As of Tuesday (2/11/2014), Xbox Live is having a decent sale on select games. NBA 2K14 is the deal of the week, while the rest of the games highlighted here are discounted throughout the rest of the month. Enjoy!
[UPDATE - starting on slide 9] According to Major Nelson's website there are some pretty awesome deals right through February 25th. Stay tuned for the daily updates that are supposed to take place as well.
NBA 2K14 is just about the only basketball simulator. In addition to the RPG elements during an optional campaign, this sports franchise's gameplay and textures are top notch--and the game is only $40 until next Tuesday. This sale is now over.
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From the creators of Mortal Kombat comes Injustice: Gods Among Us. This stunning brawler will cost you $40 in this month's sale.
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Killer Is Dead was written by Suda; those who are a fan of his work would find this game very familiar in style. In the action-packed game, you're a cyborg that wields a sword. The title is priced at $30 until the end of the month.
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Zumba Fitness Core is $30 for the rest of the month. Now to find the energy and motivation.
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Hot Wheels: World's Best Driver will set you back $20. Having not played or heard of this game - nor could I find a site that reviewed it - I can only imagine that price should be a little lower.
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Dragonball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi is on sale for $30. The game is based on the TV cartoon series, and with that you get another fighting game included in this sale.
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Dragonball Z Budokai HD is along the same lines as the slide prior to this one. This game is based on a different part of that story and actually precedes Tenkaichi and will cost you another $30.
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The following games will be on sale until February 25th, 2014 and are part of "the Ultimate Games Sale." Hurry before it's too late.
Portal 2 is a physics-based puzzler with a single player and co-op campaign. Venisia with GameSkinny wrote a great review about the game. The price of the game is $9.89 with the free Peer Review DLC.
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Mass Effect is a great series and the very first of the trilogy. If you've wanted to play the beginning of this stellar story it's on sale for only $3.74. There is no discounted DLC for this iteration.
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Asura's Wrath is an underrated action game that consists of a plethora of quick time events. This game costs only $7.59 and both its DLC are discounted to only $1.99 a pop.
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DiRT 3 is a well polished arcade racer. For only $4.99 you can get plenty of smiles per gallon out of this bargain.
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Driver San Francisco is a character story-based urban racing game. Though you're on a manhunt, you don't have to search too far to find a great value at $6.59.
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Fable III is a very popular action-RPG that focuses on decision that alter the story, how people interact with you, and changes your characters appearance. This great adventure is yours for only $7.49.
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Batman: Arkham City got awarded several 10/10 scores and is still a highly regarded entry into the recent reboot of the Dark Knight. For only $4.99 you can thwart evil doers until the break of dawn.
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Motocross Madness makes use of your Avatar as you navigate multiple terrains in the arcade dirt-bike racing game. For only $1.99 I guess it can't hurt to eat some dirt.
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Alan Wake's American Nightmare takes place in the same fiction and story-line as the original game. This is simply a separate DLC, which doesn't require the original game to play. For only $2.99 this is one nightmare you don't want to wake up from.
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Guardians of Middle Earth is Xbox Live's first true MOBA experience. When the game released it had some server issues, but they have seem to ironed them out now. You can play as your favorite LOTR character for only $1.04.
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Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale is a hack-n-slash adventure. It brings the 4th rule set of D&D to life for only $1.99.
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Rock Band Blitz is a controller based music rhythm game. You can tap your way to fun with this discounted game at $4.04.
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Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2-D platformer that revitalized my interest in the genre. This combo-driven gameplay is complimented with a wonderfully written game and score. Complete with a talking sword and a flying rat, you're getting a bargain at only $2.99.
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Published: Feb 18, 2014 04:42 am