XBLA: Texas Hold ‘Em Free
Well sort of…as U360 mentioned yesterday, Texas Hold ‘Em will indeed be free but only within the first 48 hours of hitting the Xbox Live Marketplace. That’s right. After the 48 hour period has expired, those who miss out can expect to shell out the full 800 MS Points for it.
It will hit Live Arcade on Wednesday, August 23rd at 0800 GMT (1:00 AM PST) and only be free until Friday, August 25th at that same time. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
Read the full announcement details here.
Other Arcade releases noted in the annoucement:
- Time Pilot – Wednesday, August 30 – 400 points
- Scramble – Wednesday, September 6 – 400 points
August 16th, 2006 at 8:38 am
Good to see all the MS bashers proved wrong once again, MS has kept its promise.
August 16th, 2006 at 8:48 am
yep. can you believe some people are complaining though saying ‘why only 48 hours…what if i’m asleep, on vacation etc’
can’t please everyone even with a full week’s notice.
August 16th, 2006 at 10:13 pm
Yep, Im on vacation and Im just gonna get my bro to d/l it.
August 17th, 2006 at 8:15 am
…or you could say it is free (for 2 days) BECAUSE they were called out on their promise.
All a matter of how you choose to spin it or how much MS owns you.
August 21st, 2006 at 9:44 am
[...] This week your eyes and ears should be tuned in for the Games Convention in Germany. I know Major Nelson is there and he’s set to post the keynote from the show so stay tuned to Major’s blogcast. Any hot thing that comes from the gathering, you know U360 will be on top of it. Get ready for Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday w/ Texas Hold ‘Em! [...]
August 22nd, 2006 at 1:57 pm
[...] Are you all in? Well, in about 10 or so hours…if you’re lucky you will be. As stated last week, Texas Hold ‘Em will release tonight (morning of August 23) in the Marketplace and for the first 48 hours it will be a free download. Yes, this is the full version of Texas Hold ‘Em and it will be the full version forever more. The only difference between downloading it within the first 48 hours vs. waiting is the price point…free vs. 800 MS points. [...]