While Black Friday hasn't officially, completely started, a range of deals are already available at a number of retailers. If you're keen on getting your shopping done now, a number of deals will be live in advance and many stores will be open on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. Here's everything you need to know about shopping for Black Friday 2018.Both Microsoft and Sony have launched their respective Xbox Store (now available even to non-Xbox Live Gold members) and PlayStation Store sales (check out our PSN sale recommendations). They get you discounts on a wide variety of digital games, as well as PS Plus. Meanwhile, Best Buy is offering its deals early for My Best Buy members right now, and the PS4 Spider-Man bundle that many stores are offering is already available.There are plenty of physical stores you may want to hit up on Black Friday, and they all have different hours. Some places, like Walmart and Meijer are open 24 hours straight, while others like Target and Best Buy will be closing during the wee hours of the morning. It can be quite a bit to keep track of, especially if you're the type of Black Friday shopper that likes to hit up multiple stores during the event.Luckily, we got you covered and have a list of all the major retailers and its store hours. As the countdown to Black Friday continues, more stores will reveal when they will be opening and closing, and we'll keep you updated. If you're looking for deals, check out our roundup of all the Black Friday deals, so far.Many of the stores do not list the closing hours for its stores, so you may want to check with your local retailer as hours may vary. Here is a complete list, thus far, of stores you may be interested in checking out in alphabetical order, so take good notes before you brave the terror of Black Friday shopping.Best Buy:In-store: Thursday, November 22 at 5 PM to 1 AM on Friday, November 23 locallyRe-opening on Friday, November 23 at 8 AM locallyElite Plus and Elite Members get access to deals on Sunday, November 18All My Best Buy members get access on Monday, November 19 and Tuesday, November 20Fanatical:Live nowGameStop:Online: Wednesday, November 21 at 9 PM ETIn-store: Thursday, November 22 from 3 PM to 10 PM locallyFriday, November 23 from 7 AM to 10 PMSaturday and Sunday, November 24-25 from 10 AM to 9 PMKMart:In store: Thursday, November 22 starting at 6 AM to Midnight locallyRe-opening on Friday, November 23 at 6 AM to 10 PMKohls:Online: Thursday, November 22 at 1:01 AM ET [Doorbusters]In-store: Thursday, November 22 at 5 PM (Store closings vary by location)Macy's:Online: All-day Thursday, November 22In store: Thursday 5 PM-2 AM locallyFriday, November 23 6 AM to 1 PMSaturday, November 24 8 AM to 1 PMMeijer:In-store: Some deal start on Sunday, November 18 at 6 AMDoorbusters start on Thursday, November 22 at 6AMMicrosoft Store:Online: Thursday, November 22 at 12 AM ETOffice Max:Online: Thursday, November 22 starting at 12:01 AMIn-store: Friday, November 23 at 8 AM locallyPlayStation Store:Live nowSam's Club:In-store: Friday, November 23 at 7 AMSears:In-store: Thursday, November 22 at 6 PMStaples:Order online on ThanksgivingIn-store: Friday, November 23 at 7 AMTarget:In-store: Thursday, November 22 at 5 PM to Friday November 23 at 1 AM locallyRe-opening on Friday, November 23 at 7 AM locallyWalmart:Online: Wednesday, November 21 at 10 PM ET / 7 PM PTIn-store: Thursday, November 22 at 6 PM locallyXbox Store:Live nowBest Black Friday DealsThe Best Game Deals On Black FridayPS4's Best Black Friday 2018 DealsNintendo Switch'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

Oh my gosh, Black Friday 2018 is almost here. The shopping bonanza officially begins tomorrow, November 23, but in the lead up to the shopping bonanza various retailers have been revealing the discounts they'll have on offer, and even making some of them available early. Not one to be left out of festivities, Nintendo has now revealed which digital Switch and 3DS games you'll be able to get on the cheap as part of its Eshop sale. We've also got a roundup of the best Switch Eshop game deals.The sale has already begun and will last until November 28 at 8:59 AM PT / 11:59 AM ET / 4:59 PM GMT / 2:59 AM on November 29 for AEDT. During this time you'll be able to pick up Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for $42, Starlink: Battle for Atlas for $45, and Dead Cells for $20. Along with those, there's Celeste for $16, Undertale for $13, Okami HD for $15, Doom for $30, Skyrim for $30, The Messenger for $14, and other must-play Switch games available at a discount. Of course, there's plenty more Switch titles on sale, and you can see the full list below.For those interested in grabbing a game or two for the Nintendo 3DS, there's quite a few titles worth considering. Many of them are