Author: Trafficblast

If you’re in the market for video game hardware this holiday season, today is your day. While lots of Black Friday deals are flying around this week, some of the best discounts you’ll find are available today only (November 21) at Ebay. That’s because between now and 5 PM PT (8 PM ET), you can enter promo code PICKFAST at checkout in the Ebay app to get 15% off nearly anything on the entire site. Yes, you will need the latest version of the Ebay app to get the discount, but here are the links to spare you a search.

With that out of the way, here are the best console deals we’ve found.

Xbox One X 1TB Console

Xbox One X consoles normally retail for $500. Newegg via Ebay has them on sale for $100 off right now. Tack on the 15% discount with promo code PICKFAST, and you’ve brought the price down to a quite-reasonable $340.

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Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch is sure to be a hot item this holiday season, but unlike the competing consoles, it almost never goes on sale. But thanks to the Ebay discount, you can get $45 off right now. Newegg via Ebay has Switch consoles for their normal retail price of $300, but the promo code PICKFAST brings the price down to $255.

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PlayStation 4

Ebay doesn’t appear to have any spectacular deals on PS4 consoles, even when you factor in the 15% off promo code. However! Sony is offering an unbeatable Black Friday sale price on PS4 Slim consoles bundled with Spider-Man. You can get this swinging bundle for $200 at a variety of retailers.

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PlayStation VR

If you have a PS4, adding a PSVR headset is well worth its normal price–especially with amazing games like Tetris Effect, Moss, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, Beat Saber, Resident Evil 7, and Skyrim VR on the platform. But today you can take the already-fantastic Black Friday sale price of $250 and knock 15% off, bringing PSVR down to the lowest price we’ve ever seen.

Pokemon Go‘s first Gen 4 Legendary, Giratina, may no longer be available in the game, but another rare Pokemon from the Sinnoh region has now taken its place. Cresselia, a Psychic-type Legendary first introduced in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, has begun appearing in Raid Battles around the world, giving players their first chance to capture one for a limited time.

As usual, in order to catch Cresselia, you’ll first need to team up with other players in real life and head to a Gym where a Cresselia Raid is taking place. Once there, you’ll be able to challenge the Legendary Pokemon to a battle; if you manage to successfully defeat it, you’ll earn a handful of Premier Balls and a chance to capture it.

Cresselia will appear as a Raid Battle until December 18, giving you nearly a month to add one to your collection. As mentioned above, it is a pure Psychic-type, making it susceptible to Dark, Bug, and Ghost Pokemon. Tyranitar, Scizor, and Giratina are particularly useful, but you’ll need to bring along a powerful team to bring Cresselia down thanks to its high HP and defense stats.

Cresselia isn’t the only new Gen 4 Pokemon to arrive in Go recently; last week, Niantic introduced a handful of Gen 4 evolutions to the game. Players can now get Electivire, Magmortar, Rhyperior, Porygon-Z, and other evolved Pokemon in Go. To do so, you’ll need a new evolutionary item called the Sinnoh Stone, as well as the requisite amount of Candy.

The Gen 4 evolutions arrived alongside the ongoing Hatchathon event. From now until November 27, you’ll be able to hatch Pokemon that have evolved forms that were first introduced in the series’ Gen 4 titles, such as Rhydon, Porygon, and Magby, from 2 km Eggs. You also have a chance of hatching a rare shiny Elekid during the event.

The latest pair of Pokemon games, Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee, recently launched for Nintendo Switch. By connecting Pokemon Go to the titles, you’ll have a chance to catch the new Mythical Pokemon Meltan. Even if you don’t have either of the Let’s Go titles, you’ll still be able to encounter Meltan by completing a new Special Research quest.

A recent episode of Fox’s longrunning animated comedy Family Guy featured a sequence that saw Peter and Meg escaping a prison. But instead of the show’s regular animation style, it was imagined as if they escaped the prison in Rare’s beloved 1997 shooter GoldenEye 007.

The menus, camera angles, auto-lock aiming, same-y looking enemies, and UI are all represented mostly faithfully to the classic Nintendo 64 game. With all of the snowy locations, it looks to be inspired by the level “Surface.” Check it out below. The segment originally aired as part of Family Guy Season 17, Episode 7, which was titled “Griffin Winter Games.”

