Microsoft has announced the Xbox Live Marketplace content schedule for December. The Deals of the Week — usually long-forgotten or unwanted DLC — are actually real deals this month. In particular, Shadow Complex will be dropped from 1200 ($15) to 800 ($10) during the week of December 21. The following week, starting December 28, Twisted Pixel’s The Maw will fall from 800 ($10) to a low 400 ($5). Although $10 is a good price for Shadow Complex but you could also get it free at Free Live Codes.

In addition to the normal Deals of the Week, Microsoft will also be offering daily deals from December 18-31. The company didn’t specify what any of those deals will be, though it promises discounts on “games, movies, blockbuster game add-ons, holiday themes, you name it!” We’ll be keeping our eye on things once the deals start dropping.

In the meantime, check out the XBLM December schedule, including Deals of the Week, Games on Demand and XBLA.

Deal of the Week

• December 14 (Worldwide, except Japan and India): Lips Coldplay track pack (560 / $7)
• December 14 (Japan): Pinball FX (400 / $5)
• December 21: Shadow Complex (800 / $10)
• December 28: The Maw (400 / $5)

XBLA

• December 16: Alien Breed Evolution episode one (800 / $10)
• December 23: Trials HD “Big Pack” DLC (400 / $5)

Games on Demand (prices will vary by region)

• December 8: Disney’s Bolt
• December 15: Viva Piñata: Party Animals
• December 22: Lost Planet: Colonies
• December 22: Devil May Cry 4
• December 29: Gears of War

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