The Deal Hunt: Some Holiday Deals for the Discerning Shopper

With the holiday season in full swing, and with the economy in more pain than a WoW addict finding her server down, I thought it might be useful to post a few video game deals I've stumbled across during my lunch break today:

Amazon.com, in its long tradition of providing fantastic deals, has recently listed Left 4 Dead for the Xbox 360 and the PC for $39.99 and $29.99, respectively. This discount is part of Amazon's 15 Days, 15 Deals holiday sale, where they will unveil a new deal on new games each day for 15 days starting on December 2. I'm not sure when this will end, as there should be six deals listed but only four appear on the sale page, but be sure to keep an eye on this for some great holiday discounts.

For those of you looking to forgo the recent blitz of new releases and snag some older titles you may have missed out on, Playswitch.com and Gamefly.com both offer used games at highly discounted prices. Playswitch.com, a game-trading website I personally use, currently has a number of titles from earlier this year and last for less than forty dollars, including Soul Calibur IV for $35, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for $30, Lost Odyssey for $33, and Tales of Vesperia for $35. Gamefly.com's used games marketplace also offers a number of discounted titles forgotten in the wake of Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty: World at War. Look for Grand Theft Auto 4 for $29.99, Burnout Paradise for $19.99, Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution for $37.99, Battlefield: Bad Company for $34.99, and Devil May Cry 4 for an astonishing $12.99.

I'll continue to post game deals as I come across them. Best of luck, deal hunters!

--Mike