The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red's upcoming ambitious RPG Cyberpunk 2077 aims to be as "refined" as Red Dead Redemption 2. CD Projekt Red CEO Adam Kicinski said during a recent investor presentation that Red Dead Redemption 2 has taught CD Projekt Red that the Polish studio must release "extraordinary games" so it can earn itself a "nice fat slice of cake."Kicinski's comments came in response to an investor question about what lessons CD Projekt Red learned from Red Dead, and if the studio believes Cyberpunk 2077 can score as high critically as Rockstar's open-world western did."Without a doubt, quality is of paramount importance," Kicinski said. "We strive to publish games which are as refined as Red Dead Redemption 2, and recent Rockstar releases in general. That game is excellent, by the way, we are rooting for it. Rave reviews, excellent sales. What does that teach us? Well, it teaches us that we need to publish extraordinary games, and that's exactly what we are planning."Kicinski added that he has observed a general trend in games today where people play more of the "hit releases" and pass on other titles that don't capture their attention. Time is a finite commodity, and as such, CD Projekt Red is focusing on making Cyberpunk 2077 "the best.""Gamers, it seems, tend to focus more and more on hit releases. There's only so much time one can devote to video games, and while there gaming community is growing, time cannot be stretched," he said. "There is--well, maybe not a surfeit, but a fair deal of good games out there, and playing them consumes a lot of time."So it pays to be among the best--that's how you get a nice fat slice of cake, businesswise, and the same cannot be said for the lower leagues. In summary, we are rooting for Rockstar and for Red Dead Redemption 2, and we're happy to see that excellent games continue to sell well."Also during the presentation, Kicinski clarified what stage of development Cyberpunk 2077 is in right now, at least to a degree. He said developers are now "fleshing out the game world." He commented that the what you saw of Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 and Gamescom was "not quite as detailed" as the final version will look. Overall, development is on schedule, Kicinski said, though it sounds like there is quite a lot of work still to do before it is finished."We are filling the world with content and tweaking things, and this involves a great deal of hard work on the part of developers," Kicinski said. "What I can say today is that we're progressing fast and according to plan. When we finish, there's also the hugely important phase of polishing all that game content. There was a question about the quality of the game we plan to deliver at launch and our intention is to deliver something of great quality. Once the game is complete, we can begin to patch various bugs, both major and minor, and we are setting aside time to complete this process."Cyberpunk 2077 places players in the role of V, a mercenary who can be augmented with all manner of cybernetic enhancements. The game is set in the futuristic dystopian metropolis Night City, and unlike the Witcher titles, it is played in first-person. You can watch 48 minutes of gameplay in the video embedded above.In other news, CD Projekt Red recently enlisted the help of a multiplayer studio to help with Cyberpunk 2077 in some capacity. No release date has been set yet for Cyberpunk 2077, but it is one of the most-anticipated games across the entire industry.Info from Gamespot.com

It's nearly Cyber Monday, and that means a lot of retailers will be going live with their deals momentarily. American retailer Walmart will have one of the best PS4 deals around town.Starting at 12:01 AM ET, Walmart will offer a bundle that comes with a 1 TB black PS4, a copy of Red Dead Redemption 2, and an extra DualShock 4 controller for only $300, according to the product page. That's an incredible deal, so if you're interested, you'll want to act quickly. Walmart will have PS4 1TB Slim + Red Dead Redemption 2 + extra DualShock 4 controller for $199 at 9 PM PT tonight https://t.co/dx8QoJATkZhttps://t.co/xyeKnMqfcb pic.twitter.com/RgzgXrt2VE — Wario64 (@Wario64) November 25, 2018Deal-hunter Wario64 linked to a story that states the bundle will go for $200, but the product page shows $300. We'll know more soon, as the deal is set to go live soon.We'll report back with the rest of Walmart's Cyber Monday offerings when they become available. For more on Cyber Monday, check out GameSpot's rundown of Best Buy's deals. Keep checking back with GameSpot for more on Cyber Monday in the hours ahead.Info from Gamespot.com

It looks like the new Alien game announced in January might now have a name. 20th Century Fox has filed a trademark application for a new video game called Alien: Blackout.Trademark applications do not always result in announcements of a new product. It is possible that 20th Century Fox is merely grabbing the trademark to protect the future opportunity to make a game called Alien: Blackout. For what it's worth, Activision trademarked games like Call of Duty: Secret Warfare and others that never came to be.WORLDS // WILL // CHANGE on December 6 #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/2b8ZPZCTbv — Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) November 2, 2018If Alien: Blackout is indeed a real game, one place where it could get announced is at The Game Awards next month on December 6. Organiser Geoff Keighley has teased that this year's show will feature a lot of announcements and surprises, including those from "huge franchises." The Alien series would certainly meet the criteria of being a "huge franchise."Earlier this month, Keighley posted a cryptic teaser for The Game Awards with the tagline "Worlds Will Change." Intriguingly, the font appears to be similar the one that Weyland Industries uses in the Alien series.The show we have coming together this year gets more and more insane every day. We've never had a lineup of announcements like this. Big surprises. Huge franchises. And now, you'll meet the nominees that bring heart and passion to the stage. #TheGameAwards — Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) November 13, 2018A new Alien game for console and PC was announced in January this year. This game is in development at the San Francisco-based Cold Iron Studios, which was established in 2015 and is now owned by FoxNext, which is the video game division of Fox. Cold Iron is staffed by people who worked on titles such as Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, City of Heroes, BioShock Infinite, Borderlands, Doom, and Metroid Prime 3. The new Alien game will be Cold Iron's first title.Beyond the fact that it is a shooter, FoxNext also said this game will "deliver an action-packed gaming experience." No other details are available at this time.Since there are no details available yet, it's possible Alien: Blackout is the name of Cold Iron's game or potentially something else entirely.2014's Alien: Isolation from UK studio Creative Assembly is the latest installment in the Alien video game series for console and PC. The game sold more than 2 million copies. Creative Assembly talked about ideas for a sequel, but it remains to be seen if that will ever happen. Info from Gamespot.com

GameSpot and Paramount Pictures Australia are excited to give readers the chance to win tickets to see upcoming WWII horror-action film OVERLORD, from producer J.J. Abrams."With only hours until D-Day, a team of American paratroopers drop into Nazi-occupied France to carry out a mission that’s crucial to the invasion's success. Tasked with destroying a radio transmitter atop a fortified church, the desperate soldiers join forces with a young French villager to penetrate the walls and take down the tower. But, in a mysterious Nazi lab beneath the church, the outnumbered G.I.s come face-to-face with enemies unlike any the world has ever seen. From producer J.J. Abrams, Overlord is a thrilling, pulse-pounding action adventure with a twist."In the GameSpot review of the film, Tony Wilson said that "this part-war, part-horror movie doesn't shy away from the bloody reality of combat, combining World War II action with monster movie moments for a thrilling ride that rarely lets up. With likable heroes and despicable villains, Overlord is a trip into Nazi-occupied France that's worth taking. "There are a total of 15 double-passes up for grabs, and to be in the running, all you have to do is fill in the form below, and answer a simple trivia question.Good luck! Entries close on December 5, 2018.OVERLORD is in cinemas DECEMBER 6©2018 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. ​ Info from Gamespot.com

