Microsoft and Nintendo are slashing prices on plenty of spooky titles for Halloween
By Sheena Vasani, a writer covering commerce, e-readers, and tech news. She previously wrote about everything from web development to AI at Inside.
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It’s hard to believe, but Halloween is now just a little over a week away. Luckily, if you haven’t had a chance to celebrate spooky season, a bunch of horror games are on sale this weekend. Now through October 31st, for example, Nintendo is taking up to 85 percent off digital Bethesda titles like the remastered Quake 2 (now $3.99)and Doom Eternal(now $15.99). Amazon Prime subscribers, meanwhile, can snag a free copy of Doom 3 — an Xbox 360-era classic — for PC until November 18th.
Yet perhaps the best Halloween sale comes courtesy of Microsoft, which is taking up to 75 percent off hundreds of digital horror games through October 31st as a part of its Shocktober sale. The ongoing promo extends to newer Xbox titles like Blasphemous 2 (now $23.99) and Diablo IV, the latter of which is on sale for $52.50 (about $18 off) at the Microsoft Store (or for $49.99 at Amazon). As a part of a separate promo, Microsoft is even letting Xbox owners take part in a 10-hour trial of Diablo IV, so long as they do so beforeOctober 22nd.
Microsoft’s wide selection of older games is also worth a look if none of the newer titles sound appealing. Right now, for instance, you can grab the teen-centric slasher The Quarry for $17.49 ($53 off) and Alan Wake Remastered — the much-lauded predecessor to Remedy’s forthcoming Alan Wake 2 — for $9.89 ($20 off).
The Quarry is an interactive teen slasher from Supermassive Games, the studio behind horror games like Until Dawn.
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