Xbox Live Sale: El Shaddai for $3 and much, much more

Microsoft’s huge Games on Demand sale starts today

The Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale kicks off today. From now until March 4, Microsoft will be rolling out a new set of deals each day in an effort to part customers from their piles of ethereal moon bucks. Today’s obvious standout is UTV Ignition’s swansong as a developer, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

It’s not without shortcomings, but El Shaddai is certainly one of the most unique games I’ve played in years. Outlandish, dreamlike visuals and a creative story based on the Judeo-Christian mythos make it one journey well worth experiencing. And for just $2.99? You can’t get much of a better deal than that.

• Dirt 2 ($29.99, $4.99 on sale)
• GRID ($29.99, $4.99 on sale)
• Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements ($19.99, $2.99 on sale)
• TCs. HAWX ($19.99, $4.99 on sale)
• Rainbow Six Vegas ($19.99, $4.99 on sale)
• Kane & Lynch Dead Men ($19.99, $4.99 on sale)
• Call of Juarez ($19.99, $4.99 on sale)
• Tom Raider Legend ($29.99, $4.99 on sale)
• Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter ($19.99, $4.99 on sale)
• Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 ($19.99, $4.99 on sale)
• Virtua Fighter 5 ($19.99, $4.99 on sale)
• BioShock ($19.99, $4.99 on sale)
• El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron ($19.99, $2.99 on sale)
• The Darkness ($19.99, $4.99 on sale)

Additional Xbox LIVE Ultimate Game Sale items on sale [Major Nelson]