Its bundle fun time in this week’s edition of Cheapskating. If you’re one of the few still without an Xbox 360 console, Best Buy has a pretty good holiday bundle for the 250GB 360. The bundle comes with Skyrim and Forza Motorsport 4. There is also a 4GB 360 bundled with Kinect for $250, plus Kmart is throwing in a $50 award card.
Gamers looking forward to upcoming releases will be happy to know that NewEgg’s $12 pre-order deal is back with top choices such as Assassin’s Creed III for $48 (and only $38 for the PC version). Another title worth considering is the Mass Effect Trilogy if you’ve never played the series before – or even if you already have!
Hot Deal of the Week |
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Xbox 360 250GB 2012 Holiday Bundle with Skyrim and Forza Motorsport 4 — $249.99 at Best Buy. List is $300. |
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NewEgg Video Game Sale: $12 off Pre-Orders $49.99 and up with coupon “EMCJNJD242”Ends today. |
Upcoming Releases |
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Last Tuesday’s release: Doom 3: BFG Edition (PC Download) — $24 at Green Man Gaming. List is $30. |
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Last Tuesday’s release: Dance Central 3 – Kinect + $10 Gift Card (Xbox 360) — $49.99 at NewEgg. List is $50. |
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Oct. 23: Cabela’s Hunting Expeditions (PC Download) — $26.99 at GameStop. List is $30. |
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Oct. 23: Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013 with Gun (Wii) — $47.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $59 at Overstock.com. |
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Oct. 23: Forza Horizon (Xbox 360) — $47.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $58 at JR.com. |
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Oct. 23: Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013 with Gun (PS3, Xbox 360) — $67.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $76 at JR.com. |
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Oct. 30: WWE ’13 (Xbox 360, PS3) — $47.99 at NewEgg. List is $60. |
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Oct. 30: LEGO Lord of the Rings (PS3, Xbox 360) — $37.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $50. |
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Oct. 30: Assassin’s Creed 3 (Xbox 360, PS3) — $47.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $60 at Buy.com. |
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Nov. 6: NASCAR The Game: Inside Line (Wii) — $37.99 at NewEgg. List is $50. |
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Nov. 6: Mass Effect Trilogy (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) — $47.99 at NewEgg. List is $60. |
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Nov. 6: NASCAR The Game: Inside Line (Xbox 360, PS3) — $47.99 at NewEgg. List is $60. |
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Nov. 6: LittleBigPlanet: Karting (PS3) — $47.99 at NewEgg. List is $60. |
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Nov. 13: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) — $47.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $60 at Amazon. |
Multiple Platforms |
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Max Payne 3 (Pre-Owned: Xbox 360, PS3) — $17.99 at GameFly. Next best is $30. |
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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier (Pre-Owned: Xbox 360, PS3) — $17.99 at GameFly. Next best is $40. |
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Pre-Owned: PS3, Xbox 360) — $14.99 at GameFly. Next best is $32. |
Xbox 360 & Kinect |
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Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth (Xbox 360 Kinect) — $37.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $50 at Amazon. |
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Soul Calibur V Collector’s Edition (Xbox 360) — $29.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $40 at Amazon. |
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FIFA Street (Pre-Owned: Xbox 360) — $12.99 at GameFly. Next best is $28 at Amazon. |
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Ninja Gaiden 3 (Pre-Owned: Xbox 360) — $9.99 at GameFly. Next best is $24 at Amazon. |
PS3, PS Vita, & PSP |
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Soul Calibur V (PS3) — $19.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $27 at Amazon. |
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Yakuza Dead Souls (PS3) — $14.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $30 at Amazon. |
Wii, 3DS, DS |
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No More Heroes 2 (Wii) — $14.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $17 at Overstock.com, normally $20. |
