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TSron4
post Jan 7 2008, 12:35 AM, updated 18y ago

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Microsoft will be offering all of Xbox LIVE members around the world access to a full Xbox LIVE Arcade game that will be available to download free of charge soon.

More detail here
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50584

http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/20080103_xbl_010308.x

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post Jan 7 2008, 12:52 AM

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not all, only ONE live arcade game.

but what was the best was the first comment from the link:
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In the end, whats truly laughable about this - is the fact that when live goes down, the very DRM'ed content they are offering you - is USELESS when your 360 ends up going in for repair or you upgrade.

I'd much rather them fix the DRM issue, and allow us to resign XBLA and DLC content to a new 360 - than any free amount of content.

Fix the cause you know? Not the symptom.
LIVE down and all your DLC/Arcade is useless if you have changed console.
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post Jan 7 2008, 01:23 AM

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^It still works, but you need to connect to Live. Still very problematic if your XBLA come from various account...

Since the approach Microsoft taking are very much Itunes alike, they should have let user to "enable" it on few Xbox360, like Itune DRMed music can be play on up to 5 PC.
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post Jan 20 2008, 10:27 AM

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Marc announced that all Xbox LIVE members (Gold and Silver) around the world would have access to a full Xbox LIVE Arcade game to download free of charge. We're pleased to announce that beginning next Wednesday, 2:00 a.m. PST through Sunday, 11:59 p.m. PST, Xbox LIVE members worldwide can download the full version of the recent award-winning Xbox LIVE Arcade game, Undertow.
This is the promise from M$ due to their network unstability issue durinig christmas/new year. We will be able to download Undertow free start from next week wednesday smile.gif

Source: http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/200...eeofCharge.aspx
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post Jan 21 2008, 11:12 AM

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http://www.ripten.com/2008/01/18/cheers-un...xbox-live-game/
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post Jan 27 2008, 12:53 PM

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I dont know why no one bothered to create a thread to alert everyone, I knew about the start of the free download when they announce it on Jan 18. It is free from Jan 23 to Jan 27, so for those who havent downloaded the game, do so. It is an alright game for something so cheap (800 MS points) and better yet, it is free.

XBL Arcade, go for it.
Sd-RawK-Cab25
post Jan 27 2008, 02:02 PM

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there's no thread for it cos it's already discussed in the Xbox Live Arcade thread maybe? ..oh and you're not the only who knew it since 18 jan.

thanks for the heads up anyway.

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post Jan 27 2008, 02:24 PM

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rofl. well iwouldnt have known till i read this thread, thanks for the heads up..

is free for life right? if we dl it between those days?
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post Jan 27 2008, 04:23 PM

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QUOTE(VonDrake @ Jan 27 2008, 01:24 AM)
rofl. well iwouldnt have known till i read this thread, thanks for the heads up..

is free for life right? if we dl it between those days?
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yeah it is for life. but one thing im not sure is if i deleted the game off my hdd, or any arcade game off my HDD, what becomes of them? do i still get to download the same copy in the future?
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post Jan 27 2008, 11:01 PM

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Once you downloaded it, it's yours for life. You can redownload it for free.
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post Jan 28 2008, 06:11 AM

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QUOTE(PrivateJohn @ Jan 27 2008, 11:01 PM)
Once you downloaded it, it's yours for life. You can redownload it for free.
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okay uhm lets say i downloaded it 11.50 pm on sunday the 27th (american time) and download for 30 mins then disconnect... Will i be able to finish my dl and still play?
cause i think thats exactly what happened XD
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