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Another Monday is upon us–after a holiday weekend, no less–but there’s a good way to combat the beginning of the work/school week: a little retail therapy. There are plenty of excellent deals across gaming, tech, and entertainment right now. The recently released Monster Hunter Rise is on sale for $50 at eBay. You can also grab PlayStation exclusives such as The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima at great prices. Since it’s April, numerous spring sales are ongoing, including massive promotions on the Xbox Store and PSN. PC gamers can also save on a variety of high-end products, including Razer and Logitech peripherals as well as a stellar LG gaming monitor. We’ve rounded up the best deals across the internet today, and make sure to check back tomorrow for new deals.
Monster Hunter Rise is one of the most impressive Nintendo Switch games released in quite some time. It earned a 9/10 in our Monster Hunter Rise review. Adhering to the tried-and-true Monster Hunter formula while pushing the franchise forward at the same time, Monster Hunter Rise is a must-play game for longtime fans and newcomers. Right now, you can snag a copy of Rise at eBay for $50. This is a brand-new copy that comes with free shipping and a money-back guarantee.
Cyberpunk 2077 is on sale for just $30 as part of Best Buy’s daily deals. CD Projekt Red’s ambitious open-world RPG got off to a rather inauspicious start last fall, especially on consoles, but if you want to check it out for yourself, this is a solid price. PS4 and Xbox One copies of Cyberpunk 2077 come with free next-gen upgrades, and performance is improved on PS5 and Series X. Cyberpunk 2077 also recently received a big update that includes hundreds of fixes and improvements.
Whether you’re gaming on PS4 or PS5, Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima is well worth checking out. Thanks to a gorgeous next-gen update, it earned a spot on our best PS5 games so far roundup. The open-world action game features a stylish combat system and an engrossing mainline story, and the free post-launch multiplayer content makes Tsushima a game you could be playing long after the credits roll. It’s on sale for $39.88 at Walmart.
The Last of Us Part 2 is on sale for $29.88 at Amazon. This is the same price you can find during the PlayStation Store Spring Sale, but if you prefer a physical copy, now’s your chance to snag one at a great price. The Last of Us Part 2 was one of our favorite games of 2020 thanks to its gripping story of revenge, great characters, and a solid mix of stirring action and stealth combat.
One of LG’s best gaming monitors is on sale for more than $100 off at Amazon right now. The 27-inch Ultragear QHD monitor has a 2560p resolution IPS display and a lightning fast 1ms response time. The quick response time paired with a 144Hz refresh rate and G-Sync technology creates a smooth gaming experience even when there is chaos on screen.
NVMe internal solid-state drives are quite expensive, but Best Buy has a great daily deal on a 1TB option. The SanDisk Ultra 1TB PC Express 3.0 x 4 NVMe SSD is slashed to $100, down from $230. The hallmark of NVMe drives is speed, and this SanDisk Ultra SSD boasts 2,400MB per second read speeds and close to 2,000MB per second write speeds.
If you’re looking for a storage device for your PC, Xbox, or PlayStation, Best Buy has a fantastic deal on a reliable Western Digital drive. The WD 4TB Easystore external hard drive is only $85 today only, which is a substantial discount off its regular $150 price. This is a USB 3.0 drive capable of transferring 5Gbps.
The original Xbox controller–known as the Duke–wasn’t very popular when it released, prompting Microsoft to retool the controller to a shape that’s familiar to all Xbox fans nowadays. That said, the Duke has garnered a dedicated following, which eventually led to this officially licensed recreation from Hyperkin. The retro-minded translucent green controller is great for gamers with larger hands, and the Duke is improved thanks to shoulder buttons. It works with both the Xbox One and Xbox Series X. Hyperkin’s Duke controller is on sale for $50 at the Microsoft Store. It’s featured in our best Xbox Series X controllers roundup.
