Welcome to the all NEW "List of all FREE Xbox Live Marketplace content (2.0)"! ...Now fully international to include ALL countries!
***For "Progress Updates" and the "Latest Free Content Highlights" click HERE!*** (The next post just after this one.)
Because the old topic had gotten so long, congested and out of date... and to start over with full support for ALL countries, CheapyD has given me explicit permission to start this new topic
Downloading content from foreign regions has resulted in console bannings!
Rules!
- This topic is to index and discuss free content for Xbox Live from around the world.
- Discussion of how one might go about circumventing any restraints in place to get content from a country other than their own... is currently against the rules!
- Stay on topic.
- No trolling or arguing. (And don't feed the trolls.)
- And of course, follow any site rules.
What That Means: (For those that need it spelled out.)
You MAY discuss:
Additions, updates, clarifications and corrections of free content available for Xbox Live or from the Xbox Live Marketplace. I'll do my best to keep this Original Post or OP as up to date as i can. Whenever possible, please post any of the relevant info you can. This includes:
- The content name.
- The content type. (Game, DLC, Avatar item, etc.)
- The country it is available from. (Content from ANY country is allowed so long as you follow the rules.)
- A link to it in the Xbox Marketplace. (Or other link if applicable.)
- The start and end dates if possible. (If applicable.)
- If it's an Avatar item, try and post a picture. Especially from the Xbox Marketplace if possible.
You MAY NOT discuss:
How to cheat the system to get content outside of your own country. This includes:
- Discussion of having multiple accounts from different countries.
- Illegitimate account migrations.
- VPNs or Proxys.
- Etc, etc, etc. It's not that complicated!
Please stay on topic. Some discussion is fine but if conversations veer too far off topic, they're likely to get deleted. If you like someone's contribution to the topic, instead of replying with a "Thank you", please just use the "Like This" button.
And please, no trolling, arguing or debating about "whatever". There is a designated topic for Shopping Morality. Please use it.
Important Notes:
All individual countries that are listed are included primarily just to highlight content exclusive to those countries or content exclusive to just a few countries. All content that is "generally" more universal around the world is listed under "Worldwide". (HOWEVER, most of the content from the old topic has been placed under "Worldwide" for now unless it was clear that items were only for particular a country. So unfortunately, the "Worldwide" section is a bit of a "To be sorted" category for now, until the proper country placement can be determined.)
Re-organizing and creating this new topic took an insane amount of work. I certainly got in over my head but i really wanted it to be a complete comprehensive source of not just listings but also any related info i could squeeze in. I think it has turned out well and i hope it will better serve our international membership. Hopefully i'll be able to regularly keep it more up to date until it might become a wiki again. I hope you find it helpful and useful.
-theDevilman
Listings Key:
- Date Format: MM/DD/YYYY (US Layout)
Crossed Out Title* - Previously FREE but now Delisted.Crossed Out Title** - Previously FREE but still available for purchase.- "Game Hub" - A "Game Hub" is simply a base app or menu type app that is the gateway for accessing other games (generally premium paid) that must generally be manually added individually.
- "Freemium Game" - A "Freemium Game" is a game that you may play for FREE. An you can likely even fully complete for FREE. However, there are varying degrees of obstacles and difficulties (in some cases, major difficulties) that would be made much easier by purchasing premium paid extras. Such as weapons, upgrades, bonus items, etc.
- "Alternate Achievements" - A game that is technically the same game as its standard version counterpart and has the exact same achievements... But its achievement are actually tracked separately (from its standard version counterpart) on Xbox Live. So you could actually get credit for all of the achievements an additional time if you play both versions. (For example: "Batman: Arkham Asylum" and "Batman: AA GOTY".
- "Reverse Compatibility Update" - Allows Game Add-ons from a previous version of a Game to work in the newer Game.
- "Premium Add-on Compatibility Update" - Allows you to play with those who have bought Premium versions of these Add-ons.
URL Key:
- Xbox Redeem Code - Redeem Xbox codes here.
- Xbox Download History - You may re-downloaded most of your previous purchases (FREE or otherwise) from here.
- xbox.com/xx-XX/ - This xx-XX/ segment of the URL determines what country's Marketplace you're looking at. Removing this altogether should take you to your default country. See each country below for each country's xx-XX/ URL segment. (For example, the United States is en-US/.)
- ?DownloadType=Game#LiveZone - Add this to the end of an Xbox Marketplace URL to see ONLY "Games" for any particular title. No DLC, videos, etc will be shown. Remove it to see all content for a title.
- ?nosplash=1 - Add this to the end of an Xbox Marketplace URL to bypass the Splash Page. Remove it to see the splash page. Only some games have a Splash Page. For example, Halo 4 with its splash page vs. Halo 4 without its splash page.
- ?nosplash=1&DownloadType=Game#LiveZone - Combines the results of the above two URL segments. Although, it's redundant since either URL segment on it's own should remove a splash screen.
- ?cid=SLink - Coming Soon...
Onto the lists...
