Take Your Gaming To The Next Level With Xbox Live

London, 28th July 2005 - Do your gaming fingers long for the excitement of a new challenge? Are you ready to take your gaming to the next level playing against people not processors? It's just possible Xbox^® Live^TM could save your gaming life - and Xbox will give you a free gift just for signing up.

Sign up to Xbox Live on or before 31st August 2005 and you will get one of three hot games absolutely free! Choose from Forza Motorsport^TM, Conker^TM: Live and Reloaded or Dead or Alive^® Ultimate. If you're quick about it and are one of the first 200 to sign up you'll get all three games for free!

Registering for the offer couldn't be easier. Simply input your details at the registration site located at https://www.xboxemea.com/anotherlevel , buy a 12 month Xbox Live Starter Kit, then sign up for Xbox Live, (making sure you use the same email address you used on the registration site so that we can match up your details). Then just sit back and wait for your goodies to arrive! It's as easy as that.

Xbox Live is the world's only unified online console games service, uniting gamers all over the world. Once you start playing against other people no two games will ever be the same again. With Xbox Live you'll experience more action, more excitement, more adrenaline and much more fun. You'll also get downloadable content to expand and enhance your games even further.

Gamers who sign up to Xbox Live now will be able to move seamlessly to Xbox Live on the next-generation Xbox 360, available this Christmas. So register now for your free game, sign up to Xbox Live and get ready for the next level of gaming.

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About Xbox 360

Xbox 360 is the future-generation video game and entertainment system that places gamers at the centre of the experience. Available this Christmas in North America, Europe and Japan, Xbox 360 will ignite a new era of digital entertainment that is always connected, always personalised and always in high definition.

About Xbox

Xbox (http://www.xbox.com) is the video game system from Microsoft that brings people together for the most exhilarating game and entertainment experiences. Xbox delivers an expansive collection of breakthrough games, powerful hardware and the unified Xbox Live online service. The tag line, "It's good to play together," captures the spirit of Xbox as the social hub of the new digital entertainment lifestyle. Xbox is now available in the UK for an estimated street price of £99.99.

About Xbox Live

Now in its third generation of transforming and uniting Xbox game communities, with more than 300 games planned by end of holiday 2005 and now with presence in 24 countries worldwide, Xbox Live has set the bar for online games entertainment. As the first global, unified online console games service, Xbox Live continues to take online gameplay and entertainment to unprecedented heights. With a rapidly growing global community, Xbox Live offers best-in-class games, intelligent matchmaking, tournaments, unique programming and integration with Xbox.com - there is simply nothing else like it. The service continues to provide more and more ways for members to meet, interact and stay engaged with each other.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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