On November 21, Sony will release a cheaper, Japan-exclusive digital edition of the PS5 console. The CFI-2200B01 model is Japanese-language only, offers 896GB storage instead of 1TB, and retails for 55,000 yen (approx. $354) from the official Sony store (compared to 72,980 yen or roughly $470 for the regular PS5 Digital Edition). But why is Sony doing this now in Japan, five years after the console’s launch?

Last Friday, TV Tokyo broadcast a discussion between its journalists that dived into the reasons behind Sony releasing this new PS5 variant. They determined that a key motivation is the playerbase in Japan — TV Tokyo reports that the PS5 has been losing more and more of its share of the Japanese console market to Nintendo. The reporters note that Nintendo’s Switch 1 and 2 consoles seem to be more popular with children and young people in Japan, citing the Switch’s versatility as a handheld or TV-connected console as a key part of its appeal (the high popularity of Nintendo characters like Mario, Link and Kirby also help).

The console sales figures seem to back this up with this year’s launch of the Switch 2 outpacing the PS5 and even Nintendo’s own expectations for demand. Japanese game magazine Famitsu’s estimated lifetime sales for PS5 and the Switch 2 show that the Switch 2 has shifted around 2.6 million units in Japan since its June 2025 launch, whereas lifetime sales for all PS5 models (including the PS5 Pro), sit at a combined total of 7.1 million units since 2020. TV Tokyo also suggests that Sony reacted to Nintendo's success in releasing a cheaper, Japanese-only Switch 2 by releasing a Japan-exclusive PS5 at a reduced price just four months later.

With the first Switch console, some ports ran poorly or looked visibly worse on the Switch than the PS5. This was especially the case for high performance games, giving people more reasons to pick the PS5 or PS4 version of third-party AAA titles. However, the more powerful Switch 2 seems to be moving these goalposts. Nintendo’s latest console is getting ports of former PS5-exclusives Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Although these ports probably won’t match the graphical fidelity of the PS5 versions, they wouldn't run on the less powerful original Switch.

Speaking about the Switch 2's success in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun on November 18, Nintendo resident Shuntaro Furukawa pointed out that the console builds upon its predecessor and is "a powerful console with processor performance that can handle what game developers want to make."

Another reason behind Sony’s new Japanese-only model was to create a PS5 that will more reliably end up in the hands of domestic players. With the weak yen, there has been a trend for resellers to buy Japanese PS5s for the purpose of exporting them (the program reports that this is especially the case in China, as the Japanese PS5 is in demand because it does not block certain games like mainland models do). However, the new Japan-exclusive PS5 model will only have Japanese language support and can only be used with a PlayStation Network account set to Japan (according to Sony’s official site). Like the standard Digital Edition, users can still upgrade it with the separately-sold disc drive if they want to play physical games.

Battlefield 6 players are split after the new 323 cosmetic pack introduced a collection of grounded infantry skins... and a $24 price tag.

EA and Battlefield Studios published their California Resistance Season 1 update today, adding a laundry list of fixes and features alongside a fresh store update. With another free gift and more cosmetics in rotation, Battlefield 6 fans hoping to see more grounded skins were happy to find The 323 pack cosmetic pack brings exactly the kind of customization options they were looking for.

"Yes DICE, these are the skins we want!" one popular Reddit post says. The downside, though, is players will have to cough up some serious cash if they want to wear them.

“Four American soldiers from different walks of life suddenly find themselves as the only defense when Pax Armata assaults the town of Eastwood,” a description for Battlefield 6’s The 323 skin pack says. “This guerrilla unit makes do with anything on hand, and clears through urban conflict block by block.”

For 2,400 Battlefield Coins, or $24 USD, you get the Class skins seen above, as well as access to the 323 unit and a few other cosmetics. There is an in-game bundle option to purchase 2,400 Battlefield Coins for $19.99, but it’s far from enough to stop players from dropping their jaws as they see how much these otherwise well-received skins cost.

“Obviously the most beautiful (and appropriate) ones are paid for, and on the battle pass they put the colored fluorescent ones that can see you at 100km,” one popular comment says. “Rascals!”

“It’s s**t like this that makes me realize I am not the target audience of this game,” another adds. “I’m the wrong kind of financially irresponsible to pay for garbage like this lol.”

The goofy skin debate has been nearly inescapable since Battlefield 6 launched for PC and consoles on October 10. It’s a movement that has seen vocal fans calling out some of the more vibrant infantry skins in the hope of warding off the controversial outfits seen in other shooters like Call of Duty. Even as BF Studios worked to address some of the more divisive skins, it’s remained one of the few topics the Battlefield community just can’t seem to shake.

High prices now add a new wrinkle to the discourse as fans weigh the value The 323 pack adds to the Battlefield 6 experience. As fears of goofy skins have mounted, so too have comments from select players who declared they would pay for high-quality grounded skins should they ever come to multiplayer. Now that The 323 pack is here with a high price tag and pages are dominated by dissatisfaction, other Battlefield 6 fans have been quick to fire back.

“That’s what y’all were asking for lol,” one Reddit user said. “Can’t even count the number of post where people said they would be willing to just give money for grounded skins rather than do challenges or if dice added grounded skins in the shop they would give them money.

“Also tired of people acting like theirs no grounded skin options, legit every launch skin (I guess other than the mastery skins because of the orange lol) are grounded.”

Another user replied: “Maybe if they were a reasonable price, sure. But a $20+ bundle? In a game we already paid $70+ for?”

While Battlefield 6 players continue to work out their disagreements about cosmetics, others are diving into the content introduced in today’s 1.1.2.0 update. These include the new Eastwood map and new weapons, as well as a host of bug fixes for both the base game and its REDSEC offshoot. More hot topics, such as map sizes, are said to be under review as Season 1 presses on.

For more, you can check out the smaller changes accompanying today's main update. If you can't decide whether to stick with Battlefield 6 or try out Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, click here.

Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).

Looking for Anime Card Clash codes so you can build your deck and battle bosses effortlessly? You're in the right place. We've searched high and low to find all the new and active codes for Anime Card Clash in November 2025, so you won't miss out on everything from Large Luck Potions to Boss Potions and Instant Rolls.

Working Codes for Anime Card Clash (November 2025)

Here are the newest codes we've found for Anime Card Clash this month, as well as information on the rewards you'll get for redeeming them:

