Microsoft Gives Thanks This Week

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Typically the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) is thought of as the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Over the last few years, retailers have extended their sales to encompass online shopping & this year a lot of them have even begun the sales earlier, pushing the consumer to buy before Black Friday. With everyone competing for your cash, it’s only natural that Microsoft does as well, expanding their Deal of the Week offer from one piece of content to three pieces. Beginning today & lasting until the end of the weekend, Gold Xbox LIVE members will be able to pick up the Fable II expansion, See The Future, for 400 MP. Anyone who has Fable II really should take advantage of the sale this week since See The Future is the better of the two available expansion packs. Also on sale is Death Tank for 800 MP, & Peggle, everyone’s favorite casual game (short of Zuma), for 400 MP. With everyone having a long weekend, retro fans will be happy to hear Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has been announced as the Deal of the Week for next week (beginning Nov. 30th), reduced down to 240 MP…

XBLA will see Madden NFL Arcade launch this Wednesday (Nov. 25th). It’s a smaller, 5-on-5 football game & I believe the first one to hit the service. Look for it to set you back 1200 MP…