Microsoft Reveals Free XBLA Game to Compensate for Xbox Live Downtime
By Jonathan on Friday, January 18th, 2008 at 1:46 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Games, Games Industry, Microsoft, Microsoft
Awhile back, Microsoft announced they would be offering a free Xbox Live Arcade title to all subscribers to compensate for the Xbox Live downtime over the holidays. Well, that title has finally been revealed, and it’s (drumroll, please)…Undertow. Yep, that’s right, it’s the critically praised underwater shooting game, where players battle in ocean arenas either online or in an offline single-player campaign. The game normally costs 800 MS points, but you can snag it for free from January 23rd to the 28th. If you already own the game, then you need to contact Xbox Support for a refund.
Meh, I guess it beats the rumors of Uno being the designated freebie. I don’t even own the game, but I’ll gladly take it for free; though I would’ve really preferred just the Microsoft points.
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Hardly the greatest XBLA game ever but at least it’s not Hexic 2 or some other crappy puzzle game.
Ehh, I hear it’s good, but personally I would have preferred something else. You really couldn’t make everyone happy with the selection, no matter what Microsoft decided upon.
Why not just give 800 points out to everyone.
Sure the games free but to date i have found only a couple of Arcadee games that were even worth downloading.
….oh well it’s free.
I think they should have just given everyone 800 points and let them choose. Undertow is a good game… it’s also a game that a ton of people already own. I guess at least they chose a good game.