As we’re nearing the end of the year 2014, it’s time for sales, deals and offers to make their way towards other parts of the market. Xbox One has exceeded any other console sales since it was released in November 2013 and was officially acclaimed as the leading console of the year, making developers everywhere not have a second thought at releasing their titles on the console.
Microsoft and Amazon have taken it upon themselves to bring various Xbox One titles to the online shop in markets that haven’t received that much attention in the past. The offer is varied and broad, 20, 30 or even 40% off deals popping up all over the Internet. Microsoft, Amazon, Kotaku and Steam are only a few examples.
So for a limited time only, Xbox one on Amazon is offering a handful of releases that you can grab at a staggeringly low price. Microsoft is having a special offer that will start every day at 8AM for 12 days that will ensure you will have your favorite games and electronics by Christmas.
Here are a few of the biggest titles you will be able to get your hands on during these offers.
1. Destiny
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Produced by the same names that made Halo and Call of Duty comes a first person shooter with some role-playing game elements that speaks of a hypothetical Earth where humanity has been stranded in one last remaining city. The outside world, beyond the walls of the city is filled with creatures of untold power. The game leaves you as one of the Guardians of the last safe place on the planet to defend it and reclaim everything that has been lost. You are given incredible abilities in form of weapons, gear and powers to roam this world of mythic science fiction. One thing that makes Destiny stand out is the artwork and graphics – the world surrounding you is breathtaking and spectacular in every single way possible. The level of detail is astounding and will make you stop in awe in your exploration.
The gameplay will, at one point, possibly remind you of other titles such as the Borderlands series – whether we’re talking about the way the game progresses or the multiplayer aspect of it. The missions that will be given to you focus around particular areas and require you to defeat the zone’s incoming monsters or retrieve key items. Despite the mission format of the game, it does feel more open-world oriented at times, the focus moving discreetly on exploration and discovery.
Multiplayer-wise, the game gives you the option of teaming up with 2 more people to take on challenges and more difficult missions or alternatively, the Raid mode meant to form 6-man teams to face off against the most difficult tasks that Destiny has to offer, including complex team fights, puzzles and more.
You can get this game at a discounted price directly from Microsoft or via Amazon at discounted price.
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2. Halo: The Master Chief Collection
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Times have changed since the first release of the Halo series, which has left a mark in its wake. The entire franchise has officially been remastered, packed up in one big batch and released for us to rejoice in its 60 fps beauty. Halo:
The Master Chief Collection delivers the entire story of the iconic Master Chief from start to finish, including Halo 2: Anniversary, maps and campaigns from Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 4, along with access to the live-action digital series Halo: Nightfall and the soon to come Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta. It was released back on November 11th this year and has been acclaimed by Master Chief’s fans all over the world.
Made for the Xbox One, this collection will allow you to relive through the ultimate soldier’s greatest adventures, with graphics updated for the new console and CGI-remade cutscenes with the help of Blur Studio. The story that has followed us for so many years is back and remains loyal to the original, and this time accompanied by a series of new achievements, along with free reign of all difficulty and play modes from the very beginning.
Access to the Halo 5 beta will be running from December 27th 2014 to January 22nd 2015, and will not receive open beta status, so this might be a unique chance for you to indulge in more Master Chief goodness earlier on.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is being featured on sale for XBox one on Amazon with a great discount.
3. Ryse: Son of Rome
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Considered probably one of the more moving releases of 2014’s fall, Ryse: Son of Rome offers a baffling cinematic experience.. In an age when the Roman Empire is starting to wither, giving room to chaos and depravity, the protagonists’ family is murdered by barbarians right under his eyes. It is your mission and ultimate goal to seek revenge. It is your mission to lead your forces into massive battles to save Rome from threats. It is your mission to rise.
One of the features that the game was acclaimed for as far back as 2013’s E3 is its very realistic, very brutal style of combat. There is little to no dead time in this game, your hero being forced in grueling fighting most of the time. But unlike hack & slash titles that do keep you engaged almost continuously in a flash of special effects and combo streaks, Ryse: Son of Rome combat relies on counters and follow-up strikes, reminding us a little of the Batman Arkham titles.
Graphics are a chapter where Ryse: Son of Rome really shines. Whether it’s the Roman setting that you’re flung into – the Coliseum, domes, arenas – or whether it’s the wilderness of the battlefield that you are trekking through, Crytek seems to have put an outstanding amount of effort in it. Furthermore – and this is probably one of the most impressive traits of the game – is the digital acting that forms the foundation of every single combat scene in the game.
