Saturday, 30 November 2019

Apple offers three-month News+ trials through Black Friday weekend

Apple Music has long had three-month free trials, but what if you want to give News+ a similar dry run? You can -- but only if you act quickly. Apple is offering a three-month trial to News+ to American and Canadian users who sign up through Black...

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Twitter bans House candidate who suggested Ilhan Omar should be hanged

Twitter may be reluctant to crack down on politicians' tweets, but it still has its limits -- and one political candidate may have crossed the line. The social media giant has permanently banned Republican House candidate Danielle Stella's personal a...

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EU investigates Google data collection practices

No, European antitrust regulators still aren't done looking into Google's practices. The European Commission told Reuters in a statement that it's conducting a "preliminary investigation" into Google's data collection. While it didn't go into detai...

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Borderlands 3 team is 'aware of new community concerns,' and will address them after the holiday

The lull period has begun. You know the time: when people are off visiting their families and no big games are coming out (unless you're Super Smash Bros. and the month is December 2018). As a result patches might not come as expediently as pretty much any other time of year, and Gearbox is reminding folks that the same rules also apply to them.

Taking to Twitter, the studio notes that they are "aware of new community concerns that have been reported following the November 21 patch," this week's hotfix changelog is pretty light, but more fixes are on the way, as soon as next week. The culprit? Among other lingering problems, fast travel is a bit buggy now, and some players are reporting that guardian rank perks are bugged.

As for this round of hotfixes, which is actually a hotfix, the update rectifies a bug with the legendary shotgun The Butcher, where the recoil was a tad sillier than anticipated. Given that it's a pretty hot gun it's worth of its own update.

There's a grace period of sorts until the first major DLC drops (that's December 19), so it's a perfect time for a 'lil break. Not every game can be hobby-grade all the time!

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Rockstar says 'vast majority' of Red Dead Redemption 2 PC issues now fixed, offers free PC care package DLC

Red Dead Redemption 2 recently hit PC by way of a ton of different platforms: except Steam. That changes on December 5, but before then Rockstar has done a ton of patching to smooth over that huge milestone of a launch.

Rockstar says that a "series of updates" have been deployed as of this week, which includes fixes for both the Rockstar Games Launcher (which has been causing many of the problems), as well as the appropriate NVIDIA drivers. The publisher says "the vast majority of performance issues...have now been resolved" on PC, but they're still working on "lingering issues" at this time.

To make up for a rocky PC launch, they're offering a free outfit (Preito Poncho, visible above and below) for Red Dead Online, as well as a "curated care package of items" that you can check out in full below. Don't get too excited: basically it's just a bunch of ammo, weapons and equipment to jump-start some early game chicanery. You can grab it now at the Camp lock box or the post office.

Now that the PC launch is out of the way, Rockstar needs to keep adding to Red Dead Online beyond these little equipment drops. We recently got a decent little class update a few months ago, but many Rockstar fans are still sticking with Grand Theft Auto Online, forgoing the jump over. With the PC platform in the mix (and the power of Steam), maybe those winds will shift.

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The Castlevania Anniversary Collection is on sale this weekend so I picked it up as it includes the

The Castlevania Anniversary Collection is on sale this weekend so I picked it up as it includes the Japanese editions of some of the classic games. I knew there was an array of differences between the US and Japanese versions, but it’s been neat seeing them directly. One of the most interesting is that in the original…

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Ask Engadget: How can I make a gift card feel more personal?

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Resident Evil 2 and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Lead Metacritic’s Highest-Rated Games of 2019

With 2019 coming to a close, video game review score aggregator Metacritic has published (via VGC) its 15 highest-rated games of 2019 (excluding specific platform ports), with Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 remake and FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice in the lead.