Well, war has certainly changed. Fallout, the RPG series with a 20-year legacy, finds its latest entry taking another chance at braving a new direction. It puts a major focus on cooperating with other people in a world with perpetual activities that seek to sustain your engagement indefinitely. But Fallout 76 is a game without a strong focus. It introduces significant changes to the set structure of Fallout 4 to make it function as both a single-player and multiplayer experience. In doing so, both styles of play suffer from major compromises that exist only to serve the other, and as a result, both are weak. Fallout 76 can look and feel like its illustrious predecessors at times, but it's a soulless husk of an experience.Fallout 76 has no artificial human characters to interact with. The justification is that, because the dwellers of Vault 76 are tasked to be the first to re-enter and reclaim this post-apocalyptic America, there are very few coherent beings. Many of the folks who did survive nuclear annihilation conveniently died shortly before your arrival. Without established characters to populate the world, the vibe of 76 is an eerie one, and it often amplifies one of the series strengths: creating the feeling of desolation and otherness. There's a curiosity about the familiar but unknown environment that drives you to veer off the beaten path, visit places that once were, attempt to imagine what life might have been like before everything went to hell, and wonder what the hell has happened there since. Exploring a new wasteland and stumbling upon new settings, scenery, and oddities is one of Fallout's most enjoyable aspects, and it's 76's best trait.However, the lack of inhabitants is also Fallout 76's biggest problem. The game goes to great efforts to paint a picture that includes towns and cities with different populations and cultures, survivors who have banded together to form factions, and stories of people who managed to survive against all odds. But without having any of those people present to tell their stories personally, 76's world is limited to being little more than just an environmental exhibit with things to kill. It means the art of conversation is disappointingly absent, but more critically, it means there are no strong emotional anchors to help you become truly invested in the world, a complication that diminishes the game's other core activities.The biggest victim is the quest system. Without actually having people with needs and desires, initiating and undertaking quests frequently involves the use of explicit found-object storytelling tools--listening to audio logs, reading notes, and browsing through computer terminals for key information. A quest will often explore the stories of certain characters, but they're characters that have long since passed, and all you get are long monologues and one-way directives from a person who no longer exists and you can't interact with. Your actions ultimately won't affect anyone, or the rest of the world for that matter--every location you visit will be reset with items and enemies regularly--so it's difficult to stay motivated....there are no strong emotional anchors to help you become truly invested in the world...Some of these stories are intriguing to be sure, and when you come across a tale about a character who piques your interest, you get excited to discover more about their last living moments. But there's such an over-reliance on listening to disembodied voices and digging through pages of text in every aspect of the game that these standouts are easily lost. The lack of a more relatable and personal connection between your actions, the world, and its inhabitants--combined with your lack of influence--means quests begin to dissolve into wild goose chases around the world to check things off a list, and feel meaningless. It makes the idea of continuing to progress the story--listening to more audio logs, running across the country to search for more doohickeys, reading through more diary entries--feel exhausting.The reliance on things like audio logs and written notes also proves to be the biggest deterrent to playing Fallout 76 in multiplayer. By teaming up, you can explore the world together, get help in taking down difficult enemies, and complete any quest, but certain things are kept distinct to each individual player's experience. Containers that hold items, for example, will have unique loot for each person who opens them. But quest objective completion also isn't shared, and every member in your squad needs to activate things personally to have them count toward their progression.This is a great idea on paper, as it makes sure everyone sees each piece of a story themselves. But in playing with both good friends and strangers, I found that each person's individual need to advance quests severely hinders the flow of progress. Because of the need to wait for your squad to catch up, have each member take their own time to listen to important audio logs (which is impossible when you've got voice chat going), and search terminals for pertinent information, questing in multiplayer requires a lot of patience and courtesy. Add to that the fact that Fallout is already a game that encourages constant, time-consuming gear management (which penalizes your movement speed for being over-encumbered), as well as a rudimentary, occasionally tedious survival system (which asks you to maintain meters representing hunger and thirst), and the idea of having another squad member just feels like an additional burden.If you have a squad that is happy to skip the narrative content things will go much more smoothly, but then you're denying yourself the one vector that gives these quests flavor. Multiplayer is more enjoyable when you and your squad are just content to leisurely explore the world and get into scrapes, at least once the logistics of preparation are behind you. But the capacity for arbitrary fun is an unremarkable trait. The advantage of questing solo and not needing to wait around is definitely a big advantage, but it has its own obstacles too--packs of enemies will often have a handful of foes that are 10 or 20 levels above you, and having someone to watch your back is definitely a factor that needs consideration, warts and all.Fighting enemies also doesn't feel that meaningful in 76, a more morbid consequence of the lack of in-universe characters. The new region of Appalachia is filled with an assortment of delightfully mutated creatures both new and old, including humanoid enemies like the Scorched and Mole Miners who can wield firearms. But it isn't as entertaining to take on enemies that haven't wronged you or anyone you know. Without sadistic raiders and their despicable actions to be appalled by, interesting gang factions to get on the wrong side of, or lucid ghouls and super mutants to make you think twice about raising your weapon, every living being you encounter in 76 just feels like cannon fodder.The combat mechanics don't deal well with a lot of cannon fodder, either. Appalachia is filled with a large variety of multiplayer-focused public events that invite everyone on the server to gather and participate in a unique task tied to a particular location. But these mostly boil down to escort and defense missions that ask you to hold back multiple waves of enemies and perform basic objectives. The real-time shooting of Fallout 76 is mostly unchanged from Fallout 4 and is serviceable enough to make small skirmishes with either firearms or melee weapons feel fine, despite occasional technical hiccups. But the system is not good enough to make shooting hordes of enemies for 20 minutes in an event feel like anything other than a chore--the gunplay and movement are not satisfyingly responsive or kinetic enough to make them enjoyable for long periods.That's also partially due to the changes to V.A.T.S. What was once a strategic pause-style ability that allowed you to take time to assess your surroundings, target specific body parts, and make the most of your combat strengths, is now a primarily an opt-in real-time auto-aim system, a change presumably made for the purposes of