MS giving away XBLA games

By Robert Purchese Published 20 November, 2007

Just get a friend to buy a 360.

Microsoft has said you can get 10 free Live Arcade titles if you convince a friend to buy an Xbox 360.

If you have a chum who fits the bill, then pop over to the official site and fill out a festive form together. Just provide the serial number on both of your consoles and a sales receipt to show that your friend splashed out between 1st October and 14th December and you win.

Both of you will be given Every Extend Extra Extreme, Sonic The Hedgehog, Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, Bomberman Live, Marble Blast Ultra, Spyglass Boardgames, 3D Mini Golf Adventures, Small Arms, Assault Heroes and Zuma Deluxe.

Given the Christmas line-up it shouldn't be too difficult to persuade them, either, but then we are WILDLY TEH BIAS so don't listen to us.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (37) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • bad09 #1 4 years ago

    Don't think much of most of those, you should be able to choose!

  • Xerx3s #2 4 years ago

    So what exactly is stopping me to just send this to a mate that already has one? How are they going to check what his purchase date is? Manufacturer date? Doubt it.

  • lennon #3 4 years ago

    Interesting! Thats not the same list of games that I signed up for and sent away. Mine included Sensible Soccer.

    I wonder if thats an indication that Sensi is delayed again.

    /Scratches chin.

  • lennon #4 4 years ago

    @Xerx3s - You have to send a photocopy of a reciept from one of the well known retail outlets i think at least I had to but as I say the offer has changes since i sent it off.
    Edited by 1 at 20/11/07 @ 13:01

  • bioreit #5 4 years ago

    "we are WILDLY TEH BIAS"

    Glad you can finally admit that.

    /keeds

    Seriously, though, around here that be dangerous talk - ferchristssake, you guys were even accused of being in Microsoft's pocket because of the Gamertag integration! Which merely uses RSS feeds!

    And some people say that the Xbot fanboys are somehow the most illogical...

    /wondering how funny it would be to start a fanboy war over which fanboys are worse. Oh, be still my ironic spleen.

  • NickJD #6 4 years ago

    I bought a replacement 360 on October 5th in Argos, I really don't feel like filling out loads of forms though so could someone let me know what I have to do?. I have my argos receipt and a scanner to copy it. If you fill out all the paper work I'll gladly team up with your for the free goodies.
    Edited by 1 at 20/11/07 @ 13:06

  • lennon #7 4 years ago

    @NickJD - Its one form and to be honest its not much of a form. Name and email address plus console serial number. Get a friend to do the same (anyone with an xbox 360) and pop it in the post.

    Took me and a mate 5 minutes.

  • thepiedpiper #8 4 years ago

    timeshare

  • Lawlost #9 4 years ago

    @lennon - When I applied (just over a week ago) it also had sensi on the list. Have you heard back from them yet?

  • JayScott #10 4 years ago

    Anyone know if it is a valid offer in Australia?

  • NickJD #11 4 years ago

    ok thanks, I'm downloading the form now, if anyone wants in just let me know.

  • Dizzy #12 4 years ago

    >so i just downloaded all those games from a google search, which was basically the same experience.

    Except for the "illegal" bit :)

  • lennon #13 4 years ago

    @Lawlost - no not heard anything but I believe the terms are that they can change the games they offer without letting you know. I thought it was a strange one to offer at the time as I thought loads of people would be bound to actually part with points for it so they need not give it away but I rather suspect that Sensi has been delayed yet again.

  • lennon #14 4 years ago

    @Jayscott - No fraid not. Although if you were the freind who had persuaded someone else to buy an xbox I think the form only asks for a email address and your serial number so you might be able to get away with it.

  • KreyAtiv #15 4 years ago

    Not too fussed about the games on offer.
    Should be for anyone who has "influenced" their friends/family to get a 360 at any time not just between the 1st of October and 14th December.
    But with the games they have on offer not much incentive to do that even if it was within the time frame. :S

  • stepneg #16 4 years ago

    Hi Nickdj,

    i'll be your pretend friend:

    stepneg@gmail.com

  • KreyAtiv #17 4 years ago

    I checked the form you have to attach the receipt.

  • NickJD #18 4 years ago

    ok, I'll get back to you in a hour, I have to go out. I've downloaded the form, all I need to put on it is your serial number and email address, I attach my receipt and pop it in the post.

