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Xbox Live Subscribers to Get Free XBLA Game
Anyone who has a membership to Xbox Live and has tried to play recently will be able to agree on one thing; the servers have been about as unstable as Brittany Spears. No, Bill Gates hasn't shaved his head or danced mediocrely with a bit of extra weight flying around – at least I sure hope not – but the Xbox Live servers sure do have some sort of problem. If anyone has even been lucky to connect to the servers while playing an online game they will notice the lag is certainly unbearable.
Fortunately Microsoft's Xbox Live General Manager Marc Whitten has released a statement regarding this issue, acknowledging that a high volume of users created new accounts to experience Xbox Live over the holiday season causing the servers to lead to connection problems for all users.
Do not fear though, because compensation ensues. Microsoft will be offering all Xbox Live members around the world access to a free download of an Xbox Live Arcade game in the near future in order to soothe our hardships from the lack of gaining that extra XP on Call of Duty 4 or fraggin' through countless games of Slayer in Halo 3. What game they will be offering us as well as when this will be available has not been announced yet, but details will be announced shortly.
I sure hope the game is a fun one. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved would be a good choice; but please, no more free download attempts for Carcassone! (Gaming Steve: Hey, I love that game!)
For the record, I love Carcassone too! Microsoft has just offered that as a free download way too many times in the past; I already have it! Give us something new!
Posted by Steven Mills at January 4, 2008 11:53 AMJust wait and see. It's going to be that awefull spongebob game.
Posted by unknownczar at January 4, 2008 1:15 PMI was led to believe it was gold and silver members.
"we will be offering ALL of our Xbox LIVE members..."
Posted by Teddings at January 4, 2008 1:44 PMi hope its the new street fighter or rez hd or even metal slug 3
Posted by eric at January 5, 2008 1:29 PMOuch...Carcassonne is a great game...both on Xbox Live AND the tabletop. Don't get me wrong, Geometry Wars is great, too...but if they give out a game that everyone already has, I'm going to be upset. Let's hope for Rez HD, Ikaruga, or the initial installment of Castle Crashers (which would be wise to give away anyways, since it'll get everyone hooked to buy the further installments).
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