multiplayer. If you decide to upgrade the skill, it serves its purpose in being able to make precision hits on limbs when the action is manageable, but in more intense situations this version of V.A.T.S. does little to bridge the limitations of the real-time combat system as it once did.Fallout 76 also has fewer opportunities to complete quests in your own unique ways, which exacerbates the sense that you don't really have a huge part to play in this wasteland. Traditional charisma skills are gone, but lockpicking, hacking, and stealth abilities remain and provide a little bit of variety. But the overwhelming majority of quests have clear linear throughlines to their respective goals, all of which involve shooting a lot of things.Some of the decisions in Fallout 76 are positive, though. The flexibility of the new perk system (which is now card-based) allows you to change your abilities at will, which has encouraged me to use Fallout's weirder skills, depending on my situation. In my experience, the game's unique take on player-versus-player competition is effective at deterring unprovoked attacks when exploring the world--killing another person is a lot of work for little reward if your target doesn't retaliate. Base-building carries over from Fallout 4 and comes with a few quality-of-life changes. You have the ability to move your base camp for a trivial fee, and you can save blueprints of entire arrangements for easy placement elsewhere. It's straightforward and pleasant, but like the rest of 76, it lacks the feeling of permanence and importance of building settlements in Fallout 4.Most disappointingly, when you do begin to find some small joy in exploring Fallout 76's world, you're often not far from falling victim to the series' now characteristic penchant for technical oddities. Whether caused by the game engine or the online server-based nature of the game, I've run into countless issues in the PC version, even after the game received a major patch within its first week of release. Problems like clipping through the world, frozen animations, entire buildings failing to load, enemies getting stuck in walls or just not moving, audio logs not playing, enemies spawning out of mid-air, delayed damage detection and world effects, server disconnections, and being unable to complete a quest because someone else in the world killed your target, requiring you to log on and off again until it respawns. These are just some examples, and experiences will vary, of course. But in my time with the game, Fallout 76 did not feel like it ran smoothly for extended periods, technical issues were severe and often frustrating, and they overshadowed any fondness that was, at that point, starting to grow.Fallout 76 attempts to execute on some significantly new ideas for the series, but with few exceptions, they notably limit the major facets of the game. The novelty of multiplayer can be mildly entertaining, but it's not an ideal way to enjoy mainline progression, and the shooting mechanics aren't strong enough to make the focus on combat-heavy activities genuinely enjoyable. Things feel better as a solo player, and the Appalachian landscape certainly has interesting things to see. But the absence of in-universe characters and your inability to make a meaningful impact on the world means becoming invested in the whole journey is incredibly difficult.Bethesda has stated it intends to continue supporting the game for a long time, but at launch, Fallout 76 is a poor experience. There are echoes of the series' admirable qualities, but look past that facade, past the cute Vault Boy animations, past the familiar radio tracks, and you'll find no heart--just an inconsequential wasteland doomed to be nuked over and over again. Info from Gamespot.com

Ultima Underworld was a game ahead of its time. A first-person action-RPG released in 1992, it foreshadowed the kind of creative problem-solving sandbox that would later be popularized through Deus Ex, Bioshock, and Dishonored. The legacy of Ultima Underworld is a design approach that prioritizes player-authored experiences. It was, essentially, the immersive sim that first asked the questions: Do you want to fight your way in? Sneak your way in? Or set off a chain reaction of chaotic, physically simulated interactions and emergent gameplay your way in?Crowdfunded via Kickstarter and then signed by publisher 505 Games, Underworld Ascendant was first pitched as a spiritual successor to Ultima Underworld developed by a veteran team featuring several people who worked on the original, most notably its lead designer Paul Neurath.Unfortunately, far from a tribute to an influential classic, the result is both a crushing disappointment for Underworld fans and a genuinely bad game in its own right. Ascendant is riven with technical glitches. Every player-empowering feature is undone by a series of bafflingly ill-conceived design choices. And wherever you go your progress is constantly chafed by an all-pervading lack of refinement.The story, for what it's worth, tells an oblique tale of warring gods and carries only tenuous links to the original Underworld games. You play as a familiar chosen one burdened with the sole responsibility of saving the world from imminent catastrophe. The game's primary antagonist bellows his ghostly threats at the beginning of each new area as another hour ticks by on the doomsday clock, but it's all bluster. Nothing about the world feels imperiled until the game over screen descends and you're left feeling bemused rather than defeated.One of Ultima Underworld's great strengths was its sense of place. The Stygian Abyss of its subtitle was a multi-level, interconnected dungeon populated by diverse, warring tribes who observed what felt like distinct cultural practices. Ascendant's version of this is composed of seven discrete levels whose haphazard design (here's a swamp, inside a fort, inside a volcano) obliterates any suggestion of internal consistency and a huge but empty hub area that is so tiresome to traverse it becomes genuinely frustrating to return to between missions.Again unlike the original game, which let you wander freely throughout the dungeon and pick up quests from its inhabitants, Ascendant takes a more modern and compartmentalized approach. There's a job board in the hub from which you select one of four missions before you step through a portal to the relevant location. Critical path missions require you to find the abyssal key lost in each of the seven worlds, but other missions--each set by one of three factions with whom you can gain favor--may have you kill a particular enemy or collect a number of a specific item. You can only accept one mission at a time, however, so there's a lot of trekking back and forth between hub and dungeon level. And, oddly, any mission that asks you to collect items will ignore any of said items already in your possession and force you to collect fresh ones instead.None of the missions are complex and all ultimately boil down to entering the dungeon, fighting or sneaking your way to a certain spot, picking up or killing what you need, and legging it back to the nearest portal to warp to the hub. There are no NPCs to talk to, no conversations to have, no story choices to make, nothing but a bunch of what feel like procedurally-generated fetch quests delivered over and over again. If you recall the random quests given to you by the various Jarls throughout Skyrim, that's pretty much the entire game here--except repeated over seven static dungeon levels instead of spread across a whole seamless continent.The closest Ascendant comes to honoring Underworld's legacy is in how it affords players the ability to customize their playing style. During character creation, there is no choice of class as such, but once you begin earning "memora" you can purchase skills on a tree with three clusters of branches representing the typical Fighter, Mage, and Thief archetypes. Of course, you're free to mix and match these skills to tailor your character's strengths. Maybe you're an axe-wielding fighter who has also mastered healing magic? Or perhaps you'd rather dash from shadow to shadow and avoid enemies altogether?In a nice touch, spells aren't simply a replacement for weapons, but are better suited to the more cerebral player who wants to use the environment to their advantage. One spell lets you create a ball of fire, for example, but it's not a typical fireball that you hurl at