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Xbox Cyber Monday deals are dwindling, and time and some of the best deals are running out. Our favorites at the moment include the Xbox Series S - Starter Bundle (including three months of Xbox Game Pass) for just $249 at Walmart. Additionally, the Xbox Series X is still on sale at Amazon for $449. But, that's not all, so make sure you take some time to dig into the rest of the deals we've found for you just below. Rival console PlayStation's Cyber Monday deals are pretty fantastic as well, so there's never been a better time to be a gamer looking for a deal. TL:DR - Best Post-Xbox Cyber Monday Deals Shortcuts Xbox Console Deals Xbox Controller Deals Xbox Game Deals Xbox Game Pass Deals Xbox SSD and Accessory Deals Where to Find Xbox Deals on Black Friday Black Friday Shopping Tips Cyber Monday: Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S Deals The Xbox Series X is still $50 off its regular price, and this is likely your last chance to score a deal this year. T...

Skill-Based Matchmaking in Call of Duty has long been the subject of scrutiny and debate within the community, only fueled by the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III on Nov. 10. Now, though, the Call of Duty team has finally acknowledged it. The news comes from ModernWarzone on X/Twitter, which notes (as we at IGN believe) that this is “possibly the first time they’ve spoken publicly about it." When reached by IGN, a spokesperson for Activision says it "stems from a live conversation from Call of Duty reps at an event, and accurately describes what was said. We will not be issuing anything further at the time." See the lengthy statement below: “We know there is a lot of interest in the matchmaking experience, especially around how skill contributes to how lobbies and matches are put together. Nothing is more important to us than the experience players have with the game, and matchmaking is a big part of that. We've been working on our matchmaking system ...

Here's good news for Nintendo Switch owners (and prospective owners): Cyber Monday 2023 is over, but the deals aren't. For a limited time, tons of Nintendo Switch games, accessories, and console bundles are on sale, many for all-time low prices. Major game series like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and Kirby have already seen price drops of $30 or more -- and more discounts are coming online all the time. Even more, the new Nintendo Switch OLED Cyber Monday console bundle is still available to purchase if you missed out. Let’s take a look at the deals. Jump to a Section: Switch Console Deals | Switch Game Deals | Mario Movie Deal | MicroSD Deals | Nintendo Switch Online Deals | Switch Accessory Deals Nintendo Switch Super Smash Bros. OLED Cyber Monday Bundle See it at Amazon | Best Buy | GameStop | Walmart | Target The new Cyber Monday Switch OLED bundle features a digital download of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and a three-month subscription to Nintendo Switch On...

It’s a heck of a time, running through an abandoned bunker in the dark with nothing but a hazmat suit on your back and three of your closest buds at your side. Oh wait, that’s not your closest bud at all – it’s a grotesque, white-eyed monster eating their corpse and using their body like a puppet. Welcome to Lethal Company, a co-op survival horror game that’s all about digging deep into the (procedurally-generated and largely haunted) crevasses of exoplanetary human history for loot, which your party of up to four companions will need to figure out how to safely transport back to your ship and eventually sell to your eldritch bosses at the end of each round. This is a simple but highly enjoyable premise, and thankfully, there’s enough chaos decking the halls of its current early access version to sink an entire weekend into its depths without realizing you’ve done so. But, even with such a riveting loop and plenty of monsters to make it satisfyingly treacherous, Lethal Company does st...

During Capcom's special Dragon's Dogma 2 showcase yesterday, we not only learned the release date for the hotly anticipated sequel action role-playing game, but we also learned it will be the company's first $70 game. The PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam standard editions of the game are all listed at $70 USD, with the deluxe edition being priced at $80. Over the last three years, video game publishers and companies have slowly been adapting the "Triple A" video price bump from $60 to $70 . Up until now, Capcom has abstained from selling games with this new price point with the release of titles like Street Fighter 6 . Now, it's looking like the company will finally test the waters with the release of Dragon's Dogma 2 on March 26, 2024. This news comes months after Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto revealed that he thought the price of video games were "too low" while speaking at the Tokyo Game Show in September. During the event, Tsujimo...

If you have yet to purchase either a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S, there is never a better time than Black Friday and Cyber Monday . Both systems have received massive exclusives in 2023, further bolstering their offerings. A great entry point right now is the Xbox Series S, which happens to be on sale with the new Starter Bundle. This bundle is only $249 at Walmart, which is 17% off its usual price of $299.99. These kinds of Cyber Monday deals don't last long, so get it while it's still discounted! Grab the Xbox Series S Starter Bundle for Only $249 Also at Amazon - $249 The Xbox Series S Starter Bundle includes everything you need to get started in the Xbox ecosystem. Starting off, the bundle includes the Xbox Series S console - packing 512GB of storage, so you might want to look into additional storage in the future. You'll also get your standard Xbox controller in Robot White. And the last thing included is a 3-month voucher for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, esse...

