Halo Wars

Amazon has Halo Wars, the new RTS (Real Time Strategy) game based on the Halo universe, for the Xbox 360 for $52.99, that’s 12% off its normal price of $59.99, so you save $7. This deal also includes free shipping.

Go To Amazon’s Halo Wars Product Page

Halo Wars Features:

* Control armies in a whole new way as strategy gaming meets the epic Halo universe
* Enter year 2531 with the crew of the Spirit of Fire and see the early stages of the war against Convent
* Fight as either UNSC or Covenant and employ everything from special Marine units and Warthogs to threatening Scarabs
* Experience smooth, intuitive controls and a friendly UI with a platform developed just for Xbox360
* Enter into skirmishes with up to six players via Xbox LIVE online support

RTS on Xbox 360:

Most console RTS games are adapted from existing PC games, which can make their controls bulky or awkward, but Halo Wars has been developed for Xbox 360 from the ground up. This means the controls are sensitive, intuitive, and easy-to-operate in the midst of battle. And the UI is just as intuitive, so whether you’re managing a unit of marines or a deadly machine, you can focus on creating a battle strategy instead of worrying about how to overcome a clumsy controller.

No matter which faction you choose to play as, you can test your skills against those of other players in online skirmishes that allow up to six players with the New Xbox Experience through Xbox LIVE.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Buy.com has the new Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS for $29.99, that’s $5 off its normal list price of $34.99.

LEFT FOR DEAD IN THE WORST PLACE IN AMERICA. Following his father’s murder, Huang Lee has a simple mission: deliver an ancient sword to his Uncle Kenny to ensure his family retains control of the Triad gangs of Liberty City. Huang is a spoiled rich kid who expects everything to run smoothly, but his trip does not go exactly as planned. After being robbed and left to die, he will search for honor, riches and revenge in the most dangerous and morally bankrupt city in the …

Buy.com price: $29.99 Buy it now for $29.99 (List Price: $34.99)

Go To Buy.com’s Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Product Page

Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Gold Card plus 1 Month Bonus

If you’re looking to save a few dollars or $11 to be exact on your Xbox Live subscription, Amazon has a pretty nice deal on Xbox 360 Live 12 Month (plus 1 bonus month) Gold Cards. Amazon usually has good deals on these Xbox Live subscription cards, but right now they have the 12 Month Gold Card, which includes a bonus month for only $38.99. This deal includes free shipping. A one year subscription to Xbox Live normally cost $49.99.

Go to Amazon’s Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Gold Card plus 1 Month Bonus Page

UPDATE: Added Amazon.com’s Cyber Mondy Deals

If you didn’t find what you were looking for on Black Friday then you can try to find it online on “Cyber Monday”. Many retailers have special online only deals and sales for Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is the Monday after Black Friday when shoppers go online to search for deals that they couldn’t find on Black Friday or during the holiday Thanksgiving week before. According to Wikipedia, Cyber Monday officially kicks off the holiday online shopping season between Thanksgiving and Christmas and is one of the most popular online shopping days of the year. The online sites having Cyber Monday special sales are listed below with links to their Cyber Monday Sale Pages.
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After Black Friday comes Cyber Monday, so Best Buy’s Cyber Monday Sale starts early on Sunday at 12:01 CST. The Best Buy Cyber Monday Sale has limited time deals on laptops, ipods, video games and more. Some of the video game deals include $10 gift card with select Xbox 360 games, get Resistance: Fall of Man for $9.99 when you buy Resistance 2, free 3 month Xbox Live gold subscription with Gears of War 2. You can get 50% off a 8MP Sanyo water-resistant camcorder, up to 45% off GPS receivers, 30% off Samsung washer and dryers and $100 off HTC Touch Diamond 3G unlocked cell phone. All Apple iPods are on sale and you can get an iPod Touch 16GB for $249.99.

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Best Buy is having a 3 day Thanksgiving Weekend Sale that is running through Black Friday. These are limited time deals and includes some of Best Buy’s best sales of the year. The Thanksgiving Weekend Sale ends on Saturday, so these deals expire on Sunday. Most of these deals run today (Thanksgiving Thursday) thru Saturday, but a few are today (Thanksgiving) sales only and one appears to start on Black Friday, so it may not be valid today, but you can still check (its the 15% off select Dyson vacuums). There’s lots of great sales here, deals that you usually only see around this time (Black Friday), like the $250 off select Dell laptops, $200 off Pavilion laptops, free gift cards with iPods, $150 off Garmin and TomTom GPS receivers, $700 off Sony and LG LCD HDTVs and $500-$600 off select Samsung refrigerators just to name a few.