• ICECOLD - Legacy Skin (Ice Empress Shinigami) (NEW)!
• SPECIALCODE2 (must have 500,000+ rolls to redeem) - 100,000 Instant Roll x17
• UPDATE4NOW3 (must have 5m+ rolls to redeem) - X-Large Luck Potion x5, X-Large Roll Speed Potion x5, Boss Chance Potion x5, Moon Cycle Reroll Potion x3, Border Chance Potion x2, Trait Reroll x50, 250,000 Instant Roll x1
• UPDATE4NOW2 (must have 500k+ rolls to redeem) - X-Large Luck Potion x5, X-Large Roll Speed Potion x5, Boss Chance Potion x2, Moon Cycle Reroll Potion x3, Border Chance Potion x2, Trait Reroll x50, 100,000 Instant Roll x1
• UPDATE4NOW1 - Large Luck Potion x5, Large Roll Speed Potion x5, Boss Chance Potion x2, Moon Cycle Reroll Potion x3, Border Chance Potion x2, 1,000 Instant Roll x2
• imdoingmybest3 (must have 5m+ rolls to redeem) - X-Large Luck Potion x5, X-Large Roll Speed Potion x5, Boss Chance Potion x5, Moon Cycle Reroll Potion x3, Border Chance Potion x2, Trait Reroll x50, 250,000 Instant Roll x1
• imdoingmybest2 (must have 500k+ rolls to redeem) - X-Large Luck Potion x5, X-Large Roll Speed Potion x5, Boss Chance Potion x2, Moon Cycle Reroll Potion x3, Border Chance Potion x2, Trait Reroll x50, 100,000 Instant Roll x1
• imdoingmybest1 - Large Luck Potion x5, Large Roll Speed Potion x5, Boss Chance Potion x2, Moon Cycle Reroll Potion x3, Border Chance Potion x2, 1,000 Instant Roll x2
• HALLOWEEN3 (must have 5m+ rolls to redeem) - X-Large Luck Potion x5, X-Large Roll Speed Potion x5, Boss Chance Potion x5, Moon Cycle Reroll Potion x3, Border Chance Potion x2, Trait Reroll x50, 250,000 Instant Roll x1
• HALLOWEEN2 (must have 500k+ rolls to redeem) - X-Large Luck Potion x5, X-Large Roll Speed Potion x5, Boss Chance Potion x2, Moon Cycle Reroll Potion x3, Border Chance Potion x2, Trait Reroll x50, 100,000 Instant Roll x1
• HALLOWEEN1 - Large Luck Potion x5, Large Roll Speed Potion x5, Boss Chance Potion x2, Moon Cycle Reroll Potion x3, Border Chance Potion x2, 1,000 Instant Roll x2
• SPECIALCODE (must have 500,000 + rolls to redeem) - 11x 500,000 Instant Roll
• RANKEDUPDATE3 (must have 5 million + rolls to redeem) - 5x X-Large Luck Potion, 5x X-Large Roll Speed Potion, 5x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 25x Trait Reroll, 1x 250,000 Instant Roll
• RANKEDUPDATE2 (must have 500,000 + rolls to redeem) - 5x X-Large Luck Potion, 5x X-Large Roll Speed Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 10x Trait Reroll, 1x 100,000 Instant Roll
• RANKEDUPDATE1 - 5x Large Luck Potion, 5x Large Roll Speed Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 2x 1,000 Instant Roll
• SERVERLUCK3 (must have 10 million + rolls to redeem) - 5x X-Large Luck Potion, 5x X-Large Roll Speed Potion, 5x Boss Chance Potion, 500x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 125x Trait Reroll, 5x 200,000 Instant Roll
• SERVERLUCK2 (must have 5 million + rolls to redeem) - 5x X-Large Luck Potion, 5x X-Large Roll Speed Potion, 5x Boss Chance Potion, 300x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 125x Trait Reroll, 2x 250,000 Instant Roll
• SERVERLUCK1 (must have 500,000 + rolls to redeem) - 5x X-Large Luck Potion, 5x X-Large Roll Speed Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 200x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 50x Trait Reroll, 3x 100,000 Instant Roll
• SERVERLUCK - 5x Large Luck Potion, 5x Large Roll Speed Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 100x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 10x 1,000 Instant Roll
• PRERANKEDUPDATE3 (must have 5 million + rolls to redeem) - 5x X-Large Luck Potion, 5x X-Large Roll Speed Potion, 5x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 25x Trait Reroll, 1x 250,000 Instant Roll
• PRERANKEDUPDATE2 (must have 500,000 + rolls to redeem) - 5x X-Large Luck Potion, 5x X-Large Roll Speed Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 10x Trait Reroll, 1x 100,000 Instant Roll
• PRERANKEDUPDATE1 - 5x Large Luck Potion, 5x Large Roll Speed Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 2x 1,000 Instant Roll
• THANKYOU-a90775fb (must have 5 million + rolls to redeem) - 50x X-Large Luck Potion, 50x X-Large Speed Potion, 25x Boss Chance Potion, 500x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 25x X-Large Border Chance Potion, 100x Trait Reroll, 1x 500,000 Instant Roll
• THANKYOU-5e3b8484 (must have 500,000 + rolls to redeem) - 50x X-Large Luck Potion, 50x X-Large Speed Potion, 25x Boss Chance Potion, 150x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 25x Border Chance Potion, 100x Trait Reroll, 1x 250,000 Instant Roll
• THANKYOU-67da508e - 1x Green Bomber's Cursed Skin, 25x Large Roll Speed Potion, 25x Large Luck Potion, 30x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 10x Border Chance Potion, 10x Boss Chance Potion, 1x 50,000 Instant Roll (NEW!)
• CURSERAIDUPDATE3 (must have 5 million + rolls to redeem) - 5x X-Large Luck Potion, 5x X-Large Roll Speed Potion, 5x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 25x Trait Reroll, 1x 250,000 Instant Roll
• CURSERAIDUPDATE2 (must have 500,000 + rolls to redeem) - 5x X-Large Luck Potion, 5x X-Large Roll Speed Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 10x Trait Reroll, 1x 100,000 Instant Roll
• CURSERAIDUPDATE1 - 5x Large Luck Potion, 5x Large Roll Speed Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 2x 1,000 Instant Roll
• MINIUPDATE3NOW2 (must have 5 million + rolls to redeem) - 5x Large Luck Potion, 5x Large Roll Speed Potion, 5x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 25x Trait Reroll, 1x 250,000 Instant Roll
• MINIUPDATE3NOW (must have 500,000 + rolls to redeem) - 5x Large Luck Potion, 5x Large Roll Speed Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 10x Trait Reroll, 1x 100,000 Instant Roll
• MINIUPDATE3 - 5x Large Luck Potion, 5x Large Roll Speed Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 2x 1,000 Instant Roll.
• SORRY3 (must have 5,000,000 + rolls to redeem) - 5x Large Luck Potion, 5x Large Roll Speed Potion, 5x Boss Chance Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 25x Trait Reroll, 1x 250,000 Instant Roll
• SORRY2 (must have 500,000 + rolls to redeem) - 5x Large Roll Speed Potion, 5x Large Luck Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 10x Trait Reroll, 1x 100,000 Instant Roll
• SORRY1 - 5x Large Roll Speed Potion, 5x Large Luck Potion, 3x Moon Cycle Reroll Potion, 2x Border Chance Potion, 2x Boss Chance Potion, 2x 1,000 Instant Roll
• UPDATE3NOW2 (must have 5,000,000 + rolls to redeem) - 5 X-Large Luck Potions, 5 X-Large Roll Speed Potions, 5 Boss Chance Potions, 3 Moon Cycle Reroll Potions, 2 Border Chance Potions, 25 Trait Rerolls, 1x 250,000 Instant Roll.
• UPDATE3NOW (must have 500,000 + rolls to redeem) - 5 X-Large Luck Potions, 5 X-Large Roll Speed Potions, 2 Boss Chance Potions, 3 Moon Cycle Reroll Potions, 2 Border Chance Potions, 10 Trait Rerolls, 1x 100,000 Instant Roll.
• UPDATE3 - 5 Large Roll Speed Potions, 3 Large Luck Potions, 3 Moon Cycle Reroll Potions, 2 Border Chance Potions, 2 Boss Chance Potions, 2x 1,000 Instant Rolls

Expired Anime Card Clash Codes

Unfortunately, these codes are now expired:

• WELOVECODES2
• WELOVECODES1
• BUGFIXES2
• BUGFIXES1
• 100MILLION1
• 100MILLION2
• 100MILLION3
• PATCH2
• GLOBALBOSS3
• GLOBALBOSS2
• GLOBALBOSS1
• PATCH1
• GLOBALBOSS4
• NEWHOTFIX12
• NEWHOTFIX11
• NEWHOTFIX10
• NEWHOTFIX9
• NEWHOTFIX8
• NEWHOTFIX1
• WELCOMETOACC
• NEWHOTFIX2
• NEWHOTFIX3
• ACCREWRITE
• NEWHOTFIX5
• NEWHOTFIX4
• NEWHOTFIX7
• NEWHOTFIX6
• NEWCODES
• EMINENCEUPDATE
• BUGFIX2
• BUGFIX
• HOTFIX10
• BUGFIXNOTUPDATE
• HOTFIX9
• HOTFIX8
• HOTFIX7
• THEUPDATE
• NOTTHEUPDATE
• 100KLIKES
• Hotfix 5
• Hotfix 4
• Hotfix 3
• HOTFIX2
• HOTFIX1
• 10MILLION
• 5MILLIONVISITS
• 3MILLIONVISITS
• 1MILLIONVISITS
• STPATRICKSDAY2025
• 500KVISITS
• 100KVISITS
• SORRYFORSHUTDOWN
• YAYCODES
• RELEASE

How to Redeem Anime Card Clash Codes

1. Log in to the Anime Card Clash experience on Roblox
2. Look for the colored squares on the left side of the screen
3. On the bottom right, you'll find the codes box with a document icon
4. Click on Codes and paste one of the above codes in
5. Hit Redeem and reap your rewards!

Why Isn't My Anime Card Clash Code Working?

