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Free Xbox Live Gold For Anyone Downloading Mass Effect 3 Demo

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Bioware has revealed via its forum that those of you willing to test the waters with the Mass Effect 3 demo will get access to everything Xbox Live Gold until Bioware's culminating RPG epic releases in early March. Following the confirmation that the demo would require Gold membership to play multiplayer online, Community... person Chris Priestly said:

Now, before you start ranting and crying and burning me in effigy.... [Professor Fransworth]Good news, everyone![/Professor Farnsworth] The demo of Mass Effect 3 will include a limited time Gold access when you download the demo.... "In celebration of ME3, Xbox is pleased to provide fans access to ME3 demo multiplayer for the time leading to launch. Xbox Live Gold gives you exclusive benefits including multiplayer gaming, member-only deals & prev--"

Dude, Professor Farnsworth? It's even better news to hear that Bioware is cooler than we even imagined.

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  • UghRochester
    UghRochester

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Feb 3rd, 2012 at 4:33 pm
    It's probably only a 48 hour trial that's giving out.
  • spartan317
    spartan317

    Joined: Dec 2005
    Posted: Feb 3rd, 2012 at 5:24 pm
    Here comes Debbie Downer!
  • warmaster670
    warmaster670

    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Feb 3rd, 2012 at 6:17 pm
    "will get access to everything Xbox Live Gold until Bioware's culminating RPG epic releases in early March"

    Is early march only 2 days away now?
  • warmaster670
    warmaster670

    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Feb 3rd, 2012 at 6:19 pm
    "Following the confirmation that the demo would require Gold membership to play multiplayer online"

    People needec confirmation for this? its only been like that since the console came out, common sense would dictate on a console where you need gold for multiplayer you would need gold for a multiplayer demo.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Feb 3rd, 2012 at 8:05 pm
    I guess the Bioware fans on their official forums are a little slower than the rest of us.
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 4th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
    IIRC, I didn't need Gold for the Halo Reach demo.

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