Resident Evil 2‘s remake, which has been a smashing success for Capcom, sits at a Metascore of 93, followed by Activision-published Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice at 91. Final Fantasy XIV‘s Shadowbringers expansion, Monster Hunter: World‘s Iceborne expansion, and Disco Elysium round up the top five with Metascores of 91, 90, and 90, respectively.

The full list is as follows:

  1. Resident Evil 2 (Metascore: 93)
  2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Metascore: 91)
  3. Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (Metascore: 91)
  4. Monster Hunter: World – Iceborne (Metascore: 90)
  5. Disco Elysium (Metascore: 90)
  6. F1 2019 (Metascore: 89)
  7. Devil May Cry 5 (Metascore: 89)
  8. Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Metascore: 89)
  9. Slay the Spire (Metascore: 89)
  10. Apex Legends (Metascore: 89)
  11. Asgard’s Wrath (Metascore: 88)
  12. Super Mario Maker 2 (Metascore: 88)
  13. Baba is You (Metascore: 87)
  14. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Metascore: 87)
  15. Astral Chain (Metascore: 87)

Both Resident Evil 2 and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice have posted impressive sales numbers thus far. The former is on track to surpass the original release’s lifetime sales, and the latter sold almost four million copies in a single quarter. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice‘s launch sales topped Dark Souls III‘s launch figures and it’s currently on track to match the Souls series’ best-selling game (Dark Souls III has sold an estimated 15 million unis to date).

[Source: Metacritic via VGC]


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PSA: You Can Now Invite a Friend to Play Man of Medan’s Story Mode for Free Until Jan 6

If you own a copy of Supermassive Games’ interactive horror The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan then you can now invite a friend to play the story mode for free for a limited time.

From now until January 6, 2020, you will be able to use a Friend’s Pass code that’s good for one playthrough of the campaign, and expires after single use. The only caveat is that both you and your friend need to have an active PlayStation Plus subscription, and it goes without saying that you must own a full copy of the game.

Simply download Man of Medan‘s latest update, which contains the ‘Shared Story Mode’ feature that allows you to invite your friend. Your friend will need to have a trial version of the game installed in order to accept the invitation and play.

In other Man of Medan news, Supermassive has announced that the previously preorder exclusive Curator’s Cut bonus content is now available for all players for free. An overview is as follows:

The Curator’s Cut allows you to play an alternative version of the story which was previously unavailable in your first playthrough. Play new scenes, receive new information, make new choices that affect the story and see the game through different characters’ eyes.

Head over to the PlayStation Store to download the content. For more on The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, check out our previous coverage.

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Hop: Great Pokemon rival or worst trainer in the series?

Podtoid is back with an all-new episode and this week Dan and CJ are wrapping up their discussion of Pokémon Sword and Shield by diving into the post-game, online play, all the cute new creatures, and whether or not Hop is worth the effort to stan. Plus, Occams shares another great-bad movie from the '90s you can watch on YouTube now and the whole crew talks about The Game Awards and Half-Life: Alyx. All that, plus your parents had sex and Satan, on Podtoid 424.

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‘Shop Contest: The Poké Ball Guy Winners!

Last week, Zack asked everyone to “spread the horror of Poke Ball guy.” He’ll be back next week, but he graciously asked me to stand in as judge for this weekend’s shop contest. I got to say, it was hard as there’s so many great entries. Most of them made me burst into involuntary laughter. That Poke Ball guy sure…

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The Morning After: Black Friday forever (or at least all weekend)

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to (more of) your weekend! While deal hunters should keep looking here for some of the best offers available this weekend -- yes, the Instant Pot is on sale again -- we'll highlight some interesting stor...

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Nintendo apologizes for Ring Fit Adventure outages in Japan

Let's start with some stats!

Ring Fit Adventure seems to be a big hit within our community, not to mention the critical acclaim from our very own CJ Andriessen. It turns out that although 59% of our readers never bought the game, of the roughly 40% that did, 36% kept playing it past the initial launch time.

