Best Buy is having a Great Sale on Xbox Games, PS3 Next Week

courtesy of Ben Kuchera of arstechnica.com

In the mood to spend some money? Best Buy is running a rather insane deal, where you get 50 percent off certain Xbox 360 titles by purchasing the first game at the full price, and the list of games that qualify for the deal is rather stunning. Some of the titles aren't even out yet, so if you were planning on picking up both Halo 3: ODST and Modern Warfare 2, you can save $30 on the deal by getting them together through Best Buy.

A partial list of games and prices is included after the jump, and I'm guessing you'll be able to find at least two games you've been meaning to pick up.

$60 Games:

• Halo 3: ODST (pre-order) $60
• Fallout 3 $60
• Resident Evil 5 $60
• Madden NFL 10 $60
• Batman: Arkham Asylum $60
• Call Of Duty: World at War $60
• Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (pre-order) $60
• UFC 2009 Undisputed $60
• Many More

$40 Games

• Halo 3 $40
• Fable II $40
• Halo Wars $40
• Gears Of War 2 $40
• Grand Theft Auto IV $40
• Many More

$30 Games

• Far Cry 2 $30
• Bioshock $30
• Dead Space $30
• Tom Clancy's EndWar $30
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed $30
• Many More

$20 Games

• Madden NFL 2008 $20
• The Orange Box $20
• Mirror's Edge $20
• Battlefield: Bad Company $20
• Tony Hawk's Proving Ground $20
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames $20
• Many More

Halo Wars sells 1 million units

Most people by now know that Ensemble Studios went the way of the dodo bird, but their final game has proven to be a success. According to Microsoft, over one million units of Halo Wars have been sold and over 2.6 million multiplayer matches played on Xbox Live. Seems as though Ensemble Studio's swan song has been well-recieved by the gaming masses despite the comments from gamers at message boards and forums stating how "average" the gameplay is and how RTS doesn't work on a console. The numbers don't lie.

Halo Wars IS an average RTS when compared to a PC RTS, but if you think like that - then, Halo 3 is also "average" due to the fact that the game is played using a game controller instead of a keyboard and mouse.

The bottom line... is even though Halo Wars is not the most advanced, next-generation RTS game, it is still enjoyable and lets you experience the Halo universe from a different perspective. I personally enjoy the game. It refreshing, and the online co-op is a blast. Plus, everyone is hindered by the awkward controls, so no one is at a disadvantage. Just relax and play the game, or relax and don't. Stop the hate.