Next week Microsoft will launch their annual holiday sales event. They'll be offering full games as well as DLC and Avatar items at a discounted rate.
Xbox.com has been updated with the lists of games receiving discounts. The size of the discounts haven't been announced yet. Generally, though, Microsoft slashes 25-50% off games during these events so expect something similar this year.
From December 18th until December 31st, the following Xbox Live Arcade games (via NeoGAF) will receive a discount:
Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition
Joe Danger 2: The Movie
Zuma’s Revenge!
The Simpsons Arcade Game
Wreckateer
Plants vs. Zombies
Peggle
PeggleNights Content Pack
Fire Pro Wrestling
SONIC 4 Episode II
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
RAW
A World of Keflings
A World of Keflings – Sugar, Spice and Not So Nice
A World of Keflings – It Came From Outer Space
Kinect Party
Jet Set Radio
Microsoft is also planning two-week discounts on select Xbox Live Avatar equipment and Games on Demand. However, they've yet to reveal the specific items in those sales.
Each day of the holiday event will bring new deals on both Games on Demand and DLC. Here's the list of sales revealed so far:
December 18th
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Collection 1 DLC
Collection 2 DLC
Collection 3 DLC
Collection 4 DLC
December 19th
Lego Batman
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Lego Star Wars III
Lego Indiana Jones
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
Lego Indiana Jones 2
Lego Harry Potter
December 20th
Fez
HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Sonic Adventure 2
Rayman Origins
Rayman 3 HD
Mark of the Ninja
Trine 2
December 21st
L.A. Noire
Red Dead Redemption
Max Payne 3
Midnight Club: LA
December 22nd
To be announced
December 23rd
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Deadlight
Hybrid
December 24th
Trials HD
Trials HD – Big Thrills
Trials HD – Big Pack
Trials Evolution
Trials Evolution: Origin of Pain
December 25th
Hydro Thunder
Rock of Ages
Mini Ninjas Adventures
Leedmees
Fruit Ninja Kinect
Fruit Ninja Kinect – 8-bit Cartridge
Fruit Ninja Kinect – Art Box
Fruit Ninja Kinect – Space Capsule
Fruit Ninja Kinect – Storm Season
December 26th
To be announced
December 27th
Borderlands
Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2 Season Pass
December 28th
The Walking Dead Episode 1
The Walking Dead Episode 2
The Walking Dead Episode 3
The Walking Dead Episode 4
The Walking Dead Episode 5
December 29th
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Cars 2: The Video Game
Crash Of The Titans
Toy Story 3
Crazy Taxi
The Splatters
December 30th
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
Street Fighter III: Online Edition
Dungeon Fighter LIVE: Fall Of Hendon Myre
December 31st
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dawnguard
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Hearthfire
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Shivering Isles
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Knights of the Nine
It seems like there's plenty of things worth a purchase here, in terms of DLC and games. If you haven't played Spike VGA Game of the YearThe Walking Dead yet, this is a good chance to do so.