Bethesda's Christmas present to all

by Justin Murray { Dec 21st 2006 at 8:55PM }

Tis the season for giving, and gaming companies are starting to get festive about it. THQ has released a Christmas theme pack for Saint's Row ... completely free. How Bethesda is getting into the spirit. Mehrunes' Razor, a 250 point Xbox Live Marketplace add-on, is being offered for absolutely free starting tomorrow through December 31. The quest, which was big jump in quality compared to the infamous horse armor (which we're sure they should have packed in as a freebie as well), is a wonderful way to thank all the loyal customers who purchased Oblivion. We just hope more companies do this next year, since all the new consoles now have some kind of online option available out-of-the-box.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

hjk @ Dec 21st 2006 9:14PM

First comment whoo!!

Monsterbeard @ Dec 21st 2006 9:19PM

When you mention Bethesda first, you say How instead of Now. At least I think it's supposed to be Now, because How starts out right and then just ends like a fragment. Also, did you mention that the Knights pack isn't included in the freebies? Call me if you need an editor. ;) Emoticon!

Daniel Davis @ Dec 21st 2006 9:22PM

Yeah, well I already bought Mehrune's Razor. I appreciate that they are giving it away for free, but they need to understand that this is a slap in the face of customers who already bought their stuff. They need to offer Horse Armor or something to us, or even a 250 MS point discount on Knights of the Nine. Otherwise, next time I might just go, "Why should I buy that? They'll probably just give it away soon for a promotion anyway."

Gavin @ Dec 21st 2006 9:34PM

A downloadable christmas gift that is actually free!!! Nintendo needs to take notes and learn a little bit about this type of online strategy.

ModusOperandi @ Dec 21st 2006 9:54PM

No PC love? I have no idea why these companies only create stuff for certain platforms. LucasArts did something similar with Battlefront II.

DustBoogie @ Dec 21st 2006 11:05PM

Sucks! I just bought this three or four days ago, and I haven't even touched the quest yet.

Amos @ Dec 22nd 2006 1:27AM

What about PC?

Ciaran Gallagher @ Dec 22nd 2006 7:20AM

How come nobody has mentioned the other new download pack for Saints Row - the one that costs 400mp?

Josh @ Dec 22nd 2006 8:11AM

Hopefully more will follow suit. For people like #3 who showed their support and bought the Mehrune's Razor, should get another item for free or companies should give away something for free that they haven't already made customers pay for, like a new theme.

Cliffy B. said that making the GoW theme was easy and didn't take much time, so I don't see why these couldn't be free to begin with.