Amazon has an excellent deal on wireless gaming keyboard and mouse bundle from Logitech. On sale for $100 off, the bundle comes with the Logitech G613 wireless gaming keyboard and G903 Lightspeed wireless gaming mouse. The G613 has Romer G mechanical switches built for a quiet performance. The G903 has a 25K DPI optical sensor, 11 programmable buttons, and a battery life of up to 180 hours on a single charge (140 with lighting enabled). You can also purchase each of these products separately at a discount, with the G613 down to $78 and the G903 for $100.
The Razer Basilisk is one of the most versatile and comfortable gaming mouses around. It boasts a 20K DPI sensor, 11 programmable buttons, Chroma RGB lighting, and runs for up to 100 hours on a full charge. The Basilisk has an ergonomic design that makes it comfortable for lengthy gaming sessions. It’s on sale for $50 off at Amazon right now.
Lego Super Mario released last year, and if you want to dive into the brick-building interactive playsets, the starter course is the first purchase you should make. Amazon is offering the Lego Super Mario Starter Course for $48. The 231-piece set lets you create your own Mario levels and comes with the Mario figure that is used to interact with every Lego Super Mario expansion set.
Many people have missed the movie theater experience over the past year, and one of Best Buy’s daily deals helps you bring the charm of the cinema to your own home. RowOne’s high-quality home theater recliner looks like seats you’d find in a theater, with a black leather and vinyl design that is stylish and soft to the touch. The recliner also has some nice bells and whistles, including power reclining, a USB charging port, and storage departments in the arms. The cupholder and base rail both have LED lighting as well. RowOne’s home theater recliner is on sale for $830 today only, down from $1,180.
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Actress Zendaya is voicing Lola Bunny in the upcoming Space Jam: A New Legacy as part of the movie’s ambition to make the character more “fully realized.”
Director Malcolm D. Lee said that Lola was inappropriately depicted in the 1996 movie. She’s wearing a crop top and is overall “not politically correct,” he told Entertainment Weekly.
“This is a kids’ movie: why is she in a crop top? It just felt unnecessary, but at the same time there’s a long history of that in cartoons,” he said.
Lee said it was his goal to “reflect the authenticity of strong, capable female characters” in A New Legacy. Lola Bunny will be seen first in the new movie alongside the Amazons from Wonder Woman.
“We reworked a lot of things, not only her look, like making sure she had an appropriate length on her shorts and was feminine without being objectified, but gave her a real voice,” Lee said. “For us, it was, let’s ground her athletic prowess, her leadership skills, and make her as full a character as the others.”
Kath Soucie voiced Lola Bunny in the original movie, while Kristen Wiig voiced the character on The Looney Tunes Show.
A New Legacy debuts on July 16 in theaters and on HBO Max. The first trailer came online over the weekend, showing off LeBron James in the lead role of the live-action/CGI hybrid film.
A self-described “casual engineer” has created a working Nintendo Switch that is 650% larger than normal. According to a Reddit post, Michael Pick created the very big Switch in order to donate it to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Tennessee.
As spotted by VGC, Pick documented the build process on his YouTube channel, and he also showed off how the comically oversized Joy-Cons actually work. He played a few rounds of Mario Kart before switching to Fortnite and claiming a Victory Royale.
The giant Switch consists of a television and a docked normal Switch that hides inside of the device’s housing. The oversized Joy-Cons are attached to levers that manipulate the real Joy-Cons when the large button is pressed. Pick also placed chargers in the mounts to ensure that they don’t run out of juice.
A college student at Cornell recently donated several Nintendo Switches and games to the Children’s Minnesota Hospital after collecting more than $30,000 from the GameStop stock boom. If you’re looking for the best Switch games to play, check out our list of the top 25 best Switch games. Nintendo Switch sales recently surpassed 80 million units sold, making it one of Nintendo’s most successful consoles ever.
Since its launch in 2001, Xbox has always seemed to appeal to a very specific demographic–the bro demographic. Or, that’s at least how Kurt Indovina saw it. Over the years, Kurt has watched as the Xbox evolved from being the console that came pre-packaged with a headset encouraging players to talk smack to each other online, to the console intended for everyone, regardless of age, demographic, or accessibility requirements.