really cheap, so if you're picking up a 3DS for the first time--either for yourself or for someone else--this is a cost effective way to load up on games. There's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D--arguably the best version of the game--for $14, excellent puzzle game Box Boy for $5, and fast-paced action game Hyrule Warriors for $20. Take a look below for the full list of games.For more options, check out our roundup of the best Nintendo Switch Black Friday deals. And if you're wondering what games you should pick up for the system, we've got an article that compiles all the best Switch games available--grab one of them and you're good to go.Nintendo Switch Black Friday Eshop DealsDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze -- $41.99FIFA 19 -- $35.99Starlink: Battle For Atlas Deluxe Edition -- $44.99Starlink: Battle for Atlas Digital Edition -- $44.99Snipperclips – Cut it out, together! -- $9.99DOOM -- $29.99NBA 2K19 -- $29.99NBA 2K19 20th Anniversary Edition -- $49.99The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- $29.99Dragon Ball FighterZ -- $41.99Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD -- $19.49Dead Cells -- $19.99Celeste -- $15.99Undertale -- $12.74South Park: The Stick of Truth -- $14.99Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate -- $44.99Just Dance 2019 -- $27.99NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 -- $19.49Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle -- $23.99Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Gold Edition -- $79.99Okami HD -- $14.99Sonic Mania -- $14.99Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus -- $29.99L.A. Noire -- $24.99Bastion -- $11.99The Messenger -- $13.99Inside -- $12.99Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy -- $25.99Hyper Light Drifter - Special Edition -- $15.99Sports Party -- $19.99Attack on Titan 2 -- $35.99Darkest Dungeon -- $18.74Enter the Gungeon -- $7.49Lost Sphear -- $19.99Little Nightmares: Complete Edition -- $14.99Disgaea 5 Complete -- $29.99Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection -- $25.99Shining Resonance Refrain -- $24.99Valkyria Chronicles 4 -- $29.99Gorogoa -- $7.49Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove -- $19.99GoNNER -- $4.99SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition -- $9.99Thumper -- $9.99West of Loathing -- $9.79Carnival Games -- $29.99TowerFall -- 15.99Blaster Master Zero -- $4.99Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon -- $6.99Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition -- $22.49Nintendo 3DS Black Friday Eshop DealsThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D -- $13.99Final Fantasy Explorers -- $19.99Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past -- $19.99Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward -- $12.49Pocket Card Jockey -- $3.49Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove -- $19.99Hyrule Warriors Legends -- $19.99Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon -- $6.99BOXBOY! -- $4.99BOXBOXBOY! -- $4.99Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker -- $9.99Dedede’s Drum Dash Deluxe -- $3.49Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth -- $9.99Kirby Fighters Deluxe -- $3.49SteamWorld Heist -- $7.49Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers -- $19.99Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan -- $9.99Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology -- $19.99Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth -- $19.99Mighty Gunvolt -- $1.99Runbow Pocket -- $7.49Tetris Ultimate -- $9.99Rayman Origins -- $14.99Stella Glow -- $9.99Blaster Master Zero -- $4.99Mighty Switch Force! -- $2.99Rayman 3D -- $14.99Gravity Falls - Legend of the Gnome Gemulets -- $14.99Info 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

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

Why would we talk about Cyber Monday 2018 when Black Friday hasn't even arrived yet? 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

With Black Friday 2018 underway, you may be looking for a deal on video cards to upgrade your gaming PC, especially now that prices have returned to normal after the cryptocurrency wave subsided. Both Amazon and Newegg have plenty of deals for RTX 20-series and GTX 10-series graphics cards from Nvidia board partners like EVGA, Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, PNY, and Zotac (see below).A few standout deals include the newly released EVGA RTX 2070 XC card that's currently going for $550 on Amazon, and the Gigabyte RTX 2080 for $750 offered on Newegg. If you're looking for a more modest upgrade and aiming for a mid-range video card, the PNY GTX 1060 (6GB) for $250 on Amazon, or the GTX 1070 Ti Ultra for $400 on Newegg are both good bets.For a better idea of how some