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Guilty Party (Wii) — $9.99 at Amazon. Next best is $20 at NewEgg. |
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Spider-man: Edge of Time (Pre-Owned Wii) — $9.99 at GameFly. Next best is $40. |
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Wipeout 2 (Pre-Owned Wii) — $7.99 at GameFly. Next best is $29 at Amazon. |
PC & PC Downloads |
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Need for Speed: The Run (PC) — $6.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $17 at Amazon. |
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Syndicate (PC) — $6.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $20 at Amazon. |
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Origin offers 50% off Medal of Honor Warfighter if you buy Battlefield 3 Premium (PC Download) — $79.98 at Origin. Separately $110. |
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XCOM Enemy Unknown + $5 Cash Back or $10 GMG Credit (PC Download) — $44.99 at Green Man Gaming. Normally $50, no bonus. |
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Borderlands 2 (PC Download) — $39.99 at Green Man Gaming. Elsewhere $60. |
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FIFA Soccer 13 (PC Download) — $29.99 at Amazon. Next best is $40 at GameStop. |
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The Sims 3: Supernatural (PC Download) — $29.99 at Amazon. Elsewhere $40. |
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War Of The Roses (PC Download) — $20.24 at Amazon. Next best is $24 at Green Man Gaming. |
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Serious Sam 3: BFE (PC Download) — $7.50 at Amazon. Elsewhere $40. |
Gaming Hardware |
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Xbox 360 4GB Console w/ Kinect Bundle + $50 Kmart Award Card — $249.99 at Kmart. |
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Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Holiday Bundle with Kinect Adventures and Kinect Disney Adventures — $249.99 at Best Buy. A new bundle which released last week at $300. |
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Nintendo 3DS Cosmo Black + $35 Kmart Award Card — $169.99 at Kmart. Elsewhere $170, no bonus. |
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Cooler Master Storm Mechanical Quick Fire Pro Gaming Keyboard — $59.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $78 at SuperBiiz. |
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Razer Naga Hex Wraith Red Edition Gaming Mouse — $59.98 at Best Buy. Next best is $71 at NewEgg. |
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Sennheiser PC 360 Professional Gaming Headset — $153.98 at Amazon. Next best is $250 at B&H Photo. |
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Corsair Vengeance 2000 Gaming headset — $99.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $140 at Amazon. |
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SteelSeries Spectrum 5xB Gaming Headset for Xbox 360 — $39.99 plus $4.99 shipping at 1 Sale A Day. Next best is $65 at Amazon. |
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Turtle Beach Ear Force Z1M Gaming Headset (Refurbished) — $9.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $23 at Amazon. |
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Galaxy GeForce GTX 670 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 3-Way SLI Video Card 67NPH6DV5ZJX — $334.99 at TigerDirect. Next best is $394. |
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Asus VS247H-P 23.6-inch 2ms LED Monitor — $149.99 at NewEgg. Next best is $173 at Mac Mall. |
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128GB Samsung 830 Series SSD 2.5″ MZ-7PC128B/WW — $69.99 at Amazon. Next best is $104 at Buy.com. |
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Alienware M18x 18.4-inch 1080p display, Quad Core i7-2670QM, 1.5GB GeForce GTX 560M — $1,524.99 at BuyDig.com. Next best is $1,600 at Amazon. |
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Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 20994PU Ivy Bridge Core i7-3630QM, 15.6-inch 1080p Full HD display, GeForce GTX 660M,8GB RAM, 500GB 7200RPM HDD, Blu-ray — $949 at Lenovo. Cheapest ever by $50. |
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Alienware M14x r2 Ivy Bridge Core i7-3630QM, 8GB RAM, 2GB GeForce GT 650M — $1,299 at Dell Home. Cheapest ever by $50. |
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Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 20938RU Ivy Bridge Core i7-3630QM, 8GB RAM, GeForce GT 650M 2GB — $749 at Lenovo. Cheapest ever by $50. |
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Dell XPS 8500 Ivy Bridge Quad Core i7-3770 Desktop, Radeon HD 7570, 24GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $899.99 at Dell Home. Normally $1,270. |
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