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Microsoft Giving Out 800 Points In Return For Purchases In October

It's like a Summer of Arcade promotion, but a free-for-all version of it.

It's October and a slew of retail games are fast approaching, but if you want to spend your time with a bunch of Xbox Live Arcade games or other Marketplace content, Microsoft is poised to give you a present. During the next month, if you manage to spend a total of 2400 Microsoft Points, you'll get 800 Microsoft Points added to your digital wallet "as a thank-you gift," according to Microsoft. 

These kinds of deals are normally associated with the Summer of Arcade block, and despite the fact that this promotion coincides with Game Feast, any content you purchase will go towards the total needed to receive the 800 points. For example, you could go finally buy up all that Oblivion DLC, then buy Comic Jumper, and then scope another few bits of content like Avatar clothing and still get the reward. Neat, huh? It's like Microsoft is encouraging us to buy anything we want... 
 

I heard this was a good buy. Totally worth the price. 
I heard this was a good buy. Totally worth the price. 
 
The promotion ends with October, but don't expect your "refund" wicked fast. In the promotional page's details, it's stated that you might not receive it until November 30, 2010 at the latest.