Fallout 4 Temporarily Free over Xbox Marketplace

Now this is an interesting little surprise. Late last night, some lucky Xbox One players may have noticed something unusual on the Xbone store: Fallout 4, the critically acclaimed masterpiece from Bethesda studios, and most of it's DLC, were being listed on the marketplace as completely free. At first, like you might reasonably expect, they assumed this was some typo, but when they actually tried to purchase it...

... It really was free. Fallout 4, the season pass, and all the DLC (except Far Harbor, which was included in the season pass anyway) was free on the Xbox One store for a few beautiful hours. Speculation was abound as to the cause, with most people guessing that it was some publicity stunt in time for E3, but, either way, plenty of people took advantage of it while it was free.

Of course, nothing good lasted, and this surprise 100 percent-off sale has since been fixed, and everything costs what it's supposed too.

Following up on this remedy, Bethesda had this to say:
 

“An unintended discount caused some excitement today. While we loved the enthusiasm it generated, prices for Fallout 4 games have been restored.”

Ah well. If you're one of the lucky folks who got their hands on a free copy of Fallout 4, congratulations... assuming Bethesda lets you keep the free copy, which they may not. Otherwise... better cross your fingers for another 'unintended discount'.