Amazingly several readers have cited results, including JT471 that says he lost 10 pounds already, and Joseph Explosiv who finds that it's a good alternative to going to the gym. Community team member ShadeOfLight plays every day for 15-25 minutes, and finds that "Ring Fit incentivizes doing exercises you would normally steer clear of." It's inspired me to crack my unopened purchase soon!

Evidently it's also been pretty big in Japan, which has led to a number of shortages across the country. Nintendo has just issued a statement noting that they "apologize for any inconvenience caused to customers and dealers who are waiting," and "continue to ship every week, and we will increase the number of shipments toward the end of the year so that as many people as possible can deliver."

It's like Wii Fit all over again! Although this might not directly impact you, it's great to hear how some of the lesser known games of 2019 are doing, amid some of the recent titans like Death Stranding.

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UK Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals Offer Discounts on a Number of PS4 and PS VR Bundles

Folks based in the United Kingdom will be pleased to note that Sony’s running official Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaigns digitally and at retail that discount a number of PlayStation 4 games and PS4/PS VR bundles, respectively.

For the deals listed below, make sure to check stock availability with your local retailer.

  • PS4 Pro featuring a 1TB HDD** and a selected game bundled for £299.99*. Some highlights include FIFA 20, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and Death Stranding bundles.
  • PS4 featuring a 500GB HDD and a selected game bundled for £199.99*. Some highlights include FIFA 20, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Death Stranding, and Fortnite bundles.
  • PS4 featuring a 1TB HDD and a selected game bundled for £249.99*. Some highlights include FIFA 20 and Death Stranding bundles.
  • PS VR Starter Pack Bundle available for £179.99*. Features a PS VR Headset, a PS Camera and voucher for PlayStation VR Worlds.
  • PS VR Mega Pack Bundle available for £209.99*. Features a PS VR Headset, a PS Camera and vouchers for five PS VR titles: Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Skyrim VR, Resident Evil 7, Everybody’s Golf VR, and PlayStation VR Worlds.
  • Select PlayStation exclusive games: Days Gone for £34.99*, Marvel’s Spider-Man for £15.99*, and Concrete Genie for £15.99*.
  • PlayStation Hits like God of War, Grand Turismo Sport, Horizon Zero Dawn: Collector’s Edition, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, and The Last of Us Remastered for £11.99*.
  • DualShock 4 wireless controllers for just £34.99*or £20.00*when purchased with a PlayStation 4 console**
  • Gold Wireless Headset** at £49.99 RRP or a Platinum Wireless Headset at £99.99*
  • 25% off a PlayStation Plus yearly subscription, available November 22 to December 2 at participating retailers**

*Offer ends 02/12. Subject to availability. Manufacturer’s recommended promotional price. Retailer price may vary.

**Offer available from 25th November to 2nd December

For more digital deals, check out PlayStation Store’s Black Friday sale.

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Engadget readers can save on iRobot Roomba i7 vacuums

If the price of vacuum robots has kept you away from the tech, we may be able to help. We've partnered with Wellbots to provide Engadget readers with an exclusive discount on iRobot's high-end Roomba i7+ and i7 series vacuums.

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LG Gram 17 review: The oversized thin-and-light no one asked for

Apple's MacBook Pro 16-inch may be big, but there's a bigger laptop in town. Okay, so there are plenty of bigger laptops around, but the LG Gram 17 is not only larger, but it's also much lighter. It offers a gorgeous, gigantic 17-inch screen that you...

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Whatcha been playing this week, Destructoid?

It's the weekend, not only that, but for many of our readers it's also Thanksgiving! I'm sure a helluva lot of you are currently loosening your belts (and hopefully tightening your wallets) as the festivities continue. It's been a little quiet around these parts, understandably, so I won't keep you long from your feeding frenzies and your Black Fridays and what have you.