We usually find that when codes aren't working, it's for one of two reasons. Most Roblox experiences have codes that are case-sensitive, so if you're not putting the code in exactly as it's written, you'll find it won't work. To make it easier for you to avoid this issue, we'd recommend copying the code directly from this article. We test each and every one before we add them, so just be sure you don't copy an extra space before or after the code accidentally!

If your code still isn't working, it might be that it's expired. For reference, in Anime Card Clash, whenever you put in a code incorrectly, it says "Code not found!".

How to Get More Anime Card Clash Codes

We check for Roblox codes daily, so when a new Anime Card Clash code drops, you can be sure you'll find it here! If you want to track down codes yourself, the Anime Card Clash Discord server is the place to hunt for them.

What is Anime Card Clash in Roblox?

In Anime Card Clash the goal is to build the best deck to battle against bosses and other players. You'll start by rolling for cards to craft a unique deck, and we'd recommend taking some time to roll as many times as possible and creating your perfect pack before you jump over to story mode. When you're ready to tackle story mode, you'll engage in turn-based combat against a series of tough bosses. With each defeat, you'll unlock new worlds, so you can put your deck to the ultimate test.

Lauren Harper is an Associate Guides Editor. She loves a variety of games but is especially fond of puzzles, horrors, and point-and-click adventures.

I'm back from my holiday hiatus to cover my favourite time of year: the Black Friday sales period! Exactly like you, I'm on the prowl for bargains. I want games and peripherals actually worth owning, if not for me, for somebody else these holidays as a pressie. (But mostly just me.)

For the smoothest shopping experience, be sure to make a bookmark and (freely) sign up for Amazon Prime. Said retailer started their festivities a few days ago and the really good bargains are now here (but for how long is anybody's guess).

For now, let's hook you up with the best deals of the year on games, controllers, monitors, wireless headphones, SSDs, and much, much more. One quick note: to get the most out of this event, you'll probably want to use Amazon Australia's free with a 30-day trial membership. Free shipping is always worth the extra clicks and typing. It can also be easily cancelled for no cost once you've had your fill.

Deal of the Moment

Black Friday Nintendo Switch Deals

• Pokémon Legends: Z A NS2 (-28%) – A$79
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (-23%) – A$69
• Civilization VII (-46%) – A$49
• Prince of Persia The Lost Crown (-70%) – A$24
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus (-20%) – A$64
• Raidou Remastered NS2 (-51%) – A$49
• NBA 2K26 (-63%) – A$44
• Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots (-30%) – A$49
• Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled (-29%) – A$49.90
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (-46%) – A$48.60
• Minecraft Dungeons Ult. Ed. (-67%) – A$20
• Mortal Kombat 1 (-35%) – A$39
• Cyberpunk 2077 Ult. NS2 (-26%) – A$89

Games of the Moment

What's flying off shelves?

• LEGO Party - A$71
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - A$89
• EA Sports FC 26 (-51%) - A$44

Banger Must-owns

Bucketlist stuff

• Zelda: Breath of the Wild (-12%) - A$79 / $99 (NS2)
• Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (-13%) - A$78 / $99 (NS2)

Switch Accessories

• Cheap JoyCons
• Switch 2 Pro controller - $109.95
• JSAUX Switch 2 Charging Grip (-15%) - $21.24
• Reduced Carry Cases

Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

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Black Friday PlayStation Deals

• Ghost of Yōtei (-21%) – A$99
• Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (-71%) – A$29
• Star Wars Outlaws (-78%) – A$24
• Elden Ring (-55%) – A$45
• Rise of the Ronin (-53%) – A$59
• Dead Space (-75%) – A$27
• Darksiders II Deathinitive Ed. (-52%) – A$19
• Battlefield 6 (-37%) – A$69
• Mafia: The Old Country (-34%) – A$59
• Red Dead Redemption (-57%) – A$32.40
• Civilization VII (-59%) – A$49
• Stellar Blade (-37%) – A$79
• Prince of Persia The Lost Crown (-70%) – A$24
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (-44%) – A$60
• Assassin’s Creed Shadows (-46%) – A$59
• Borderlands 4 (-42%) – A$69
• GTA: The Trilogy (-79%) – A$20.70
• Sniper Elite 4 (-68%) – A$32.30

Games of the Moment

What's in high demand?

• EA Sports FC 26 (-55%) - A$49
• Ghost of Yōtei (-21%) - A$99
• Silent Hill f (-16%) - A$109
• COD Black Ops 7 - A$89
• Borderlands 4 (-42%) - A$69

All-Timers Worth Tracking

Not current, but amazing

• Elden Ring
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Astro Bot

PlayStation Accessories

• DualSense Fancy Colours - A$98
• Samsung 990 PRO SSD 2TB – A$215.32

Or purchase a PS Store Card.

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Black Friday Xbox Deals

• Doom The Dark Ages (-59%) – A$49
• Shovel Knight Treasure Trove (-52%) – A$27.50
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (-77%) – A$20.70
• Star Wars Outlaws (-78%) – A$24
• Grand Theft Auto V (-60%) – A$24
• Split Fiction (-57%) – A$30
• WWE 2K25 (-72%) – A$34
• Prince of Persia The Lost Crown (-70%) – A$24
• Mafia: The Old Country (-34%) – A$59
• Battlefield 6 (-37%) – A$69

What's Big on the Radar?

Headed out the door quick

• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - A$89
• Borderlands 4 (-17%) - A$99
• EA Sports FC 26 (-23%) - A$85
• Silent Hill f (-16%) - A$109

Must Plays to Own

Timeless crown jewels

• Elden Ring - A$63
• Persona 5 Royal - A$84

Xbox Accessories

• Fancy official controllers
• Game Pass Ultimate 3 Month - $68.95

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

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Black Friday PC Deals

Mice

• Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless (-48%) – A$88
• SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless (-41%) - A$135
• Logitech G PRO X Superlight 2 (-40%) - A$169
• Corsair Scimitar Elite (-36%) - A$89
• Logitech G502 X PLUS (-18%) - A$165
• Logitech Lift Vertical Ergonomic (-39%) - A$79
• Razer DeathAdder Essential - A$39
• Razer Viper V3 (-21%) - A$99

Keyboards

• Corsair K70 RGB PRO (-36%) - $159
• Razer BlackWidow V4 X (-33%) - A$199
• HyperX Alloy Origins 60 (-33%) - A$120

Or just get a Steam Wallet Card.

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Laptop Deals

• ASUS 14" Chromebook (-47%) – A$229
• HP OmniBook X Flip (-39%) – A$1,899
• HP Envy x360 16" (-45%) – A$1,099
• Lenovo ThinkPad E14 (-30%) – A$919

Desktop Deals

• HP OMEN 35L (-41%) – A$4,099
• Lenovo ThinkCentre neo (-27%) – A$1,479

Monitor Deals

• KTC 27” 180Hz, QHD (-31%) – A$212
• MSI PRO MP273A 27" (-42%) – A$139
• Samsung S36GD 24-inch Curved (-41%) – A$135

Component Deals

• AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (-36%) – A$322
• AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (-18%) – A$629

Storage Deals

• Seagate 5TB External HDD (-33%) – A$199
• SanDisk 512GB Ultra microSDXC (-48%) – A$78

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Black Friday Audio

Gaming Headsets

• SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro (-35%) - A$479
• Razer BlackShark V2 Pro (-20%) - A$279
• Razer Barracuda X (-41%) - A$91
• HyperX Cloud III (-39%) - A$97

Earbuds

• Bose QuietComfort (-32%) - A$198
• Soundcore C30i by Anker (-40%) - A$59

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Black Friday LEGO Deals

• Typewriter (-27%) – A$290
• Darth Maul Mech (-60%) - A$17
• Tow Truck and Sports Car (-27%) - A$22
• Cherry Blossoms (-35%) - A$15
• Ninja Combat Vehicle (-37%) - A$95
• Star Wars Home One (-45%) – A$60
• Icons Fountain Garden (-44%) – A$100
• Mario Kart: Toad’s Garag (-43%) – A$33.90
• Fortnite Durrr Burger (-39%) – A$55
• Da Vinci’s Flying Machine (-38%) – A$62
• Batman Forever Batmobile (-37%) – A$94

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Black Friday Smart Home Deals

How is making life easier around your house related to gaming? Because it creates more hours for gaming.