Digital acting is taken to the next level by not leaving it for the central characters alone, rendering the hundreds you defeat in righteous combat expressionless heaps of animated meat. Instead, both your character and every enemy you slay have a wide range of facial expressions that only boosts the original argument pro-Ryse: combat really does take “realistic” to a different level.
4. Battlefield 4
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This one is a classic and we won’t believe anyone who ever says never heard of it. It’s the shooter/action genre defining title that has made a confident statement all throughout its carrier. Combat galore in dynamic destructible environments is never a dull thing, and the developers have surely put in a lot of extra work hours into this particular feature of the game. Everything you touch, shoot, slash or blow up will display spectacular responses. In the gaming world, it is known as Levolution – the ability to change the landscape in real-time with interactive environments.
Battlefield is never a lonely place. The 4th release of the title is bringing multiplayer to the next level, allowing you to join in armed struggles between up to 65 players. And to make things even better, a series of vehicles bring out more chaos to the all-out battle(field) by air, sea and land making for intense battles.
The graphics quality of this game demands respect. The Frostbite 3 engine does deliver most of what you expect of from the gaming industry, even more than a year later following its release. Effects are rendered extremely well and particle dispersion due to collision and destruction feels unusually realistic. Dynamic weather compliments the sceneries and the audio rendering of the entire game – single or multiplayer – top-notch.
Speaking of single player. It’s easy to forget that the Battlefield series actually also has a single player mode since thousands and thousands of people bustle up to take on each other in multiplayer.
The campaign revolves around a never ending war between America, China and Russia but starts with you being sent alongside your Tombstone Squad on a covert mission in a chaos-ridden Shanghai to extract a group of VIP’s, letting the plot unfold as more mysteries about the superpowers agendas are revealed. But let’s be frank. Who exactly ever bought Battlefield 4 for the single-player campaign? Maybe the same guy who bought WinRAR. Bless him.
5. Dead Rising 3
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Put on your protection glasses, grab a chainsaw and relax because this game I sense was made for venting anger and frustration in a bloody but safe manner, from the quiet comfort of your home. Dead Rising 3 is a game packed with action and ridiculous amount of weapons and character customization where your sole purpose is survival in a world filled with – surprise! – Zombies.
Thousands, no, tens of thousands of the walking dead will give you ample opportunities to try out every single weapon that comes your way, wear whatever goofy outfit you choose and gain all the experience you can muster.
It’s unsure how much of the game you are supposed to take seriously, even the characters of the story displaying a series of inconsistent behavior and ironic replies. There will be a counter at the bottom of your screen that will constantly display the total amount of deaths you’ve caused with your own hands. Zombie deaths that is. Second-deaths. The open-world map will not let you run dry of enemies, swarming with distinctively detailed places for you to explore in this world that has gone through a sudden zombie outbreak.
And because if anything, Left for Dead 2 taught us that the only thing better than holding a gun against a horde of zombies is you and a friend both holding guns against a horde of zombies. Dead Rising 3 is no different; the co-op mode is even more fun than the single-player, marginally increasing the difficulty of the playthrough, but making it more exciting proportional to the increase in zombie numbers.
Its looks don’t particularly challenge graphics giants of the last two years, being a 720p only game but still offers a decent to good graphic quality that will satisfy your curiosity of what it would look like if you slashed a zombie with a light saber. Or ten.
Get it while it’s hot for Xbox One on Amazon,
Surely the list of Xbox One games that is currently in the promotion, at considerable price reductions goes on. Some of the other titles you could get for your console are Need For Speed Rivals, Sunset Overdrive, Kinect Sports Rivals, Forza Horizon 2, Lego Marvel Superheroes, Minecraft, NBA 2K15, Thief, Fighter Within and much, much more. As we are waiting for the holiday video game sales to kick in on the other platforms, Xbox One titles do not seem to have received much attention on other websites yet, so throwing a glance on the list of discounted games you can get for Christmas this year via Xbox One on Amazon is a good starting place for your holiday shopping.
You can find the complete list of discounted games here:
Other Discounts:
– XBox One Assassin’s Creed Unity Bundle – 349.99$ from 399.99$
– Madden NFL 15 Xbox One – 44.99$ from 59.99$
– Lego Marvel Super Heroes XBox One – 19.99$ from 29.99$
– Call of Duty: Ghosts XBox One – 19.80$ from 39.99$
– Grand Theft Auto 5 XBox One – 49.50$ from 59.99$
– NBA 2K15 XBox One – 29.99$ from 59.99$
Happy gaming!