In regards to gaming this week, whenever I've had the opportunity its been All Sindel, All The Time. Early impressions are that she does good damage given the opportunity, and also has some of the most satisfying-to-watch combos in Mortal Kombat 11. Unfortunately, she doesn't have the tools to deal with all situations, and most of her startups are surprisingly long. Early judgement is she's a situational character, who will probably float around the mid-tier... But it's early days, we'll see. Either way, I'm throwing my lot in with her.

And how about you? What games have you been rocking this week/weekend? Perhaps you're using the Holidays to catch up on some of 2019's modern classics, or maybe you've picked up some bargains in the last couple of days. Spare a second to note us below and let everyone in on the action. We love hearing what's yanking your crank, as it were.

Have a wonderful weekend, from all of us at Destructoid.

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Friday, 29 November 2019

DFS Games for Fun and Money

game streamingIf you want to indulge in Daily Fantasy Sports, then Monkey Knife Fight is the destination for you. With fantasy games in all the major sports disciplines and leagues, you are now able to enjoy the best of DFS in three easy steps. Just log in, pick an event from the hundreds offered on the […]

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Playing Video Games vs. Going to Sleep

Keep gaming or catch some Z's? - We've all been there; it's past 2AM and you can't put the controller down but what's the better option? Do you throw in the towel and go to bed or keep playing? Let's finally make a decision on this conundrum that's plagued humankind for decades. Read more: Playing Video Games vs. Going to Sleep

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Save $100 on the Sonos Play:5 on Cyber Monday

In addition to Black Friday discounts on home theater speakers, Sonos is offering Cyber Monday deals that music lovers will appreciate.

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'Project Cars' developer bought by racing sim giant Codemasters

There's mixed feelings for racing game fans this week as publisher Codemasters announced it will purchase Slightly Mad Studios, the developer of the Project Cars series. Codemasters will pay $30 million for the acquisition, as reported by GamesIndust...

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Fujifilm X-T3 camera update adds advanced gimbal controls

Fujifilm's X-T3 is shockingly good at video while also being a pretty lightweight mirrorless camera, so it makes a lot of sense to stick it on a gimbal. Thanks to an upcoming firmware update, it's going to be a lot more practical to do that, Fujifilm...

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Everything in our holiday gift guide that's on sale for Black Friday

The best way to shop on Black Friday is to know what you're looking for. In our case, that means focusing on brands we know our readers love and scouting for deals on products we've recently given high review scores. And, of course, we look for deals...

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Ableton Live 10 is 25 percent off through Cyber Monday

If you're starting to feel constrained by GarageBand or the free software that came with your MIDI controller, it might be time to upgrade. And you might want to consider Ableton, which has discounted its Live 10 software by 25 percent. With the pric...

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Black Friday $43 Pokemon Shield and Sword, $169 Switch Lite all ends tonight

We'll make this post quick and easy because of how limited time these deals are. As of writing, you can still pick up a Nintendo Switch Lite for around $170 (plus tax) at Rakuten thanks to their sitewide 20% off Black Friday coupon code (BF20).

This means a Switch Lite bundled with Pokemon Shield or Sword at full price will save you about $43, or you can also pick up a Nintendo Switch Version 2 for around $263 (there was a cheaper deal earlier in the day but it has now gone out of stock).

These deals expire tonight at 11:59pm, though given how Rakuten handle things in the past, they are likely to make a return on Cyber Monday (note though that during this weekend the coupon is unlikely to be ongoing).

Nintendo Switch Lite and Version 2 Black Friday Deals

Must use coupon: BF20 (expires tonight at 11:59pm Pacific)

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Contest: Hang out with a couple of Good Boys with a free Blu-ray copy of the film

Today's contest features a Blu-ray copy of dark comedy Good Boys.

Superbad was pretty great. Human bird Michael Cera and holy-shit-how'd-he-become-a-legitimate-actor Jonah Hill had great chemistry, and the elements really just came together to make this special comedy. Good news! A bunch of people who worked on it are at it again.

