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  • Assassin's Creed prices cut during Xbox Live sale

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    Mike Suszek
    Mike Suszek
    12.29.2014

    Microsoft's "Countdown to 2015" sale continued today with deals on two games in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series. Xbox One players can pick up Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, last year's pirate-themed entry in the series, at half off ($25). As for Xbox 360 owners, the Xbox Live Arcade version of Assassin's Creed Liberation HD is 75 percent off today ($5). The publisher's Countdown to 2015 sale began earlier this month and features a mess of other discounts. For instance, players can pick up episodes in Telltale's The Walking Dead series for $2.49 each, L.A. Noire for $7.49 and Fable 3 for $6.59 on Xbox 360. Alien: Isolation is down to $30 on Xbox One, alongside Destiny ($45), Diabo 3 ($40.19) and Sleeping Dogs' Definitive Edition ($30). Head over to the sale's site for a look at the full list of deals. [Image: Ubisoft]

  • Xbox sales galore: Dragon Age Inquisition, Diablo 3, Telltale

    by 
    Jessica Conditt
    Jessica Conditt
    12.23.2014

    Let the countdown continue! The Xbox Live Countdown to 2015 sale is live with fresh deals today and this week, plus Deals with Gold is still going strong with sales specifically for Xbox Live Gold members. First up, a selection of Xbox One Countdown to 2015 games on sale for the week, through December 31: The Legend of Korra (33 percent off), Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls (33 percent off), Destiny (25 percent off), Call of Duty Advanced Warfare (25 percent off), The Telltale Games Collection (50 percent off), Alien Isolation (50 percent off), Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition (50 percent off) and Tomb Raider DE (50 percent off), among others. And now some of the Xbox 360 weekly deals in the Countdown to 2015 sale: Destiny (25 percent off), The Legend of Korra (33 percent off), Alien Isolation (33 percent off), individual episodes of The Walking Dead Season 1 (50 percent off each), The Walking Dead Season 2 Season Pass (50 percent off), The Wolf Among Us Season Pass (50 percent off), Bully (75 percent off), Red Dead Redemption (75 percent off), Fable 3 (67 percent off), Metal Gear Rising Revengeance (67 percent off), and others. Today only, grab Dragon Age: Inquisition and its Deluxe edition for 35 percent off each on Xbox One. Xbox 360 players, get The Raven episodes 1, 2 and 3 each for 75 percent off today only. Deals with Gold sales on Xbox One include the Destiny Digital Guardian Edition for 25 percent off, Tales from the Borderlands Episode 1 for 50 percent off, The Walking Dead Bundle (seasons 1 and 2) for 50 percent off, and Halo: Spartan Assault for 66 percent off. Xbox 360 Deals with Gold include Call of Duty Advanced Warfare for 25 percent off, The Orange Box for 75 percent off, and Tales from the Borderlands Episode 1 for 50 percent off. [Image: EA]

  • Countdown to 2015 Xbox sale starts: Dark Souls 2, Resident Evil, more

    by 
    Mike Suszek
    Mike Suszek
    12.16.2014

    Microsoft kicked off its "Countdown to 2015" sale today on the Xbox Store, discounting a myriad of games with bigger price cuts for Xbox Live Gold members. This week's deals are good until December 22 and feature Lords of the Fallen at 40 percent off, Thief at 67 percent off, Wolfenstein: The New Order for half-price and The Evil Within at half-off as well for Xbox One, among a slew of other games. Microsoft also discounted The Crew/Assassin's Creed: Unity as well as The Crew/Far Cry 4 bundles by 25 percent for the week. Two Xbox One games are also on sale for today only: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and its season pass are each 33 percent off and Lego: The Hobbit is 50 percent off. Among the many Xbox 360 games on sale this week, Dark Souls 2 is half-off, Tomb Raider is 67 percent off, Halo: Spartan Assault and Dance Central 3 are each 67 percent off and BioShock Infinite's price is slashed by 85 percent. A handful of games in the Resident Evil series are discounted this week as well, such as Resident Evil 5, Revelations and Code Veronica X by 67 percent each, Raccoon City by 75 percent and Resident Evil 6 by 50 percent. Lego: The Hobbit is also discounted by 67 percent on Xbox 360 for today only, and Lego Lord of the Rings is 75 percent off. The full list of this week's deals can be found after the break.