• Ring Battery Video Doorbell (-50%) - A$75
• Amazon Fire TV Stick (-50%)
• Kindle (-23%)
• Ring Doorbell (-40%)
• Echo Spot (-34%)
• Echo Pop (-42%)
• Echo Hub (-50%)
• Blink Outdoor. (-50%)
• Philips 7000 Series Air Fryer Combi XXXL (-51%) - A$227

Robo Vacs

EA has today announced that the 2026 Formula One World Championship will be coming as a paid expansion for the existing F1 25. The content update is set to reflect all the sport’s upcoming changes next year, with new cars, new drivers, and the new regulations.

The next full game in the series will be delivered in 2027. It will be “reimagined into a more expansive experience with new ways to play for fans around the world,” according to today’s statement. EA explained this plan comes as part of a “multi-year strategic investment” in the publisher’s F1 franchise.

“F1 25 has been an incredible success, fueled by the passion of fans and the energy of the sport,” said Lee Mather, Senior Creative Director at Codemasters. “With Formula 1’s momentum on and off the track, now is the perfect time for us to look ahead and build for the future. We’re fully committed to the EA Sports F1 franchise. Our multi-year plan extends this year’s excitement with the 2026 expansion and reimagines the F1 experience for 2027 to deliver even more for players at every level around the world.”

IGN’s F1 25 review described it as a far broader and better package than last year’s installment, and “comfortably the strongest the series has been since the fan favourite F1 2020.” Codemasters has been building Formula One games since F1 2009 for Wii and PSP, although EA also had its own history with the sport in the early 2000s, beginning with F1 2000 on PS1 and PC.

Luke is a Senior Editor on the IGN reviews team. You can track him down on Bluesky @mrlukereilly to ask him things about stuff.

A portable USB monitor has many practical uses, such as a secondary display for your laptop or a travel-friendly screen for your Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck handheld gaming PC. Ahead of Black Friday, Arzopa is hosting some big markdowns on its popular lineup of portable USB monitors via its official AliExpress storefront. Combined with some general AliExpress coupon codes, these deals are the lowest prices I've seen all year long. All of the portable monitors listed ship free from the United States, which means you don't have to worry about tariffs or long shipping times.

Black Friday Arzopa Portable Monitor Deals at AliExpress

Arzopa Z1FC 16" USB-C Portable Monitor for $70.11

HP is offering an outstanding Black Friday deal on its flagship gaming laptop. Right now you can score the powerful OMEN MAX 16 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop for just $1,539.99 with free shipping after applying 30% off coupon "OMENMAX30". The RTX 5070 Ti is a powerful mobile GPU that should easily handle the newest and most demanding games.

OMEN MAX 16 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop for $1,539.99

There are a ton of LEGO Harry Potter sets you can buy, but there's really only one that looks like it also belongs to LEGO's botanical line. The Mandrake set is essentially a little potted plant with a face that you can actually fully pull out of its pot. It's a fun little tribute to the screaming root from the Harry Potter series that doubles as a nice desk accessory. And for a limited time, it has dropped to its lowest price ever on Amazon.

The LEGO Mandrake set was originally released back in 2024 for $69.99 and hasn't dropped below the $50 mark until just recently. At $40.99 this is a Harry Potter gift I'd recommend picking up for either the adult fan or youngster in your life. This early deal comes just days before Amazon's Black Friday sale and will potentially be gone before then.

LEGO Harry Potter Mandrake Deal at Amazon Today

If you're willing to splurge on a higher end TV and you like Sony, here's a Black Friday deal that's right up your alley. Amazon and Best Buy have both discounted all sizes of the 2025 Sony Bravia XR8B 4K OLED Google TV down to their lowest prices of the year. That means 77-inch, 65-inch, and 55-inch TVs are all on sale right now. Although the Bravia 8 is priced lower than most OLED TVs, it's still an outstanding candidate for streaming 4K HDR movies or playing games in 4K at up to 120fps on your PlayStation 5 console.

2025 Sony Bravia XR8B 4K OLED TVs on Sale for Black Friday

Maintaining a tidy desk area doesn't have to be labor intensive or expensive. Compressed air canisters used to be the standard but nowadays there is a more versatile and cost effective solution. Amazon is offering Amazon Prime members the JVSCAM Cordless Rechargeable Electric Air Duster (Air Blower) for just $19.98 after coupon code "U6C8Z5P7". This has become the best selling air duster on IGN because it's so cheap. Most electric air dusters under $50 on Amazon are pretty much identical, so I'd recommend just getting whichever one is least expensive.

JVSCAM Cordless Electric Air Duster for PC for $19.98

Magic: The Gathering (MTG), the world's premier trading card game, is as popular as it's ever been. Aside from the cards themselves, longtime Magic players know that there are countless accessories and other goodies to enhance your experience.

With Black Friday coming up soon (November 28), I've compiled a list of great MTG gifts, from playmats and card sleeves to dice and merch, for that special Magic player in your life.

As a competitive player of 10+ years, these are products I've had and would buy for my personal use, so rest easy knowing that these suggestions aren't without extensive trial and error.

Top Magic: The Gathering Gifts

Magic has been around for over 30 years, but thanks to the recent crossover sets with other IPs, what Wizards of the Coast (WoTC) has dubbed Universes Beyond, its audience has grown monumentally. Properties like The Lord of the Rings, Fallout, Assassin's Creed, and more have all received the MTG treatment, with the Avatar: The Last Airbender set releasing next week as the next crossover. The next Universes Beyond crossover after the in-universe Lorwyn Eclipsed set is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Both of these upcoming sets are available to preorder.

Sealed Product

Magic: The Gathering sets are released every few months, and with them come various sealed products to help supplement your collection. You have booster boxes, collector boosters, starter kits, commander decks, the list goes on. I recommend starting with bundles of the most recently released sets, or looking back to expansions like Edge of Eternities. They make great gifts, as they include nine booster packs, an alternate-art promotional card, extra land cards, a spindown life counter, and the box itself is a great storage solution for extra cards.

Card Sleeves

You have all these fancy new cards, what are you supposed to put them in? Card sleeves are the perfect solution not only for protection but for easily shuffling. Ultimate Guard and Ultra PRO are some of the best MTG accessories brands around, but Dragon Shield sleeves are my go-to recommendation as a gift for dad. The Ultimate Guard Katana sleeves are great, too. The matte sleeves are crisp and feel great in your hands. No matter what you pick, make sure you get standard size sleeves, not Japanese card size -- Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are much smaller than Magic cards!

Deck Boxes

Your cards are now sleeved up and ready for battle. Now you need a reliable deck box. Here, you can't go wrong with Ultimate Guard's sturdy options. I'm a big fan of the Flip 'n' Tray myself, as it can hold a fully sleeved deck, sideboard, and tokens, along with a built-in dice compartment. For larger storage solutions, there are massive boxes that can hold up to 500 loose cards. All Ultimate Guard options come in a handful of different colors, and the Ultra PRO boxes sport some great official MTG art.

Playmats

Playmats are a must-have for any Magic player, since playing without one can make it hard to pick your cards up off the kitchen table. Usually made of the same material as a standard mousepad, many people (myself included) like to use mats featuring art of their favorite cards or of their proudest Magic accomplishments. You can even buy blank white playmats if you find yourself at a Magic Con and want to commission your favorite artist to make it look snazzy!

Dice and Counters

Keeping track of Planeswalker loyalty, +1/+1 counters, or Finality counters are a massive headache without an efficient way of doing so. Luckily, a set of D6 will set you right. Some more unique cards, like Qarsi Revenant, give other creatures ability counters that are hard to keep track of, so I highly recommend a set of ability counters to go along with your accessories arsenal.

Binders

If you have rare or valuable cards you don't want to store in a bulk storage box, binders are the way to go to keep them nice and pristine. You can get various sizes and colors from both Ultimate Guard and Ultra PRO, but the Zipfolio from Ultimate Guard is my go-to for expensive singles. These fit great in your backpack for when you're heading out to your local Friday Night Magic

Other Accessories

These suggestions are just scratching the surface of what these accessory makers have to offer. There are countless other sleeves, boxes, and mats to pick from, so pick your favorite Magic player's favorite for a great gift. Other accessories I recommend are lifepads; some Magic players prefer to write their life totals down and take notes instead of using the MTG Companion app or a spindown counter.