of these video cards perform, be sure to check out our RTX 2080 review, GTX 1080 review, and GTX 1070 Ti review. Nvidia's new RTX 20-series launched earlier this year and provide a decent upgrade in overall performance from the previous generations GTX 10-series cards. RTX also offers ray tracing technology that PC games are beginning to implement for better lighting, shadows, and reflections. However, the GTX cards are no slouch even in modern PC games.Note that pricing and availability may change throughout the course of Black Friday weekend. We have gone all out in trying to bring you the best deals out there this year, so be sure to check out all the Black Friday sales we've covered.RTX 20-series Video CardsGigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming OC 8G -- $750 (Newegg)MSI GeForce RTX 2070 DUKE 8G OC -- $550 (Amazon)EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 XC -- $550 (Amazon)GTX 10-series Video CardsEVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Ultra -- $400 (Amazon)EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (reference cooler) -- $400 (Newegg)Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Mini 8GB GDDR5 -- $350 (Newegg)EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SC ACX -- $260 (Amazon)Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB -- $260 (Newegg)PNY GeForce GTX 1060 6GB -- $250 (Amazon)Asus GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Phoenix -- $150 (Newegg)PNY GeForce GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5 Video Card -- $125 (Newegg)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

Critics might not have loved the Tom Hardy-starring comic book movie Venom, but audiences generally enjoyed it, and it made a ton of money. So it would come as little surprise for a sequel to be made, and now we're getting what could be the first word about it.Sony Pictures updated its release schedule with two untitled Spider-Man spinoffs, and one of them might be Venom 2. According to Variety editor Justin Kroll, the first is a non-sequel set to open on July 10, 2020, while the second is a sequel pegged to release on October 2, 2020.Kroll reckons the first one is the Jared Leto-starring Morbius the Living Vampire film, with Venom 2 to follow. Nothing is confirmed at this stage, however, as Sony only confirmed the release dates but didn't name the films outright. It's also worth noting that these are Sony's movies that they're making with Marvel. As for the next Marvel Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: Far From Home, is coming in 2019.Sony dates two untitled Marvel-Spidey spin-offs. First is a non-sequel opening July 10, 2020, second is a sequel opening Oct. 2, 2020. My guesses are MORBIUS for July date and Venom sequel for October. story coming shortly — Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) November 21, 2018Venom got a very poor reception from critics. The film has a 29% on Rotten Tomatoes and 35 on GameSpot sister site Metacritic--but audiences enjoyed it more. The film fared much better with audiences, however, as Venom has an 86% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes and an overwhelmingly positive reception among Metacritic users. Another measure of audience reaction is CinemaScore, a system that polls movie-goers for their thoughts. Venom had a very solid B+ CinemaScore rating.Venom ended its theatrical run with more than $700 million globally at the box office, which makes it the sixth biggest movie of 2018. The $80 million in US and Canada that Venom pulled in for its opening weekend set a new all-time October record, destroying the $55.8 million that the previous record-holder Gravity made in October in 2013.The end credits bonus scene in Venom strongly hints at the sequel and its main villain--you can read GameSpot's end-credits scene breakdown here to learn more. Director Ruben Fleischer told GameSpot that this scene was meant to lay the groundwork for Venom 2. Info from Gamespot.com

Update: Sure enough, we've now gotten a deal, though it may not last for much longer. Over on Ebay, a highly rated seller is offering a PS4 Pro with Spider-Man for $405, effectively tossing in the game for $5 over the price of the system itself. It may not be a discount on the hardware, but all things considered, it's a solid offer when taken into account considering how little else is out there. If you're only interested in the game, you can get Spider-Man for $40 right now. GameStop, the last of the big game retailers to release its ad, has now done so, and there's also no PS4 Pro listed there, making Ebay your best--and possibly only--option for the console. The original story follows.Black Friday 2018 draws ever closer and multiple retailers--including Walmart, Best Buy, and Target--have already released the type of deals that