Microsoft announces "free LIVE weekend" for Halo: Reach owners

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Tomorrow sees the year’s most anticipated game released, Halo: Reach; it is naturally being accompanied by a very large marketing campaign. Halo: Reach is exclusive to the Xbox and, as with other Xbox 360 titles, if gamers want to play online then they need to have an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription.However, this weekend Microsoft will be allowing all owners of Halo: Reach, even if they are only Xbox LIVE Silver subscribers, access to the multiplayer gaming content. The company has said that “from 17-19 September, everyone can enjoy the online multiplayer modes as [they] unlock all the benefits of Xbox LIVE Gold for [their] Silver subscribers”.

It is assumed that many people who buy Halo: Reach over the next few days will already be Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers, but this “free LIVE weekend” might encourage Silver subscribers to also purchase the game this week. This could help increase sales of both the Halo game and Xbox LIVE subscriptions.

Multiplayer gaming on Halo: Reach will allow co-op missions for 4 friends or the ability for 8 players to battle against one another. This weekend will also see some organized multiplayer events such as allowing people to battle against the developers of the game.

Microsoft also said anyone who wishes to buy an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription will be able to buy a specially branded Halo: Reach membership card which provides access to the gaming service for 12 months plus 2 bonus months.

With an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription, more than just multiplayer gaming is available. You can access Twitter and Facebook, watch live TV (various services are used depending on what country one lives in) and watch a lot of films, TV shows and music from various service providers. Later this year, Microsoft will be expanding the Zune integration on the Xbox 360 with access to millions of songs and instant HD movie streaming.

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iTzThE1NOnlYPosted:

iTs a good idea but in the long run it is a ploy for MS because they reach out to People who don't Normally play Live...so good Executive decision On there part i guess....but cool ill be grabbing me some free time this weekend.

AiMxBoTPosted:

TTG_AlexM this is a sneaky way to make money on their game and xbox live, dammit microsoft!

lol ;)

Thats what i was going to say we must think a like. What can i say great minds think a like.

ruupiPosted:

walljumper13 GO HALO REACH!!! reach out to the mexicans!!!


Hahaha :P

TTG_AlexMPosted:

this is a sneaky way to make money on their game and xbox live, dammit microsoft!

lol ;)

MrPerfect209Posted:

im not gettin it today,but ill be on september 16th, my birthday

killermag009Posted:

Wow free live some people are going to be happy

StVincentPosted:

Sonicdevron Not to be rude or anything, but this is some OLD information. I knew of this back in the beginning of August.

Yeah, but some people like me didn't know this.

SonicdevronPosted:

Not to be rude or anything, but this is some OLD information. I knew of this back in the beginning of August.

GangstaCoolPosted:

what was the point of me buying live then.

GEN3R4LPosted:

sweet more people to pwn!!!!!