Best Buy's big pre-Christmas game sale @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on December 20, 2009

News: Your last chance for holiday shopping season deals.

With stores and shoppers counting down the days until Christmas, Best Buy has put out the last great batch of holiday bargains. Covering games on all systems, some games have had their prices slashed by as much as 60% (including Metroid Prime Trilogy).

The sale prices will be in effect starting today and continue through the close of business on Saturday, December 26. The prices will be valid both in-store and online, but most of the best deals are already listed as "backordered" at BestBuy.com

Here's the full list of Best Buy's bargains for the week of December 20 (with the best deals in bold)...

$7.99

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Xbox 360) (regularly $30)

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360) (regularly $30)

$19.99

Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) (regularly $50)

Fairyale Fights (PS3, Xbox 360)

Fight Night Round 4 (PS3, Xbox 360)

Metroid Prime Trilogy (regularly $50)

$24.99

The Sims 3: World Adventures (PC)

$29.99

Call of Duty: World at War (PC) (regularly $50)

Dead Space: Extraction (Wii) (regularly $50)

EA Sports Active: More Workouts (Wii)

Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (PC) (regularly $50)

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (Xbox 360)

The Sims 3 (PC)

$34.99

Borderlands (PC)

Left 4 Dead 2 (PC)

$39.99

Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360) (regularly $60)

Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter (Wii)

Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (PS3, Xbox 360) (regularly $60)

Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360) (regularly $60)

Grand Slam Tennis (Wii)

Need For Speed: Nitro (Wii)

NHL 2K10 (Wii)

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Wii)

The Saboteur (PS3, Xbox 360) (regularly $60)

Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage (Wii)

Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)

Tekken 6 (PS3, Xbox 360) (regularly $60)

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)

Wolfenstein (PS3, Xbox 360) (regularly $60)

$44.99

Brutal Legend (PS3, Xbox 360)

Dragon Age: Origins (PS3, Xbox 360)

Guitar Hero 5 (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)

Need For Speed: Shift (PS3, Xbox 360)

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PS3)

$49.99

EA Sports Active (Wii)

Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)

Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360)

$79.99

Halo 3: ODST + 12 Month Xbox Live Gold Subscription (Xbox 360)

Left 4 Dead 2 + 12 Month Xbox Live Gold Subscription (Xbox 360)

$89.99

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 + 12 Month Xbox Live Gold Subscription (Xbox 360)

Tony Hawk: Ride (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360) (regularly $120)

$99.99

DJ Hero (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)

$149.99

Band Hero: Full Band Bundle (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360) (regularly $200)

More deals can be found in Best Buy's Weekly Ad, which starts on page 17.