Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party Details

It looks like March is going to be a busy month for the Xbox LIVE Arcade.  In the time honored capitalist fashion, Microsoft wants your money (or points I suppose), and is dangling a little carrot in front of your face to get it!  The carrot?  Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party!  Buy Toy Soldiers, Perfect Dark and Scrap Metal – download the new Game Room, that’s all you need to do to get 400 Microsoft points back and 1 month of LIVE Gold for free.  Okay, so here is the capitalist part: of course the games all cost points – so I present to you, the ever illusive fine print!

Purchase all three games: Toy Soldiers, Scrap Metal, Perfect Dark, and download the free Game Room app before March 31, 2010  11:59p m EST, and receive  400 Microsoft® Points – FREE!

As a bonus, all current Gold members as of April 30, 2010 that fulfill this offer will also receive 1 month of Gold for FREE! Limit one (1) of each gift per person.  To qualify for your gift, you must purchase all three (3) games from Xbox LIVE Arcade and download the free Game Room app using your Xbox LIVE account, by March 31, 2010 11:59 EST.

To qualify for the bonus month of Gold, you must have a current Gold account (sold separately) as of April 30, 2010.  The free Points and 1 month of Gold will automatically be deposited into your Xbox LIVE account after the end of the promotion period.  Please allow 4 weeks for delivery – on or around April 30, 2010. Offer available only to legal residents, age 13 plus, of all global regions that support Xbox LIVE, while supplies last, is non-transferable, not redeemable for cash, and cannot be combined with any other rebate or offer.  Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient.

Toy Soldiers comes out March 3rd for 1200 points, Scrap Metal follows on March 10th for 1200 points, Perfect Dark is the deal at 800 points on March 17th and the Game Room download is free on March 24th.  After we’re all done getting you to spend your money, LIVE is going to hold a free online play weekend to try to convince some of those Silver holdouts (there is still a Silver membership?) to get on the Gold train.

Seems like a lot of hype for some arcade games…either way, all the details can also be found on the Block Party page. Get out those points cards kids.

Contributing Writer: Mike Washburn

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