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Retailer Newegg has outlined its Black Friday deals, and they include some great deals on PC hardware and consoles. The bulk of the discounts ad is devoted to laptops, tower PCs, accessories, and TVs, along with a handful of deals for Xbox One and PS4.

The full ad has lots of hardware deals but the retailer highlights a few on the front page. An ASUS Scar Edition Quad Core with a 1TB hybrid drive gaming laptop is listed at $800, while an Acer Aspire 5 is $500. An Intel Core i5-9600K Coffee Lake processor is $250, and an ASUS ROG GeForce GTX 1070 video card is $430. The full ad has almost 20 pages of PC hardware deals.

Aside from desktops, laptops, and components, the ad features lots of accessories as well. You can save $30-35 on Corsair wireless headsets, a whopping $80 on a MadCatz wired gaming mouse, and $40 on Yeti microphones. It also offers discounts on other devices like projectors, printers, and staples like power strips and portable hard drives.

One page in the back of the circular details the console deals. Those include $100 off a new Xbox One X 1TB or Xbox One S Minecraft Creator’s Bundle, $100 off a pair of PlayStation VR bundles that include two different sets of games, and $20 off Xbox One and PlayStation 4 controllers. You can also get a digital code for NBA 2K19 for Xbox One for $30. Check below for some of the highlights.

For more savings, check out our Black Friday deal round-up. Those include lots of other retailers, special bundles arranged for the retail holiday, limited-time discounts, and a lot more. Treat yourself to some stuff after finishing your stuffing.

Since its inception more than 20 years ago, the Electronic Entertainment Expo has traditionally been the biggest gaming event of the year. The industry’s major players, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, have all had a regular presence at the show, but it appears Sony won’t be a part of next year’s event.

The ESA–the company that organizes E3–has shared the first details about E3 2019, and Sony will not have a presence there. The publisher is notably absent from the list of companies that have already committed to the event, among them its biggest console competitors, Microsoft and Nintendo, as well as other major publishers like Take-Two, Ubisoft, Activision, and more.

Sony has confirmed it plans to skip next year’s E3. “As the industry evolves, Sony Interactive Entertainment continues to look for inventive opportunities to engage the community,” the company said in a statement to GameSpot. “PlayStation fans mean the world to us and we always want to innovate, think differently and experiment with new ways to delight gamers. As a result, we have decided not to participate in E3 in 2019. We are exploring new and familiar ways to engage our community in 2019 and can’t wait to share our plans with you.”

This will mark the first time Sony has opted to skip E3 since it entered the video game business in the mid-90s, although other companies have similarly begun to reevaluate their E3 showings in recent years. Microsoft notably moved nearly its entire presence offsite to the Microsoft Theater for E3 2018, with only Mixer present on the showfloor, while Nintendo has forgone live press conferences in favor of pre-recorded video presentations for the past several years. Sony, too, tried something different with its E3 2018 showing by focusing primarily on four of its upcoming games and presenting them through a “guided experience,” which garnered a mixed reaction from viewers.

The ESA’s E3 2019 announcement also included positive remarks from both Microsoft and Nintendo.

“E3 is an outstanding opportunity for us to share new games and experiences with fans and business partners from across the globe,” said Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. “Every year, we discuss what will be the best way for us to take advantage of the next E3 show in order to bring smiles to people’s faces.”

“E3 is an incredible platform to showcase the vibrancy and creativity of the video game industry,” said Xbox boss Phil Spencer. “The ESA continues to expand the event’s reach to fans and the industry, both in attendance and online, and we look forward to what’s ahead at E3 2019.”

Despite opting out of next year’s E3, Sony doesn’t appear to have cut its ties with the ESA. The company is still listed as a member on the ESA’s website, so it is still paying membership fees and supporting the organization in that way.

E3 2019 isn’t the only major event Sony is skipping. The company recently confirmed it will not host its annual PlayStation Experience this year. “We won’t have it in the States this year,” worldwide studios head Shawn Layden revealed on the PlayStation Blogcast. “Now that we have Spider-Man out the door, we’re looking down into 2019 games like Dreams and Days Gone. But we wouldn’t have enough to bring people all together in North America to have that event. We don’t want to set expectations really high and then not deliver on that. It was a hard decision, but we have determined that this year we will not hold PlayStation Experience.”

While video game companies may be rethinking their traditional approach to E3, the expo continues to be a major event. “E3 2018 broke records, and we sold out of both exhibit space and attendee badges,” Stanley Pierre-Louis, interim CEO of ESA, said. “We are confident that, through the continued creative innovations delivered by our participating member companies, E3 2019 will deliver the same kind of excitement and energy. This year, we’re looking forward to expanding E3 beyond the walls of the LACC and connecting gamers and attendees with incredible video game content throughout the entire LA Live complex.”

E3 2019 takes place June 11-13. It is notably the final show confirmed for the Los Angeles Convention Center–the venue it has traditionally been held in for much of its history. Former ESA CEO Michael Gallagher had previously said the organization may pursue other options if the LACC does not modernize and upgrade the facility.

As one of the biggest movies of the year, it’s only natural that Black Friday would include some steep discounts on Avengers: Infinity War. The blockbuster culmination of the long-running Marvel cinematic universe broke box office records. Several retailers are offering it at some significant discounts, so you can bring it home.

Best Buy has the best price for a Blu-ray and digital combo at $6.99. Just behind it, Walmart has its own for $7.96. Both of those beat Target, which is offering the standard DVD copy for $10. Finally, Best Buy is offering the high-end 4K copy for $14.99.

The Infinity War Blu-ray comes with loads of extra features, including four featurettes and a handful of deleted scenes. The deleted scenes include a surprise cameo surprise cameo and a scene that explains how the Guardians knew to head to Titan. It also includes an audio commentary with plenty of revealing tidbits. We even found out what was up with the Hulk. If you’re a devotee of the Marvel films, you’ll need to catch up and prepare for next year’s Captain Marvel film, which has its groundwork laid in Infinity War.

If you’re looking for many more Black Friday deals, including lots on games, hardware, accessories, and other tech-geek goodies, check out our Black Friday round-ups. Lots of other Marvel movies are on sale too. Plan your shopping ahead so you can get it done in a snap.

You might have noticed that a certain cowboy game has been getting lots of buzz lately. If you have an Xbox One and have yet to pick up Red Dead Redemption 2 (or have someone on your gift list in that situation), you might want to jump on this deal. Walmart is selling Red Dead Redemption 2 and a $10 Xbox One gift card for $60. Better yet, if you’re a new customer, you can create an account and get an extra $10 off by entering promo code ELLEN10 at checkout.

There’s no similar deal on the PlayStation 4 version of the game, although the promo code would still work to knock $10 off the price. The code gets new customers $10 off an order of $35 or more and is valid until it’s redeemed 50,000 times or while supplies last. Notably, Red Dead 2 isn’t among the games we’ve seen discounted for Black Friday.

We’ve seen a few Red Dead Redemption 2 deals pop up since the game launched on October 26, but they don’t tend to last very long–particularly discounts on the PS4 version. The lowest we’ve seen it go is $48–a price that’s still available for the Xbox One version on Ebay at the time of this writing.

In our Red Dead Redemption 2 review, Kallie Plagge wrote, “Some frustrating systems and a predictable mission structure end up serving that story well, though it does take patience to get through them and understand why. Red Dead Redemption 2 is an excellent prequel, but it’s also an emotional, thought-provoking story in its own right, and it’s a world that is hard to leave when it’s done.”

If you end up buying the game, you can check out these 15 useful Red Dead 2 tips and take a look at our guides and cheat codes to give yourself a leg up in the old west.