Xbox’s Black Friday digital sale is now live, with up to 95% off over 1,000 games

Xbox has launched its digital Black Friday sale, offering discounts on more than 1,000 games on the Xbox Store.

The sale includes heavy discounts on the latest sports games, including 50% off EA Sports FC 24, Madden NFL 24 and NBA 2K24.

It also sees Mortal Kombat 1 dropping from $69.99 / £64.99 to $48.99 / £45.49, and Mass Effect: Legendary Edition dropping from $59.99 / £59.99 to $11.99 / £11.99.

Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box, which includes all six Borderlands games and spin-offs and all their add-on content, usually costs $149.99 / £123.99 but is now $49.49 / £40.91.

The full list of over 1,000 discounts can be found on the Xbox Wire website (and can be sorted by the discount percentage), but highlights spotted by VGC include:

• Star Wars Squadrons – $1.99 / £1.74
• Mirror’s Edge Catalyst – $0.99 / £0.99
• Diablo IV – $41.99 / £41.99
• WWE 2K23 – $19.79 / £19.79
• Mass Effect Andromeda: Deluxe Recruit Edition – $5.99 / £5.24
• XCOM 2 Collection – $9.99 / £7.99
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – $4.49 / £3.74
• Bioshock: The Collection – $9.99 / £7.99

The digital sale is the first part of Xbox’s planned Black Friday deals.

From November 18, Microsoft will be offering $50 off select Xbox Series X/S consoles and $10 off select Xbox wireless controllers.

Discounted consoles will include the Xbox Series X Diablo 4 Bundle, the Xbox Series X Forza Horizon 5 Bundle, and the recently launched Xbox Series S Starter Bundle, which will be priced at $249.99.

Sony’s Black Friday promotion also started today and includes offers on hardware, games and subscriptions across PlayStation Store, PlayStation Direct, PlayStation Gear and participating retailers.

Nintendo of America announced a range of Black Friday deals last week, while Nintendo UK has also listed some of the games and hardware bundles that will be available in its Black Friday sale.