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Since I haven't booted my Xbox 360 up yet today, I haven't seen the glory that is the new dashboard update. From what I hear, it's decent. Not super useful, and not really good or bad, just "decent."

Just in time for Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM, Netflix, Sky Player, Halo Waypoint and 1 vs. 100, Microsoft is dishing out some free Xbox LIVE Weekends to let Silver members see what the fuss is about. If you fall into this category, you'll definitely want to check out that last one.

Major Nelson tells us the free online fun is split up into two distinct periods:

  • European Xbox LIVE regions: November 25th from 17:00 GMT until November 30th at 17:00 GMT
  • All other regions: November 20th from 12:00 PM EST until November 23rd at 12:00 PM EST.

Are any of you Silver members thinking of taking advantage of this offer? I can't wait to see how many more Modern Warfare 2 player there will be when this goes into effect.








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Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:35
Justice
Yay now I can hold off redeeming my free month voucher for a bit.
darknil's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:36
darknil
It's a nice gesture.. unless this ends up in one big wave of bans.. I see it coming.. just wait for it..
Black Nexus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:36
Black Nexus
Well its about freakin tim (looks up and see's TEMPORARY).

Never mind.
koehler83's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:39
koehler83
meh..

Can't play Lost Odyssey online anyway.
Shadowiii's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:41
Shadowiii
Gold already, the $30 for a year deal at Best Buy secured that.
Well..woo?
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:48
mistic
so do gold members get 5 days extra for free then? ( at the end of their subscription? )
glasgowryan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:48
glasgowryan
applause
Toneman's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:52
Toneman
If you have a 360 you should already have gold Live. If not then you're not a REAL gamer. And you're a nerd.
Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:56
Tarvu
So I have three days on an American account and 5 days on european ones?

COOL. Not that I have the tiem. Sad face.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 15:59
Xzyliac
To this day I still don't see what the big deal is about paying for Xbox Live.

*shield*
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:00
Electrium
I would hardly call it a nice gesture, they're just trying to tempt more Silver members into dropping cash. Blehh.
moocow21's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:02
moocow21
AHA! My 12+1 month gold just happens to expire on 11/21. Now I already have another 12 month card (which I got for $30 on amazon using a $10 gift card) waiting to punch in, but now I can squeeze two gratis days out of MS before I use it! I guess it just goes to show how cheap I am that I revel in getting 2 free days out of a year. :D
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:03
Mr Andy Dixon
This actually works out great for me, since I'm taking my box up to a buddy's house this weekend for 48 hours of straight gaming (as opposed to gay gaming?), and being able to sign him (and others) into Live will make things all the more fun.
Hohojirozame's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:18
Hohojirozame
Why don't they give the US the European times? That's Thanksgiving weekend for crying out loud!
matoos's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:19
matoos
Toneman: So single-player gamers or people who prefer to use a real network connection for their multiplayer are not gamers anymore? Noted, thanks dude. I'll let my girl know that she will need to buy an Xbox360 and a Live Gold membership to finish this local Splosion man session we've started.
reindall's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:25
reindall
Rejoice people, you'll get something that should be free of charge for free for a few days!
Space Moose's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:26
Space Moose
@ matoos

People who play single player games are reclusive nerds without gf's stop lying.
TOEmastro's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:31
TOEmastro
I'll use it to download the LFD2 demo
Oncomouse's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:35
Oncomouse
I have a gold account mainly for the Netflix Streaming. I rarely if ever play online though because I prefer story driven, single player games. I don't care about shooting random strangers in the face.
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:51
Rosseh
Meh, I've kind of already committed myaelf to not caring about gold anymore and have lost nearly all motivation for playing online. I might give Fight Night Round 3 another go though. I met some really cool people last time I played. In fact I didn't meet a single person who called me a faggot, everyone was really nice.

The most confusing thing for me still is the demos. They want me to pay £40 a year, to download an advert to pay another £40-£50 pound for a game? So I'm charged for advertising? I guess they think I'm hyped for demos.
Perfidious Sinn's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 16:54
Perfidious Sinn
My Gold expired a few weeks ago and I can't afford to re-up right now.
I will take full advantage of this by blowing off school and work to play Modern Warfare 2 with my friends. I mean, "squad".
m0sen's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 17:00
m0sen
a nice side effect is that all the fags with a modded console went online and get crushed by the new banwave :-D :-D
TechnicolorDewDrop's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 17:10
TechnicolorDewDrop
nice to have some temporary new players. renewed my 12-month Gold subscription back in August for $20 (bought a 3-month card and instead received 12 months)
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 17:26
Xzyliac
@m0sen
Hey! You can't call people fags around here!
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 17:46
Mr Andy Dixon
@m0sen

Yep, gotta love those homosexuals and their modded consoles. What will the gays come up with next?
Everyday Legend's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 18:47
Everyday Legend
Unless he's speaking of Harley riders.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 20:16
Xzyliac
@Everyday Legends
I love you.
manasteel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2009 21:16
manasteel88
yeah...right when I go out of town they want to give people free gold...
Mundilius's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/18/2009 02:48
Mundilius
How fun, my regular payed for european gold subscription runs out on the 30th..
Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 16:17
Tarvu
At 5pm GMT I can start using an American account for online games!

Though I doubt I will. Wait a minute, tomorrow is Friday! But FNF will invariably be MW2 and L4D2, laem.
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