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Amazon.com, still bursting with self-promotion from what it called its best holiday shopping season ever, has revealed its "Best Of" products from 2008. In the video game category, it was all Wii, all the time.
Halo Wars is an easy sell. It's Halo, it's real-time strategy, it's on the Xbox 360. Don't tell Amazon that, though. They've got their own idea of what the game's like.
The 2008 holiday season was Amazon's best ever, with Nintendo Wii dominating the top sellers in video games and hardware, the online retailer announced today.
Infinite Undiscovery On The Cheap. Anyone looking for a low-cost stocking stuffer for the JRPG fan on their list might want to take advantage of today's Amazon deal of the day. Square Enix's Infinite Undiscovery is 50% off its regular retail price which, given it's rather middling review scores, should make the purchase more palatable. [Amazon]
Starting tomorrow at 12 AM PST (6pm AEST Friday) — or midnight tonight if you prefer — Amazon will be featuring a series of Gold Box deals featuring nothing but PlayStation 3 product. It works just like the last PS3 Gold Box event, with the first Deal of the Day hitting just after midnight, the next at 6 AM PST (12am AEST Saturday), then a new one every four hours.
Ubisoft dropped us a line to let us know about Amazon's $10 Gift Card for ever pre-order of Far Cry 2 offer, but we found some of the other Far Cry 2-related items the website has listings for much more interesting. Did you know that Amazon is your one-stop shop for all of your flamethrower needs? Have you ever found yourself in need of a soldier for hire and a means to get him over the wall of an enemy compound located near an overhanging cliff? Done and done.
Of course all three items aren't available for sale yet, but I've signed up for notifications and have cleared out space in my apartment for flamethrower testing.
Atlus fans are also big fans of Atlus swag, and you cannot get much more swaggy than the Persona 4 Social Link Expansion Pack. This limited edition bundle, available for pre-order now via Amazon.com or Amazon.ca for our brave Canadian Ice Spider Assault Teams, features four choice bits of Persona 4 memorabilia for the low price of $US29.99. The pack includes a Teddie Plushie, an extremely sexy Konohana Sakuya t-shirt, the "Side B" soundtrack CD, and a 2009 Calendar
you can mark all to hell when they finally announce a new Persona game for the PlayStation 3 *fingers crossed*. The pack will be shipping out December 9th along with the game, so you'll be able to seek comfort with Teddy hugs when things inevitably get weird.
If you're looking for an excuse to get an Xbox Core Arcade Bundle (second console perhaps? I dunno), Amazon would like to provide one: You get Lego Batman for free. Or, put another way, if you consider it a $199 purchase of Lego Batman, they throw in the console for free. It's a big family-game promo that we antifamily, antisocial types can still take advantage of.
This is in addition to a slate of other price cuts the online retailer introduced this month, including discounts on yearlong Xbox Live subs, Xbox Live points, and extra controllers.
Xbox 360 Family Game of the Month [Amazon, via PunchJump]
Here's a deal for you, bargain shoppers. If you're in the market for Rock Band 2 on Xbox 360, you could do worse than buy the game from Amazon, because the online retailer is giving away MS points with every purchase of the game. 1600 MS points, to be precise, which you'll get if you order the game before October 4, a none too shabby amount that should have you bickering with friends and loved ones over which DLC to buy in no time.
Buy Rock Band 2 for the Xbox 360 and get a 1600 Live Points Card [Amazon]
AU: US only, of course. :-( -SB
Ready the credit cards and one-click ordering, kids, as this Friday brings with it another round of Amazonian deals. The online retailer's Gold Box will be stuffed with Wii game goodies starting this Friday at midnight Pacific Time, as eight mystery Wii titles will be slashed in price for a limited time. You know how this works — load the page, consider the deal, toss it in your cart and... curse yourself for taking that extra second to decide whether you really wanted Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition at half-price. We'll give you a helpful reminder just prior, so you can get a jump on the bargains.
All Wii Gold Box [Amazon - thanks, Derek!]