Dry erase tokens are great for cards with copy abilities. A playmat tube is a great storage solution to keep your mats dry and safe, and the Ultra PRO land station is a good way to sort your basic lands or have lands ready for your booster draft night.

Merch

Did you know that the IGN store has some awesome Magic: The Gathering merch? We have a handful of t-shirts, a crewneck sweater, and even a 17oz stainless steel water bottle for sale. These make great gifts if you aren't quite sure what cards, sets, or formats your favorite Magic player enjoys!

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Twisted Metal Season 3 has reportedly received the green light at Peacock but will return without its original showrunner.

An update for the future of PlayStation’s Twisted Metal TV adaptation comes from Variety, which says more episodes for the Anthony Mackie-starring series are on the way. A shakeup, however, means co-creator and showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith won’t be attached going forward.

It’s unclear why Smith is departing the video-game-to-live-action-show project. David Reed, known for his work as a writer for The Boys, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and The Magicians, will board as showrunner and an executive producer under an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television for Season 3 instead.

A Season 3 renewal for Twisted Metal arrives after the Season 2 premiere in July, as the show continues to bring in viewers. NBCUniversal states the 12-episode run has reached 993 million minutes viewed so far.

Twisted Metal began bringing iconic PlayStation characters to television screens when Season 1 premiered in 2023. It stars Mackie as John Doe, with characters like Calypso, Agent Stone, and Mr. Grimm played by Anthony Carrigan, Thomas Haden Church, and Richard de Klerk, respectively. There’s also, of course, franchise mascot Sweet Tooth, who is portrayed by Joe Seanoa and voiced by Will Arnett.

Twisted Metal is a franchise that has gone without a proper video game entry for 13 years, but that isn’t stopping Peacock from bringing its cartoonish vehicle combat to streaming audiences. Co-creators Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are back as executive producers for Season 3, with Arnett and Marc Forman also on board via Electric Ave. Mackie will return as an executive producer through Make It Gravy Productions, with Inspire Entertainment’s Jason Spire, Artists First’s Peter Principato, PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan, and Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hermen Hulst also attached.

Details on how Twisted Metal Season 3 will continue the story remain a mystery, with release date plans and casting details also under wraps. In the meantime, you can read why we think Season 2 deserved a 7/10 in our review. You can also read about the canceled Twisted Metal game that was revealed earlier this year.

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Vedinad, developer of Megabonk, has withdrawn his game from The Game Awards following its nomination for Best Debut Indie Game, saying it doesn't qualify for the category.

In a post to Twitter/X from the official Megabonk account, vedinad made the announcement today:

"I'm withdrawing from The Game Awards.

"It's an honor and a dream for Megabonk to be nominated for TGA, but unfortunately i don't think it qualifies for the category 'Debut Indie Game'

"I've made games in the past under different studio names, so Megabonk is not my debut game 🥸

"i really appreciate the nomination, support and votes, but it doesn't feel right in this category. you should vote for another one of the amazing debut titles, they are all amazing games!

"thanks again! new megabonk update coming soon ✌️"

Update 2.23pm PT: Megabonk was listed as a nominee under Best Debut Indie, along with Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Despelote, and Dispatch. Since this statement, The Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley has shared a statement of his own acknowledging the request and stating that Megabonk would be removed in a Twitter/X post. At the time of this update, Megabonk was still listed on The Game Awards website as a nominee.

"@MegabonkGame, a nominee for Best Debut Indie Game, reached out to clarify that he is an established solo developer who had been presenting himself as a new creator under the name Vedinad.

"We’re grateful for his honesty. As a result, MegaBonk will be removed from the category.

"He’ll share more about his story when he’s ready, but we respect that he didn’t want to take recognition away from other debut teams — even though the game itself is outstanding."

Original story continues below:

Critically, Best Debut Indie is awarded to the "best debut game created by a new independent studio." So what counts as a new, independent studio? This definition certainly can get a little fuzzy - game dev teams are often Ships of Theseus, with certain groups sticking together, hiring others, and rebranding. For instance, Dispatch was made by AdHoc Studio, and is the team's collective first original game. However, AdHoc was founded by a team of former Ubisoft and Telltale developers who had previously been working together. Cocoon, by Geometric Interactive, won Debut Indie back in 2023 and was arguably in a similar situation with former developers from Playdead. But by that logic, it's also unlikely anyone's "first game" would ever make it to The Game Awards, as most people's first projects are small, student, or experimental.

Vedinad's argument at least makes a bit more sense for himself, given that he is effectively a solo developer and has worked on other projects under other names. But even solo developers have help: Miguel Angel, for instance, is credited with the OST, Giovanni Fim made the Steam art, and there are a handful of names listed as playtesters, as well as a "special thanks" to vedinad's mom. Vedinad seems to be as close to a solo dev as anyone really gets. What really is a game studio, anyway?

What this ultimately seems to boil down to is that there's at least some level of confusion about what the categories of The Game Awards actually mean. This isn't the first time this has happened. In 2023, Dave the Diver - a game made by a subsidiary of Korean gaming giant Nexon - was up for Best Indie, leading TGA creator Geoff Keighley to respond that indie can "mean different things to different people," and even the director admitted the nomination was confusing. We've also seen some oddities like Sifu being up for Best Fighting Game in 2022 (it's an action beat-em-up), and even some recent eyebrow raisers like Monster Hunter Wilds being nominated this year for best RPG.

Define it all however you want, but Megabonk's developer has spoken, as has Keighley. You can catch up on all the other 2025 nominees right here, and check out our early thoughts on Megabonk here.

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It's a trading card game kind of day today, with deals so good that I couldn't help but focus in on them. Specifically, I'm talking about Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Air Bender. Not only are there some exciting restocks, but the potential savings today are literally ridiculous.

TL;DR: Deals for Today

Collector Booster Boxes for Avatar have been restocked at Amazon, with Phastasmal Flames and Mega Evolution restocks coming in heavy too. I've included where's the best to buy at face value alone in today's article, but the heavy hitting discounts on Amazon come from applying for an Amazon Visa card and using AMEX or Discover to pay $1 on your order to get over 50% off.

This means free Booster Bundles, Blisters, Premium Collections and Boosters with just the gift card alone. But when considering Booster Boxes, such as Phantasmal Flames or Avatar Collector Booster Box, you'll halve the price left to pay. Let's get into it and i'll guide you through exactly how to do it.

Magic: The Gathering | Avatar: The Last Airbender Collector Booster Box

Up to 50% off Pokémon TCG and Free $60 Gift Card

Imagine getting Pokémon TCG Booster Bundles for free, or paying $20 to $30 for an Elite Trainer Box, cool right? Well it's a real deal, and here's how to do it. Start by applying for a Amazon Visa card, then if accepted you'll get an instant $60 Amazon gift card added to your account, which means free Booster Bundles, Premium Collections and Booster Blisters.

If you're after something more expensive and want to knock the price down before using the $60 gift voucher, you'll need an AMEX or Discovery card. By paying $1 on your Pokémon TCG items in your basket, you'll receive an automatic discount up to 50%. So whatever you need to pay after the gift card is cut in half. That's not bad when you're talking Elite Trainer Boxes and Booster Boxes. If this discount doesn't apply, check the loyalty page on Amazon to see if you're eligible.

TCGPlayer 10% Cashback Black Friday Event

You read that right, everything is eligibe too. Buy something, get 10% back as in-store credit. With sets like Mega Evolution and Phantasmal Flames finding new floors, this is 100% the best time to fill those gaps in your binder. The sale kicks off on Black Friday, November 28. and ends on Cyber Monday December 1.

Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra Resin 3D Printer Deals

The Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra line of Resin printers are perfect for anything that needs intricate detail, especially the 16k model, although the standard ultra does an amazing job too. The Saturn 4 Ultra and Mercury V3.0 wash is a perfect starter kit for anyone wanting to get into the hobby.

Elegoo FDM Printer Deals

What if I said I printed a full sized Stormtrooper helmet on a Neptune 4 Max in one go? It was such a fun project and this printer can handle some insane projects on the large and small side. In fact all of these FDM 3D printers are great for printing anything practical. I'm looking at you cosplayers.

