I just came back from BB, EB, and WM, it worked! At the checkout, they just hand you the 12 month free Xbox Live Gold Membership when you buy SC

A. They don't have the game at the shelves except the box, all you do is go up to the cashier and tell them that you want to get SC

A and they'll have it right there along with the free XBL gold. They don't scan the free 1 year XBL gold membership or anything, they just ask you do you want it. So you can just walk in and get SC

A with the free 1 year XBL, and then return the game and keep your free gift. In my case, I already got SC

A from EBGAMES for $69.99, so I bought SC

A from Best Buy($59.99), took the free XBL thing, then went over to EBGAMES and freakin returned the game I bought from BB to EBGAMES for full amount!!!
By the way, I was at Wal-Mart and they didn't have DOA4. They do have a bunch of Xbox games for $18.93.
(New Westminster location)