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Revealed: Notable Xbox deals for tomorrow’s Ultimate Game Sale
Microsoft’s Ultimate Game Sale kicks off tomorrow (5 July), but you don’t have to wait until then to see the discounted wares.
The company’s Major Nelson has published a list of cut-price Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC games that will be featured in the promotion, including a few notable entries.
The deals are separated into several tiers, namely 67% off (75% off for Gold members) and 60% (67% for Gold subscribers), all the way to 10% (15% for paid subscribers) and 15% (25% for Gold users).
What’s on sale for Xbox One?
There are plenty of games receiving a 67%/75% discount, including F1 2015, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, the Metro games, Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, The Evil Within and Wolfenstein: The New Order.
Titles with a 60%/67% discount include Evolve, Ryse: Legendary Edition and Call of Duty: Ghosts.
Games with a 50%/60% discount account for the single biggest sale category though, featuring Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate Gold Edition, Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, FIFA 16, Far Cry 4, Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Just Cause 3.
Other notable titles on sale include UFC 2 (40%/50%), Fallout 4 (40%/50%), Diablo 3 (40%/50%), Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (30%/40%), GTA V (30%/40%), Mirror’s Edge Catalyst (30%/40%), Star Wars: Battlefront (25%/35%) and Doom (20%/30%).
Xbox 360 and PC sales included
Microsoft has also confirmed that Xbox 360 and Windows 10 games would be a part of the promotion – the latter being included for the first time.
PC gamers will get discounts off 30 games, including Quantum Break, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow Complex: Remastered, Killer Instinct and Lara Croft/Hitman Go. You can view all the discounted PC titles at Microsoft’s website.
Xbox 360 fan? Then you’ll be pleased with the wide variety of discounted titles.
The most deeply discounted game is The Witcher 2 (75%/85% off), while Saints Row 2 and Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark are close behind (70%/80%).
The 65%/75% tier is the biggest category on Xbox 360, featuring titles like Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Bully: Scholarship Edition, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Hitman HD Pack, Hitman Absolution, Just Cause 2, Injustice: Gods Among Us and Red Dead Redemption.
Other Xbox 360 games on sale include Crackdown and Crackdown 2 (57%/67%), Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2 (40%/50%), Bioshock Infinite (57%/67%), South Park: The Stick of Truth (50%/60%) and Skyrim (40%/50%).
The Ultimate Game Sale ends on 11 July.
Visit Major Nelson’s website here for all the discounted games.