While Kurt never felt the Xbox was intended for him, all that has changed in recent years. In this video, he explains how the identity of Xbox has changed, starting from the system to play Halo and Gears of War on, to shifting its focus towards accessibility with the Adaptive Controller, and services like Game Pass.
Kurt also deconstructs the bro culture that surrounded Xbox, by looking back on the early 2000s, examining the documentation for terms like bromance, and how its popularization rose alongside bro-affiliated movies like American Pie and Van Wilder.
But since the launch of the modern Xbox Series X|S consoles, Microsoft has successfully turned its image around, drifting further and further from a niche demographic, to the one that wants you to play more games, with more people.
FunPlus’ free-to-play strategy game State of Survival is adding The Walking Dead’s Daryl Dixon as a new character. GameSpot can reveal today that Dixon–who is performed on the TV show and in the game by Norman Reedus–will be added to the game starting April 15.
He’s coming to the game as part of a special limited-time event through October. Dixon will be a playable character, and his canine companion dog from the TV show will be by his side as they try to survive against zombies.
Reedus is lending his voice and likeness to the game, which the actor announces himself in the video below.
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“We’re thrilled to partner with AMC and The Walking Dead to bring our two worlds together,” FunPlus executive Chris Petrovic said in a statement. Since launching State of Survival in August 2019, it has been our dream to allow players the opportunity to experience The Walking Dead in our game, and we’re excited to be able to deliver that to them.”
AMC Games boss Clayton Neuman said Dixon is one of the most famous and recognizable zombie universe characters overall, and he’s excited to bring Dixon to State of Survival.
“State of Survival and AMC’s The Walking Dead present different takes on the zombie apocalypse, but they also share a lot of common themes so bringing them together was very natural,” Neuman said. “What we’ve created allows the best elements of both universes to shine, and we’re excited for the millions of fans and players around the world to experience it.”
The Walking Dead’s Daryl Dixon Comes To State Of Survival
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2020 was a big year for State of Survival. In its launch year, the game passed 60 million global downloads and was the top-downloaded game in Taiwan and South Korea across Google Play and the App Store. The game was also featured 104 times in 2020 as the Game of the Day on the App store.
AMC’s The Walking Dead remains very popular, and the shoe is coming back for its eleventh and final season this August as part of a 24-episode mammoth final season. Reedus’ Dixon character is one of the most popular on the show, so it’s no surprise that, even after The Walking Dead ends, his story will continue in a spin-off show.
In addition to crushing it at the box office, Godzilla vs. Kong is making an impact on HBO Max. The film debuted on the streaming service day-and-date with its theatrical release on March 31 in the US, and Warner Bros. has confirmed it broke records for the platform.
It was viewed more in its first four days than any other film or show since HBO Max released in May 2020, according to reporter Pamela McClintock. That means it tallied more views than Wonder Woman 1984, which debuted on HBO Max in December, and did better than March’s Snyder Cut of Justice League.
Warner Bros. did not, however, share a total number of streams for Godzilla vs. Kong. The company also did not reveal how many new subscribers it was able to sign up through the movie.
Warner Bros. has numerous other high-profile movies coming to HBO Max this year, including Mortal Kombat, The Matrix 4, Dune, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The Suicide Squad, The Many Saints of Newark, and Cry Macho.
The film studio has said this simultaneous release strategy is in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and will not continue in 2022. In fact, WB just reached a deal with Regal to have its 2022 movies debut in cinemas for 45 days before coming to HBO Max.
Godzilla vs. Kong is already getting close to $300 million worldwide at the box office and is setting pandemic-era box office records.
The next Microsoft virtual event has been set, but don’t expect it to house big gaming announcements. The Microsoft Build conference is an annual event aimed at software developers and engineers, and the company has set the dates at May 25-27.
