Target Stores: Buy 2 Get 1 Game Free As Black Friday Looms

As with every new year, the Black Friday discount season creeps earlier and earlier. For those looking to pick up video games this holiday season, Target is running a promotion giving you a reason to start shopping early with their latest "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" sale. There are over 1,200 games included in the sale this week, covering all major video game platforms.

From looking at past news archives, running a video game sale a few weeks before Black Friday is becoming an annual tradition of sorts for Target.

On this page, you'll see 1 of 22 pages' worth to pick through. After perusing the sale a bit, we've come up with the total count for each platform:

• Xbox One – 81 titles
• Xbox 360 – 280 titles
• PS4 – 86 titles
• PS3 – 264 titles
• PlayStation Vita – 36 titles
• PlayStation Portable – 1 title
• Nintendo 3DS – 266 titles
• Nintendo DS – 144 titles
• Nintendo Wii – 129 titles
• Nintendo Wii U – 64 titles
• PC Games – 76 titles

Nearly all recent releases are available in the sale, including titles such as Destiny and Sunset Overdrive. That said, there are plenty of notable missing titles, including Bayonetta 2 for the Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Several other upcoming games that can carry their own weight without a promotion are also excluded from the sale (e.g. Far Cry 4).

Take note that although certain titles are excluded online, this doesn't mean that its not available in-store. While Target.com has the above select titles excluded, you can still get them in store with this promotion, provided you have a Target retail store nearby to nab your game.

In a similar fashion, Best Buy is running a "Buy 1, Get 1 50% off sale" this week on Nintendo 3DS games. Best Buy's sale is limited to only 35 titles and to the portable Nintendo platform but does include The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, which you won't find in the Target sale.