How to add an xbox live guest for Gears of War?
Gears of War is an outstanding new game for the Xbox 360, the graphics and animation for this game are the best I have ever seen, especially when played back on an HDTV at 1920×1080p resolution.
That said, the menu system for the game was kind of an after-thought and is not very intuitive. The part that I and many other folks suffered with are how on earth to get an xbox live guest signed in so that both you and the guest can play together in split-screen on xbox live? I tried searching every where and I could not find an answer, but luckily after several attempts I was able to figure it out.
Below are the exact steps you need to do to get a guest signed in:
- Make sure the second controller is turned on and is not signed in to xbox live.
- From the main menu select VERSUS then select XBOX LIVE PLAYER MATCH
- At the bottom of the VERSUS PLAYER MATCH screen you should see this “Y Guest SIGN-IN” (see screenshot below)
- On the second controller press Y then select “Guest Xbox Live” from the list that drops down.
- That’s it, you are now ready to play with your guest
Cheers,
– Amr
Hey this help us out alot , FINALLY with your help we figured it out.. it was there all along
thanks, jerry
Comment by jerry — December 26, 2006 @ 4:34 pmThanks alot, i was trying so much to figure it out, i even called xbox live support and they didnt no what to do
Comment by Gears Noob — December 30, 2006 @ 7:16 pmNice, thanks alot man
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Comment by Spector — January 4, 2007 @ 6:38 amThanks…. Couldn’t find that info anywhere!
Comment by Curt — January 4, 2007 @ 2:09 pmOkay, I’m not trying to say how obvious this was or anything but lol. It is.
Comment by Brian — January 6, 2007 @ 1:40 pmthanx man iv asked everyone and there sisters how to and no one knew thax again =)
Comment by Robert — January 6, 2007 @ 3:05 pmthank you ive been trying to find this out for ever now i can play with my friend!
Comment by mimic metal — January 8, 2007 @ 12:29 pmDuh! Thanks for posting this, I can’t believe it was that simple!
Comment by CH0D0B0Y — January 9, 2007 @ 7:30 pmYour a Star!!
Thanks soooooo much saved made a lot of hassle and arguments with my wife!!
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Comment by Mr T — January 14, 2007 @ 10:41 amHammm… Nice article…
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Comment by Bomb on Stilts — January 19, 2007 @ 11:41 amwow that was simple lol
Comment by Sasuke101 — January 27, 2007 @ 12:03 pmHi
Comment by JurassicX — January 29, 2007 @ 4:00 pmThanks, I don’t know why I didn’t notice that, thanks again
holy f*ck that was simple…i love you…thank you!
Comment by yarg — February 7, 2007 @ 11:56 pmdude i love you i been trying to do this forever
Comment by michael — February 10, 2007 @ 5:30 pmthanks a ton
Comment by pmac1477 — February 10, 2007 @ 8:30 pmthanks so much mate me and my brother have been trying to do this since he got his xbox in september. thanks agina again
Comment by shamomofo — February 12, 2007 @ 8:26 amThank you! It is not too obvious where it is. Took us a bit to find it.
Thanks again!
Comment by OwlBoy — February 12, 2007 @ 5:58 pmthanks a lot omg wat a help nno realy thanks
Comment by Fazal — February 16, 2007 @ 3:51 pmThanks dude, this enabled me and my mate to go on a few Chainsaw ownage sprees.
Comment by Bloodkitty — February 21, 2007 @ 11:42 pmDude(tte) I love you so much i would kiss you if i know who you were….
This helped alot…
xxxxxx
Comment by Dunny 06 — February 22, 2007 @ 9:48 amFINNALY!! Thanks a lot man
Comment by Danny — February 24, 2007 @ 6:34 pmCheers for this I was about to go mad
Comment by Bob — February 26, 2007 @ 1:43 pmtHANKS MATE, YOUR A STAR!
Comment by jiM — March 4, 2007 @ 3:52 amdoes this work if you deleted the guest profile for your 360
Comment by ian — March 8, 2007 @ 12:17 pmok it does work thanks
Comment by ian — March 8, 2007 @ 1:22 pmWell done. Why do they make this so hard?
