Daily Deals: Big Savings on Headphones, Gaming PCs, Switch Games and More

This Sunday, we’re seeing tons of great deals on headphones, like the Beats that are currently at their lowest price ever, or the V-MODA Wireless headphones that are finally discounted down to a more affordable price. Tons of great gaming PCs are still on offer as well, including some killer units from Dell and HP.

Top Deals for November 15th

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#1: HP OMEN RTX 3070 Gaming PC for $1385.99

Liquid-Cooled Intel Core i5-10600K 6-Core Unlocked, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

Select RTX 3070 video card upgrade (+$340) on the product page!

This is undoubtedly the best deal we’ve seen on an RTX 3070 gaming PC. The RTX 3070 is just as powerful as the RTX 2080 Ti and comes with extra features like DLSS 2.0. All that power at under $1400 is pretty mind-boggling. Admittedly the RAM and storage capacity could be improved upon. You can customize this config or swap out the components on your own (it’s easy to get into this case).

#2: Alienware Aurora AMD Ryzen 7 RTX 3080 Gaming PC for $1835.99

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

This is the best Alienware RTX 3080 PC deal out there at the moment. Don’t fear AMD; this Ryzen 7 3700X overpowers the Intel Core i7-9700 in several benchmarks. The RTX 3080 is 30% faster than the RTX 2080 Ti and a clear step above the RTX 3070. If you plan to run games in 4K, I would strongly recommend this card to achieve 60fps+ in most games.

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Netflix Renews Space Force For Season 2, With Some Changes

Netflix’s Space Force, a comedy starring Steve Carell and from the mind of The Simpsons and The Office’s Greg Daniels, is coming back for a second season.

The official Netflix Is A Joke Twitter account confirmed the news, following a story from The Hollywood Reporter.

THR said the comedy will try to save money in Season 2 in part by moving its production from Los Angeles to Vancouver. Norm Hiscock (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, King of the Hill) has joined as a co-showrunner with Daniels, the report said.

Filming is expected to begin in 2021, but there is no word yet on when Season 2 will premiere.

“The hope, per sources, is that a second season will allow Space Force the runway to grow creatively and better connect with viewers and critics alike much in the same way The Office broke out in its subsequent seasons,” THR said.

THR described Space Force as “pricy,” with Carell said to be earning $1 million per episode in Season 1. With The Office leaving Netflix at the start of 2021, subscribers will still be able to watch a workplace comedy starring Carell on Netflix with Space Force.

In addition to Carell, the series stars John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, and Tawny Newsome.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Just Set A New Sales Record

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War officially released on Friday the 13th, but the game was not cursed–far from it. Activision Blizzard announced on Sunday that the game has set a new global franchise sales record for most digital units sold on launch day.

“Friday’s release of Black Ops Cold War set a new record as the highest first day digital sales worldwide in franchise history. Thank you to Call of Duty players everywhere,” Activision. Blizzard executive Anna Malmhake said in a statement.

“Launch is just the start This new title is releasing into the largest and most engaged Call of Duty community ever. We look forward to delivering an incredible amount of free post launch content, events and support for the entire community as Black Ops Cold War evolves just as we did last year following the release of Modern Warfare,” the executive added.

Activision did not provide any further context surrounding Cold War’s day-one sales, and it’s not immediately clear which title Cold War overtook to set the new record. Like many other publishers, Activision shies away from releasing cold hard data in favor of more general statements regarding a game’s performance.

A strong start for Cold War was expected, given the game is predicted to be the best-selling title of 2020 in the US. The Black Ops sub-brand historically performs very well, and these results speak to that trend continuing.

Cold War launched into a new environment for the Call of Duty series, as Modern Warfare and the battle royale game Warzone continue to be immensely popular with their own dedicated playerbases. As such, industry-watchers were closely watching the initial sales results for Cold War, which we now know to be very strong.

Given the ongoing popularity of Modern Warfare and Warzone, Activision has adopted a unique strategy where XP and levelling is “synchronized” across all three games.

GameSpot’s Black Ops Cold War review in progress has scored the game an 8/10. Keep checking back with GameSpot for our full review and further coverage.

Now Playing: Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Campaign Impressions

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The Suicide Squad Adds Sylvester Stallone To Its Already Impressive Cast

Yet another major movie star has joined the cast for James Gunn’s new DC movie, The Suicide Squad. Gunn himself announced on Instagram that John Rambo actor Sylvester Stallone will appear in the film, though his exact role is unclear.

“Always love working with my friend [Sylvester Stallone] & our work today on The Suicide Squad was no exception. Despite Sly being an iconic movie star, most people still don’t have any idea what an amazing actor this guy is,” Gunn said.

Stallone then replied, saying, “James, Coming from a tireless And amazing Director I consider that to be the Paramount of compliments! Keep punching.”

Stallone joins a cast that already included a long list of big names. So far, the cast includes Margot Robbie and Joel Kinnaman reprising their roles as Harley Quinn and Rick Flag, respectively, while the list of newcomers for the film include Nathan Fillion, Pete Davidson, David Dastmalchian, Peter Capaldi, Flula Borg, and Idris Elba, among others.

While Gunn might have recruited some big names for The Suicide Squad, their characters might not survive until the end of the film. Gunn recently spoke about how he has been given a good deal of creative freedom to whack any character.

“No character was protected by DC. They gave me carte blanche to do what I wanted. That was one of the things we agreed to before I came to work for them,” Gunn said. “I wasn’t looking for shock value but I wanted the audience to know anything could happen.”

