multiplat games on PC or PS3 where I can play them any time I want.

Sarcasm5282d ago

lol, bann 1 million users, and then do a freebie for 3 days. Hilarious MS, hilarious.

gaffyh5282d ago

The reason they are doing it are because they want to boost their XBL subscribers. Give people free access for a while, they get addicted to MW2 online or whatever, then they pay for the service.

Genius move from MS, they're doing everything a few days after MW2 came out because they know it is a popular online game.

darthv725282d ago

especially one that offers up new social features that require gold to use.

Here are the winning ingredients:

Free weekend to try the full service
New features for use with the free weekend service: facebook, twitter, last.fm and netflix (last one not new but new to users who didnt try it before)
Massively popular multiplayer games released recently (MW2/ODST) to use with the free weekend service
20% discount offer on year gold membership
Second season of 1v100 starting soon (fun to play no matter who you are)

I can see more than a few silver's going gold after this.

baum5282d ago

360 Community (of racist 14 year olds) Head and Shoulders Above PS3

vhero5282d ago (Edited 5282d ago )

Wow they desperate to get more sales through banning eh?? Didnt get enough last time as Sony were still outselling them... And no doubt they will use the stats the get and twist them to say that there are something like 10 million gold players always online at once on 360 or some crap. They are good at that...

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Minimee5282d ago

They'll set another new record for sure !

Minimee5282d ago

Too bad european players won't be able to play against US players...well...everybody knows europlayers are better anyway. ^^

Perjoss5282d ago (Edited 5282d ago )

I still dream of the day when xboxlive users can go up against psn users, maybe someone who knows more about netcode and dedicated servers etc can explain why this never happens. We are all gamers trying to have fun after all, why keep us seperated like naughty school kids.

edit: there was already at least 1 game that allowed xblive vs PC gamers, shadow something, cant remember the name now.

Dread5282d ago

better at what

there is no place to be a biggots here in N4G, kindly go back to were you came from.

you give a bad name to Europeans.

Roper3165282d ago

yes we all know euro-players are better losers then US players.

bozebo5282d ago (Edited 5282d ago )

well...
we dont want to play against americans, because M$ always make them the host even if one of us is on a fibre optic line with open NAT :/

i guess the reason they are staggering the weekends of free xbl is to not overload the (rubbish) servers.

@Perjoss
it is not so much a technical challenge. more one of fairness (perhaps more-so with PC vs console) and business.
Of course there are some technical issues but there are dirty workarounds for them

Perkel5282d ago

@ Perjossyou can in FFXI but only ps2 vs x360

outside of MMORG area Xlive vs psn can't happen.

xlive online play is provided Only by ms , their servers for COD GTA etc,

PSN online is just like pc online Developer and ps3 users can host online play .

vhero5282d ago

Sony players can play against 360 owners if the games were exactly the same however since both consoles are differnt the games have obvious differences which makes cross game play impossible. e.g. A glitch may be there on ps3 version that might not be there on 360 version. It would never work in this gen as the consoles are just TOO differn't However an MMO COULD pull it off if you run through a browser or something.. Of course the graphics would suck..

Evil-snuggles5282d ago (Edited 5282d ago )

u most not have xbox live u can play against euro players m$ is a bunch of vultures picking r bones every dam year they got some new os they forcing u 2 buy why do they make u pay 50 bucks 2 play online i have xbox 360 and a ps3 silm let stop lying here fanboys 4 u who have really play on both psn and xbox live live is much better it has cross game chat most players have headset and a dashboard but it's not worth 50 a year that is the cost of a game psn play all game online 4 free why can't m$ let u play online the game u just pay 60 bucks 4 on the system u paid 300 bucks a least sony has great system at a great price blueray , online 4 free and wifi out the box m$ xbox 360 that is 100 and the 20 to 50 u pay to your ip i really hope m$ loses the system war 4 all ur good so don't have 2 pay 4 online play and red rings

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Minimee5282d ago

By the way, is Facebook/Twitter/Zune/Last FM gold member only ?

cyborg69715282d ago

Live should be free every week. Or is live weak as that the title.

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"Unlock the Force: Get the Cantina Band Jam Track in Fortnite's Star Wars Event

Discover how to acquire the iconic Cantina Band Jam Track in the Fortnite x Star Wars collaboration. Gear up for an intergalactic musical journey in Fortnite's latest event.

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Games That Were Bad on Release, But Are Now Great

BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.

Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."

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Terry_B2d ago

Good list..hoped to see Street Fighter 5 there..and it is.

Vits2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.

darthv722d ago

Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.

I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.

Kaii2d ago

They consider FO 76 & ME Andromeda to be great now 🤭

anast2d ago

Every game in the last 2 decades...

INMATEofARKHAM1d 21h ago

It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.

gunnerforlife1d 10h ago

Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.

S2Killinit1d 6h ago

That game was just plain good game. It didnt improve, it was just good.

gunnerforlife1d 4h ago

I don't know, I got it abit late, and struggled for a few days, and then all of a sudden it just got good!!

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Fallout 4 Xbox Series X|S Review | TheXboxHub

Richard writes: "Now was the right time to release the Fallout 4 Xbox Series X|S update. It just could have been more."

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anast3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

They aren't going to give more. We are talking about a company that has rereleased an 13 year old game at least 5 times.