people can expect during the holiday. Oddly enough, though stores have announced discounts for the PS4 Slim and PSVR, no Black Friday deals have been scheduled for the PS4 Pro.This is especially puzzling in the wake of a year that has seen the release of popular PS4 exclusives like God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man--titles that support enhanced visuals and performance on the Pro. In 2017--another good year for PS4 exclusives like Horizon Zero Dawn, Persona 5, and Nier: Automata--several retailers had discounts for the Pro during Black Friday. So announcements for the Pro could pop up next week when we're closer to the holiday. For now, if you're hoping to buy a PS4 this Black Friday, you'll have to settle on the PS4 Slim + Marvel's Spider-Man bundle that's available at select retailers.We've compiled all the current Black Friday 2018 PS4 console deals below. Prices vary from store to store, so plan accordingly when going out to shop this year. Also remember, retailers open and close for Black Friday at different times.PlayStation 4 Slim 1TB + Marvel's Spider-Man Black Friday 2018 Deals$199 -- Walmart$199 -- Sam's Club$200 -- Best Buy$200 -- Target$200 -- GameStopIf you're looking for more deals for PS4 consoles, games, and accessories, then check out some of our other Black Friday guides.Black Friday 2018 PS4 Shopping GuideEvery Early Black Friday PS4 Console, Game, And Accessory DealBest Black Friday PS4 Console, Game, And Accessory DealsThe Best Places To Buy A PS4 This Black FridayThe Best Places To Buy PS Plus This Black FridayBest Black Friday PS4, Xbox One, And Nintendo Switch Game DealsInfo from Gamespot.com

Black Friday has arrived, which as all of you know is one of the biggest shopping events of the year. In line with how retailers are operating these days, some deals are going live early, but if you're interested in digital games, there's no need to wait any longer: Microsoft has kicked off its annual Xbox Live sale, dropping prices on hundreds of digital Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles. The sale was initially available only to Xbox Live Gold members, but the sale has since expanded to everyone. But be wary, some prices are lower for Gold members.Many of this year's biggest heavy hitters include Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for $48, Red Dead Redemption 2: Special Edition for $72, and Forza Horizon 4 for $39. But if those don't quite do it for you, you can pick up Destiny 2: Forsaken Legendary Collection for $36, or Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Far Cry 5 for $30 apiece. Those are excellent prices considering how a lot of those games just came out. Ubisoft has dropped prices on the many Assassin's Creed games, with Odyssey down to $40 and Origins on sale for $20. A trio of Tom Clancy games is available for cheap as well; The Division is discounted to $10 and Ghost Recon Wildlands and Rainbow Six Siege are available for $15 each.Not to be outdone, some of the best backward-compatible Xbox 360 games are also on sale. You can pick up Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for $5, Red Dead Redemption for $10, or a couple of Splinter Cell games for $10 or less. And if you're into Metal Gear, you can nab some great discounts on the series, including Metal Gear Solid HD Edition, which contains remastered versions of games 2 and 3, for $10.You'll find well over a hundred other discounted games in the list below, or you can see the full sale here.If you don't have a current Xbox Live Gold subscription, you can get a one-month membership between now and November 30 for just $1 / £1. That grants you early access to the sale and also gets you this month's free Games with Gold. Additionally, between now and January 3, 2019, you can get a month's worth of Xbox Game Pass for $1 / £1. This subscription service lets you download and play a selection of over 100 games, including all recent first-party titles like Forza Horizon 4 and Sea of Thieves.Xbox One Games On SaleAbzu -- $10Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion -- $20Ark: Survival Evolved -- $20Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection -- $20Assassin's Creed Odyssey -- $40.19Assassin's Creed Origins -- $20Assetto Corsa -- $22.50Bastion -- $3.75Batman: Return to Arkham -- $5Battle Chasers: Nightwar -- $9Beyond Good and Evil HD -- $3.30Borderlands: The Handsome Collection -- $20Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons -- $6Burnout Paradise Remastered -- $8Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 -- $48Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered -- $20Cars 3: Driven to Win -- $10Castlevania: Symphony of the Night -- $5Conan Exiles -- $35Construction Simulator 2 Us -- $10.50Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy -- $26The