an enemy; it's instead used to set other things on fire to, say, collapse the walkway that enemy was standing on, or more mundanely, burn down a fence that was blocking your way. The skill tree is flexible and allows you to craft a character that reflects the way you want to play, and leaves plenty of room to experiment with alternative play styles should you ever want to roll a new character.The chances of doing that are slim, sadly. Underworld Ascendant isn't just a bare-bones action-RPG, it's also full of bugs and glitches and carries a really weird save system. I've encountered glitches that I'd classify as trivial: frequent gaping, untextured holes in the world geometry; lines of dialogue repeating on loop until you leave the area; getting stuck momentarily on a staircase; struggling to get out of a knee-deep pool of water because the current is absurdly strong; standing too close to a chest when opening it and having the physics fling you across the room. These issues, and many more, I can cope with. They're irritating, sure, but they're not game-breaking.But the bugs become game-breaking when, for example, your character gets trapped between two bits of geometry and the only way out is to reload. Or when you can no longer use your bow even though you still have loads of arrows equipped. Or when you can actually use your bow and see the arrow shoot across the world but it seemingly passes right through the enemy without doing any damage. Or when an enemy spots you and simply runs into a corner and keeps trying to run through a wall while you attack it from behind until it dies. Or when you pull a lever and a rolling spike trap vanishes from the world but is still actually there and kills you. Or when an enemy gets caught in a cycle of jumping in the air and throwing a smoke bomb at its feet. These issues, and many more, are ones I can't cope with.But perhaps most crucially of all, I can't cope with the save system. To begin with, you cannot save wherever you like. You can save whenever you like, but loading this save will see you restart from the beginning of the level with your inventory intact but any changes to the level reset. You can, however, plant a tree sapling at certain points throughout a level to act as a respawn point if you die, similar to the Vita-Chambers in Bioshock. This would be okay if Underworld Ascendant was a run-based game where you're primarily interested in how far you can get and what loot drops. But it's not. It's a mission-based game where you're exploring a level for upwards of an hour each time, trying to complete a specific objective. You're already revisiting the same level over and over again by virtue of having to return to the hub to cash in a mission and pick up the next. Having to restart a level from the beginning each time you load a save is just adding insult to injury.For many players, especially the time-poor, the save system alone will be enough to render Underworld Ascendant unplayable. But even if it were addressed, and a more conventional system patched in, it would be impossible to recommend this game to anyone. Framed as a spiritual successor to Ultima Underworld, Underworld Ascendant misses the mark with almost every shot, much like my aforementioned hapless archer. At the same time, even freed from the expectations its historical baggage brings, it is a clear failure. The spirit of Ultima Underworld lives on elsewhere. Info from Gamespot.com

Hitman 2 is out now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The game's first Elusive Target, the first part of IO's free post-launch support plans, is currently active and features actor Sean Bean as an MI5 agent gone rogue named Mark Faba. Read on for our full review, originally published on November 8.Hitman is a game about killing people. Well, killing specific people and trying not to kill other people unless you really have to. But it's also a game about exploring large, real-world-inspired spaces, learning about how they operate, finding multiple solutions to problems, and using that knowledge to improvise and manipulate the environment to hit the people you're hunting. The episodic nature of the Hitman refresh in 2016 saw IO Interactive release one level every month--a contentious move at the time, but one that helped accentuate the potential in each mission. Hitman 2 ditches the episodic model and adds a few new minor mechanics, but the loop of continuously replaying a single location, slowly uncovering the wealth of possibilities, and being able to effectively draw upon that knowledge in new challenges is where Hitman is strongest.Hitman 2 takes you to six new locales, and each poses unique situations to overcome as you attempt to assassinate your targets. Mumbai is a standout with its densely populated streets and labyrinths of tenement buildings--a great environment that makes the most of a new Assassin's Creed-style crowd blending mechanic, allowing you to disappear into big groups of people. A mission in Miami, Florida takes place at an active raceway, a loud and vibrant stage that feels like a theme park with its swaths of attendees, distinct zones, and a concealed backstage underbelly.These levels are overwhelming in the best way possible, and it's exciting to begin peeling away the layers of these large, intricate areas--exploring the spaces, discovering routes, finding tools and disguises, and figuring out the best places to utilize them. If you're familiar with Hitman, you know that each stage and its AI inhabitants run on routines like clockwork, making Hitman a game that rewards social stealth and patience. Eavesdropping, tailing, and passive observation are good first steps to success. Even the Whittleton Creek stage, a small, sparsely populated suburban block in Vermont, feels like a mindmap of interconnected causality when you begin to dig deeper. Having the curiosity to uncover how things operate within levels, stumbling upon minor plotlines and amusing flavor dialog along the way, is interesting in its own right.Hitman does make an upfront effort to help focus your scope and give you some momentum toward your objectives, though thankfully your initiative is still necessary to solve some predicaments. Stumbling across a Mission Story (previously known as Opportunities) might lead you to a machine you can sabotage, for example, but you need to find the tool to do so and work out the best method of either distracting or dispatching the people around it.Mission Stories are a great first step, but Hitman becomes its best when you start to internalize the stages and uncover the more obscure ways things can unfold in subsequent playthroughs, be it through pursuing alternative Mission Stories, Challenges that ask you to perform specific tasks, or your own improvisation. There are few fail states other than your own death, and there are so many approaches and tools at your disposal that the path to victory can be as creative and elegant or as bumbling and messy as it needs to be. Completing a stage typically takes a long time, and there will be plenty of moments when a guard catches you doing something you shouldn't be doing and calls for backup. Unhinged gunfights still feel as futile as ever, but when things get out of control there's almost always the opportunity to escape to a less hostile part of the level, swap your disguises, and come up with an alternative "make do" approach. In fact, Hitman is sometimes more exciting when your initial plans fail.The only problem with being presented with such a staggering array of interactions is that the limitations of the sandbox will eventually reveal themselves if you push the wrong way. For example, while you can stash bodies in dumpsters and closets, I was disappointed to discover I couldn't stash them in one of many vacant portable toilets. While Agent 47 can leap tall fences and shimmy across daringly high ledges, he seemingly can't muster the courage to drop down from certain first-floor balconies. Guard AI behavior is stern but generous--if you're found trespassing in a restricted area they'll give you a chance to find the exit before reacting, but sometimes it's too generous. I was amused to see a target's personal bodyguard decide to go home for the day after his employer "accidentally" fell off a building, even though I was the only other person in the room.Hitman 2 continues to embrace a trial-and-error playstyle in its campaign. The levels are long, but autosaves are