Microsoft Announces “Ultimate Game Sale” for Xbox 360 Next Week

A bevy of recently released and older titles will be available at (currently unknown) discounts.


Halo 3 and Assassin’s Creed 2 may be available to download for free and keep on Xbox Live from July 1st, but Microsoft has decided that’s not enough. According to Xbox Live director of programming Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, there will be an “Ultimate Game Sale” for the Xbox 360 next week in which 32 games will be up for grabs and discounted.

As of now, the discounts haven’t been revealed, but the games that will be available are quite impressive: Assassin’s Creed III, Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2, Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway, Bulletstorm, Command and Conquer Red Alert 3, Crysis, Crysis 3, Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga, Dragon Age Origins, Far Cry 3, Far Cry Instincts Predator, Forza Horizon, Gears of War: Judgement, Hasbro Family Game Night 3, Hitman Absolution, Kinect Sports 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes, Lego Lord of the Rings, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Rising: Revengence, Monopoly Streets, Perfect Dark Zero, Prey, Rockstar Table Tennis, The Orange Box, Tomb Raider, Witcher 2, WWE 13 and XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

Stay tuned for next week as pricing information becomes available.

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