    Seems simple enough. I'll email you when I get back stepneg

  • stepneg #19 4 years ago

    @NickDJ

    Thanks mate I will look out for it.

  • morriss #20 4 years ago

    EGRXBOXFANBOYSLOL

  • lennon #21 4 years ago

    @KreyAtiv - No you dont. You need to send a photocopy of the reciept. It quite clearly says do not send the original reciept.

    @NickJD - Dont attach your original reciept.

  • Hughes. #22 4 years ago

    That's nothing, I sell water filters, now the real money is in selling the licenses to sell water filters!

    etc.

  • Xerx3s #23 4 years ago

    @KreyAtiv - No you dont. You need to send a photocopy of the reciept. It quite clearly says do not send the original reciept.

    So what stops a good photoshop session?

  • Ignatius_Cheese #24 4 years ago

    Done! Free games FTW! \o/

  • L42yB #25 4 years ago

    I already have all those games :(

    And I recently bought an Elite 360 between those dates... can I be my own friend?

    (EDIT - I now have two 360's)
    Edited by 1 at 20/11/07 @ 14:31

  • ZuluHero #26 4 years ago

    So what stops a good photoshop session?

    sales code on reciept? They'll soon suss it out if its a fake.

  • lennon #27 4 years ago

    @Xerx3s - Dunno. Give it a try.

  • ZuluHero #28 4 years ago

    @L42yB

    Why not? You have 2 360 serial codes after all.

  • Xerx3s #29 4 years ago


    sales code on reciept? They'll soon suss it out if its a fake.

    I phoned ms sd once because I had broken me wireless headset and they send me a new one even though I had broken it myself and even though they had absolutely no confirmation that I had it in the first place.
    I don't think ms sd is too arsed to double check things. Even if they are, nothing lost eh?

  • lennon #30 4 years ago

    Other than they will have your serial number ;)

  • Xerx3s #31 4 years ago

    My receipt holds absolutely no info anyway lol. Don't even need to photoshop it.

  • neuroniky #32 4 years ago

    WILDLY TEH BIAS FTW!

    I love Eurogamer.

  • JonFE #33 4 years ago

    Thankfully a friend of mine did purchase a 360 recently, so we'll try taking advantage of this :)

  • drumm23 #34 4 years ago

    LOL!
    Brilliant.

    "WILDLY TEH BIAS"

  • sonic_firestorm #35 4 years ago

    Anyone else wanna tag-team up for this giveaway? I need a pretend friend with a reciept!

  • dllord #36 4 years ago

    "f3rrari"

    "What kind of a friend gets a friend to buy an X360?
    A true friend would explain all the downsides of owning an X360 and suggest buying a Playstation 3 ;P

    /desperate times for M$ and the X360 eh? lol!"

    Friends with friends who actually like to "play games" maybe? ;)


  • NickJD #37 4 years ago

    You win dumb troll of the month award, well done. Actually seeing as it's near the end of the year you can have the troll of the year award, you win a Christmasy hat with big bobble on top and a Cliff Richard Gospel album.

    Well done.
    Edited by 2 at 21/11/07 @ 00:25

  • JayScott #38 4 years ago

    @ lennon

    Disappointing (re: Aussie non-offer), but thanks for the reply. :)

    @ Mazzwhatever

    I own both as well and take the complete opposite view. How could I possibly recommend a PS3 over a 360 atm? The 360 has such a deep library of quality titles, many of which are cheap, whilst I'm still waiting for something to spend my money on for the PS3. I even recently swapped my PES2008 pre-order from PS3 to 360 on account of how godawful the PS3 demo was. Give the PS3 12-18 months and I'm certain it will rock, but I'm not prepared to allow my friends to hate me for 12-18 months because I recommended they buy something with no games to play on it.

  • brooza #39 4 years ago

    I read about this at the beginning of the month (02/11), so why is it only hitting the news sites now?

  • Moz #40 4 years ago

    EG - "but then we are WILDLY TEH BIAS so don't listen to us."

    Oooooo saucer of milk to table three!

  • Lawlost #41 4 years ago

    Is anyone still reading this thread? If so has anyone received their free xbla codes yet? I applied a few weeks back and have heard nada.