Microsoft Details Undertow as Free XBLA Title

malware · Jan 18, 2008

Microsoft has announced the details of the free Xbox Live Arcade game that was promised by Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten in response to the service's recent online troubles. Coming as a compensation to all the frustration caused, Microsoft will offer Chair Entertainment's arcade shooter Undertow for free to all Xbox Live members from 2AM PST on Wedenesday, January 23 until 11:59PM PST on Sunday, January 27. Otherwise, Undertow is normally available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points. "If you have already purchased the game, you can contact support and they will take care of you," wrote Xbox Live programming director Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb.

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effmaster · Jan 18, 2008

Nice job Microsoft thats a good game to give away for free. Personally I was worried it was going to be a game that almost every single Xbox Live Arcade user plays like Uno for example.

Cold Storm · Jan 18, 2008

Why they don't give us a 800 point credit?!?!? There is going to be people out there that don't like that game.. I, for one don't like the game.. played it on my friends system.

joinmeindeath417 · Jan 18, 2008

free is free you shouldn't complain about free..

Cold Storm · Jan 19, 2008

joinmeindeath417 said:
free is free you shouldn't complain about free..

Nope, I shouldn't... but other people should complain about other things and do so all so.. I'm just stating how I feel for it... the game. Am I glad that Microsoft did it. Yes. but I just feel it would be easier to give a credit... Make people more happier about it. IMO

joinmeindeath417 · Jan 19, 2008

i am also a member of xbox live and have had trouble the past few weeks getting on ..what did i do? simply didn't play online if it did not work i think its awesome that they are allowing you to download a decent game for free i expected them to do nothing or let you download some crap game that noone has, and im sure if you have that game they will reimburse you with the credits towards a new one

Cold Storm · Jan 19, 2008

joinmeindeath417 said:
i am also a member of xbox live and have had trouble the past few weeks getting on ..what did i do? simply didn't play online if it did not work i think its awesome that they are allowing you to download a decent game for free i expected them to do nothing or let you download some crap game that noone has, and im sure if you have that game they will reimburse you with the credits towards a new one

I'm with you on that. I'm glad to see that they did something about it, instead of what other companies do and say f u and buy our stuff!

effmaster · Jan 19, 2008

Cold Storm said:
I'm with you on that. I'm glad to see that they did something about it, instead of what other companies do and say f u and buy our stuff!

It would be nice if companys like Sony were to do this for their Blu ray owners who will be affected by the 2.0 update. But I seriously doubt that they love their customers that much to do that.

Cold Storm · Jan 19, 2008

effmaster said:
It would be nice if companys like Sony were to do this for their Blu ray owners who will be affected by the 2.0 update. But I seriously doubt that they love their customers that much to do that.

They don't... :cry:

I've had a lot of sony products and they all ways said this to me... Thanks for the cash, now suffer! and laugh while they are naked in their limo going to the bank!

Joshmcmillan · Jan 24, 2008

I started it downloading just then. I wish there was a way that you could change the order that things were downloaded in, or pause one download and start the next or something. Coz I have a demo half done so I don't want to cancel but I have to wait till it finished on my 256kb/s ADSL before I can start getting Undertow.

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