In celebration of the holiday season, Microsoft is offering substantial discounts on the Xbox platform, discounting games across the Xbox One, Xbox 360 and a range of Windows devices. Yesterday holiday discounts were made available on the Windows Store and as of today, various deals are accessible on Xbox Live.
The deals listed below are the first of two waves, which will be swapped out next week. The first wave of savings will be live until December 29th, where new deals will be introduced to Xbox One and Xbox 360 users. Daily Deals will also be rotated daily, until the end of December. To promote paid Xbox Live subscriptions, a further discount up to 10% will be available for users with Xbox Live Gold memberships.
The following Xbox One discounts will be available until December 28th:
(The discount on the left-hand side represents the discount with the additional gold bonus applied)
| Adventures of Pip | 50% / 40% |
| Back to the Future: The Game – 30th Anniversary Edition | 33% / 25% |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | 35% / 25% |
| Batman: Arkham Knight Premium Edition | 40% / 30% |
| Batman: Arkham Knight Season Pass | 35% / 25% |
| Battlefield Bundle | 40% / 30% |
| Borderlands: The Handsome Collection | 60% / 50% |
| Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons | 33% / 25% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops III | 17% / 10% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops III Digital Deluxe Edition | 20% / 10% |
| Destiny: The Taken King | 25% / 15% |
| Destiny: The Taken King – Digital Collector’s Edition | 35% / 25% |
| Destiny: The Taken King – Legendary Edition | 33% / 25% |
| Don’t Starve: Giant Edition | 33% / 25% |
| Dragon Age: Inquisition | 40% / 30% |
| Dragon Age: Inquisition Trespasser | 33% / 25% |
| Dragon Age: Inquisition – Game of the Year Edition | 60% / 50% |
| Dragon Ball Xenoverse | 50% / 40% |
| EA SPORTS Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR | 50% / 40% |
| Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious Digital Edition | 50% / 40% |
| Forza Horizon 2: Playground Select Car Pack | 75% / 67% |
| Forza Horizon 2: Storm Island | 75% / 67% |
| Forza Motorsport 5 Alpinestars Car Pack | 75% / 67% |
| Forza Motorsport 5 Bondurant Car Pack | 75% / 67% |
| Forza Motorsport 5 Hot Wheels Car Pack | 75% / 67% |
| Forza Motorsport 5 Top Gear Car Pack | 75% / 67% |
| Forza Motorsport 5: Racing Game of the Year Edition | 50% / 40% |
| Forza Motorsport 6 and Forza Horizon 2 Bundle | 33% / 25% |
| Forza Motorsport 6 Deluxe Edition | 20% / 10% |
| Forza Motorsport 6 Standard Edition | 15% / 5% |
| Forza Motorsport 6 Ultimate Edition | 25% / 15% |
| Frozen Free Fall: Multiplayer Character Pack | 33% / 25% |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 40% / 30% |
Some great deals are also available on the Xbox 360, and offer discounts on a number of recent releases and classics of the generation:
| A World of Keflings | 50% |
| Blood of the Werewolf | 67% / 57% |
| Bloodrayne Betrayal | 67% / 57% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | 75% / 65% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | 67% / 57% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Bundle | 40% / 30% |
| Chivalry | 67% / 57% |
| Destiny: The Taken King | 25% / 15% |
| Destiny: The Taken King – Digital Collector’s Edition | 35% / 25% |
| Destiny: The Taken King – Legendary Edition | 33% / 23% |
| Dishonored | 50% / 40% |
| Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials | 50% / 40% |
| Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall | 50% / 40% |
| Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches | 50% / 40% |
| Dishonored: Void Walker’s Arsenal | 50% / 40% |
| Dragon Age: Origins | 65% / 55% |
| Dragon Ball Xenoverse | 50% / 40% |
| Fable II (Backward Compatible) | 75% / 65% |
| Fable III (Backward Compatible) | 75% / 65% |
| Forza Horizon | 50% / 40% |
| Forza Horizon Rally Expansion Pack | 50% / 40% |
| Forza Horizon VIP Membership and Cars Pack | 50% / 40% |
| Frozen Free Fall: Multiplayer Character Pack | 33% / 23% |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 58% / 48% |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | 75% |
| GTA IV | 75% |
| Guncraft: Blocked and Loaded | 50% |
| JoyRide Turbo | 50% |
| King’s Quest: The Complete Collection | 33% / 23% |
| L.A. Noire Rockstar Pass | 75% |
| L.A. Noire | 75% |
| Lara Croft Tomb Raider Anniversary | 80% / 70% |
| LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 | 75% / 65% |
| LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 | 75% / 65% |
| LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars | 75% / 65% |
| LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Backward Compatible) | 75% / 65% |
| Madden NFL 16 | 60% / 50% |
| NBA 2K16 | 25% / 15% |
| Need for Speed Rivals | 60% / 50% |
| Portal: Still Alive (Backward Compatible) | 67% / 57% |
| Red Dead Redemption Undead Collection | 75% |
| Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare | 75% |
| Red Dead Redemption | 75% |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 33% / 23% |
| Saints Row IV | 75% / 65% |
| Soulcalibur II HD | 75% / 65% |
| Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | 75% / 65% |
| Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II | 75% / 65% |
| State of Decay | 60% / 50% |
| Super Time Force | 67% |
| The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 | 50% / 40% |
| Thief | 70% / 60% |
| Tomb Raider Legend | 80% / 70% |
| Tomb Raider Underworld | 80% / 70% |
| Transformers: Devastation | 50% / 40% |
Source: Major Nelson