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Xbox Live Marketplace Offering Daily Deals from Dec. 21 to Dec. 31; Red Dead Goes On Demand
Xav de Matos
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Xbox Live's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has revealed the last push of content for the Xbox Live Marketplace for the year.

To ring in the New Year, Xbox Live will offer a plethora of daily discounts and special offers. From December 21 until December 31, a new block of daily offers (see the a preview of the deals after the break) will be available for users to empty their MS space buck-filled wallets. Discounted titles include Super Meat Boy and Comic Jumper as well as the Claptrap New Revolution DLC for Borderlands.

Also finding its way to the Marketplace before the year Twenty-Eleven are a slew of new Games on Demand titles. The list includes Red Dead Redemption, Just Cause 2, and Ghostbusters.

Xbox Live users in the United States will have an opportunity to win a stockpile of Microsoft points this Saturday in a special Halo: Reach all-night marathon session this Saturday, December 18. Every hour between 6pm and 6am PT, eight players will each win 4,000 points. The perfect prize to say hello to 2011.

    From December 21 through December 31, there will be a new Xbox Live Marketplace deal every day. Major Nelson will post daily deals on his blog as well as on Twitter. In addition to the surprise daily offers, Xbox Live will host 10 unique offers that will be available for the duration of the campaign.
Preview of the Special Offers from December 21 to December 31
  • Super Meat Boy Discounted Price: 800 Savings: 33%
  • Comic Jumper Discounted Price: 800 Savings: 33%
  • Toy Soldiers Discounted Price: 800 Savings: 33%
  • Banjo Tooie Discounted Price: 600 Savings: 50%
  • Castle Crashers Discounted Price: 600 Savings: 50%
  • The UnderGarden Discounted Price: 400 Savings: 50%
  • Risk Factions Discounted Price: 400 Savings: 50%
  • Afterburner Climax Discounted Price: 400 Savings: 50%
  • Borderland's Claptrap New Revolution Discounted Price: 400 Savings: 50%
  • Carcassonne Discounted Price: 400 Savings: 50%
      Xbox Live Deal of the Week - Gold Members Only
      Week of December 20 - Forza Car Packs
    • World Class Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
    • Summer Velocity Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
    • Exotic Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
    • Road & Track Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
    • Audi R8 LMS RC Car, 160 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
    • Checkered Flags, 80 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
      Xbox Games On Demand
    • December 21: Red Dead Redemption
    • December 21: Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands
    • December 28: Transformers: War for Cybertron
    • December 28: Just Cause 2
    • December 28: Ghostbusters
      Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace
    • December 15: Bomberman LIVE
    • December 15: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I
    • December 15: Winter Wear
    • December 23: Disney Sidekicks
    • December 23: University Collection (College Football Bowl Season)
    • December 23: Ninjas Collection
      Xbox Game Add-Ons
    • December 21: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Expansion Pack, 1200 Microsoft Points
    • December 29: Bomberman Live: Battlefest Bomb-Up Pack I, 240 Microsoft Points
      Xbox Live Arcade Starting December 22 through January 5, Microsoft Game Studios will introduce three new downloadable hits hits as part of Games for the Holidays, exclusively to Xbox LIVE Arcade and for gamers of every level
    • December 22: A World of Keflings, 800 Microsoft Points
    • December 29: Raskulls, 800 Microsoft Points
    • January 5: ilomilo, 800 Microsoft Points
      Plus, for Xbox Live Members in the US This Saturday, December 18, Lexus will sponsor the all-night gaming marathon for Halo: Reach on Xbox LIVE in the U.S., giving gamers the opportunity to download Lexus content and enter to win prizes for playing from dusk 'til dawn. Every hour from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. PT, eight players will each win 4,000 Microsoft Points. Keep an eye on the Xbox 360 dashboard for more information.
    Note: Xbox Live schedule is subject to change. All content my name be available in all Xbox Live regions.

    Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    • [deleted] 498475715 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 16, 2010 4:07 PM

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      • k1ld0r legacy 10 years
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        December 17, 2010 3:36 AM

        wouldn't doubt it, especially with the 250gb drive becoming standard and the option to put in your own external HDDs. You can bet the next-gen consoles will be heavily influenced to digital distribution as well.

      • Deathlove legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        December 17, 2010 5:59 AM

        That is indeed very interesting.

      • stncttr908 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        December 17, 2010 7:32 AM

        I'd love to see it, although it makes trading in impossible.

      • daggot legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        December 17, 2010 12:47 PM

        It's pretty much a foregone conclusion; especially for the next round of consoles. Apple is only speeding up that process with their Mac app store that's launching, further cutting retail out of the supply chain.

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