generous and manual saving is encouraged, which gives you the freedom to experiment with different ways of approaching a problem. And the closer you get to bending the systems in just the right way--trying to narrowly squeeze past a guard's sightline from different directions, or using coins and cheeseburgers to divert someone's attention--the more thrilling it feels, no matter how goofy it actually looks. Hitman 2's interstitial cinematics are as grim and dramatic as a British espionage drama, and it's hard not to let yourself buy into the clinical overarching conspiracy. But in the field, the series' tongue-in-cheek absurdity happily remains with ridiculous costumes, unlikely weapons, and Agent 47's self-aware deadpan acting, which perfectly accompanies any bumbling improvisation. Both exist distinctly, don't really compliment or detract one another, but are still enjoyable in their own right.Hitman 2 also boasts a few significant modes outside of its campaign, including Sniper Assassin, which adapts the design seen in the Hitman: Sniper smartphone game and tasks you with taking out a series of targets from a single vantage point using only a scoped rifle. It's a straightforward but enjoyable, low-stakes mode that allows for a surprising amount of creative freedom, and it can be played in two-player online co-op. But Hitman 2's most enticing bonus, at least if you own the previous Hitman, is the ability to download the original stages into Hitman 2, which gives you feature-complete versions of them with the addition of new mechanics like functional mirrors (which enemies can spot you in) and the briefcase (which lets you conceal and transport tools discreetly), among other things. These legacy stages are wonderful to revisit under a new light.It should also be mentioned that one of the most compelling elements of the 2016 Hitman was the continuous, free live content updates that occurred after the game's launch. Escalation Missions, where you're given specific conditional challenges of increasing difficulty, and Elusive Targets, limited-time events where you have only one chance to take out unique assassination targets, added tense trials that tested both your knowledge of levels and improvisational skills. IO Interactive has announced that these familiar features will be making a return, along with free content updates to Sniper Assassin and Ghost Mode. We obviously can't judge the quality of this content at launch, but it's surely something to look forward to.The addition of other minor mechanical changes--like concussive weapons, a picture-in-picture enemy activity alert, and visible security camera sightlines--help to improve Hitman 2 overall as a dense and accessible stealth assassination game. But the new locations are the real stars, impressive and inventive sandboxes ripe for picking apart with exciting experiments. Hitman is about experiencing the anticipation of seeing whether a plan will work when you try it for the first time. It's about feeling the tension of briskly walking away from a bad situation, hoping you can lose the suspicious guards. It's the satisfaction of knowing the machinations of a level so well that when a target moves into a particular place at a particular time, you have the perfect way to intervene. Hitman 2 is a familiar experience, but in the Hitman world, familiarity is an incredible strength. 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It's Black Friday 2018 weekend, so the delicious food has been replaced with hot deals and discounts. One of the best offers this year is for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, the latest game in the unstoppable shooter series. In addition to featuring the traditional multiplayer and zombies modes, Treyarch's newest entry debuted the franchise's first jump into the battle royale craze with Blackout, which is among the game's most well-received offerings.We first saw Black Ops 4 pop up in the Target ad for $45, but it turns out it won't have the cheapest way to buy the game. Best Buy ($45) and PlayStation Store ($48) have also discounted the game. Currently GameStop has it priced at $38--although you have to go into a physical store to get that deal. Walmart has undercut GameStop so you can buy it for $37 on both PS4 and Xbox One right now.Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is no doubt one of the more experimental entries in recent years, yet it still offered a satisfying package to dive into. While last year's World War II was well received, Black Ops 4 offered a larger focus on giving players new ways to experience COD gameplay across its key gameplay pillars, which includes multiplayer, zombies--featuring multiple storylines and levels--the new Blackout battle royale game type, and a light story mode focusing on each of the playable Specialists.Reviews editor Kallie Plagge gave the game an 8 in our review of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and stated: "Black Ops 4 isn't short on content, and its three main modes are substantial. Multiplayer introduces more tactical mechanics without forcing you into them, and it largely strikes a good balance. Zombies has multiple deep, secret-filled maps to explore, though its returning characters don't hold up and prove distracting. Finally, Blackout pushes Call of Duty in an entirely new direction, making use of aspects from both multiplayer and Zombies for a take on the battle royale genre that stands on its own. Sure, there isn't a traditional single-player campaign, but with the depth and breadth of what is there, Black Ops 4 doesn't need it."Here are the links to the deals you can find on Target, and we'll update this post with any other deals that come in from other retailers. If you're at all curious about World War II, there is also a planned Target deal for Call of Duty: WWII as well for $25.Call of Duty: Black Ops 4PS4$38 -- GameStop (in-store only)$37 -- Walmart$45 -- Best Buy$45 -- Target$48 -- PlayStation Store [digital]Xbox One$38 -- GameStop (in-store only)$37 -- Walmart$45 -- Best Buy$45 -- Target$48 -- Xbox Store [digital]PC$48 -- Battle.net [digital - standard edition]$90 -- Battle.net [digital - Deluxe edition]$117 -- Battle.net [digital - Deluxe Enhanced edition]Best Black Friday DealsThe Best Game Deals On Black FridayPS4's Best Black Friday 2018 DealsXbox One's Best Black Friday 2018 Game DealsBest Buy's Best Black Friday 2018 Game DealsTarget's Best Black Friday 2018 Game DealsWalmart's Best Black Friday 2018 Game DealsAll The Game DealsBlack Friday 2018 DealsWhen The Black Friday Sales StartPS4 Black Friday 2018 DealsNintendo Switch Black Friday 2018 DealsXbox One Black Friday 2018 DealsTarget Black Friday 2018 Game DealsBest Buy Black Friday 2018 Game DealsWalmart Black Friday 2018 Game DealsGameStop Black Friday 2018 Game DealsInfo from Gamespot.com

Black Friday 2018 has arrived and along with lists of a boatload of deals on everything from game consoles to accessories, various retailers are offering discounts on services that you need to make the most of your gaming time. One of those is Sony's PlayStation Plus, which makes for a much more improved gaming experience on the PS4.As of this writing, the best deal on PS Plus sees a 12-month subscription to the service for $40--a nice $20 savings and the cheapest we ever see these subscriptions go for anymore. You can get this price straight through PSN, as the deal is available as part of the ongoing PlayStation Store's Black Friday sale.Alternatively, a number of retailers have either price matched or launched their PS Plus deals early. You can see the full list below, but Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy, and more are all offering PS Plus for $40 right now.PS Plus is Sony's online subscription service. You'll need a membership in order to play most online multiplayer games on PS4 and PS3, such as Rocket League and the recently released Fallout 76. On top of that, Sony offers a batch of free games for PS Plus subscribers every month, which are yours as long as you have an active membership, as well as additional discounts on titles from the PlayStation Store. Subscribing now will get you November's PS Plus games, which include Yakuza Kiwami.PS Plus subscriptions are available in several increments. A one-month subscription typically costs $10; a three-month membership runs for $25; and a 12-month subscription is normally $60. If you're interested in sampling the service before committing to it, Sony is offering a free 14-day trial through the PS Store, although that will automatically convert into a one-month subscription if you don't cancel it before the trial period ends.You can find all of the announced PS Plus deals, as well as our other guides on this year's PS4 Black Friday sales, below. For even more discounts, be sure to check out our full Black Friday deals coverage.PS4 Black Friday GuidesThe Best Place To Buy A PlayStation 4All PS4 Early Ad Deals On Consoles, Games, Accessories, And MoreBest Early PS4 Black Friday DealsAll Black Friday 2018 PS Plus Deals (So Far)PlayStation Store12-month -- $4014-day trial -- freeBest Buy12-month -- $40Amazon12-month -- $40GameStop12-month -- $40Green Man Gaming12-month -- $40Walmart12-month -- $40Info from Gamespot.com

