Major Nelson has just announced that he is offering 10 multiplayer beta keys per day for Battlefield: Bad Company.

"I just got my hands on 100 codes for the Battlefield Bad Company beta that kicked off this week. I was going to give them away all in one shot, but to make it fair for people that don’t visit the blog every hour of every day here is what I am going to do: I am going to award 10 codes a day for the next 10 days. Since the beta will run until April 25th, that should everyone plenty of time to get in on the action."

The offer involves mailing Major Nelson at his Xbox.com address, however please be aware that Hotmail addresses will be automatically blocked.

Full story, here.

It's been a while since I've posted news on this blog, which was down to the loss of my laptop (for all those who are interested, the HDD died). So to kick start things again, here's a quick run down of all the important news stories.

• The Heroic Map Pack for Halo 3 is now free. Previously released for 800 MS points, the map pack can now be picked up via the marketplace at a price everybody can enjoy.
• The Call of Duty 4 patch is now live, just pop your CoD 4 into your drive and download the patch while connected to Xbox Live.
• The Call of Duty 4 map pack is scheduled for release in early April, for 800 MS points. Details about the map pack have just been announced by fourtwozero, in this blog entry.
• Introversion's Darwinia+ has officially been announced for the 360, and will come bundled with both the original Darwinia, and the multiplayer Multiwinia. The price and release date have yet to be announced.
• Do you remember Major Nelson's post on Gamesave Tampering? Microsoft have finally decided to kick that policy into gear, and have taken steps to combat achievement cheaters.