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Nintendo Wii System - Animal Crossing & Avatar Bundle

If you’ve been looking for a Nintendo Wii, you may be in luck this year. Of course, Nintendo Wii’s are still hard to find and sold out in many places, but a Wii shouldn’t be as hard to find this year as last year or even a few months ago. You can check your local stores to see if they have any in stock and haven’t sold out yet. You can also check online. Buy.com has this Wii Animal Crossing & Avatar Bundle for $399.99 (Free Shipping). Of course, since the supply still hasn’t really caught up with the demand, Buy.com says “This item is extremely limited!”.

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After the recent Xbox 360 price cuts Microsoft has introduced 3 new Holiday Bundles that come with free games for the same price as the non-bundles. The Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle and the Xbox 360 Pro Holiday Bundle come with Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures and Kung-Fu Panda. The Xbox 360 Arcade Holiday Bundle comes with Sega Superstars Tennis. These are great bundles for kids wanting a Xbox 360 for the holidays, since the included games are geared toward kids, but really a good deal for anyone wanting a Xbox 360 since the games are free. If you want to read more about the new Holiday Bundles just click on the links or pics below.

Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle 2008 Includes 120GB Hard Drive

Includes Lego Indiana Jones and Kung-Fu Panda
Price: $399.99

Xbox 360 Pro Holiday Bundle 2008 Includes 60GB Hard Drive

Includes Lego Indiana Jones and Kung-Fu Panda
Price: $299.99

Xbox 360 Arcade Holiday Bundle

Includes Sega Superstar Tennis
Price: $199.99

UPDATE: These are the old Xbox 360 systems. The new 2008 Xbox 360 Holiday bundles with 2 free games can be found here.

All versions of the Xbox 360 got big price cuts today (September 5th). The Xbox 360 Elite (120GB Hard Drive) got a $50 price cut from $449.99 to $399.99. The New Xbox 360 Pro (60GB Hard Drive) got a $50 price cut from $349.99 to $299.99. The Xbox 360 Core Arcade Bundle got a $80 price cut from $279.99 to $199.99. And the Old Xbox 360 Pro (20GB Hard Drive), which is still available at Amazon.com, but is being phased out got a $40 price cut from $299.99 to $259.99.

Xbox 360 Elite System Console Includes 120GB Hard Drive

$50 Price Drop
Was $449.99
Now $399.99

Product Features

* Xbox 360 Elite console - The Xbox 360 Elite has a premium black finish and three powerful core processors capable of producing the best in HD entertainment (up to 1080p, like any Xbox 360), 16 - 9 cinematic aspect ratio, anti-aliasing for smooth textures, full surround sound, HDMI output and DVD playback withupscaling capabilities right out of the box
* Xbox 360 120GB hard drive - The huge 120GB detachable hard drive allows gamers to save their games and store television shows, movies, music, pictures, trailers, extra game levels, demos and other content available from Xbox Live Marketplace.
* Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (black) - The sleek black finish of this high-performance wireless controller matches the style of the Elite Console. It has a range of up to 30 feet and a battery life of 30 hours on two AA batteries.
* Xbox 360 headset (black) - Now available in black, the headset lets you strategize while playing together online or trade taunts with your opponents. You can also send voice messages to friends on Xbox Live.
* Xbox 360 HDMI cable - New to Xbox 360, HDMI lets you get HD video (up to 1080p) and multichannel surround sound, all from one cable.Xbox Live Silver Membership - With this, gamers can chat with friends online, collect achievements and gamerscores, send and receive voice and text messages, and access Xbox Live Marketplace content such as game demos, HD movies and TV, as well as the best in downloadable games from Xbox Live Arcade