Crossover skins are extremely commonplace for in-game stores in 2023, and Among Us is no different. Their latest collaborative effort introduces skins from a list of popular indie games ; Undertale, Celeste, A Hat in Time, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Untitled Goose Game, Alien Hominid Invasion, and Castle Crashers. The cosmetics from all seven games will be included in a Cosmicube, which can be purchased with 7000 beans. The crossover includes 25 hats, 18 skins, 12 nameplates, 9 visors, and 6 pets. You can see a gallery of the featured skins below.   The update will also include a series of patches ( which you can read right here ) and will notably deprecate 2021 versions of the game, pushing players to use updated versions instead. "We’ve been supporting a lot of older versions of the game, and as it continues to grow and get new features, it gets harder to keep up," the patch notes read. "We have to remove older versions so we can focus on improvin...

Zombies can be fun to mow down, but they also run the risk of being one of the least interesting monster enemy types around: a slow, lumbering, decaying husk that’s better off buried than occupying our attention. If nothing else, The Walking Dead: Destinies , based off the otherwise fantastic early seasons of the TV show, succeeds in embodying all their worst qualities. In its ugly, shuffling attempts to stand tall even while looking like rotting husk of a game from the Xbox 360 days, Destinies deserves neither your attention nor access to your wallet – and we would be better off if this boring mess had stayed buried in the past, from which it seems to have exhumed its broken mechanics. While it earns a small amount of credit for at least attempting to play with plots that diverge from the TV show, little else is done to elevate it above the muck of banal design, awful character models, and the laughable sense that this is barely a rough draft of a game. Longtime fans of the TV show...

While we love PS5 games , they can be a little on the expensive side at times. As games continue to push the boundaries of what is possible on a console, prices are starting to align with these advancements, leading to the introduction of $70 launch games. Thankfully, these prices don't last forever if you have a bit of patience. So now PS5 Cyber Monday deals are here to help with a few top discounts - but this is also your last chance to save with most deals ending after today . We've had our eye on the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for a while, but now as this is your last chance to secure a discount, it's time to stick down our metaphorical flag and declare: these deals are good. We've found Cyber Monday deals from a variety of retailers for the very best games like Final Fantasy 16, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Diablo 4, and more. But, watch out, as the countdown to the end of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales is now on, and these deals will be g...

We've seen all the best PlayStation Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals by now, and the best deals will expire today . PlayStation 5 is one of the most sought-after, and most popular deals of Black Friday and Cyber Monday -- so if you've been hoping to pick up a PS5 this year during the sale event, you're in luck! PlayStation 5 consoles are available everywhere now, and there are even some incredible discounts to consider as well. There's a selection of console bundles for them that are on sale for Cyber Monday (including a free game), $50 off a standard PS5, and even money off the brand new PS5 Slim model as well (disc and digital editions). Cyber Monday: Where to Buy a PlayStation 5 Slim This is your last chance to secure the PS5 Slim Black Friday and Cyber Monday bundle with a free game, as these offers will expire soon. For now, you can still bag the brilliant deal, so don't wait too long or you will have missed out on the best PS5 deal of 2023. These com...

Black Friday is in the rearview mirror, but the deals are rolling on with Cyber Monday today. We're working hard over here. We've brought you a ton of Cyber Monday offers, and one of the best deals from Xbox at the moment is still going strong. For between $490-$500, you can get yourself an Xbox Series X, Diablo 4, and another game of your choice . This bundle typically goes for around $560, so if you want a bargain then now is the time to move. Cyber Monday Best Xbox Series X Bundle Deal If you're yet to play Diablo IV, then now is your chance. It's time to suit up for the battle between heaven and hell as Sanctuary has been consumed by hatred. Diablo IV offers the most expansive array of demons, abilities, loot, and locations of any entry in the series to date. And once you're done with Diablo IV, you can just dive straight into the bonus game that you picked out for yourself in the bundle. You've got plenty to choose from, some of the highlights include...

