Along with the much anticipated Dashboard update, Microsoft has announced a new "Download & Win" contest where gamers have a chance to win free Microsoft Points. The company is putting 1,000,000 Microsoft Points up for grabs for people who download content from Xbox Live between 6:01 AM PST on November 19th, and 11:59 PM PST on November 23rd.

The downloads must be from the following categories:

• Movie
• TV Show
• Full Arcade Game
• Xbox Originals Game
• Game Add-On
• Music Video

The Prizes include:

• One Grand Prize of 500,000 MS Points
• Five 1st Prizes of 50,000 MS Points
• Ten 2nd Prizes of 10,000 MS Points
• Thirty 3rd Prizes of 5,000 MS Points

Sounds like a great way to kick off the New Xbox Experience. I think we all could use a cool 500,000 MS Points. If you have a few points laying around you might think about buying a game or two next week.