Microsoft Holds a Halloween Games Sale
- Paul Thurrott
- Oct 24, 2017
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In celebration of Halloween, Microsoft’s annual “Xbox Shocktober” sale is back.
“It’s time for the Xbox Shocktober Sales event,” Microsoft’s Larry Hyrb explains. “Xbox Live members can take advantage of the [many] Xbox One and Xbox 360 deals. Plus, during this special event [you can] get free metallic finishes (D-pads and triggers) with [any] purchase of Xbox Design Lab controllers.”
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The Xbox Shocktober Sales event runs from now until October 31, 2017 at 10 pm ET. It’s available to anyone with an Xbox Live account. That is, you don’t need to have a Gold account.
You should check out Hyrb’s blog post for the full list of sale games. But some of the better Xbox One deals include:
75 percent off: Claire Extended Cut, D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die, Dead Alliance, Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition, Dead Rising 4 Season Pass, Oxenfree.
70 percent off: The Walking Dead: Season One – The Complete First Season, The Walking Dead: Season Two.
60 percent off: Resident Evil Triple Pack, Dead Rising 4.
50 percent off: Resident Evil 7 Deluxe Edition, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier – The Complete Season, Dead Island Definitive Edition, Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2, Dead Rising 2 OTR, Resident Evil 7 Standard Edition.
Note that there are some great Xbox 360 games on sale too.