Marketplace Lists:
(Worldwide, then US, then all other countries or regions alphabetically.)
Worldwide 
(Content available to the majority of the world.)
(This section needs to be heavily sorted as much of it's content may need to be placed into specific countries!)
United States (US) 
en-US/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
Argentina (AR) 
es-AR/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
Australia (AU) 
de-AT/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
Canada (CA) 
en-CA/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
China (CN) 
zh-CN/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
Germany (DE) 
de-DE/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
Japan (JP) 
ja-JP/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
Korea (KR) 
ko-KR/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
Taiwan (TW) 
zh-TW/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
United Arab Emirates (AE) 
ar-AE/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
United Kingdom (UK) 
en-GB/ (Primarily content exclusive or mostly exclusive to this country.)
FAQ:
- Q: How can I contribute to this topic?
- A1: Simply post your additions, updates, clarifications and corrections of free content available for Xbox Live or from the Xbox Live Marketplace. I'll do my best to keep this Original Post or OP as up to date as i can. Whenever possible, please post any of the relevant info you can. This includes:
- The content name.
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The content type. (Game, DLC, Avatar item, etc.)
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The country it is available from. (Content from ANY country is allowed so long as you follow the rules.)
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A link to it in the Xbox Marketplace. (Or other link if applicable.)
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The start and end dates if possible. (If applicable.)
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If it's an Avatar item, try and post a picture. Especially from the Xbox Marketplace if possible.
- A2:
On 4/4/2011, the last version of this topic became a wiki. [1] You could edit and contribute directly.(This is no longer the case for the old topic nor this one for now. However, if this ever changes for this new topic, here are some guidelines for how to contribute.)- Simply add new FREE items to the list mimicking the layout that is already in place here. Make sure you add items in the right country and section and add dates and details if possible and/or needed.
- If you are updating an items that is no longer FREE, it should be
crossed outusing the "Strike Through" text option. A date should be added for when the item was no longer FREE and a single asterisk* should be added if it was because the item was "Delisted" or a double asterisk** should be added if the item is still available for purchase.
- A1: Simply post your additions, updates, clarifications and corrections of free content available for Xbox Live or from the Xbox Live Marketplace. I'll do my best to keep this Original Post or OP as up to date as i can. Whenever possible, please post any of the relevant info you can. This includes:
- Q: Is there an easy way to get a Free Xbox Live Gold membership that would qualify me for Gold Exclusive offers in my country?
- A1: Most (but not all) Xbox 360 consoles have three FREE 1-month Xbox Live Gold memberships ONLY for NEW Xbox Live accounts. To use one, create a new Xbox Live account OR convert an offline non-Xbox Live Gamertag into a Live account and continually reject the offers to upgrade to Gold until it offers you a free month of Gold.
- A2: There are occasionally offers out there for a free month of Xbox Live Gold (or something similar) from Microsoft or third parties but these are rare.
- Q: What about Gold trial codes? (48-hour, 14-day, etc.) Will using one of these qualify me for Gold exclusive offers in my country?
- A: To the best of my knowledge, no. These smaller trial codes are only meant to give you acces to play online and that is all. You cannot use them for Gold exclusives or any other Gold account perks other than to play online. To the best of my knowledge this is the case for all countries. Please let me know if you are aware of any exceptions.
- Q: How can I obtain Marketplace items from countries other than my own?
- A: Discussion of this nature is currently NOT ALLOWED in this topic!
Notes:
Factoids:
- This is the largest and most up-to-date compilation of past and present FREE items for Xbox Live.
- The last version of this topic (here) was the highest rated thread in the forums as of 11/21/2009.
- Major differences between this new topic and the last version:
- All countries are now included whereas the other topic focused on the US and a fair degree of the UK. (Most other countries got only occasional attention.)
- It has been completely reorganized and even though there are now more sections for individual countries, there are far less sub-categories in most sections. For example, "Currently Free" and "Previously Free" items used to be in separate lists. They are now combined and "Previously Free" items are just
crossed out. This is so that updating the list when items are no longer available for free is much easier and duplicates are no longer really possible. (This will be especially true if this becomes a wiki again.)
Other Major Xbox Live Marketplace Aggregates & Indexes:
XboxIndex.com- A full database of free and priced items. (Now forwards to XBLDB.com)- Armando Guzman's XBLDB.com - Regularly updated US database driven list.
- XboxGaming.co.zq - Aggregate for multiple Xbox Live Marketplace regions. [1]
- ThemeXbox.com's Avatar Awards List - List of Avatar Awards.
- ThemeXbox.com's Theme Previews - List of Themes with previews.
- Xbox360Achievements.org's Games on Demand List - List of "Games on Demand" games that requires no VPN.
Credit:
- I would like to give a huge thank you to Nebenator for staring the last version of this topic and keeping it up to date for as long as he did. (And from which most of this topic got it's starting point from.)
- And a huge thank you to the community for contributing everything that was added to that list. This will be the same model we will follow here of course.
Edited by CheapyD, 04 October 2013 - 01:41 AM.
added warning about console bannings
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