Microsoft Canada sends word about two cool deals during the month of December. Free Multiplayer gaming for the month of December for select games on the Xbox 360 and starting this coming Monday December 8th, Canadian gamers will be able to buy select Xbox LIVE Arcade games, Xbox Original or even Maps for a discount. Sorry no cheap movie rentals or anything of the like, but the discounts for the games will be posted on the Xbox Canada website starting on Monday.
Players with Xbox Live Silver Memberships will have the opportunity to taste some of the multiplayer experience before they upgrade to gold memberships. Microsoft is calling this Friendship is Free and for a month these players that have yet to upgrade will see the multiplayer functionality functions for eight games be unlocked for them to try out.
Five Xbox Live games and one game are to get avatars. The games to get avatars are Hardwood Hearts, Hardwood Spades, Small Arms, UNO, and Bomberman Live are to get avatars. Scene It? Box Office Smash is also included. Also, a new Xbox Live arcade game will have playable avatars.
Todo Juegos (translated) is reporting that Microsoft is planning a new promotion for Europe. Said promotion should run between November 1st, 2007 until January 31st, 2008. The gist of it is pretty simple. Just get a friend to purchase a new 360 at some point during the promotion, attach a copy of the receipt to a special coupon (PDF link), mail it in, and both you and your friend will receive ten free Xbox Live Arcade games. The games reportedly offered are: * Sensible World of Soccer * Sonic the Hedgehog * Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting * Bomberman LIVE * Marble Blast Ultra * Spyglass Board Games * Small Arms * 3D Ultra MiniGolf Adventures * Assault Heroes * Zuma Deluxe
Score a touchdown this week or compete in the match of the millennium ¿ Cyberball 2072 and Fatal Fury Special are coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade! Both titles will be available for download on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT). Additionally, four Xbox LIVE Arcade favorites will be available for half their regular price this weekend. See below for details. Limited Time Xbox LIVE Arcade Price Drop Celebrate this Labor Day weekend by downloading four Arcade favorites for half the price! For the 48 hour period beginning at 12:00 a.m. GMT on Sunday, September 2 (5:00 p.m. PDT on Saturday, September 1) and continuing through 11: 59 p.m. GMT (4:59 p.m. PDT) on Monday, September 3, the following Xbox LIVE Arcade games will be available for half their usual price: · Small Arms ¿ 400 Microsoft Points (normally 800 Microsoft Points) · Zuma Deluxe¿ 400 Microsoft Points (normally 800 Microsoft Points) · Gauntlet ¿ 200 Microsoft Points (normally 400 Microsoft Points) · Dig Dug ¿ 200 Microsoft Points (normally 400 Microsoft Points)
Gastronaut has launched the official site for Small Arms.
Major Nelson posted the following information regarding the XBLA Challenge: For all the players who have registered for and are competing in the Global Arcade Challenge, there is an update on the Small Arms competition. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, the Small Arms TruSkill Rankings Leaderboard was not wiped on 12/24 at 12:01AM GMT. To ensure all players have a level playing field, we are moving the competition to early January. We are in the process of working out the details and will post them later this week. When the new date is posted, all you have to do is play; all registrations will continue to be valid. Thanks you for your participation in the Arcade Challenge and hope you are having a happy holidays! It is apparent that last nights server crash was the cause for this.
Microsoft opened today the registration for the first two events in the Xbox Live Arcade Challenge. The first two events feature the recently released Xbox Live Arcade titles Lumines Live! and Small Arms.
In their latest edition, the Official Xbox Magazine has again rated all new Xbox 360 game that have been released last month. Sonic the Hedgehoc is the only game that scores below average, the other rates are pretty good. The full list: Lost Planet (Xbox 360, Capcom): 8,0 Star Trek Legacy (Xbox 360, Bethesda): 8,0 Sonic The Hedgehog (Xbox 360, Sega): 4,5 DOA Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360, Tecmo): 6,5 Viva Pinata (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 8,5 Phantasy Star Universe (Xbox 360, Sega): 6,5 Call of Duty 3 (Xbox 360/Xbox, Activision): 8,0 Superman Returns (Xbox 360, EA): 6,5 Tony Hawks Project 8 (Xbox 360, Activision): 7,5 College Hoops 2K7 (Xbox 360, 2K Sports): 9,0 Roboblitz (Xbox 360 XLA, Microsoft): 8,5 Small Arms (Xbox 360 XLA, Gastronaut Studios): 7,5 Contra (Xbox 360 XLA, Konami): 6,5 Novadrome (Xbox 360 XLA, Stainless Games): 7,0 Defender (Xbox 360 XLA, Midway): 6,5
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