Good Boys just hit Blu-ray and digital a few weeks ago, and we've got a copy to give away!

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Black Friday 2019 Deals: DualShock 4 Controllers for Less Than $40 Right Now

For some reason, video game controllers often sot more than games themselves, a massive investment that you kind of have to budget for, if not taking out a second mortgage just to afford them (I’m looking at you $80 Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons!). Now that Black Friday 2019 has rolled around, one of the absolute best video game deals of the year is available. Amazon is selling a variety of colors of DualShock 4 controller for only $38.99, the best price we’ve seen on the PS4 controller ever. These controllers normally go for a minimum of $60 (if not more, depending on the color option), so this is the time to jump on and get that special colored controller.

Here’s every color DualShock 4 on sales right now:

Unfortunately, the translucent Crystal DualShock 4 (my personal favorite of the bunch) doesn’t seem to be in stock anymore (you can purchase one used, if that’s the color you are dead set on), but I did manage to pick up the Rose Gold one to replace one of my wife’s old controllers that was having aiming issues. I promise that the matte sheen of the Rose Gold (and Gold and Titanium Blue) are stunning in person and well worth considering over the old standard black controller that came with your console.

Whether you’ve had a console for a while now, or just picked up one in one of these great Black Friday sales, do yourself a favor and get an extra controller or two. It’s rare that they go on sale, and it’s even rare that they ever go this low. Plus, by this time next year, we’ll be looking to pick up extra DualShock 5 controllers for our PlayStation 5 consoles, and who knows what kind of loans we’ll have to take out to afford those extras?

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Mega Man crosses over into Nintendo's mobile realm with Dragalia's Chaos Protocol

It's always great to see Nintendo team up with Mega Man. I mean the (actually) iconic series got its start on the NES, so seeing Mega Man in Smash Bros. warms my heart in a big way. This crossover might not be nearly as impactful, but it's still nice to see Capcom and Nintendo work together in any capacity.

I'm talking about none other than Dragalia Lost, one of Nintendo's more polarizing mobile releases. It's still going over a year later, and now it's getting the aforementioned Blue Bomber crossover. Cleverly, it sees Dr. Wily taking over the in-game universe, with Mega Man teaming up with the game's protagonist to take him down. Mega Man, with his many-colored coats, will be playable, and enemies from his franchise will enter the game.

The event is actually live now, and will run through December 15. Did...Nintendo actually get me to log back into Dragalia Lost for the first time in months? I think so, especially given that the event is thankfully not tied to gacha nonsense.

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Blaster Master Zero 2's Copen crossover DLC is free now for a limited time

If you haven't been following the whole new Blaster Master saga and have a penchant for retro games, you might want to listen up.

Inti Creates managed to wrangle the old Sunsoft license for the classic NES game (which in turn wasn't a big hit until it was localized and added a frog), and has been doing an amazing job so far of combining that retro feel with their own unique spin. There's two full games out at this point, and both of them have strings of DLC characters that are free for a limited time, then revert to paid add-ons.

Blaster Master Zero 2 is up, and Copen (a character from the Mighty Gunvolt universe) is free today to celebrate the release of the game on Steam. As is customary, you can head to the eShop listing on your Switch and download the Copen DLC for free when it's released. On Steam, you sadly need to own the game to acquire the DLC.

You have until December 12 of this year to pick Copen up before he becomes a premium download.

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Engadget readers can save on a DJI drone and Segway scooters

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Stadia vs. xCloud: How these game-streaming services stack up

Cloud gaming has finally arrived in a playable, frustration-free form (mostly, anyway), courtesy of two tech giants with the network infrastructures to actually make streaming happen: Google and Microsoft. However, both companies are diving int...

