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Score An Xbox LIVE Gold Membership For $38.75

Here's a quick heads up if you'd like to save some cash. While you can usually snag an Xbox LIVE Gold membership for under the retail $50 price, Buy.com is offering them for just $38.75. Oh, but there's like $5 in shipping, you say? Nope. Free shipping. Did you get that? Free Shipping!!!

At this price, Xbox LIVE is just about $3/month. So low that's it's pretty damn tough to complain about Microsoft charging for the privilege of online fun...but don't you get any ideas, Sony.

Xbox 360 Live 12-Month Gold Subscription Card (FREE 1 Month Bonus) [Buy via BargainJack]

12:00 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Mark Wilson
6,276 views, 89 comments

fyi

Mass Effect Goes Gold, Hurry Up And Wait

When I read that Mass Effect had finally gone gold, my heart leapt. Two bluebirds flew in through the conveniently open window within close proximity, dropping a wreath of rosemary and dandelions upon my head. My Xbox 360 kicked on, warming the room its...love. And somewhere, off in the distance, I could swear I heard an angel swooping down to rescue a baby who would have otherwise spilled apple juice all over the rug. Then I realized-

Mass Effect still doesn't come out for a month. DAMN!

Mass Effect Goes Gold [Bioware]

12:20 PM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By Mark Wilson
2,500 views, 69 comments

Latest by kotakuspaceship: Can someone explain to me what Mass Effect is? I hear about it and no one ever talks about it. They just go "I want it." more »

stellar deal

Empire at War Gold Pack Hits Shelves

INTERGALACTIC SAVINGS!! Star Wars: Empire at War is now bundled in a Gold Pack along with the Forces of Corruption expansion! That's two great games, one great box! But that's not all! Because customers who call in the next 5 minutes will also receive the Prima Games hint book ABSOLUTELY FREE!! That's a, I dunno, like ~~$60~~ $600 value!!

But you get two great games, Games for Windows support and all the bonus material from the original Empire at War Collector's Edition for the low, low, low price of $29.99. Now that's savings.

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12:40 PM on Fri Sep 14 2007
By Mark Wilson
1,008 views, 12 comments

new game smell

Halo 3 Has Gone Gold

Halo 3 has officially gone gold. The most eagerly awaited title for a Microsoft console since Halo 2 has been released to manufacturing, meaning soon discs will be pressed and sleeves will be printed. Then each copy of the game will be kissed by angels before being nestled safely in its plastic case, spritzed with new game smell and sealed lovingly in transparent plastic.

"This is a huge milestone for us and a big cause for celebration at Bungie and Microsoft Game Studios," said Harold Ryan, Studio Head at Bungie Studios. "This is the game we've always wanted to make and certainly the best game our studio has developed. We can't wait for gamers to get their hands on it on Sept. 25."

I think I speak for most of us when I say it is perfectly fine to send it early if you guys really can't wait. We had plans, but nothing that can't be changed. More »

1:30 PM on Wed Aug 29 2007
By Mike Fahey
4,725 views, 82 comments

Latest by You My Boy Blue: @TRT-X: Exactly what I thought. -_- more »

rally the troops

Age of Empires III Gold Edition Announced

Cheap gamers rejoice, as Age of Empires III Gold Edition is coming this September. For $39.99, you get the original title along with the Warchiefs expansion. OK, that sounded like a lot more in my head...what else will you get...let's see...a box...instructions...pwned by gamers who've been playing it since the release...

Age of Empires III Makes it Gold [gamedaily]

1:20 PM on Fri Jul 27 2007
By Mark Wilson
970 views, 6 comments

gba

Miyamoto Autographed GBA Sells For Two Grand

If you thought the eBay markup on next-gen consoles was high, wait till you see this. This limited edition gold Zelda Triforce GBA, autographed by Miyamoto himself was recently sold on eBay for a whopping $2,157.86. There were only 30 of these puppies made and signed back in 2005 when the Nintendo World Store opened it's doors for the very first time (one of them still resides in a case at the NWS). The system had never been played and came with a copy of Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap. More »

11:00 AM on Sat May 12 2007
By fdemarco
1,922 views, 30 comments

Latest by insert_gently: humans are so pathetic. 2 grand just because someone more special that you signed it... hahaha. hunt down at shoot the people who bid on crap like that. more »

shadowrun

Games for Windows Getting Live "Gold" Accounts

Joost emailed us this morning to point out that a new trailer for Shadowrun mentions a Games for Windows Live Gold account. More »

9:06 AM on Mon Mar 5 2007
By Brian Crecente
5,676 views, 71 comments

god of war 2

Pics Final God of War 2 in Hand

Sony just sent me a package that made me smile. The final code for God of War 2. No more playing endlessly through the two demo discs, now I get to play the game itself. Unfortunately, I can't post my impressions until Monday. More »

2:00 PM on Thu Feb 8 2007
By Brian Crecente
5,853 views, 47 comments

gold

Cost of Making Games? Crazy!

