Weekend console download deals: The Game Awards deals continue

The console digital shops likewise took a walloping from Black Friday. But the Xbox and PlayStation stores are also offering up deals on the big Game Awards nominees. The catch? They're only for today only. All that, plus the new freebies are up and running! Check out the full list of deals below.

Here's our selection of this weekend's console deals:

Xbox One

• A number of Game Awards nominees, including Halo 5: Guardians, Destiny: The Taken King, Mortal Kombat X, The Witcher 3, Life is Strange, and many others are on sale, but for TODAY ONLY. This deal ends at the end of Friday, so don't wait up! Find the full list of deals here.

The following games are a part of Xbox One Games with Gold/Deals with Gold. An Xbox Live Gold Subscription is required to receive these discounts.

• The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - FREE!
• Knight Squad - FREE!
• Guacamelee Super Turbo Chapionship Edition - $3.75 (75% off) (Frenemies character pack also on sale here.)
• Flockers - $6.25 (75% off)
• Schrodinger's Cat - $3.30 (67% off)
• Worms Battlegrounds - $5.00 (80% off)
• LA Cops - $4.95 (67% off)
• Overruled! - $3.75 (75% off)
• The Escapists: The Walking Dead - $13.39 (30% off)
• Killer Instinct's Orchid - $1.00 (80% off)

PlayStation 4

• PlayStation is holding its own sale for Game Awards nominees. These deals are also very limited time, with the sale ending tomorrow at 12PM PT. Find the full list of nominees, including Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Rocket League, Destiny: The Taken King, Metal Gear Solid V, and more here.

The following deals are available only to PlayStation Plus members.

• Gauntlet: Slayer Edition - FREE! for PlayStation Plus
• King's Quest Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember - FREE! for PlayStation Plus
• Divekick - $3.99 (20% off)

Nintendo Wii U

• Rock 'n Racing Off Road - $2.99 (50% off)

Xbox 360

The following games are a part of Xbox 360 Games with Gold/Deals with Gold. An Xbox Live Gold Subscription is required to receive these discounts.

• CastleStorm - FREE!
• Guacamelee Super Turbo Chapionship Edition - $3.75 (75% off)
• De Blob 2 - $7.50 (50% off)
• Darksiders - $4.95 (67% off)
• Darksides II - $6.00 (80% off) (Season Pass also on sale here.)
• Deadfall Adventures - $6.00 (80% off)
• Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon - $4.00 (80% off)
• MX vs ATV Reflex - $4.00 (80% off)
• MX vs ATV Supercross - $14.99 (50% off)
• Painkiller: Hell & Damnation - $6.00 (80% off)
• Red Faction Guerilla - $4.00 (80% off)

PlayStation 3

The following deals are available only to PlayStation Plus members.

• Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon - FREE! for PlayStation Plus
• SSX - FREE! for PlayStation Plus

Nintendo 3DS

• Hello Kitty and Sanrio Friends 3D Racing - $4.99 (80% off)

PlayStation Vita

The following deals are available only to PlayStation Plus members.

• Freedom Wars - FREE! for PlayStation Plus
• Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken - FREE! for PlayStation Plus

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?