Wait, there's a small catch. Starting April 1st, Microsoft will be offering 72 hours of free gaming to Silver users who wish to take advantage of Xbox Live Gold. This free weekend of multiplayer action is at least a fair taste of what to expect from the prolonged service. We can thank Verizon for the kind gesture, as they're the ones sponsoring it.This should be an interesting stress test with all the new users checking it out. Mark your calendars, that weekend will be here before you know it.
[UPDATE: Looks like that was only tentative, according to Mr. Porcaro here. He says, "The Xbox.com team pulled it down, because the dates were tentative, and details of the promotion still haven’t been finalized. We'll share details as soon as we can." I guess we'll just have to wait then.]
[Thanks, KillerGreen]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-24-2006 @ 12:39PM
James said...
Joystiq has an contradictory story posted only an hour later.
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2-24-2006 @ 1:20PM
RJ said...
now if only we can buy the system by April 1st...
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2-24-2006 @ 1:26PM
Myles said...
Is this for that one weekend, or will all weekends (after April 1st) be free to play on?
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2-24-2006 @ 3:54PM
nojok3 said...
Its one weekend, it supposed to be like HBO free weekends, random times
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2-25-2006 @ 4:24AM
Sneakyobbit said...
In the u.k. when you sign in to the free silver membership, Xbox Live give you a free month trial on Gold. You haven't got to wait till April for this, you can be fragging to your hearts content right now. Thats like 672 hrs of free live play. Bring it on !!!
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2-25-2006 @ 4:30AM
S.A. said...
Is it just me? I remember reading somewhere that they were going to have free weekends, every weekend.
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