Even this close to Christmas, last-minute shoppers can still get their hands on an Xbox One. What's even better is that they can choose from a wide variety of bundles that are now being offered by two retailers.

The first is Best Buy, which returns Xbox One bundles with a vengeance, as five bundles are now available on its Web site for orders.

Choose from any of these five bundles, but note that there is a limit to only one order per customer. Also note that the four latter bundles reel in savings from anywhere between $10 and $30.

- Xbox One 500 GB Bundle with Controller ($559.98)

- Xbox One 500 GB Bundle with "Forza Motorsport 5" ($549.98)

- Xbox One 500 GB Bundle with 12-Month Xbox Live Gold Membership ($539.98)

- Xbox One 500 GB with "Dead Rising 3," 12-Month Xbox Live Gold Membership ($589.97)

- Xbox One 500 GB Bundle with Controller, "Dead Rising 3," 12-Month Xbox Live Gold Membership ($649.96)

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Toys R Us Deals

Over at Toys R Us, there are also new bundles in store, but this time, buyers can choose from any of the 10 bundles, which even include the Xbox One Standard Edition, and can range from anywhere between $500 to $620.

Check out the bundles here. Note that some bundles have the option of ship-to-home:

- Xbox One Standard Edition Console ($499.99)

- Xbox One "Call of Duty: Ghosts" Bundle ($559.98)

- Xbox One "Madden NFL 25" Bundle ($559.98)

- Xbox One "Ryse: Son of Rome" and "Forza 5" Bundle ($619.97)

- Xbox One "NBA 2K14" Bundle ($559.98)

- Xbox One "Just Dance 2014" Bundle ($549.98)

- Xbox One "Dead Rising 3" and "Forza 5" Bundle ($619.97)

- Xbox One "Battlefield 4" Bundle ($559.98)

- Xbox One "Lego Marvel" Bundle ($559.98)

- Xbox One "Skylanders SWAP Force" Bundle ($574.98)

*Other gaming devices that players should watch out for beside the Xbox One and PS4: Oculus Rift's other contender, the SteamOS beta and GeForce's Twitch feature. Read here for more.

'Halo: Spartan Assault' Debuts on Xbox One

Major Nelson has posted on his blog that "Halo: Spartan Assault" is now available for the Xbox One. the top-down shooter is the transition game between "Halo 3" and "Halo 4" and will deliver 30 campaign missions, familiar "Halo" weapons, vehicles and abilities as well as allow for team ups via the Xbox Live.

*The features of the "Call of Duty: Ghosts" season pass has already been announced: Read here to see if it's worth getting.

It's available for $14.99, with release schedules also dated for the Xbox 360 come January and the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 come July 2014.

Fans shouldn't think that this is the only "Halo" game that's slated for the Xbox One, as rumours of "Halo 5" making it to the next-gen console as an episodic game are still very much active and rampant.

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