The video game deal of the day over at Amazon today is a FREE Xbox LIVE 3 Month Gold Membership when you purchase an Xbox 360 4GB Console along with the Battlefield 3 video game.

Add all three items to your cart and the discount will be reflected during checkout:

– Xbox 360 4GB Console
– Battlefield 3 for Xbox 360
– 30Month Xbox 360 Live Subscription Gold Card

Despite much drama and what looked like a significant potential fanbase loss, Activision has done it again, breaking the day-one video game release record for the third consecutive year with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

In its first 24 hours the game sold 6.5 million copies (including its record-breaking pre-orders), which equals out to $400 million. That breaks last year’s record of $360 million set by Call of Duty: Black Ops, and the prior year’s record of $310 million set by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Part of this week’s video game deal over at Amazon this week is a Buy Two, Get One Free sale.

Purchase 2 qualifying video games from the sale items and get a third game from the list for FREE. Some of the games includes are Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Gears of War 3, New Super Mario Bros., and much more.

Note – this deal is valid only for this week until 11:59pm PST on Saturday, November 5, 2011.

Amazon is currently offering a $20 credit towards the future purchase of a video game after you pre-order the video game Battlefield 3 – Limited Edition for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Also, with the pre-order of the Xbox 360, PS3, or PC versions, you’ll receive an Amazon exclusive Dog Tag Pack as well as the Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand expansion pack for free.

See details below for the PC Download, which you can Pre-Load right now so you can play the game immediately upon release at midnight on October 25, 2011.

For those of you who don’t know, Activision’s Call of Duty video game franchise has been the top dog when it comes to warfare and especially when it comes to online (non-MMO) multiplayer action for a long while now. But after they forced out many of the top talent they had working for them at Infinity Ward, most fans were angered by the harsh, overdramatic tactics used in basically just “firing” these gentlemen, and confidence in how good the next chapter in their ultra-popular series, Modern Warfare 3, would end up being.

As all of that drama was playing out, DICE was busy making a game titled Battlefield 3 for EA using the new Frostbite 2 engine. And when a demo of how the game looked showed up, many bitter Call of Duty fans seemed ready to jump ship without a second thought…especially with rumors of Activision starting to charge people to play online. We eventually found out that the new pay service was simply an added bonus for those who wanted to get it, and that everyone could continue playing online as they have been…but is it too late already?

Both titles are being shown off in-depth at this year’s E3 convention, so all we can do is watch and see which way we’re leaning. You can see video “arguments” for both games below””watch them and share who you plan on playing come this fall! Modern Warfare 3 or Battlefield 3…who will it be?