Xbox Live incentive launch
Microsoft introduces option to try Xbox Live for free--with purchase of Live-enabled game
According to Microsoft, more than 50 Xbox Live-compatible titles will reach store shelves this holiday season, and, with the purchase of select, online-enabled games (listed below), Microsoft will grant a free two-month trial offer of Xbox Live.
As with yearly Xbox Live subscribers, downloads of Xbox Live-exclusive levels, characters, weapons, and content will be available, as will real-time voice chat through the Xbox Communicator headset (sold separately).
The following Xbox Live-enabled games are to include the two-month trial offer:
Acclaim: NBA Jam, Burnout 2: Point of Impact (Developer's Cut), All-Star Baseball 2005 featuring Derek Jeter
Activision: Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2004 Season, Cabela's Dangerous Hunts
Atari: Unreal II: The Awakening, Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds, Dead Man's Hand
Codemasters: Pro Race Driver PRDXL
ESPN Videogames: ESPN NHL Hockey, ESPN NFL Football, ESPN NBA Basketball, ESPN NCAA College Hoops
Jaleco: World Championship Pool 2004
Konami: Dance Dance Revolution UltraMix
LucasArts: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Knight Academy
Majesco: Black9
Microsoft Game Studios: Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, Counter-Strike for Xbox, Project Gotham Racing 2, NBA Inside Drive 2004, NFL Fever 2004, NHL Rivals 2004, Top Spin, Links 2004, Amped 2
Sega: Sega GT Online
Take 2 Interactive: Conflict: Desert Storm 2 - Back to Baghdad
Tecmo: Ninja Gaiden
Ubi Soft: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, XIII
Vivendi Universal Games: Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer, S.W.A.T. Global Strike Team
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