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The First Four Five Nights at Freddy’s Entries Are Out Today on Consoles

Today, the mainline Five Nights at Freddy’s entries finally make their way to consoles. Five Nights at Freddy’s, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Five Nights at Freddy’s 3, and Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 will all become available on the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One for the low price of $7.99. For now, this is a digital only release. There is currently no word as to whether a physical launch may arrive at a later date.

A trailer for the console release accompanied the news. See what horrors lie in wait at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza in the video below:

Five Nights at Freddy’s has a simple, yet horrifying premise. Players adopt the role of a security guard at a family-oriented pizza joint. The job comes down to merely monitoring the establishment’s security cameras in an office. Why at night? Apparently, some of the animatronic robots become “unpredictable” during nighttime hours. Instead of hiring a repairman, a new security guard is brought in.

There’s more to it than simply keeping an eye out for strange behavior, however. The amount of electricity at the guard’s disposal is incredibly limited, due to budget cuts and the like. Power running out before the night is through could spell doom for the guard. After all, no power means no security doors or other means of protection. If the animatronics go missing when electricity runs out, players should probably find them on the cameras and work out a way to protect themselves.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 sees a new cast of robots join the fun. The franchise’s third entry is set 30 years after the events of the first two. Now the pizza joint horrors are urban legend, kept alive by Fazbear’s Fright: The Horror Attraction. The final chapter in the series sees players become a child who must survive against the cast of animatronics until 6am.

The console versions have been a long time coming. In early 2016, creator Scott Cawthorn promised such ports were on the horizon. Now that the day has finally come, console players can see what all the fuss is about for themselves.

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Everything in our holiday gift guide that you can buy for $50 or less

Depending on your budget and how many people are on your gift list this year, you might only have a modest amount to spend on each person. Even if you instill a cap of fifty bucks, though, you still have plenty of options. In Engadget's 2019 holiday...

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Beloved Anime Character Finally Gets His Own Store In Tokyo

Doraemon, a blue robotic cat from the future, now has his own store in Tokyo’s Odaiba—the first of its kind for the character, apparently. The shop, called Doraemon Future Department Store, features an array of Doraemon related goods.

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The Morning After: Black Friday has begun

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving and are making informed decisions on any Black Friday sales. This morning (and throughout the week), you could save substantially on a new smartphone, wireless headphones, streaming devices and Alexa-powered Amazo...

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PlayStation 4 Black Friday deals still happening: cheap PS Plus, $100 off consoles, and games galore

As Thanksgiving dinner ends, so begins Black Friday shopping. A tradition as old as time (or whenever marketers came up with this idea), this time frame appears to be moving earlier and earlier. In fact, from what we can tell most of the Black Friday deals appeared as earlier as Wednesday night.

With Black Friday in full swings, we're now seeing tons of PlayStation 4 deals appearing (and disappearing just as quickly). As of writing, there are three solid PlayStation 4 Pro deals, with the best being an Adorama deal at Rakuten with stacking 20% off code (BF20) to bring the price all the way down to only $240. Even with shipping, that's a significant discount for a PS4 Pro. For PS4 Slim 1TB systems, GameStop is still carrying the "Only on PlayStation" Bundle for $199, whereas retailers such as Walmart has already ran out of stock for online purchase.

In the PS Plus department, if stock is still available by the time you read this - you can scoop up 12-month digital code at Rakuten using the same BF20 coupon code to bring the price all the way down to $35.99, otherwise, a $39.99 deal also exist on eBay, and lastly GMG is still offering 12-month subscription code for $42 with a bonus of 5 free PC games (yes PC games).

For games, tons of deals are available. Highlights are of course Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Red Dead Redemption 2, Borderlands 3, and tons more. To make it easier to browse, we've group the game deals by pricing. As of writing there are 13 games at the $20 price point, 12 games at the $15 price, and 14 titles for $10. For completion, we've also rounded up 10 decent pre-owned deals below. Check back throughout the day as we'll be adding in more deals we se spot them.

