By Jamaal Ryan
Between last night and this morning (in US EST at least)
Reddit spotted a 24 hour free games beta tile named “Free Play Day” under Games
with Gold on Xbox One.
Showcasing Max: The Curse of Brotherhood – which was
available on Gold for free in May (finally playing it now), it was essentially
assumed that Games with Gold will allow titles to be demoed within a full 24
hours.
One Reddit user stated
that, “Yes I am in the preview
program. I already own the game so it doesn't work for me. All it does for me
is go to the store and I can select play from there because I already own it.”
Eurogamer reported that Microsoft stated on Twitter
that they will be making an announcement on the matter shortly, however Kotaku reports Microsoft posted this
official statement: "A promotional
tile for 'Max: Curse of the Brotherhood' was posted briefly on the US dash in
error yesterday. We apologize for any inconvenience. We're constantly exploring
different ways to offer more benefits to our Xbox Live Gold members and will
keep them updated when special offers become available."
It seems that Microsoft posted
the service accidentally ahead of their intended announcement. But this slip up
is an exciting tease. Similar to EA Access’ early access feature (yes, I’m
positively obsessed with the concept of this program) Microsoft could soon be
allowing gamers to test full games within a 24 hour period before purchase.
Now I’m not sure to what
degree in which they’ll allow this access as some gamers could complete entire
games from start to finish in one sitting. I myself beat Guacamelee! within a 24
hour period. So what could this Free Play Day program look like? Hopefully we’ll
know soon.
Image courtesy of Gamespot
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