Crew 2 -- $24Cuphead -- $16Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin -- $10Dark Souls III -- $20DayZ -- $34Dead Cells -- $20Destiny 2: Forsaken Legendary Collection -- $36Deus Ex: Mankind Divided -- $4.50Diablo III: Eternal Collection -- $20Dirt 4 -- $15Dishonored: Definitive Edition -- $10Dishonored 2 -- $13.20Dishonored: Death of the Outsider -- $15The Disney Afternoon Collection -- $5Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition -- $42Doom -- $15Dragon Age: Inquisition GotY Edition -- $13.20Dragon Ball FighterZ -- $30Dragon Ball Xenoverse -- $10Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 -- $20Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen -- $18The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition -- $20Elite Dangerous -- $12The Evil Within 2 -- $15F1 2018 -- $30Fallout 4 -- $15Fallout 4 GotY Edition -- $24Far Cry 5 -- $30Fe -- $5FIFA 19 -- $30Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition -- $25Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition HD -- $19.50Final Fantasy: Type-0 HD -- $10For Honor -- $10For Honor: Marching Fire Edition -- $30Forgotten Anne -- $14Forza Horizon 4 -- $39Forza Motorsport 7 -- $25Gears of War 4 -- $10Goat Simulator -- $3The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA Tour -- $25Grand Theft Auto V -- $19.50A Hat in Time -- $18Injustice 2 -- $12The Jackbox Party Pack 5 -- $22.50Jurassic World Evolution -- $36Just Dance 2019 -- $20Kerbal Space Program Enhanced Edition -- $20King's Quest: Complete Edition -- $10Kingdom Come Deliverance -- $30Laser League -- $11.24Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris -- $3Lego City Undercover -- $9Lego DC Super Villains -- $30Lego The Incredibles -- $30Lego Marvel's Avengers -- $5Lego Marvel Superheroes -- $5Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 -- $30Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- $5The Lego Movie Video Game -- $5The Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game -- $15Lego Worlds -- $9Life is Strange: Complete Season -- $4Life is Strange: Before the Storm Complete Season -- $5The Long Dark -- $15Mad Max -- $5Madden NFL 19 -- $30Mafia 3 -- $10Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite -- $16Mass Effect Andromeda -- $10Mega Man Legacy Collection -- $6Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 -- $10Mega Man X Legacy Collection -- $15Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 -- $15Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (MGS 2 and 3) -- $10Metal Gear Solid Peacewalker HD -- $7.50Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience -- $15Metal Gear Survive -- $15Metro 2033 Redux -- $5Metro: Last Light Redux -- $5Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - GotY Edition -- $5Middle-earth: Shadow of War -- $12.50Minit -- $7Monster Energy Supercross -- $18Monster Hunter World -- $25Mortal Kombat XL -- $5Ms. Pac-Man -- $1Naruto To Boruto: Shinobi Striker -- $36NBA 2K19 -- $30NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 -- $19.50NBA Live 19 -- $16Need for Speed Payback -- $12NHL 19 -- $30Night in the Woods -- $12No Man's Sky -- $40Okami HD -- $14Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition -- $10Overcooked 2 -- $18.74Overwatch: Legendary Edition -- $19.80Payday 2: Crimewave Edition -- $10Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition -- $20PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds -- $18Portal Knights -- $10Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 -- $30Project Cars 2 -- $24Quantum Break -- $10Qube 2 -- $12.50ReCore -- $15Red Dead Redemption -- $10Red Dead Redemption 2: Special Edition -- $72Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered -- $12Ride -- $20Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration -- $12Rocket League -- $10Romancing Saga 2 -- $18.74Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure -- $15Saban's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Mega Battle -- $3.75Saint's Row IV: Re-Elected -- $5Saint's Row: Gat Out of Hell -- $3.75Screamride -- $7.50Scribblenauts: Mega Pack -- $20Scribblenauts Showdown -- $10Sea of Thieves -- $30Sega Genesis Classics -- $20Shadow of the Tomb Raider -- $30Shenmue 1 + 2 -- $20The Sims 4 -- $16Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition -- $4.50Sniper Elite 4 -- $18Sonic Mania -- $15South Park: The Fractured But Whole -- $18Splinter Cell: Blacklist -- $8Splinter Cell: Conviction -- $10Star Wars Battlefront II -- $10State of Decay 2 -- $19.50Steep -- $22.50Strider -- $3Sunset Overdrive -- $10Super Bomberman R -- $20Super Lucky's Tale -- $15Superhot -- $15Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet -- $30The Talos Principle -- $33.50Tekken 7 -- $25Terraria -- $10Terratech -- $17.50Thief -- $3This is the Police 2 -- $18Thumper -- $5Titan Quest -- $12Tom Clancy's The Division -- $10Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands -- $15Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege -- $15Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition -- $6UFC 3 -- $18Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 -- $10Unravel 2 -- $12Valkyria Chronicles 4 -- $30Virginia -- $4Warhammer: Vermintide 2 -- $15Watch Dogs 2 -- $18The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings -- $3The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: Complete Edition -- $20Wizard of Legend -- $11Wolfenstein: The New Order -- $10Wolfenstein: The Old Blood -- $10Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus -- $20WWE 2K19 -- $30XCOM 2 -- $15Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection -- $15Best Black Friday DealsThe Best Game Deals On Black FridayPS4's Best Black Friday 2018 DealsNintendo Switch'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

We've reached the week of Black Friday 2018, and among countless other things that will be on sale, a few stores will be selling Xbox Game Pass at a discount. The subscription service allows you to access a vast library of Xbox One and Xbox 360 games, which is quite the convenience if you want access to a bunch of games all at once. Currently, there are only three Black Friday deals for Xbox Game Pass, but they're each pretty good. We've outlined them below, and will update the list if any other retailers announce a Black Friday discount for Xbox Game Pass. For more Xbox One deals, check out our roundup of every Xbox One Black Friday deal that's been announced for the holiday.At most stores, Xbox Game Pass is usually sold in subscription packages of one-month for $10, three-month for $30, and six-month for $60. This Black Friday, Best Buy is offering a special 12-month subscription for $70. It's the best Black Friday Xbox Game Pass deal if you plan on using the service for the long-term. Although Best Buy has launched many of its deals early for My Best Buy members, this is one that you'll apparently have to wait until later in the week to take advantage of.If you're only looking to try out Game Pass--and you want a bit longer than the free 14-day trial--then both the Microsoft Store and Xbox Marketplace are selling a one-month subscription for $1 on Black Friday.Similar to how buying a Netflix subscription gives you access to hundreds of TV shows and movies, paying for Xbox Game Pass unlocks select Xbox One and Xbox 360 games that you can download onto your One, One S, or One X console. You can keep these games for as long as you continue paying for the subscription, and Microsoft updates the list of available titles every month. Xbox Game Pass includes dozens of gaming classics, such as Mass Effect and Sunset Overdrive, and certain titles like Forza Horizon 4 are added to the service the day the game launches.Black Friday 2018 Xbox Game Pass DealsBest Buy12-Month Subscription -- $70Microsoft Store1-Month Subscription -- $1Xbox Marketplace1-Month Subscription -- $1Info from Gamespot.com

Earlier this month, the Satanic Temple announced it was suing Warner Bros. for copyright infringement over the Netflix show Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Specifically, the Satanic Temple said the show ripped off its goat-headed Baphomet creature, which was apparently copyrighted. The Temple was suing for at least $50 million an injunction, but now the two sides have reached a settlement.Satanic Temple co-founder and spokesperson Lucien Greaves said on Twitter that the case was "one of the most overpublicized" copyright claims ever. In a statement, the Temple said it reached an "amicable" settlement with Warner Bros. and Netflix.So ends one of the most overpublicized of copyright claims. Press can now stop pretending this was unique & momentous, or even interesting. So, too, hopefully ends the parade of stupidity from online amateur legal experts.https://t.co/eSg1fl3sdv — Lucien Greaves (@LucienGreaves) November 21, 2018As part of the settlement, the end credits of Sabrina will now acknowledge the "unique elements" of the Baphomet statue. Because the show has already been filmed, there won't be any changes in the actual content, however. The rest of the settlement terms are subject to a confidentiality agreement, and are thus not being disclosed.Chilling Adventure of Sabrina stars Kierna Shipka as 16-year-old Sabrina, along with Lord of the Rings star Mirando Otto as her aunt Zelda and Wonder Woman's Lucy Davis as her other aunt Helga. The cat Salem is also in the show, but he doesn't talk like he did on the '90s TV show Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is much darker and more violent take on that show, in general.The 10 episodes of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina premiered on Netflix at the end of October. A Christmas special is due out on December 14, with a second season to follow later.Info from Gamespot.com