Black Friday has passed, but as the weekend kicks off, the deals are raining down upon consumers. The annual sale after Thanksgiving holiday offers up deep discounts on assorted items from numerous retailers. And if you're the type of person in the market for new movies, there are plenty of deals you'll want to check out.The best part about most of these Black Friday movie deals is that the majority of the physical discs--primarily Blu-ray and 4K--come with digital copy codes. So you'll be buying these movies cheaper than you can get them through a service like Google Play, iTunes, or Vudu, and a physical copy comes with it.There are quite a few sales to keep you eyes on, including Barnes and Noble's sale on 50% off of Criterion Collection Blu-rays. The only Criterion movies shown in the circular were Ingmar Bergman's Cinema, The Tree of Life, and The Princess Bride, but more will be on sale.Best Buy has a long list of DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4K movies on sale during the event. You can pick up either of the Super Troopers movies on Blu-ray for $4 each or movies from this past year for cheap: Avengers: Infinity War ($7), Black Panther ($7), Sicario: Day of the Soldado ($6), or Game Night ($8). The best movie deals to come to Best Buy are Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Episodes 1-6) for $20 and The Godfather Collection for $10.Every store has different operating hours during Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the weekend following the holiday, so take a look at our store hours guide, and make sure to check with your local retailers as store hours may vary.Below you'll find a list of all the movie sales from retailers during Black Friday. Many of these stores don't have all its discounted movies listed on the various sites, but more will be added to the Black Friday sales. However, don't expect any huge surprises as these retailers want to put its best deals in the circulars to get you in the stores.Barnes And Noble:50% off DVDs and Blu-Rays, Including Criterion:Crazy Rich AsiansMamma Mia! Here We Go AgainFather BrownIngmar Bergman's Cinema (Criterion)The Princess Bride (Criterion)The Tree of Life (Criterion)This Is Us: Season 2 (Saturday only)Game of Thrones: Season 7 (Saturday only)Best Buy:DVDs:Deadpool 2 -- $8The Big Bang Theory: Season 11 -- $10Supernatural: Season 13 -- $10Westworld: Season 1 -- $10Game of Thrones: Season 5 -- $10Rick and Morty: Season 3 -- $10Blu-Ray:Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice -- $4Super Troopers 2 -- $4Wonder Woman -- $4Jurassic World -- $4Dawn of the Planet of the Apes -- $4Kingsman -- $4Lego DC Comics Super Heroes -- $4Super Troopers -- $4Suicide Squad -- $4Superman vs. The Elite -- $4Ready Player One -- $6It --$6Tag -- $6Blade Runner 2049 -- $6Dunkirk -- $6The Darkest Minds -- $6Red Sparrow -- $6Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer -- $6Kingsman: The Golden Circle -- $6Sicario: Day of the Soldado -- $6Avengers: Infinity War -- $7Black Panther -- $7Coco -- $7Uncle Drew -- $8Overboard (2018) -- $8The Death of Superman (2018) -- $8The Spy Who Dumped Me -- $8Ocean's 8 -- $8Game Night -- $8The Greatest Showman -- $8Tomb Raider -- $8Rampage -- $8Justice League -- $8Constantine: City of Demons -- $8Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom -- $10Hotel Transylvania 3 -- $10The First Purge -- $10Skyscraper -- $10A Quiet Place -- $10The Godfather Collection -- $10Star Wars: The Complete Saga -- $20Band of Brothers -- $104K:Movies:American Assassin -- $8John Wick -- $8Hacksaw Ridge -- $8Terminator 2 -- $8Hell or High Water -- $8The Hitman's Bodyguard -- $8Jigsaw -- $8Halloween (1978) -- $8Valerian -- $8Ex Machina -- $8Justice League -- $10Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle -- $10John Wick: Chapter 2 -- $10Sicario Day of the Soldado -- $10Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas -- $10Deadpool -- $10Hostiles -- $10The Commuter -- $10Atomic Blonde -- $10The Equalizer -- $10Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom -- $15Deadpool 2 -- $15Ant-Man and the Wasp -- $15Avengers: Infinity War -- $15Coco -- $15Black Panther -- $15Skyscraper -- $15It -- $15The First Purge -- $15Rampage -- $15Pacific Rim: Uprising -- $15Dunkirk -- $15Solo: A Star Wars Story -- $23Star Wars: The Last Jedi -- $23Wreck-It Ralph -- $23Avengers: Age of Ultron -- $23Cars 3 -- $23A Wrinkle In Time -- $23Marvel's The Avengers -- $23Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 -- $23Deadpool 2 -- $23Planet of the Apes Trilogy -- $23Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales -- $23Predator 3 Movie Collection -- $23The Matrix Trilogy -- $45Jurassic Park: 25th Anniversary Collection -- $20Fry's4K (Friday only):John Wick -- $9The Hitman's Bodyguard -- $9Hacksaw Ridge -- $9Deepwater Horizon -- $9Terminator 2 -- $9Sicario -- $9FYE: (Valid Thursday 11/22-11/25)2-For-$5 DVDs:MinionsJurassic WorldThe Iron GiantThe Dark KnightThe Big LebowskiFurious 7DVD:It -- $8Deadpool 2 -- $10Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom -- $10Ant-Man & The Wasp -- $15Incredibles 2 -- $15Blu-Ray:It -- $10Deadpool 2 -- $10Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom -- $13Ant-Man & The Wasp -- $18Incredibles 2 -- $20TargetDVDs:Spider-Man: Homecoming -- $4 [Doorbuster]Deadpool -- $4 [Doorbuster]Home Alone -- $4 [Doorbuster]Jurassic World -- $4 [Doorbuster]Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom -- $4 [Doorbuster]Ocean's 8 -- $4 [Doorbuster]Dunkirk -- $4 [Doorbuster]Trolls -- $4 [Doorbuster]A Dog's Purpose -- $4 [Doorbuster]Peter Rabbit -- $4 [Doorbuster]Ferdinand -- $4 [Doorbuster]Hotel Transylvania -- $4 [Doorbuster]Bad Moms -- $4 [Doorbuster]Despicable Me 3 -- $6Fifty Shades Freed -- $6A Bad Moms Christmas -- $6Deadpool 2 -- $9The Greatest Showman -- $9Avengers: Infinity War -- $10Solo: A Star Wars Story -- $10Christopher Robin -- $10Westworld: Season 1 -- $10Game of Thrones: Season 5 -- $10This Is Us: Season 2 -- $10Supernatural: Season 13 -- $10The Big Bang Theory: Season 11 -- $10Outlander: Season 3 -- $10Handmaid's Tale: Season 1 -- $10The Flash: Season 4 -- $10Blu-Ray:Super Troopers 2 -- $4 [Doorbuster]The Lego Batman Movie -- $4 [Doorbuster]The Peanuts Movie -- $4 [Doorbuster]Smurfs -- $4 [Doorbuster]Ready Player One -- $9 [Doorbuster]Tomb Raider -- $9 [Doorbuster]Rampage -- $9 [Doorbuster]Tag -- $9 [Doorbuster]It -- $9 [Doorbuster]Game Night -- $6Paddington 2 -- $6Justice League -- $6Wonder Woman -- $6Logan -- $6Peter Rabbit -- $6Blade Runner 2049 -- $6John Wick: Chapter 2 -- $6Lego Ninjago Movie -- $6The Walking Dead Season 8 -- $10Rick and Morty: Season 3 -- $104K:Deadpool -- $9 [Doorbuster]Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle -- $9 [Doorbuster]Pacific Rim -- $9 [Doorbuster]Spider-Man: Homecoming -- $9 [Doorbuster]The Hitman's Bodygaurd -- $9 [Doorbuster]WalmartDVDs:Hotel Transylvania 2 -- $2The Peanuts Movie -- $2Rio 2 -- $2Jumanji -- $2Smurfs -- $2Captain Underpants -- $2Fifty Shades Freed -- $2Jurassic Park -- $2The Secret Life of Pets -- $2Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip -- $2Jurassic World -- $2San Andreas -- $2It (1990) -- $2The Wizard of Oz -- $2Goosebumps -- $2Ice Age: Collision Course -- $2Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle -- $4Justice League -- $4Wonder Woman -- $4Ferdinand -- $4Hotel Transylvania 3 -- $4Despicable Me 3 -- $4How the Grinch Stole Christmas -- $4Spongebob Christmas $4The Greatest Showman -- $4The Fate of the Furious -- $4Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom -- $4Deadpool 2 -- $6Miracle on 34th Street -- $6Annihilation -- $6Sherlock Gnomes -- $6Ice Age Movie Collection -- $6Solo: A Star Wars Story -- $8Avengers: Infinity War -- $8The Flash: Season 4 -- $10Game of Thrones: Season 5 -- $10Rick and Morty: Season 3 -- $10The Big Bang Theory: Season 11 -- $10The Walking Dead Season 8 -- $10Blu-Ray:Mission Impossible: Fall Out -- $8 (Digital only through Vudu)Spider-Man: Homecoming -- $4Hotel Transylvania 2 -- $4Angry Birds -- $4Home Alone $4Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle -- $6The Greatest Showman -- $6Rampage -- $6Fifty Shades Freed -- $6Pacific Rim: Uprising -- $6The Fate of the Furious -- $6Split -- $6John Wick: Chapter 2 -- $6Justice League -- $6Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom -- $8Deadpool 2 -- $8Hotel Transylvania 3 -- $8Ready Player One -- $9A Quiet Place -- $9Skyscraper -- $9Tomb Raider -- $94K:Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom -- $9John Wick Chapter 2 -- $9Hotel Transylvania 3 -- $9Deadpool 2 -- $9Rampage -- $9Wonder Woman -- $9The Greatest Showman -- $9Info from Gamespot.com