Comment by Cletus — March 16, 2007 @ 7:29 pmIT’s about time I figured that out!!! here is a certificate for free cottage cheese at the IHOPwn! ty
Comment by GOO! — March 17, 2007 @ 5:09 pmDude, seriously I LOVE YOU for telling me this.
Comment by Joe — March 30, 2007 @ 6:17 pmMe and my bro have been trying to figure this out for ages and now, thanks to you, we have! =] You’re the best!
Finally, thanks a lot. Why do they make it so hard. She should set something up like Halo.
Comment by The Snowman — April 13, 2007 @ 12:46 pmYa man, they’r right.. Ive been stuck trying this for ages
Comment by Shlinger Shlong — April 14, 2007 @ 5:27 amthanks man, couldn’t find that…
Comment by Mahebawlz — May 1, 2007 @ 4:36 pmThanks a lot!
Comment by Johannes — May 30, 2007 @ 8:21 amTYVM HOLY SHITZ! me and my cousin have been trying to figure this out for like a week! w00t u rule
Comment by killking7 — June 14, 2007 @ 1:16 pmthanks man, spent half an hour trying to figure this out earlier today. greatly appreciated!
Comment by zack — June 19, 2007 @ 1:18 pmIt was surprisingly difficult to figure this out, so thanks!
It should also be noted that once a guest account is activated, it’ll work on other games where guest accounts are not easily activated (e.g., Double Dragon on XBL Arcade), but only for the duration of the console being on. Once it’s turned off, the guest account must be activated again.
Now that we know how to activate it, it prevents us from making a second gamer account that is really not necessary to have.
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Comment by yourdabest — July 13, 2007 @ 5:59 pmThanx man,i had many discusions with friends who have played with me about that,i thought that i think i need 2 xbox live accounts to play online but thats not true!
Comment by Dutch_Scarface — July 18, 2007 @ 10:33 amso we can spy with our little eye now !
Tnx man, been looking for this info everywhere.
Comment by SCS — August 2, 2007 @ 5:47 amThanks alot for this information. Me and my friend were confused about this and it really helped us out. Keep up the good work.
Comment by Thomas — August 18, 2007 @ 8:54 pmstupid question but,,,how do i turn on second controller no matter what i do the green light never comes on..
Comment by ricky — September 6, 2007 @ 6:00 pmI think I need to stop buying games that have absolutely retarded manuals that dont tell you how to do anything you actually want to do… maybe that will force them to change
Comment by Hunter — October 1, 2007 @ 10:00 pmThanks ever so much.
Comment by Charlie — January 20, 2008 @ 3:57 pmOMG Thanks so much! So simple! And by the way, I did several searches on Google and you are at the top of the list!
Comment by Eddie — February 8, 2008 @ 11:02 pmTY SO MUCH MAN
I’m GrimKage, add me xD
Comment by Andy — February 23, 2008 @ 10:53 amvery helpful, thanks!w
Comment by rinch — February 24, 2008 @ 12:12 amTHANK’S MAN!!!!!!!!
if you wanna add its marlesmonkey89 thanks again
Comment by adam — March 10, 2008 @ 11:47 pmThanks man…. about to say… I have to get another gold membership!
Comment by Jason — May 7, 2008 @ 10:52 amWell, I’ve only been trying to figure it out for about 6 mintues, but thanks man it helped. Probably would have taken me a while so thanks for saving me the time.
Comment by Nic — June 4, 2008 @ 2:37 amheck yea!!!…i was pissed whenever i couldnt get a guest but thanks to you now me and my friend can play…this helped out a lot…thank you so much
Comment by j — July 5, 2008 @ 4:55 pmWow, unbelievable that it was that simple. Thanks a lot!!
Comment by joe — August 3, 2008 @ 1:39 amRWvTiM Hello!,
Comment by name — August 21, 2008 @ 5:07 pmthanks , for the tip , it’s very helpfull
Comment by bagner — October 3, 2008 @ 9:30 pmThanks, I was a little stumped by that.
Comment by M.M — December 29, 2008 @ 1:50 pm