I don't know if I'm doing this right but there's a free Halo Reach Premium Invasion theme. http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/ga...of=5&bt=0&sb=1

Again, the invasion one, not the other. It's not free for long. Also, it says it's 240 points, but when you click through it says Free.

Thanks. Worked for me (well, in IE, xbox.com + Chrome give me problems).

Thanks. I was sorta expecting a free premium theme as part of the Halo countdown promotion. As late as last night both themes were still 240 points. Maybe this is today's deal.

Looks like MS will be selling 1 year subs for $29.99 on the Dashboard starting the 17th. And you get the Halo Reach Noble Helmet for your Avatar when you order.

Just qued it up online. Thanks TL.

There's an offer on my dashboard right now. $29.99 for a year of Gold. Card is charged when current subscription expires. Turns on Auto-Renew for the then current price following that year.

I'm good for the next 2.5 years so I wonder if I do it how that will work (since there is a 3 year cap)

Oh yeah, and you get a free Halo Reach Noble 6 avatar helmet with purchase.

so it works for already Gold members?

appears that way.

I'm in the same boat. I signed up anyway. Here's part of the email confirmation:

So I guess I'm good through June 2013.

Oh and a heads up about transferring content to new consoles, apparently game installs are protected by the same same ridiculous DRM restrictions as all other content. They are tied to the console you installed them to originally.

I haven't seen it mentioned before(so sorry if it was), but even though the game installs transfer in the transfer process, if you go to play that game on the new system it plays off the DVD even though the game install is on the hard drive. i.e. you have delete those installs and then re-install all your games.

thanks for the heads up!

once you do this $29.99 deal and auto-renew activates, can you turn it off right away and still get deal and charged only when current expires? thanks.

Auto-renew only activates if it is needed. So if you get cheaper cards and keep yourself "stocked up" then it will never auto-renew. I have had my auto-renew flagged as on for like 6 years now and it has only auto-renewed twice.

And that was because I forgot to add a card in time.

thanks x. nice deal.

my dashboard said if i log-out and back in again i will see the changes in membership take place. i did so, but do not see an updated end date. i got the confirmation e-mail and all. am i not supposed to see the new date until the current expires?

Looks like I was slightly off on that. Installed games don't transfer because they are tied to the console they were installed to. Therefore, you simply have to re-install them all on the new console.

Nice, now I'm good through July 2013. Any idea how/when we get the helmet?

I was just about to ask the same thing.

Ask @XboxSupport. They're awesome (when they care what you have to ask).

is this new date reflected in your dashboard membership profile when you turn on 360?

I think the original date is reflected and then under your renewal option it states 40% off something or another. Since it doesn't charge your card until your current sub expires, I believe you have to leave your card attached and auto-renew on.

sounds right. thanks.

Thanks, just shot them an e mail. Hopefully they reply back with some useful info

^^^ Got a response tonight

I apologize for the inconvenience. Please be advised that the Noble-6 helmet will be sent to the e-mail address on your account within 4-6 weeks.

Anyone had problems with Facebook on XBox? Redownloaded it and tried to logon but keep getting an invalid message, despite using the same login I do for the website normally.