This is not the first time Family Guy has riffed on video games. A Season 16 episode of the show featured a silly segment spoofing the World of Warcraft Leeroy Jenkins meme.

Before that, Family Guy creator’s Seth MacFarlane’s web series, “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy,” featured a Mario-inspired short that.

In other Family Guy news, a recent report claimed that Fox was moving ahead with a new Family Guy movie–and it’s been a very long time coming.

Earlier this month, Ubisoft announced that it would change some elements of Rainbow Six Siege’s art style to create a unified, global version ahead of the game’s launch in China. Now, Ubisoft has confirmed it is reverting the changes in the wake of a wave of negative backlash.

In a blog post, Ubisoft acknowledged that “our community and players have raised concerns,” and after spending a week “working on solutions,” the publisher decided to go back to the way the game used to look.

To comply with certain restrictions in Asian territories, Ubisoft removed Siege’s more direct references to violence–such as skulls and blood–as well as gambling and sex. In-game icons are also being made less violent. You can see a rundown of the changes here in GameSpot’s earlier reporting.

Ubisoft said it’s reverting the changes with the public release of the Wind Bastion update, and the developer asked fans for their patience, as some art elements may not be reverted right away. “We will carefully remove them all to the best of our ability considering the short timeframe and with the lowest impact on the season’s launch date and our build stability,” Ubisoft said.

The impact of the art style revert in Siege would be minimal Ubisoft said, though it acknowledged it could “lead to a season delay and/or some instability as our testing and debug times are shortened.”

As for why Ubisoft is making these changes to begin with, the publisher said it was watching the conversation online, and as a result it wanted to ensure the experience “remains as true to the original artistic intent as possible.”

In the wake of the announced changes, some in the Siege community “review-bombed” the game on Steam. The game’s most recent review scores as “mixed,” though the aggregate of all the reviews in total remains “mostly positive.”

Siege’s Wind Bastion update is available now through the game’s PTR. You can see the full patch notes here.

The day has finally come for Australian gamers. Steam, the world’s largest digital PC store, now officially supports the Australian dollar. Since Steam’s launch, Australian users were forced to pay in American dollars, which meant higher prices in some cases after conversion.

In a post on Steam’s website, Valve explained that Australian Steam accounts with Steam Wallets in USD will see that money automatically converted to AUD based on the current market rate. The FAQ also clarifies that those with Australian accounts must pay in AUD.

Finally, Australian pricing is available

The page also states that the majority of games on Steam will see their prices automatically converted from USD to AUD, except for an “an occasional product” that might go missing until it’s priced in AUD.

According to Kotaku, developers must set region-specific prices or else their games won’t be sold in the relevant regions. Apparently some developers forgot about this. As Kotaku points out, games like Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Celeste, Return of the Obra Dinn, Hellblade, and the Microsoft game Quantum Break cannot be purchased on Australian Steam accounts.

It’s likely the publishers of these games will act quickly to get this sorted out, but for now, it’s a frustrating annoyance for those looking to pick up these games and others.

Keep checking back with GameSpot for the latest.

Hearthstone is getting in fighting shape for its next expansion. This time, trolls take the forefront, with a once-in-a-generation brawl called Rastakhan’s Rumble. The trolls all worship their own spirits and have their own champions, leading to some powerful smack-downs. Rastakhan’s Rumble will add dozens of new cards and new mechanics when it launches on December 4. You can check out all the cards so far in the gallery above.

Each of the nine tribes of trolls has its own champion, represented by a class Legendary card. They each also worship their own Loa–ancient spirits that are collectible cards of their own. Spirits are made to build-arounds for powerful effects, and they start with Stealth to enable combos.

The expansion also introduces a new keyword, Overkill. Anytime an Overkill card deals more damage than needed to take down a minion, it will trigger an added effect. One example we’ve seen so far, the Warrior weapon Sul’thraze, lets the player attack again if the Overkill takes down a minion.

As usual, a separate single-player component will be coming as well. Rumble Run puts you in the shoes of a troll champion to prove yourself in gladiatorial combat.

Two separate pre-purchase bundles are available for Rastakhan’s Rumble. The first costs $20 for 17 card packs and the “Ready to Rumble” card back. The second for $50 gives you a full 50 packs, the card back, and the King Rastakhan alternate Shaman hero.