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Microsoft has decided that to make up for the poor performance of Xbox Live over the holiday season that they will give away a free game to Xbox 360 owners. Microsoft hasn’t announced yet what the game will be, but it will be coming from Xbox Live Arcade.

Marc Whitten, general manager of Xbox Live is quoted as saying that he was dissatisfied with the performance of Xbox Live while all the new owners were trying to register their systems, and caused the system to have “intermittent” problems. Xbox 360 has sold over 17 million units in a little over 2 years and recently had the much anticipated “Halo 3″ title released.

Read the story here.

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