Black Friday is upon us, and Sony has outlined its PlayStation 4 deals. The discounts are good from November 18-26 in the USA, or November 22-30 in Canada. These include discounts on system bundles, accessories like controllers and PlayStation VR, and a subscription to PlayStation Plus. We've already rounded up all of the PS4 deals so far as well as the best place to buy a PS4, but read on for what Sony has officially shared. [Update: You don't have to wait for at least the PS4 bundle deals, as they've gone live early at many stores The PSN sale is also live, dropping Spider-Man to $40.]You can pick up a Spider-Man PS4 bundle for $200 US / $260 CAN, which nets you a 1TB standard PS4 system with a copy of the game from Insomniac. You can also pick up extra controllers for $40 US / $50 CAN, including some of the color variants like Blue Camouflage and Magma Red. The PlayStation VR has also been marked down to $200 / $250 CAN.The announcement also teased a deal on a PlayStation Plus 12-month subscription, along with discounts on various games through the digital PlayStation Store through November 27. While it didn't mention specific prices, it did tease a discounted price on Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 coming to Plus subscribers starting today.Black Friday is a good time to pick up some deals on games across a lot of platforms and retailers, and some sales have already started. You can check out all of those and a lot more in our growing collection of Black Friday roundups.Best Black Friday DealsThe Best Game Deals On Black FridayPS4's Best Black Friday 2018 DealsNintendo Switch'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 Deals Info from Gamespot.com

Following its early release through EA/Origin Access and the game's special editions, Battlefield V is now available on all platforms. If you're just diving in, you'll be able to grab the day-one update outlined below.EA and DICE have issued patch notes for a day-one update to Battlefield V. It's out already for players who have gained early access through EA's subscription services or a special edition, and it's targeted mainly at a handful of stability issues and bugs.The change log details the fixes. It fixes an issue in which team sizes could be very uneven, makes improvements to matchmaking to reduce disconnects, and addresses an error that would make the revive functionality stop working, among many others. In particular, a few distinct Airborne issues have been addressed by this patch, along with one in War Stories that would prevent you from collecting Letters.The patch has a couple of platform-specific notes too. On Xbox One the patch improves how it resumes when you use the Instant-On function, while on PC it enables RTX ray tracing if your graphic card supports it. The studio also encourages feedback, which you can give through its forums or the Answers HQ.Battlefield V reviews have started to roll out in advance of its release next week. GameSpot's own early impressions suggest there's a lot more to explore before the final verdict, but it's off to a good start."As of now, it feels as if Battlefield V is a variation on a well-established theme. It maintains the series tradition of grand spectacle with incredible sound design, impactful weaponry, and large-scale multiplayer chaos," wrote Michael Higham. "There's a lot more to dig into, like the fortification system, squad reinforcements perks, and how destruction may change map dynamics, and spending more time with the game will paint a better picture. At the end of the day, it's still Battlefield, and Battlefield V is shaping up to be a good one at that."Change ListFixed an issue that could result in a very uneven number of players at the start of a round.Made improvements to matchmaking with a full squad which should result in less disconnects.In some cases, the revive functionality would suddenly stop to function for all of the players on a server. This has now been fixed.Further improvements to game client stability have been made.In the Airborne game mode, spawn protection has been added when attackers spawn into planes. The planes are no longer as vulnerable to AA fire as they used to be at longer distances.Fixed an issue in Airborne where the bomb carriers could finish arming the objective even though they were dead.Players can no longer shoot down airplanes too quickly in Airborne, which could result in the attackers not being able to spawn.In War Stories, players are no longer able to collect Letters while playing offline due to them not being able to update the persistence counters, which requires an online connection.Fixed an issue where a weapon would disappear on the weapon selection screen.Fixed an issue in Frontlines mode on Devastation where the bomb in some rare cases spawned inside a wall.Fixed an issue which made the menus unusable when cancelling a matchmaking session.Fixed an issue with the lens sight alignment on the MP34 weapon. Xbox One OnlyImproved how the game resumes when using the Xbox One Instant-On function. PC OnlyRTX ray tracing can now be enabled with graphics cards that support this function.Info from Gamespot.com