PS5 Owners of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War May Be Playing the PS4 Version

For those who were able to secure a PS5 at launch and have been playing Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, there is a chance you may have been playing the PS4 version by accident.

As reported by Eurogamer, this issue appears to be affecting certain people who have purchased and downloaded either the Cross-Gen bundle or the Ultimate Edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which both include the PS4 and PS5 version of the latest Call of Duty.

When you purchase either of these versions from the PlayStation Store, you are able to choose which parts of Black Ops Cold War you wish to download – i.e. Zombies, Multiplayer, Campaign. However, if you choose download all, you will download both the PS4 and PS5 version of the game, and it appears to default to the PS4 version for some playing on PS5.

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Activision Support has responded to this issue, and has revealed the necessary steps to ensure you are playing the correct version;

  1. Highlight the game tile on the Dashboard
  2. Scroll down and highlight “Play”
  3. Select the 3 dots and open the menu
  4. Select “PS5 | Full | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War”
  5. Launch and enjoy!

Eurogamer also notes that there are some instances of people deleting the PS4 version and it causing a download queue bug that prevents the ability to download the PS5 version if it isn’t already installed. Reports mention that a factory reset will fix this issue, but hopefully a patch will be on the way shortly.

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For more on Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, you can check out our review of the campaign and our review in progress of both its Multiplayer and Zombies mode.

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XIII Remake’s Developer and Publisher Apologize For Launch Version’s Issues

The reception to the launch of the remake of XIII has been negative, and its publisher and developer have released a joint statement to apologize and promise that a fix is on the way.

The XIII remake’s developer PlayMagic and publisher Microids began by saying that “players expectations have not been met by the launch version and we hear loud and clear the legitimate criticism and disappointment.”

As it stands, XIII’s remake has an “Overwhelmingly Negative” rating of 9% on Steam and a 44 on Metacritic, with many noting the numerous technical issues. Additionally, as Twitter user @tomrkobayashi notes, another issue fans have with the game are how the game “removed the comic book style [of the original] and went for something that looks like Fortnite.”

Screenshot_2020-11-15 Thomas Ripoll Kobayashi 小林透真 on Twitter

Microids and PlayMagic also admit that “the pandemic has impacted the game’s production on many levels.” The team had hoped to have a Day One patch ready to fix all the issues, but the update is “taking more time than expected.”

PlayMagic is “working hard to solve all the game’s issues,” and the first update “will be pushed shortly to fix the most urgent issues regarding the controls, frame rate, collisions, rendering and sound.”

Microids also confirms that it is working on a detailed road map that will highlight the “upcoming free additions to the game content like new levels, weapons, skins and modes for the local multiplayer.”

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In our review of the original XIII, which was released in 2003 on PC, PS2, Xbox, and GameCube, we said “the character models are quite awesome, but apparently not nearly as much work was done on stylizing the environment as well. XIII has a great story-driven sheen, but at it’s core, it’s weighed down by some occasional bewildering flaws, in addition to the lackluster weapons and simple combat we usually see in lesser productions.”

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Twitch to Donate $1 Million to AbleGamers to Help Gamers with Disabilities

Twitch has committed to donate $1 million to the AbleGamers charity to help “change the lives of thousands of people with disabilities.”

Steven Spohn, the COO of AbleGamers, had a goal for his 40th birthday to raise $1 million for The AbleGamers Charity, a group that utilizes fun to “bring inclusion and improved quality of life for people with disabilities through the power of video games.”

As of a few hours before the announcement, Spohn’s initiative had earned over $150,000 in donations, and Dr. Lupo helped reveal that Twitch would be donating an extra $1 million to AbleGamers to help make a difference for so many around the world.

AbleGamers was founded in 2004 by Mark Barlet and Stephanie Walker after Walker began having troubles controlling a mouse to play video games due to multiple sclerosis. They decided it was time to make gaming accessible for people with disabilities so they could ensure, as they say, everyone can game.

AbleGamers has done incredible work since then, including working with Microsoft to help develop the Xbox Adaptive Controller.

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Accessibility has been a much bigger focus in gaming recently, thanks in large part to the work Spohn and AbleGamers does, and it is seen as taking center stage in such games as The Last of Us Part 2.

Furthermore, the first annual Gaming Accessibility Awards is taking place tonight, November 15, at 8pm PT/11pm ET, and the show is being hosted by Spohn and IGN alum Alanah Pearce.

You can watch the awards show on either Twitch.TV/AbleGamers or Twitch.TV/Charalanahzard, and all proceeds will go towards charity to help make gaming accessible to all.

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Into the Spider-Verse Scene Recreated in Spider-Man: Miles Morales on PS5

One of the most iconic scenes in Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse has been recreated in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales on PS5 and the internet is absolutely loving it.

@Much118x on Twitter took on the challenge of matching the leap of faith scene from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, set to Blackway & Black Caviar’s What’s Up Danger, and the results are… well… spectacular.

As previously mentioned, the internet has fallen in love with this video, with it surpassing over one million views since it was tweeted out yesterday, November 14.

In what may be the ultimate compliments, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse writer Phil Lord and producer Christopher Miller quote tweeted the video showing their support and respect for @Much118x’s work.

Phil Lord loved it so much, he said “Let’s make the rest of the movie this way.” He was obviously referring to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2, which is set to be released in theaters on October 7, 2022.

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The Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse suit is available in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales for you to attempt to recreate the scene as well, or just to swing around and feel awesome doing so.

For more on Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, be sure to check out our review, learn some essential tips to excel at the game, and see how Miles Morales is the latest first-party game from Sony to become a PlayStation meme.

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