PlayStation 4 Black Friday Hardware Deals

PS4 Pro Deals

PS4 Slim Deals

PS Plus Deals

PS4 VR Deals

PS4 Accessories Deals

PlayStation 4 Black Friday Game Deals

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$10 Games

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Upgrade Your PC With This Huge Sale on PC Gaming Gear, Today Only

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Huawei is reportedly planning to sue over latest FCC restrictions

The saga of Huawei vs. the US continues, and the latest chapter sees the Chinese electronics giant gearing up to take on the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC approved an order last week that would ban carriers receiving Universal Service Fu...

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Bag yourself a bargain in LG Display’s Black Friday sale

If you've been sleeping on getting yourself a new display, then it's worth checking out what LG is knocking money off this Black Friday. That includes the 32UL750-W, its 32-inch 4K LED monitor with Vesa Display HDR 600, which will now set you back $4...

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ASUS' 27-inch, 165Hz gaming monitor is $150 cheaper for Black Friday

Now might be a good time to upgrade your gaming PC's display if your current model is feeling old in the tooth. Two of ASUS' gaming monitors are on sale from now until December 30th at 3:05AM Eastern, and both of them pack features you might apprecia...

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Thursday, 28 November 2019

Signal's secure iOS messenger now supports iPads

The latest update for Signal comes with a dedicated version for iPads and gives you the ability to set up your tablet as a linked device. Similar to Signal for desktop, the iPad version of the secure messaging app works seamlessly with your phone, al...

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26 Years Later, Footage Surfaces Of Sonic The Hedgehog's Infamous Macy's Parade Disaster

Anyone who’s a serious fan of Sonic, or of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, is probably aware of the 1993 event, in which a Sonic the Hedgehog float became caught in high winds, struck a lamppost and injured two people. The thing is, despite knowing this happened, we didn’t have any surviving video of the incident.

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Researchers develop E. coli strain that 'eats' carbon-dioxide

While you're stuffing turkey leftovers in your belly, the last thing you want to think about is E. coli. But spare a thought for the bacterium, it's not always here to harm you (and it needs to eat, too). According to a new paper published in Cell, s...

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The Three Amigos

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‘No Man’s Sky Synthesis’ update allows you to upgrade your favorite ship

No Man's Sky developer Hello Games has released the latest update for its popular space exploration game. Titled Synthesis, the highlight of the update is a new upgrade system that allows you to visit one of the game's many starship-outfitting termin...

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Best VR HMD Black Friday deals to ready up for Half-Life: Alyx

It's Turkey Day and if you're one of those lucky PC gamers who don't have a potato for a system, you may just be shopping for a VR head-mounted display this holiday season - especially because Valve has suddenly decided to start printing money by selling a game they've made (gasp).

As of writing, there is one very decent deal and 3 "just okay" VR deals. The best pick in our opinion is the Samsung Odyssey+ Windows Mixed Reality Headset with controllers for only $229. Most retailers have a similar discount, but our pick would be B&H Photo as they have limited sales tax, fast shipping, and strong customer service support.

Three other deals are this holiday season's common promotion of $50 off the Oculus Rift S PC-Powered VR and the higher end Oculus Quest (the 128GB model is also available), which is a standalone unit and won't require a PC. But the key thing abou tthe Quest is that a recent Oculus Link update will allow you to run it as a wired setup to the PC so you can play Half-Life: Alyx.j

Finally for those with a bigger budget, the HTC Vive Cosmo is also on sale for $100 off at $599. This HMD comes with a total resolution of 2880 x 1700 and plenty more bells and whistles (310-degree tracking, removable front-plate, etc.).

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At the end of the day, the Odyssey+ is an older setup with less tracking camera, but we think at $229 it's a less risky investment if you're unsure about VR gaming.

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Choose Either Pokemon Sword or Pokemon Shield for $12 Less on Black Friday

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Amazon designs faster ARM-based chips for its cloud servers

Amazon's cloud hosting business, Amazon Web Services, will soon be getting new server hardware -- an updated processor specifically designed for data centers, as reported by Reuters.