There are a whole lot of deals on video games this Black Friday weekend, and if you've been thinking about hopping on one of Ubisoft's newer games, now would be a good time. Uplay is having a site wide sale with the likes of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Rainbow Six: Siege, Far Cry 5, and For Honor with deep discounts. The sale is going on right now and the deals are available across several platforms; PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 (two Nintendo Switch games are included).If you decide to try one of these games, be sure to take a look at our many guides covering them. We have 11 essential tips you should before starting Assassin's Creed Odyssey, the latest balance changes and tweaks to operators in Rainbow Six: Siege, and a beginner's guide for starting Far Cry 5.Several bundles, season passes, DLC, and merch items for different games are also on sale. You can browse all the Uplay deals on the official website. You can check out all the best Black Friday deals we've compiled as well.Ubisoft's Uplay Store Game DealsAssassin's Creed Odyssey -- $40Rainbow Six: Siege (Standard Edition) -- $14For Honor -- $13.20Far Cry 5 -- $30Assassin's Creed Origins -- $24Ghost Recon Wildlands -- $20The Crew 2 -- $24The Division -- $12.50Watch Dogs 2 -- $15Assassin's Creed Syndicate -- $10South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Switch version included) -- $12Far Cry Primal -- $10Far Cry 4 (PC only) -- $7.50Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag -- $8Steep -- $10Assassin't Creed III -- $6.80Splinter Cell: Blacklist (PC only) -- $10.20Assassin's Creed Unity -- $10.20Far Cry 3 -- $6.80The Crew -- $7.50Rainbow Six Vegas (PC only) -- $3.40Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (PC only) -- $3.40Just Dance 2017 (Switch version included) -- $15Assassin's Creed II (Deluxe Edition, PC only) -- $6.80Best Black Friday DealsThe Best Game Deals On Black FridayPS4's Best Black Friday 2018 DealsXbox One's Best Black Friday 2018 Game DealsBest Buy's Best Black Friday 2018 Game DealsTarget's Best Black Friday 2018 Game DealsWalmart's Best Black Friday 2018 Game DealsAll The Game DealsBlack Friday 2018 DealsWhen The Black Friday Sales StartPS4 Black Friday 2018 DealsNintendo Switch Black Friday 2018 DealsXbox One Black Friday 2018 DealsTarget Black Friday 2018 Game DealsBest Buy Black Friday 2018 Game DealsWalmart Black Friday 2018 Game DealsGameStop Black Friday 2018 Game DealsInfo from Gamespot.com

[Update] While many of the deals on Black Friday are US focused--including those mentioned here, retailers in other territories are also offering some decent discounts. Amazon UK, for example, has the Xbox One X 1TB with EA's Battlefield V, the newly released Fallout 76, and Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Amazon also has the Xbox One X with Fallout 76 and Red Dead Redemption 2 for £37.99, which is an excellent deal. You can see the link to the deal below. Black Friday itself is now technically behind us, but deals will continue into the weekend, and we're sure to see more pop up for Cyber Monday.Black Friday is nearly upon us, so both current iterations of Microsoft's Xbox One--the Xbox One S and Xbox One X--will be seeing a variety of discounts and bundles. The more expensive Xbox One X, which normally goes for $500, will see some particularly nice offers, including a few that are live right now. So, before Black Friday kicks off tomorrow, it's worth scoping out any offers you want to make use of and planning your attack.All of the Xbox One X discounts on Black Friday 2018 that we've spotted so far are outlined below. Best Buy has one of the best offers at $430, which gets you a special Battlefield V bundle. This consists of a special-edition Xbox One console, Battlefield V, Battlefield 1: Revolution, and Battlefield 1943, plus an additional controller. This bundle is live right now for My Best Buy members.Ebay had some especially good deals that have now either expired or raised in price. There's still a $440 NBA 2K19 bundle; alternatively, $422 gets you the system on its own. Ebay also says it'll have more deals on the console later in the week.Another very nice deal comes from Kohl's, where the console is being sold with a digital copy of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and a $120 Kohl's cash card for $400. For those in the UK, Amazon has the Xbox One X with Battlefield V, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and Fallout 76 for £399.We've listed all the sales for each store in case you need a back-up plan, and will update this article if more deals are announced. Just remember when stores open and close for Black Friday so you can take advantage of the deal you want.The One X is the most powerful version of the Xbox One, possessing faster load times and playing games with enhanced framerates. It also renders certain games natively in 4K. The One X is much smaller than other Xbox One consoles and--like the One S--can be stored and played horizontally and doesn't have a massive power brick, so it doesn't take up much space.The Xbox One X can also bring the most out of X-enhanced games, which are titles specifically designed or patched to have smoother performances on One X. These include newer titles--like Forza Horizon 4, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and Mass Effect Andromeda--and older games as well, such as Halo 3, Portal 2, and Mirror's Edge. To take full advantage of X-enhanced games, you'll want to hook your Xbox One X up to a 4K TV, which are also on sale this Black Friday.Xbox One X Black Friday DealsBest BuyXbox One X Gold Rush Special Edition Battlefield V Bundle + select controller -- $430EbayXbox One X -- $422Xbox One X with NBA 2K19 -- $440TargetXbox One X -- $430 (unconfirmed)WalmartXbox One X -- $399Kohl'sXbox One X 1TB PlayUnknown's Battlegrounds Bundle + $120 Kohl's Cash -- $400Microsoft StoreXbox One X -- $400GameStopXbox One X -- $70 off and includes $50 gift cardAmazon UKXbox One X with Battlefield V, Fallout 76, Assassin's Creed Odyssey -- £399Xbox One X with Fallout 76 and Red Dead Redemption 2 -- £378Info from Gamespot.com

While most deal hunters are focusing on Black Friday still as the weekend begins, another shopping holiday is right around the corner. It's Cyber Monday, and this year it falls on November 26. This online shopping day might seem like an afterthought after Black Friday, but it's a terrific day of deals in its own right. Last year, Cyber Monday was the biggest online shopping day in the US, and you can bet retailers noticed. That's why they'll be dropping prices once again in hopes of grabbing their share of online consumer holiday spending.Many more details about the Cyber Monday deals will start to appear over the weekend, once Black Friday is over and bargain shoppers have begun to catch their breath. But some Cyber Monday information is already here. Let's take a look at what sales we know we'll find on Cyber Monday 2018.PlayStation NetworkYou don't have to wait for Cyber Monday to get digital PS4 games at nicely discounted prices. Sony has already made its Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale live on the PSN. Running between now and November 27, this sale drops prices on games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 ($48), Assassin's Creed Odyssey ($40), and hundreds more.See PSN's Black Friday dealsXbox LiveAlong the same lines, Xbox One owners can already