Gears Pop, the cute mobile spin-off from the usually grim and gritty Gears of War franchise, made a surprise debut at E3 earlier this year. Now with the game around the corner in some territories, The Coalition has shown the first gameplay footage.In an extended dev diary, studio head Rod Fergusson and game director Tyler Bielman explain that the game is preparing for a soft launch--the practice when mobile games launch in some individual territories to put a game through its paces on a small-scale, similar to a beta. Since word would be getting out regarding the game at that point anyway, The Coalition decided this was the time to show off footage. The result is an extended look at a single match, lasting about three minutes, with a striking resemblance to the mobile game Clash Royale.As Bielman explains, their goals in transitioning Gears to a new format was to deliver on a few pillars of the Gears universe: cover, so-called "explosive moments," and the familiar Gears characters. You can build a team of Gears heroes and villains for 3v3 matches in an arena setting.Gears Pop was one of three games that made its debut at E3 2018, alongside Gears Tactics for PC and Gears 5 for Xbox One. Gears 5 debuted a trailer along with its original announcement. Both Gears 5 and Gears Pop are scheduled for release in 2019, while Tactics doesn't yet have a release date.Info from Gamespot.com

Newegg's Black Friday deals have been detailed, and they include some great deals on PC hardware and consoles. The bulk of the discounts ad is devoted to laptops, tower PCs, accessories, and TVs, along with a few deals for Xbox One and PS4.The full ad has lots of hardware deals but the retailer highlights a few on the front page. An ASUS Scar Edition Quad Core with a 1TB hybrid drive gaming laptop is listed at $800, while an Acer Aspire 5 is $500. An Intel Core i5-9600K Coffee Lake processor is $250, and an ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 1070 video card is $430. The full ad has almost 20 pages of PC hardware deals.Aside from desktops, laptops, and components, the ad features lots of accessories as well. You can save $30-35 on Corsair wireless headsets, a whopping $80 on a MadCatz wired gaming mouse, and $40 on Yeti microphones. It also offers discounts on other devices like projectors, printers, and staples like power strips and portable hard drives.One page in the back of the circular details the console deals. Those include $100 off a new Xbox One X 1TB or Xbox One S Minecraft Creator's Bundle, $100 off a pair of PlayStation VR bundles that include two different sets of games, and $20 off Xbox One and PlayStation 4 controllers. You can also get a digital code for NBA 2K19 for Xbox One for $30. Check below for some of the highlights.For more savings, check out our Black Friday deal round-up. Those include lots of other retailers, special bundles arranged for the retail holiday, limited-time discounts, and a lot more. Treat yourself to some stuff after finishing your stuffing.ASUS ROG STRIX Scar Edition15.6” 120Hz display GeForce GTX 1050 4GB VRAM Quad Core i7-7700HQ (up to 3.8GHz), 8GB DDR4, 128GB PCIEG3x4 NVME SSD + 1TB Hybrid Drive - GL503VD-EB72 Gaming Laptop ($800)Acer Laptop Aspire 5 Intel Core i5 8th Gen 8250U (1.60 GHz) 8 GB Memory 256 GB SSD NVIDIA GeForce MX150 15.6" Windows 10 Home 64-Bit A515-51G-53V6 ($500)Intel Core i5-9600K Coffee Lake 6-Core 3.7 GHz (4.6 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300 Series) 95W BX80684I59600K Desktop Processor Intel UHD Graphics 630 ($250)ABS Focus Gaming Desktop PC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB Intel i7-8700 (3.20 GHz) 6-Core 16 GB DDR4 240 GB SSD 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Home 64-Bit ALI218 ($1250)ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 1070 Ti ROG-STRIX-GTX1070TI-A8G-GAMING 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card ($430)Xbox One X 1TB Console ($400)Xbox One S 1TB Console - Minecraft Creators Bundle ($200)PlayStation VR - ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission & Moss Bundle ($200)Xbox Wireless Controller - White ($40)DualShock 4 Wireless Controller for PlayStation 4 - Jet Black ($40)Best Black Friday DealsThe Best Game Deals On Black FridayPS4's Best Black Friday 2018 DealsNintendo Switch'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