NEWS - Thursday, November 18, 2004
Friends For Live
London - 18 November 2004 – Xbox® LiveTM - its a love / hate thing. You love your friends but hate losing to them. So if your friend gets on to Xbox Live, you can spend happy days thrashing, destroying and humiliating them time and time again – until of course they get as good as you! Xbox Live can help you out here – because for every friend you sign up to the Xbox Live online gaming service between now and 31 January 2005, not only will you be adding to your growing Friends List but you will receive a free game of your choice. Find out how at: http://www.friendsforlive.com Gamers who take advantage of this new offer can choose from the following Microsoft Games Studios titles: # Midtown Madness 3 # Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge # CounterstrikeTM # Links® 2004 # Sudeki # Ninja Gaiden # Fable # RalliSport Challenge 2 # Project Gothem Racing®2 # Top Spin There has never been a better time for gamers to challenge their friends on Xbox Live – especially now with the arrival of one of the most anticipated games ever, Halo® 2. Its been one week of sleepless nights since the launch of Halo 2 and gamers all over the world have been joining forces on Xbox Live to fend off Covenant invaders. Earth will never be the same and neither will the growing community of one million Xbox Live members as they hone their combat skills to perfection, forming clans and expanding the forces of good against evil. Xbox Live, first launched in Europe on 14th March 2003, allows gamers to play multiplayer Xbox games with other gamers worldwide via a broadband connection. With a built-in hard drive and Ethernet port, the Xbox console is the only video game system built from the ground up for online gaming. Xbox Live enables gamers to easily find their friends; talk to other players during gameplay through the Xbox Communicator headset; download current statistics, new levels and characters to their Xbox hard drive; and play online.Source: http://www.gamesindustry.biz