Xbox 360 Console Includes 60GB Hard Drive

$50 Price Drop

Was $349.99
Now $299.99

Product Features

* Box Content - Xbox 360 Console, 1 Wireless Xbox 360 Controller, 60GB Hard Drive, Wired Headset, Combination Component/Composite A/V Cable, and Silver Xbox Live Service
* Design - Sleek set-top design with horizontal or vertical placement option in a white finish
* Xbox 360 Guide - Access your games, friends, music, movies, and downloadable content from the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller with a single press of the Guide Button
* Customizable Interface - Customize your Xbox 360 Dashboard, Guide, and Gamer Profile with content from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace
* Xbox Live - Go online and enter a world where games and entertainment come alive with the ability to download games and entertainment straight from the Marketplace and join multiplayer sessions complete with voice chat

Xbox 360 Core Arcade Bundle

$80 Price Drop

Was $279.99
Now $199.99

Product Features

* Xbox 360 Arcade console is everything you need to begin playing right out of the box, including Family Settings that allow parents to restrict game access for younger players. Comes with a wireless controller, five arcade games, and a memory unit. This console includes an HDMI output, so you can experience your games in the highest definition possible, up to 1080p (HDMI cable sold separately)
* Ring of Light and Xbox Guide Button - Featured on both the wireless and wired controllers, the Xbox Guide button puts you in control of your experience. In addition to bringing up the Xbox Gamer Guide and the Xbox System Guide, the Xbox Guide button lets you turn the system on and off without ever leaving the couch.
* Xbox LIVE - Xbox LIVE is where games and entertainment come alive, the only unified place where you can play with anyone, anytime, anywhere. Connect Xbox 360 to your broadband connection, attach a storage device (hard drive or memory unit) and get instant access to Xbox LIVE Silver. Express your digital identity through your gamertag and gamer card, talk with others using voice chat, and access Xbox LIVE Marketplace
* Xbox LIVE Marketplace - Keep your favorite games fresh with instant access to new content. Accessible to Silver and Gold members.
* Supports 720p and 1080i high definition resolution or 480p standard definition resolution, in 16 - 9 widescreen or 4 - 3 standard

Xbox 360 Console Includes 20GB Hard Drive

$40 Price Drop

Was $299.99
Now $259.99

This is the old Pro version with 20GB hard drive and is currently being sold by J&R Music and Computer World through Amazon.com. It is being phased out, so stock may be limited.

Product Features

* Box Content - Xbox 360 Console, 1 Wireless Xbox 360 Controller, 20GB Hard Drive, Wired Headset, Combination Component/Composite A/V Cable, and Silver Xbox Live Service
* Design - Sleek set-top design with horizontal or vertical placement option in a white finish
* Xbox 360 Guide - Access your games, friends, music, movies, and downloadable content from the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller with a single press of the Guide Button
* Customizable Interface - Customize your Xbox 360 Dashboard, Guide, and Gamer Profile with content from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace
* Xbox Live - Go online and enter a world where games and entertainment come alive with the ability to download games and entertainment straight from the Marketplace and join multiplayer sessions complete with voice chat

Nintendo Wii System - 2008 Totally Fun Bundle

If you’re a regular DealColossus reader you know that the Nintendo Wii has been sold out and out of stock almost everywhere since it was released. If you’re still looking for a Wii, Buy.com has a new bundle called the “2008 Totally Fun Bundle” for a total of $719.99. Its a big bundle that includes 10 games, if you are wondering why the price is a little high. Considering how hard the Wii has been to find, this is a pretty good deal just to find an in stock Wii. The previous “Super Mario Bundle” and “Fall Fun Bundle” sold out in a few days. This new bundle is also “Extremely Limited” and there’s a limit of 1 per customer.

Bundle Includes:

• Nintendo Wii System (Wii Game System, Wii Remote Controller, Nunchuck, Stand, Sensor and Wii Sports game)
• Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘08
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
• Pokemon Battle Revolution
• Big Brain Academy
• Super Paper Mario
• Mario Party 8
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Rockstar Presents Table Tennis
• Bully: Scholarship Edition

Featuring a remarkable wireless controller and experience, the Nintendo Wii console invites players into game worlds and activities like never before. Whether they’re young or old, expert gamers or beginners, Wii players will express themselves with intuitive motion control using the Wii Remote: a flick of the wrist to to swing a baseball bat or tennis racket, a backswing and follow-through to send a golf ball flying over a pristine fairway. Wii Sports, packaged with the Wii console, introduces players to those and many other experiences.

Buy.com Price: $719.99
Shipping: $13.77
Buy.com Total Price: $733.76