Meta Quest 3S 128GB (Gorilla Tag Bundle)

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Final Fantasy I-VI Collection Anniversary Edition

It’s Black Friday season, which means I am checking Amazon deals on the daily (partially because it’s my job). Today, I noticed some of the biggest 4K releases from 2025 were on sale for particularly low prices. Then I realized they were all specifically releases from good ol’ Warner Bros.

By going straight to the source, namely the official retailer for Studio Distribution Services, Gruv.com, I found the same releases and more for just $12.99 each. This pricing is significantly lower than Amazon and thus where you’ll find the real all-time lows across the board.

Tons of 4Ks Drop to $12.99 at Gruv

If you’re not interested in shelling out for 4K UHD quality, Gruv is also discounting Blu-rays to $9.99 and standard DVDs to $7.99. On the other end of the financial spectrum, limited edition 4K steelbooks (that are often sold out at major retailers) have their own spread of discounts. The deals only apply to existing releases, so unfortunately no savings on preorders like One Battle After Another.

On the plus side, all of these deals are in addition to an ongoing ‘3 for $30’ sale on select titles. All in all, I’d recommend some solid scrolling time. The only catch is these are limited time deals with no specific end date, so you unfortunately have to play a little bit of chicken when deciding how long to wait until checking out. At least there’s free shipping.

In terms of what specifically is available, we might as well start at the top with Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. IGN’s 9/10 review of the movie says Coogler “enters the horror realm and nails it in Sinners, which drops vampires into a deeply personal, heartfelt, emotional, sexy, and bloody story that’ll stick with you.” The music also rocks, and naturally there’s an entire bonus feature dedicated to it. Amazon’s ‘all-time low’ pricing has only dropped the 4K down to $23.49, almost double what you can grab it for at Gruv.

Another 2025 standout is James Gunn’s Superman, the first movie in the DC Studios reboot that made kindness cool again. Just looking at David Corenswet on the cover brings me hope.

While not exactly a critical success, A Minecraft Movie paved the way for a new batch of memes and could make a great gift for any dedicated crafter. The special features here include a 14-minute feature on the cast themselves and the Minecraft server they played on together while filming.

What Is Gruv?

Gruv is a physical media retailer owned by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. It serves as the retail arm for Studio Distribution Services, a joint venture between Universal and Warner Bros that has slowly but surely expanded its licensing to include Shout Factory, Paramount, and more.

More Black Friday Deals for Movie Collectors

In case you somehow weren’t already aware, one of the best movie sales is also live: the entire Criterion Collection is 50% off at Barnes & Noble through the end of the month. As we get closer to Black Friday itself, expect more deals from Amazon and Walmart.

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The $299 price tag on the Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 earbuds demands top-tier audio, comfort, customization, and longevity, and if you're spending this much on earbuds, you’ll want them to last for years and years. Sennheiser's excellent track record and the buds' specs sheet – including support for high-quality Bluetooth codecs such as aptX Lossless and LC3 – promise a treat for your ears. So do they live up to that promise?

Although they’re not quite perfect, the short answer is yes: they're some of the best, and best-looking, earbuds you can buy, up there with the similarly priced Sony WF1000XM5. And given they're several years old, you can sometimes get them at a discount.

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 – Design and Battery Life

Starting with the packaging, this is by far the most luxurious earbuds case I've held. The colour of the fabric matches your choice of earbuds, with five options. I think the copper variant I reviewed is my favourite: it's understated and classy. Everyone wanted to feel the case whenever I put the buds on or off around friends.

The hardy fabric showed no scuffs or scratches after a week of bouncing around in my jeans pocket and in my bag, and was no worse off after a few drops. Long-term users say it holds up well and that you needn't worry about fraying threads. It is on the chunkier side and it sticks out in my pocket more so than any of the buds I've tested, which bothers me. It's not a dealbreaker, but just know that everyone will be able to see the outline of the case.

The buds themselves look nearly as handsome as the case. The brushed metallic exterior isn't too shiny, and the indented Sennheiser logo lends a lovely texture. This is where you'll be touching to control the buds, and it recognised all my taps perfectly. I'm less keen on the placement of the external microphone holes, which sullies the clean finish.

The buds are chunkier than competitors, which means they extrude from your ear more, but it didn't feel excessive even as somebody with smaller ears. The extra layers on the bud – the metallic exterior, a rubber protector, the main body and stem of the bud, and the ear tip – creates plenty of crevices for grime to accumulate, although it was easy to clean.

The tips felt comfortable to wear for hours at a time at home or at the gym. You get a variety of sizes and the accompanying app – which I'll explore more later – includes a "fit test" to help you pick the right size. It's a useful extra that most buds don't have. The IP54 rating, indicating the level of dust and water resistance, means that rain and sweat won't damage these buds. The ear tips also have a mesh at their base, protecting the headphones from any dust or earwax falling inside: again, it's something that a lot of buds don't have.

And the long battery life enables extended listening sessions. You'll get between 7 and 8 hours on a single charge (although less with noise cancelling, custom EQs, and other funky features that I'll talk about later) and 30 hours total if you keep putting them back in the charging case when they run out. That single-charge life is a smidge less than Sony's best, but the total charge, including the case, is longer; both of which are excellent. They support fast Qi wireless charging and you can also turn on "battery protection mode" to charge the buds slower and stop them reaching 100%, prolonging their long-term life. Most smartphones now have a similar feature but it's rare on earbuds: another bonus.

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 – Sound Quality

They look good – but how do they sound? Lovely, thankfully. Smooth and balanced. I listened to music in plenty of genres, different podcasts, watched TV shows and even played games (which I'll talk about in a moment). Everything felt like an easy, pleasant listen, with no noticeable distortion and no artificial boosting.

Vocals felt balanced with background music to surround me when watching films, and voices sounded particularly rich. I enjoyed the "podcast mode", which enhanced the clarity and timbre of voices, and made it sound like I was listening in the studio. I like that the EQs presets are relatively gentle, too. Sometimes EQ presets blow up certain aspects of the audio, but listening to Jay Z's The Black Album sounded good on pretty much every setting.

You can enable "sound personalization", with a quick test on the app to adjust the balance of bass and strings to suit your ears, although I must admit I found it quite confusing, and didn't feel like it improved the sound. You do get a little less punch and clarity than with the Sony WF1000XM5 buds. Sony's earbuds are particularly precise and bassy, so you can really feel the music: Sennheiser's are, I'd argue, gentler and more well-rounded. Neither is obviously better – they're both great out of the box, and it's just what you prefer. If you want a bit more bite, you can always create a custom EQ on the app or toggle "bass boost" for some more oomph without distorting your sound.

They support a variety of hi-res and lossless audio codecs, including aptX Lossless and LC3. You'll obviously need to stream from a program that supports those codecs (the base Spotify subscription doesn't cover it, for example), and even when you do, you might not even notice a difference in audio quality. But it does feel good knowing you have buds that can do it all, and ones that are future proof for emerging tech over the next few years.

On the gaming front, the buds' Bluetooth latency won't stand up to a wired gaming headset or a dedicated low-latency gaming earbud like the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds, but I found them to be better than other non-gaming earbuds I've tried. They have a specific "low latency" audio mode designed for gaming, which you can use on your phone or on your PC. The PC connection is a bit fiddly: you first have to connect to both your phone and PC at the same time (these buds can support two devices at once with zero issue), then toggle on low latency on the phone app, and stay connected to your phone as you play, because there's no dedicated Windows software.

There is still a slight delay from screen to ear but it's barely noticeable. I played a lot of Arc Raiders with them, and I felt completely consumed by its soundscape. With these buds, I could tell what was happening around me, and what direction footsteps were coming from. Microphone quality is the one big letdowns of these buds: the volume is fine but your voice will sound a little fuzzy and unclear, which is disappointing.

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 – Noise Cancellation and Transparency

These Sennheiser buds have adaptive noise cancellation by default, so you can't manually change the level of it. Some adaptive systems can be jumpy, and often fail to hit max noise cancelling, but there are no such problems here. I didn't actually notice any of the adjustments happening in real time and it cut out the loudest noises when it needed to.

The amount of noise cancellation isn't anything special, and I'd say it's not quite as powerful as the high-end Sony buds. It did everything I wanted, cutting out background noise at the gym and reducing the noise of the London Underground between stops, but it was no more impressive than the mid-range OnePlus Buds 4 I reviewed in September. The screechiest part of the Underground line still came through loud and clear.