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Our Favorite Cosplay From BlizzCon 2019

BlizzCon 2019 had a different feel to previous years, as big game announcements shared the weekend with protests against the company’s political actions. One thing that remained constant, though, was the quality of cosplay that fans brought to the show.

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Contest: Be thankful for this Super Rare Games physical edition of The Gardens Between

In today's contest we're giving away a Switch physical copy of The Gardens Between, courtesy of Super Rare Games!

Y'all know how much I love physical prizes. And y'all know how much I love limited releases of games. So of course I'm working yet again with Super Rare Games to give away their latest Switch release -- The Gardens Between.

We're giving away one copy of the game, so enter below and you could be our lucky winner!

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Intel is losing against AMD

When AMD launched its third-generation Zen 2 Ryzen processors earlier this year, Intel had to be sweating. Its rival had developed an all-new architecture with improvements to clock speed, core count and instructions per clock and promised performanc...

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How to prep tech gifts for kids

Every parent probably dreams of that Nintendo 64 moment -- you know, that video of the boy opening up a present on Christmas morning and screaming the name of the system while his sister hops around him? Unfortunately these days it's easy for that ex...

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It looks like Broly (DBS) will be hitting Dragon Ball FighterZ next week

According to the newest edition of Japanese magazine Weekly Jump! it appears that the next behemoth heading to Bandai Namco's Dragon Ball FighterZ, Broly (DBS), will be arriving in-game next week, December 5 to be exact.

This latest roster addition to the great tag-fighter is a variant of the character taken from the 2018 anime Dragon Ball Super: Broly. After being exiled as a an infant from Planet Vegeta, Broly returns as an adult, stacked to the rafters with muscle and packing a bad attitude to match. A recently-released trailer shows the big boy in action, to understandably devastating effect.

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Inti Creates is holding its own Switch and Steam holiday sale, with Gunvolt at the center

Did you miss that Nintendo and Steam are running holiday sales? Well, you probably caught that bit of news, but buried within those mountains of deals are a few lesser known games worth paying attention to.

Inti Creates has announced that they're holding their own mini sale within the confines of both of those events, and the main event is clearly their Azure Striker Gunvolt series. The double-pack of the first two games is 50% off on Switch (now $20), as is Curse of the Moon (the retro spinoff they did for the Bloodstained team), which brings it down to $5: an absolute steal.

The pair of Blaster Master Zero games are also good fun, and Mighty Gunvolt Burst for five bucks is another steal. The new Gunvolt Chronicles spinoff is only 10% off but worth playing at some point (maybe next year if you're on the fence? That game will age well). On Steam you can also find a few deals for the Gal*Gun series if you were ever on the fence about that one.

These sales will run through December 3 for Steam and December 4 for Switch.

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Ask Engadget: What are the best tech stocking stuffers?

The support shared among readers in the comments section is one of the things we love most about the Engadget community. Over the years, we've known you to offer sage advice on everything from Chromecasts and cameras to drones and smartphones. In fac...

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It's Thanksgiving! What are you thankful for this year in video games?

It's me, your favourite British member of the Destructoid team, here to offer good tidings to our community for an event I'm not personally celebrating. For it is Thanksgiving, and across America many will be enjoying an extended holiday to celebrate... umm... something to do with pilgrims and the inaugural WWE Survivor Series.

Ok, perhaps I'm not the best person to be talking about such calendar events. Still, I've had some college, so I am aware that folk are supposed to - checks notes - "give thanks" during this period. So we want to hear what you are particularly thankful for in regards to 2019's video games.

It could be a particular title you've played all year, an old favourite you've rediscovered, or an event you shared with friends, anything goes. We'd love to hear about any personal happiness gaming has brought you this year, so drop us a note below and let's get a love-fest going.

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