Colonel Nasty said: I'm actually surprised you get them both at the same time. I was hoping for the same deal as 360 because I think it's easier to talk pubs into giving your game away for 15 days rather than a month. Click to expand...

Spartan Assault is absolutely awful on console (is somewhat acceptable or "meh" on mobile) so it cant have been too difficult talking the devs into putting this one up for 30 days. The sales have to be anemic at best given the deservedly negative word of mouth. The final insult is how heavily it relies on microtransactions. Ewwww.Max is great, but its a $15 title with zero hype and I'm guessing low to non-existent sales. If anything, giving it away short term on Live should give the game free PR in the form of people talking about it and telling others how good it is. For some games this sales/rental model is a win-win.