The Transparency mode is impressive, mostly because you get more options than with most buds. You can pick between five levels of transparency, and you can decide to turn it on or off in phone calls. That level of customisation is useful: sometimes, you only want a bit of transparency – for example, so I can hear my wife calling from another room – and sometimes you want a lot, say, if we're in the same room. The highest transparency does produce a noticeable background hiss, which is annoying but expected. The trade-off for clearly hearing things going on around you is worth it, and most of the time you won't need to crank it to max.

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 – Software and Customisation

All the settings for the True Wireless 4 earbuds come in Sennheiser's SmartControlPlus app. It's crammed with options you won't find on other buds. I've talked about some of them already: bass boost, podcast mode, battery protection mode and the fit test are all here. But you can also set Sound Zones, which apply specific settings when you arrive at or leave a location. It's a neat trick that means you can, for example, turn on noise cancellation by default when you reach the gym.

The app can be a little confusing because some of the settings are under the "my device" tab, while some come under the "settings" tab. That distinction, I'd argue, is illogical. But once you get used to finding what you need the app is easy to navigate, cleanly laid out, and works reliably. I particularly liked the detailed customisation of the touch controls. You have the freedom to set commands for single, double, and triple taps individually on the left and right buds. I would've liked a desktop app too, so I could change settings directly on my PC, but sadly that's not an option with these buds.

The Dell Black Friday Sale kicks off early this year with some outstanding deals on Alienware gaming PCs, gaming laptops, and gaming monitors. This is an excellent opportunity to upgrade your gaming PC so that you can play recently released games like Battlefield 6 or Ghost of Yotei in glorious 4k with buttery smooth framerates. Several of these deals are the lowest prices I've seen all year long, including some huge discounts on "Like New" models from Dell Outlet.

Alienware Early Black Friday Gaming PC Deals

Alienware Early Black Friday Gaming Laptop Deals

Alienware Outlet Early Black Friday Deals

You can quickly browse through all of the listed products on sale above. See below for our favorite picks.

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 Gaming PC

Alienware Area-51 RTX 5090 & 5080 Gaming PC

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming PC

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5060 Ti Gaming PC

Alienware Aurora 16 and 16X Gaming Laptops

Alienware's new mainstream gaming laptop for 2025 is dubbed the "Alienware Aurora" and it replaces the previous generation's x16 and m16 series of laptops. It comes in two models: the 16 and 16X. The 16 is the more economical model, but gamers should definitely opt for the higher-end 16X model. If you're looking for build quality and performance on par with the previous generation m16, then the 16X is its spiritual successor. It features an anodized aluminum lid and base, a higher quality display, a more powerful CPU, and a GPU that isn't throttled for maximum gaming performance.

Alienware Area-51 Gaming Laptops

New for 2025, the Alienware Area-51 gaming laptop features an anodized aluminum shell for both the lid and bottom chassis with a gorgeous iridescent finish. The frame is made of a durable and lightweight magnesium alloy. Cooling has been upgraded with generous amounts of copper and a new thermal interface material to better transfer heat away from your hottest components as well as more fans and bigger cutouts for greater airflow. Dell claims that the laptop can handle a higher power ceiling of up to 240W TDP without raising acoustics.

Design-wise, the Area 51 has a sleeker, more contoured shape compared to previous models, with rounded edges and soft corners replacing the traditional squared off design. The hinges are internally positioned so that they're near invisible. There's a transparent window on the undercarriage to show off the internal components. As befits an Alienware laptop, there's plenty of RGB illunimation, although most of it can be turned off if you want your laptop to be a bit more subtle.

"Like New" Alienware Area-51 Gaming Laptops at Dell Outlet

The Alienware Area-51 is Dell's best and boldest lineup of gaming laptops for 2025 and they've just dropped to the lowest prices I've seen for Black Friday. Dell Outlet typically stocks "Like New" Alienware 16 Area-51 gaming laptops at anywhere between 10%-35% off retail price. However, for Black Friday, there's an additional 18% discount that's automatically applied in your shopping cart. Configurations include RTX 5070, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and even RTX 5090 GPUs. Note that "Like New" models are certified refurbished and include the same 1 year warranty as buying new.

Some other resources you might be interested in:

• Best gaming laptop deals of 2025
• Best gaming PC deals of 2025

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

GameStop isn't nearly as prominent as it used to be, but it's still a great place to find video game deals during the holiday season. If you're wondering what the gaming retailer has in store for Black Friday, you can already check out the GameStop Black friday ad for all of the details. There's also currently an early sale on video games, accessories, and more that runs from now until November 22.

Early GameStop Black Friday Sale

The early GameStop Black Friday sale consists of a mix of video game deals, some discounted accessories, and a bunch of toys and merch. The most prominent deals featured on the website are the $20 or less section. The overall selection here isn't all that impressive, but there are a few good discounts on PS5 games like Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Hellboy: Web of Weird. If you move up to the "Under $30" section you'll find a few more decent deals like NBA 2K26 for $30 and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for $30 as well. There are very few Xbox games featured in either of the video games sales, so the most of the discounts are centered on PS5 and Nintendo Switch.

Outside of the video game sales GameStop is offering the same discount on Meta Quest headsets you can currently find at Amazon or Best Buy as well. There's also a $30 discount on the new Backbone Pro that is worth a look if you're in the market for a high-end mobile controller.

GameStop Black Friday Ad

GameStop's early Black Friday sale is only part of its larger Black Friday ad for 2025. It features a mix of discounts we already know about from Nintendo's Black Friday sale announcement earlier this month as well as the more recent PlayStation sale announcement. To check out the full ad, I'd recommend just flipping through this handy ad scan from the Black Friday subreddit.

The Nintendo Switch deals are what we already expected to see. Most notably there's a significant lack of Switch 2 games or console deals available at all. Nintendo has gone ahead and ditched the usual Black Friday Switch + Mario Kart bundle and is only planning on offering discounts on older games and amiibo. The GameStop ad does have a prominent Switch 2 page, but it doesn't mention any discounts whatsoever.

Outside of the early deals on Borderland 4 and NBA 2K26, there are some notable video game deals starting on Thursday when the Best Buy and Amazon Black Friday sales go live. This includes Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 for $50 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 for $30.

Following that, most of the PlayStation deals are set to begin on Friday, November 21 when PlayStation officially kicks off its sale. This will include a $20 discount on the PlayStation Portal and all of the DualSense colors for under $60. You can see the full breakdown of the PlayStation Black Friday deals directly from the PlayStation Blog.

As of right now there's no sign whatsoever of Black Friday Xbox deals at GameStop or anywhere else. With Xbox raising its prices multiple times this year, it's unclear if we'll see any discounts from Microsoft or major retailers in 2025.

Here’s an excellent deal for PC gamers. Between now and December 1, you can save $30 off a one-year subscription to Humble Choice. All you have to do is enter HOLIDAY25IGN at checkout, and you’ll knock the price down to $124.99. That’s an excellent deal, considering it gets you a monthly bundle of 8 PC games (via Steam codes) that you can download and keep forever.

Humble Choice Black Friday Deal

So what does Humble Choice get you, exactly? The first Tuesday of each month, you’ll get a new curated selection of eight Steam games. These generally offer a healthy range in terms of genre, size, and scope, but there are always a few AAA games and a few indies in there. The games are yours to keep and play forever, regardless of whether you cancel your membership at some point down the road.

In addition to a monthly bundle of games, you get up to 20% off games on the Humble Store, including new releases. You also get access to a vault of games you can play for as long as you’re a member. And 5% of your membership goes to charity. The particular charity changes each month, but you can always read up on them.

The November’s Humble Choice games include Total War Warhammer III, Another Crab’s Treasure, and Etrian Odyssey HD. Based on MSRP, it’s $254 worth of games, all for $14.99 for one month. But if you take advantage of the deal above, it comes to $10.42 per month. That $254 is right about the normal range for what each month’s bundle is worth. So, over the course of the year, this deal gets you over $3,000 worth of games for $124.99.

Humble Choice Games for November 2025

If you sign up now, the first bundle of games you'll get contains the following (blurbs from Humble's press release).

