Xbox Live Gold Weekend

Microsoft Kicks Off Free Xbox Live Gold Weekend

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 31, 2006 - 8:09am.
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft is offering owners of its Xbox 360 game consoles 72 hours of free access to its Xbox Live Gold online game service this weekend. The Verizon-sponsored Free Xbox Live Gold Weekend will give Xbox 360 owners, who already receive free access to a Silver version of Xbox Live, an upgrade to the $49.99 per year Gold version, which includes more advanced features and HD content downloads. The weekend will include special events like the opportunity to play "NBA 2K6" against Kamal from The Roots, or "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter" with both the game's development team at Ubisoft and the company's Frag Dolls pro gamer team.