I know many of you are enjoying incredible leftovers, just like me, but don't get so caught up that you forget it's also supreme discount season. Very busy, many things to buy. Xbox is a great place to play, and as part of Cyber Monday sales , you can grab tons of great things for your Xbox (whether you already have one, or you are just getting an Xbox now). From stylish controllers to additional storage options, we've got a list of the best Xbox accessories you'll need to make the most of your play. Xbox Expansion Card Cyber Monday Deal for $124.99 The WD Black C50 expansion card is a 1TB NVME SSD in a specialized Xbox-compatible form factor. Unlike the PS5 SSD installation process, which involves opening up the PS5 to access the SSD slot, the Seagate expansion card simply plugs into its dedicated port on the back of the Xbox. Easy peasy. This expansion card also offers the same speed as the internal SSD, meaning you'll still get the same fast load speeds, a...

Since premiering in late October, Five Nights at Freddy’s has become a big box-office success. It’s already the highest-grossing horror film of 2023, and it has now become horror production company Blumhouse’s highest-grossing film of all time. The film adaptation of the popular 2014 horror game hit theaters on October 27, grossing a strong $80 million in its opening weekend, the best for any horror film this year. That’s even more impressive given that it premiered on the streaming service Peacock the same day it was released in theaters (becoming the most-watched title on Peacock during its first five days).  Five Nights At Freddy’s has   continued to gain traction over the past few weeks and has now grossed over $295 million ($136 million domestically, $160 million overseas) during the month it's been in theaters. That ranks it at the top of Blumhouse’s highest-performing films, a record previously held by M.Night Shyamalan’s Split , while also climbing over top perfor...

This article contains spoilers for the story of Insomniac’s Spider-Man 2. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 players have found yet another glitch that lets them patrol the streets of New York City as Venom - but it involves a certain amount of risk, so those looking to exploit the glitch should proceed with caution. If you haven’t been keeping up with the community carnage that’s ensued since Insomniac Games’ sequel launched for PlayStation 5 last month, then you should know that a dedicated few have been working to find ways to play as Marvel’s iconic symbiote. They had succeeded before, but Insomniac was quick to patch the exploit . Now, someone has discovered a new way to take the Lethal Protector outside of the limited arena players are given a little more than halfway through the campaign. Reddit user UnderTheHood778 shared footage of them controlling Venom as he jumps over and around the city’s skyscrapers. This new version of the Venom glitch actually offers a bit more than previous...

Frontier Developments has issued a trading update following poor launch sales of its real-time strategy game Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin . Realms of Ruin launched on November 17 and promised eye-catching RTS gameplay set within Games Workshop's Warhammer Age of Sigmar universe. According to SteamDB , Realms of Ruin Steam concurrent players peaked at 1,572. At the time of this article’s publication, just 129 were playing on Valve’s platform, and Steam's Realms of Ruin user review rating is 'mixed'. Shares plunged nearly 20% on the news, in which Frontier admitted week one sales of Realms of Ruin were “lower than expected”. However, Frontier insisted it will “evolve and support” the game with post-release content, including premium DLC, and so it “expects sales to build over time”. The Cambridge, UK developer has endured a tough year, with a number of recent games failing to set tills alight. Last month, Frontier announced an organisational review of t...

We've seen all the best PlayStation Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals by now, and the best deals will expire today . PlayStation 5 is one of the most sought-after, and most popular deals of Black Friday and Cyber Monday -- so if you've been hoping to pick up a PS5 this year during the sale event, you're in luck! PlayStation 5 consoles are available everywhere now, and there are even some incredible discounts to consider as well. There's a selection of console bundles for them that are on sale for Cyber Monday (including a free game), $50 off a standard PS5, and even money off the brand new PS5 Slim model as well (disc and digital editions). Cyber Monday: Where to Buy a PlayStation 5 Slim This is your last chance to secure the PS5 Slim Black Friday and Cyber Monday bundle with a free game, as these offers will expire by the end of today (November 27). For now, you can still bag the brilliant deal, so don't wait too long or you will have missed out on the best...

Cyber Monday has arrived, and that means one thing, more deals. Well, it actually means two things, the deals are also coming to a close. November 27 is the cut-off date for most retailers and brands when it comes to Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals this year, so this is your last chance to save. Even before today, some deals have already started to sell out due to popularity -- so it's officially time to make those purchases ASAP to ensure you're not disappointed at the end of today. Hot tips on what's popular and a good deal: The Spider-Man 2 PS5 slim bundles are by far the most popular Black Friday and Cyber Monday offer so far this shopping season. We've also been blessed with Hogwarts Legacy for $40 , Final Fantasy 16 for $35 , 30% off PS Plus , DualSense Controllers for $49, and a whole slew of other PS5 games on sale . Check out everything just below or follow @IGNDeals for even more Black Friday PS5 updates. Jump to: PS5 Console Deals - 10% Off PS...