Microsoft offers Holiday Deal of the Week prices and free online play for Silver members for select Arcade titles
Microsoft is giving holiday love for Xbox Live Gold members in the form of slashed prices on the Xbox 360 Marketplace from now until the end of December.
Called the “Holiday Deal of the Week” program, there will be a new deal each week that will be available to download at a lower price worldwide from it’s announcement on Monday (which will be revealed on Xbox Live director of programming Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb’s blog) until the following Tuesday. After which it will have expired and a new deal will go up.
The first deal on offer will be the Halo 3 - Legendary Map Pack for 400 Microsoft Points ($5), which is a savings of $2.50. The Halo 3 - Legendary Map Pack adds three new battlegrounds to Bungie’s acclaimed shooter: Ghost Town, Blackout, and Lockout. It normally sells for $7.50.
In addition to this, Microsoft has announced the “Friendship Is Free” program which will allow Xbox Live Silver Members to play certain Xbox Live Arcade games online for free (normally you can only play online with a Gold Membership).
There are eight titles which are part of this program and they include:
A Kingdom for Keflings, Aegis Wing, Bomberman Live, Hardwood Hearts, Hardwood Spades, UNO, Small Arms and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.
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