Those of you who purchased Halo: Spartan Assault on your Windows 8 Phone or Windows 8 PC before December 15, 2013 need not worry about whipping out $14.99 to buy it on your 360 when it releases tomorrow. The good folks at 343 industries will be offering the game to you at the discount price of $4.99.
There are currently 3 ways for you to redeem your discounted Halo: Spartan Assualt game: The Home Channel, The Games Channel, and The Games Arcade Channel. (There is currently a delay for those eligible outside of the U.S. but the discount will become available to them as well through the Trial Version of Spartan Assault on February 25.)
Here are the instructions posted on Waypoint for redeeming the discounted offer:
Home channel:
Available on this channel from Jan. 31st – Feb. 2nd in US
1. Turn on your Xbox 360 console and log in to the profile with which you bought Halo: Spartan Assault on Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8.
2. Once you’re signed in to your profile, you will be automatically taken to the “Home” channel on the 360 Dash.
3. To verify you’re on the Home channel, look above the tiles to see the list of available channels. “Home” should be highlighted. If you’re not on the “Home” channel, press LB or RB until you’re there.
4. Look for a tile with the Halo: Spartan Assault key art on it.
5. Click on that, and you will be taken to the purchase page for the game at the discounted price, and purchase as usual!
Games Channel:
Available on this channel from Feb. 3rd – Feb. 14th in US
If you do qualify for the offer and don’t see the it on the Home page, don’t panic! Go check the “Games” channel to see if the Halo: Spartan Assault slot is there. Here’s how:
1. Turn on your Xbox 360 console and log in to the profile with which you bought Halo: Spartan Assault on Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8.
2. Press LB or RB to navigate channels until “Games” is highlighted.
3. Look for a tile on the Games channel that has the Halo: Spartan Assault key art.
4. Click on this tile, and you will be taken to the purchase page for the game at the discounted price, and purchase as usual!
Games Arcade Channel:
Available on this channel from Jan. 31st - Feb. 28th
1. Turn on your Xbox 360 console and log in to the profile with which you bought Halo: Spartan Assault on Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8.
2. Press LB or RB to navigate channels until “Games” is highlighted.
3. Click on the “Browse Games” tile, located on the left edge of the channel.
4. Press LB or RB until you are on the “Arcade” channel.
5. You should see a tile with Spartan Assault key art on it.
6. Click on this tile, and you will be taken to the purchase page for the game at the discounted price, and purchase as usual!
**Discount offer requires original purchase of "Halo: Spartan Assault" for Windows 8 PCs and tablets, or Windows Phone 8 and login using a valid Xbox profile. Matching Xbox profile required for discount when purchasing "Halo: Spartan Assault" on Xbox One and Xbox 360.
Halo: Spartan Assault launches on the Xbox 360 tomorrow, discount and regular versions. Will you be buying it?
SOURCE: HALOWAYPOINT
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