Making video games isn't just expensive, but CRAZY expensive. Just ask Alain Tascan, EA Montreal's General Manager. Electronic Arts is well known for its big budget game titles, so Tascan should know what he's talking about: More »

4:20 AM on Mon Dec 4 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
1,173 views, 26 comments

eragon

Eragon Demo Hits Live for Gold Members Only

The Xbox 360 Eragon demo is live on Live now, but only gold members can download it. It's looking like this is the new way Microsoft is going to start rolling out their Live demos. More »

8:35 AM on Thu Nov 2 2006
By Brian Crecente
903 views, 37 comments

xbox

Xbox Live Silver Becomes More and More Useless

After posting on his blog that the new Gears of War promotional ad would only be downloadable by Xbox Live Gold members, Major 'Larry Unpronounceable Last Name' Nelson went on to clarify in the comments: More »

10:40 AM on Thu Oct 26 2006
By brownlee2
4,777 views, 79 comments

goldfarmers

A Peek Into Goldfarming

There is an informative, but not overlong article on Chinese gold farmers over on Silicon Valley. More »

7:40 PM on Thu Jul 20 2006
By egauger
183 views, 5 comments

gold

The Gold & Diamond Game Boy

Finally! A Game Boy that can match in bling the 24 karat sparkle of Crecente's teeth! But like Crecente's teeth, this Game Boy won't come cheap — street value is $25,000. Florian Eckhardt More »

9:40 AM on Wed Jul 12 2006
By brownlee
359 views, 11 comments

ultima online

Ultima Online Deletes Trillions in Gold

Ultima Online just did some major housecleaning. A few weeks after the game started to use cheat detector PunkBuster, Electonic Arts announced that they have closed down 180 accounts and permanently deleted about 15 trillion gold pieces. That's a 15 with god knows how many zeros. More »

11:30 AM on Sat Jul 8 2006
By Brian Crecente
1,510 views, 18 comments

prey

Prey Goes Gold

Add another bullet point in the list of things that have happened while Duke Nukem Forever has been in production: a completely different 3D Realms vaporware product has gone gold, under the watchful eye of Human Head Studios. More »

7:40 AM on Wed Jun 21 2006
By brownlee
236 views, 6 comments

ghost recon

GRAW PC Goes Gold!

It took me a long time to wrap my head around the fact that GRAW isn't the name of a kick-ass mid 80's heavy metal band, but the excellent 360 shooter Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. End introductory non-sequitur. More »

11:40 AM on Wed Apr 19 2006
By brownlee
186 views, 7 comments

oblivion

Oblivion Glitch Dishes Unlimited Gold

Someone over on the Urban Anarchy Echeese forums (how very appropriate) stumbled upon a relatively convoluted glitch in Oblivion. The full walk-through is on the link, but essentially you have to complete a task and then instead of using the potion given, you go somewhere and sell it to someone. Once the guy pays you, you can keep asking for payment and they will, apparently, keep paying you... as in forever. Each payment is 7,500 gold, so it adds up pretty quickly. More »

9:45 AM on Wed Mar 29 2006
By Brian Crecente
2,902 views, 6 comments

Latest by etoychest: This and Morrowind's bugs have NOTHING on Daggerfall's. more »

xbox live

Free Xbox Live Weekend

Microsoft just announced their first ever free Xbox Live weekend. Xbox 360 owners who don't have the gold subscription to the service can play online for free from March 31 to April 2. According to the release, the weekend is sponsored by Verizon. I'll be interested to see how that shows up on Live and if it will affect the people who pay for the service. In other words, do the rest of us have to put up with Verizon ads that weekend? More »

10:00 AM on Fri Mar 10 2006
By Brian Crecente
615 views, 1 comment

Latest by DirtyDebutant: as if the network wasnt already slow enough.. more »

Kotaku

ESA, Game Critics' Awards Debate "Best Of E3" Eligibility

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