pick up a huge selection of games for discounted prices. And while no specific Cyber Monday sale has been announced, Microsoft's current deals will be available between now and November 26.See Xbox Live's Black Friday dealsEbayNot content to offer just an extended weekend's worth of discounts, Ebay is doing an eight-day sale across Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and beyond. The online retailer will also have special deals only available on Cyber Monday, including limited-time discounts popping up every hour from 6 AM - 9 PM ET (3 AM - 6 PM PT). The company promises deals offering up to 80% off Apple, Xbox, Nintendo products, and more.Ebay will also have a "Best Price Guarantee" program, which not only matches eligible competitors' prices, but also knocks an extra 10% off. There are no blackout dates, so it even applies to Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.See Ebay's Cyber Monday dealsWalmartWalmart will have a Cyber Monday sale, but we only have a few details about it so far. Expect to see a full rundown on Saturday or Sunday, once the Black Friday smoke has cleared. In the meantime, we know the following items will be on sale.MSI GV62 15.6-inch Gaming Laptop, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3G for $799 ($200 savings)SAMSUNG 58" Class 4K (2160P) Ultra HD Smart LED TV for $447.99 ($80 savings)See Walmart's Black Friday dealsGameStopGameStop has said that many of its Black Friday deals will continue over the weekend and run through Cyber Monday. But if this year shakes out like some previous years, some of the best Black Friday deals will come back around on Cyber Monday.See GameStop's Black Friday dealsBest BuyThough details are sparse, Best Buy has announced it will expand Cyber Monday over two days: Sunday, November 25 and Monday, November 26. Additionally, some deals will be available all that week at Best Buy.See Best Buy's Black Friday dealsTargetTarget has a history of participating in Cyber Monday discounts, so it's a safe bet to assume the practice will continue this year. On Cyber Monday last year, Target offered 15% off nearly every item available on its website, so let's hope for a similar deal this year.See Target's Black Friday dealsApple StoreApple hasn't announced its Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals yet, but the company has said its sale will run November 23-26, which encompasses both shopping holidays.Info from Gamespot.com

Why would we talk about Cyber Monday 2018 when Black Friday is still ongoingthis weekend? Because these two major shopping days occur very close to one another. Many deal hunters will still be recovering from a Black Friday savings hangover by the time Cyber Monday arrives on November 26. If that's you, you'd better pop some Tylenol and hop online, because Cyber Monday deals will be coming in hot.As for specific Cyber Monday deals, little is known at the moment, though we have gotten a few hints as to what offers will be available. For instance, Ebay is doing a "Cyber Weekend" sale, with deals on things like a Microsoft Surface Pro and a 65" 4K smart TV starting on Saturday, November 24. Additional deals will kick off on Monday, Novmeber 26, including on a Fallout 76 Xbox One X bundle, though the price has yet to be announced. You can find additional information in our Cyber Monday preview of the deals we already know about.Seeing as retailers will be dropping prices on an array of products on and around Cyber Monday, it can be hard to know if you're getting the best deal possible on any given item. Below, you'll find links that will help you sort through the sales to find the biggest discounts available. We'll continue adding more links as new sales are announced, making this the go-to page for your Cyber Monday needs.Table of Contents [hide]StoresPlayStation NetworkXbox LiveEbay DealsTips and PreviewsDeals We Already Know AboutWhat to ExpectStoresPlayStation NetworkSony's digital PS4 game store has already dropped prices for Black Friday, and they'll run straight on through Cyber Monday.All the PSN Game DealsXbox LiveSimilarly, Microsoft is already offering discounts on hundreds of digital Xbox One games, with sale prices that will run through November 26.All the Xbox Live Game DealsEbay DealsYou'll find deals on video games and electronics in Ebay's "Cyber Weekend sale."Ebay Cyber Monday DealsTips and PreviewsDeals We Already Know AboutHere's everything we know so far about what sales will be live on Cyber Monday.Cyber Monday Deals We Already Know AboutWhat to ExpectTo help prepare you for the craziness of Cyber Monday, we've looked at what happened last year to help set expectations for this year's online shopping day.Cyber Monday 2018: What to ExpectInfo from Gamespot.com

For obvious reasons, most retailers have been focusing their advertising efforts on Black Friday in recent weeks. But don't let the big post-Thanksgiving shopping day overshadow the online shopping day that's coming right up. November 26 is Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year. To encourage customers to come back to retail websites with credit cards in hand, Walmart has announced several of its upcoming Cyber Monday deals already.Most notable among them on the gaming side is a Nintendo Switch bundle that gets you the system and a copy of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle for $299. This is roughly comparable to Switch's big Black Friday bundle, which had Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in place of Kingdom Battle. But if XCOM-style strategy is more your jam than kart racing, this make actually be a preferable bundle.Walmart's deals will go live at 12 AM ET on November 26 (9 PM PT November 25). Walmart says it will have "thousands more deals" this year than it's had on Cyber Mondays in the past. It also promises stock will be more plentiful, so customers will be more likely to get the deals they want when they click on them.Also new this year is Walmart.com's deal hub, which offers a curated list of the top discounted items across a number of product categories--including video games and media. We still don't know all of the deals Walmart will offer on Cyber Monday--we'll have to wait until the big day for that--but the company has released the following list of some of the best sale prices that will be on offer.Video Games & EntertainmentOVERPOWERED Gaming Laptop 15-inch for $799 ($200 savings)Nintendo Switch Console with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for $299 ($25 savings)Nintendo 2DS XL for $129 ($20.72 savings)ElectronicsMSI Performance Gaming Laptop 15.6-inch with NVIDIA-GeForce for $799 ($200 savings)Straight Talk Apple iPhone 8 Plus for $599.99 and the Straight Talk Apple iPhone 8 for $499.99 ($99.01 savings each)SAMSUNG 58-inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV for $447.99 ($202 savings)Polaroid 50-inch Class 4K Ultra HD (2160P) HDR Smart LED TV for $179.99 ($220 savings)Toys & GamesLifetime Outdoor Dome Climber for $148.98 ($51.01 savings)NERF Laser Ops Alphapoint Pro 2-Pack for $24.98 ($14.90 savings)LEGO Classic Bricks on a Roll – 60th Anniversary Limited Edition for $19.99 ($10 savings)HomeDyson V6 Trigger Handheld Vacuum with Combination Tools for $99.99 ($70 savings)The Pioneer Woman 16-Piece Baking Set for $22.88 ($26.12 savings)Himalayan Glow Natural Crystal Salt Lamp Twin Pack for $18.21 ($4.60 savings) – this was a Cyber Monday favorite last yearFashion, Jewelry and Travel1/2 cctw Diamond Stud Earrings in 14K Gold for $229.99 ($70 savings)iFLY Hard-sided Fibertech 3-Piece Luggage Set for $149 ($40 savings)Mayfair Solid Velvet Robe for $12.99 ($37 savings)Time & Tru Women’s Suede Boot for $14 ($16 savings)Sports & OutdoorProForm 905 CST Treadmill with 5-inch Display, EKG HR Monitor for $699 ($250.99 savings)MX SELECT Adjustable Dumbbells Set, 10 - 55 lbs. for $549 ($50 savings)Bounce Pro My First Jump 7-ft. Trampoline and Swing with Safety Enclosure for $124.99 ($125.01 savings)MarketplaceEddie Bauer Men's and Women's CirrusLite Down Jacket for $44.50 ($54.50 savings)Lord & Taylor Women's Cashmere Sweater for $59.99 ($100.01 savings) and Lord & Taylor Men's Cashmere Sweater for $79.99 ($80.01 savings)Jack Wolfskin Women's Troposphere Waterproof Jacket for $129.97 ($71.98 savings)Jack Wolfskin Men's Helium Down Jacket for $110.47 ($59.48 savings)Jack Wolfskin Men's Seven Wonders Texapore Mid Boot for $97.47 ($52.48 savings)Info from Gamespot.com