Microsoft confirmed the dates to GameSpot sister site ZDNet following an appearance on a public events page, though it’s still not present on the dedicated Build event site. Registration details have not been shared yet.
Microsoft has been sticking with virtual events so far this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It is also planning a series of “What’s Next” virtual events that will focus more narrowly on particular areas of interest. A “What’s Next for Gaming” event is reportedly expected in the coming weeks as well, separate from the Build conference. GameSpot has contacted Microsoft regarding the events schedule.
This could be in addition to whatever Microsoft has planned surrounding E3 or other summer reveal events, which are still unconfirmed. The ESA has confirmed it is planning a digital show, and in response to reports that it would be charging a fee the company has confirmed it will be free, at least in part. More details are said to be coming soon.
Halo’s long history with esports will continue with Halo Infinite, and now the game’s first tournament has been teased. The franchise’s competitive gaming lead, Tashi, announced on Twitter that Microsoft just recently finalized a date and venue for the first Halo Infinite event in the Halo Championship Series.
Tashi didn’t share any further specifics, but more details will be announced this summer. Also, everything could change as a result of the pandemic, Tashi cautioned.
Recently locked in date & venue for first Halo Infinite @HCS event (assuming safe to attend by then) and it’s in 2021. Operated by none other than @EsportsEng. Details this Summer. See you there?
I’m planning to have a great weekend, hope you are too. GLHF to everyone competing. pic.twitter.com/8kwxxygpRT— Tashi (@Tashi343i) April 3, 2021
Microsoft has been planning Halo Infinite’s esports efforts for a very long time. Back in February 2020, when the game was still on track for release in 2020 and before the pandemic reached its height, Microsoft announced a huge deal with Esports Engine to run the Halo Championship Series.
As part of the deal, the Esports Engine team will work alongside Microsoft’s own Halo Championship Series team inside of developer 343 Industries. The two will collaborate on “ecosystem design, format and league operations, broadcasts, and more.”
Signed the biggest thing I’ve ever been a part of in my career. Vroom vroom 2021.
(Yes, we are building a hover craft)— Adam Apicella (@MrAdamAp) April 2, 2021
Adam Apicella, the head of Esports Engine, tweeted about the news in less direct terms. He teased, “Signed the biggest thing I’ve ever been a part of in my career. Vroom vroom 2021.” He joked about building a hover craft in the tweet as well.
Apicella also retweeted Tashi’s tweet about the Halo Infinite competitive gaming news, saying, “Let’s go!”
After a big delay, Halo Infinite is now slated to release this fall for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The multiplayer is getting a big shakeup as well, as Microsoft is making it free-to-play for everyone.
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As reported by CBR.com, the anime design for the next JoJo, Jolyne Cujoh, was also revealed and can be seen in the poster below.
While no premiere date was given, a teaser trailer was shown that celebrates the history of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure while also teasing its exciting future with Jolyne.
【「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ストーンオーシャン」アニメ制作決定!!】
「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ストーンオーシャン」のアニメ制作が決定いたしました!!#jojo_anime pic.twitter.com/eq1pYxG5d7
— TVアニメ『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』公式 (@anime_jojo) April 4, 2021
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon’s Ai Farouz will voice Jolyne, who is also the first female protagonist in the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure franchise.
Fairouz shared her excitement of her new role with fans, saying that Jojo is what inspired her to take on voice-acting as a profession.
“I cannot live without the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series, and it is also what inspired me to take on voice-acting as a profession,” Fairouz said, as translated by Anime News Network. “So when I heard that I was going to be able to participate in the series, I was lost for words and surprised that “Even a Stand would be blown to the moon.” I cried so much as it was literally the moment my dream came true, which I have chased over for 12 years.
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“I love and admire Jolyne as a character and her beautiful, strong nature gave me strength especially during my student years, so I am grateful for the opportunity to voice Jolyne.”
It’s been nearly two years since JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind came to an end, so this news is very welcome to fans waiting for more.
The Star Ocean manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1999 to 2003 and totaled in 17 volumes.
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