Walmart reveals Black Friday plans

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of the story said the time for the Friday deals mistakenly listed the time as 8 a.m. local time instead of 6 a.m. local time. Walmart has also clarified that not all items in Event 1 will be part of the 1-hour guarantee and that customers will need to purchase the items in-store that night in order to take part in the guarantee. We have updated the story to reflect these changes and regret the error.

Following Best Buy and Target's Black Friday unveilings on Tuesday, Walmart on Wednesday revealed its plans for the busy Thanksgiving weekend. Similar to its two Minnesota-based rivals Walmart has a number of noteworthy deals in electronics, though it has decided to break its Black Friday into three separate "events" beginning Thanksgiving night.

The first begins at 6 p.m. local time on Thanksgiving Thursday and includes a number of noteworthy deals for video games. Among them: an Xbox One bundle for $329 that includes a $30 gift card and the new Halo Master Chief Collection, Microsoft's re-release of the four prior Halo games for the Xbox One. Also included is beta access to try next year's version of the hit series, Halo: Guardians. While this Xbox bundle will only be an in-store "doorbuster" the retail giant will be offering a $379 Xbox One bundle online on Thanksgiving Thursday coupling the Xbox One with a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live as well as a choice of one game. For those happy with Microsoft's older Xbox 360, Walmart will be offering those on Black Friday for $99, an $80 savings.