• Total War Warhammer III: A grand-scale strategy game where fantasy armies battle daemonic forces in the Realm of Chaos.
• Another Crab's Treasure: A Soulslike adventure where a hermit crab fights enemies using trash as makeshift shells.
• Pharaoh: A New Era: A 4K remake of the classic city-builder where you manage resources, appease gods, and build magnificent monuments in Ancient Egypt.
• Etrian Odyssey HD: A first-person dungeon crawler focused on creating a party and mapping a dangerous labyrinth.
• No More Heroes 3: A stylish hack-and-slash game where an assassin fights alien superheroes in over-the-top battles.
• Synergy: A sci-fi city-builder about building a sustainable human settlement on a harsh alien planet.
• Spin Hero: A roguelike RPG where combat and progression are determined by spinning a slot machine.
• Paleo Pines: A cozy farming sim where you run a ranch, explore an island, and befriend dinosaurs.

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Not everyone is the DIY type. If you're in the market for a prebuilt gaming PC, Dell is one of the best brands we'd recommend. Alienware desktops and laptops feature solid build quality, top-of-the-line gaming performance, excellent cooling (further improved on the newer models), aggressive styling, and pricing that is very competitive with other pre-built options. Best of all, there are plenty of sales that happen throughout the year, so it's not difficult to grab one of these computers at considerably less than their retail price.

Dell and Alienware Coupons

Alienware Gaming PC Deals

Alienware Gaming Laptop Deals

Alienware Outlet Deals

You can quickly browse through all of the listed products on sale above. See below for our favorite picks.

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 Gaming PC

Alienware Area-51 RTX 5090 & 5080 Gaming PC

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming PC

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5060 Ti Gaming PC

Alienware Aurora 16 and 16X Gaming Laptops

Alienware Area-51 Gaming Laptops

New for 2025, the Alienware Area-51 gaming laptop features an anodized aluminum shell for both the lid and bottom chassis with a gorgeous iridescent finish. The frame is made of a durable and lightweight magnesium alloy. Cooling has been upgraded with generous amounts of copper and a new thermal interface material to better transfer heat away from your hottest components as well as more fans and bigger cutouts for greater airflow. Dell claims that the laptop can handle a higher power ceiling of up to 240W TDP without raising acoustics.

Design-wise, the Area 51 has a sleeker, more contoured shape compared to previous models, with rounded edges and soft corners replacing the traditional squared off design. The hinges are internally positioned so that they're near invisible. There's a transparent window on the undercarriage to show off the internal components. As befits an Alienware laptop, there's plenty of RGB illunimation, although most of it can be turned off if you want your laptop to be a bit more subtle.

"Like New" Alienware Area-51 Gaming Laptops at Dell Outlet

The Alienware Area-51 is Dell's best and boldest lineup of gaming laptops for 2025 and they've just dropped to the lowest prices I've seen for Black Friday. Dell Outlet typically stocks "Like New" Alienware 16 Area-51 gaming laptops at anywhere between 10%-35% off retail price. However, for Black Friday, there's an additional 18% discount that's automatically applied in your shopping cart. Configurations include RTX 5070, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and even RTX 5090 GPUs. Note that "Like New" models are certified refurbished and include the same 1 year warranty as buying new.

Some other resources you might be interested in:

• Best gaming laptop deals of 2025
• Best gaming PC deals of 2025

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

PlayStation's Black Friday deals have been officially announced, and the standout deals include a $100 discount on all PS5 consoles that kicks off on November 21.

There's also a pair of Fortnite bundles that undercut the console's usual MSRP pricing by a wide margin, effectively having the Black Friday discount baked in.

These cuts come only a few months after Sony raised PS5 prices by $50, which makes this Black Friday promotion feel somewhat like a course correction.

Sony is also running wider Black Friday offers as well, including $100 off accessories like the PlayStation VR2 and various headsets, earbuds, and controllers, dropping around 20 to 30 bucks as well, and there will up to 60% off digital games.

As mentioned, these deals start on November 21 and will run through December 1, so if you’ve been holding off on a PS5 upgrade, this is the moment Sony clearly wants you to bite.

PS5 Early Black Friday Deals

There are already a handful of PS5 games that have been discounted in the run up to Black Friday.

For now, you can pick up Borderlands 4 for $47.99, alongside Final Fantasy's 1-6 Pixel Collection for $39.99, its lowest price ever, EA Sports FC 26 for $34.99, Battlefield 6 for $62.95, and Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake for $34.99.

For more help planning your holiday gaming purchases, check out what Black Friday deals we expect from Xbox, alongside all the details on the announced Black Friday sale from Nintendo.

Robert Anderson is Senior Commerce Editor and IGN's resident deals expert on games, collectibles, trading card games, and more. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter/X or Bluesky.

Ahead of Black Friday, Dell just launched one of the best deals I've seen this year on a generously equipped Alienware Aurora R16 GeForce RTX 5080 gaming PC. It's normally listed at $3,199.99, but a $900 off discount drops it to just $2,299.99 with free shipping. Although I've seen other less expensive Alienware RTX 5080 systems in the past, this is a better deal because it features an upgraded Intel Core Ultra 9 processor and double the memory and storage capacities for just a slightly higher cost. The Alienware brand itself also normally commands a higher price point, but this Black Friday deal is extremely reasonable compared to similarly equipped prebuilts from other brands.

Alienware Aurora RTX 5080 Gaming PC From $2,299.99

Sometimes you get a pitch in your inbox that you just can’t not write about. I got one of those this morning; it's the new Honeycomb Echo Aviation Controller, a flight sim gamepad that's due for purchase sometime next month, Honeycomb announced today.

Let me be clear: I have no idea if this is a good controller or worth buying at all. It's just that, once I saw the picture of this thing, I stopped reading the press release I'd been emailed, sent the email to my editors at IGN and said “I’m convinced that the people need to see this Pee Wee Herman-ass controller.” And you do, trust me. In fact, here it is:

Let’s talk about just what we’re looking at, here. This is a gamepad-shaped controller with the noble goal of letting you sit with your arms limply resting in your lap, yet with all of the switches, levers, buttons, and sticks you need to command a digital jet airliner. Most familiar to non-flight sim gamers will be the analog stick – using anti-drift hall-effect sensors, of course – for “full elevator and aileron input,” so that you can DO A BARREL ROLL! (Aileron roll, if you like, but I choose to believe this 10-year-old PBS explainer about why Starfox’s Peppy did nothing wrong.)

You’ll also find four independently assignable thrust levers with exchangeable caps “for GA or commercial aircraft,” according to Honeycomb’s website. Levers on the bottom let you control things like flaps and landing gear, and a set of buttons near the top work for “camera, checklist, and toolbar functions.” There are also paddles on the back of the controller that Honeycomb says in its announcement “move in opposition” to give “realistic yaw control without external pedals.” Finally, it’s wireless with up to 15 hours of battery, but also works when wired via its USB-C charging port.

Honeycomb isn’t the only one releasing controllers like this. There’s also the Meridian GMT X-Ray, for which I couldn’t find a release date or price, and the delightfully-named Yawman Arrow, which you can order now for $199. Like those, the Echo Aviation gamepad is ostensibly for the sim fan about town who wants a compact way to play Microsoft Flight Simulator with fewer compromises than even the best PC controllers require.

But I’d argue it’s also definitely for me, a total layman when it comes to these games, and not just because I want a less space-hogging way to get into flight simulation. It’s also because I just want to have it and hold it. To pick it up and, as a troll-ish bit, hand it to my friend as we start up a game of Smash Bros. I should note here that although the version Honeycomb is announcing today is for PCs and Macs, a YouTube trailer for the controller says it's coming to consoles in 2026, as well.

Whichever camp you fall into, you won’t have to wait long to get your fix. The Echo Aviation Controller will be available mid-December for $150, a spendy gamepad price that for once feels reasonable and not like a gratuitous flex.

Update: This deal is now expired.

Ahead of Black Friday, Amazon has slashed prices on the officially licensed WD Black C50 Expansion Card for the Xbox Series X and S consoles. Right now you can pick up the 1TB model for just $99.99 with free shipping. The WD Black C50 Expansion Card is one of the best SSDs for the Xbox, which isn't surprising since your options are pretty limited. There's only one other officially licensed model - the Seagate Expansion - and it currently costs $50 more.

WD Black C50 Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X