With about five weeks to Election Day, the race is heating up and the outcome may depend on the upcoming presidential debates. The race will be defined this Wednesday night in Denver and Microsoft wants to make sure that gamers watch the debate on Xbox Live.
According to the Xbox Live website, "there's no debate! Xbox LIVE is the place for all your election coverage." And to make sure that you do watch the debates on Xbox Live, Microsoft is offering an incentive that few traditional news outlets can match.
Xbox Live Rewards members who watch at least three of the four upcoming debates on their Xbox 360s will receive for free the Halo 4 Warrior Avatar Armor for their Xbox Live Avatar to wear. Gamers do not even have to watch the whole debate just 30 minutes or more.
Eligible members who watched 3 of the 4 debates for 30 minutes or more each will receive an email containing a token redeemable for the armor by Nov. 1. Will you watch the debates for free Halo 4 avatar armor? Comment below..
"No matter your party, it's always a party with Xbox LIVE Rewards," The posting says. "Tune in today and make your country proud!"
Debate coverage on the following dates in real-time from 9-10:30pm ET (6-7:30pm PT) on Xbox LIVE:
October 3 - Presidential Debate on Foreign Policy
October 11 - Vice-Presidential Debate
October 16 - Presidential Debate on Domestic Policy
October 22 - Presidential Debate