One Of The Biggest PC Game Sales Of The Year Is Live Now
Fanatical is celebrating its anniversary with a giant sale featuring thousands of games. Birthday Bash includes a bunch of 2024 games for substantial discounts, so it’s worth checking out if you’ve been waiting for a deal on a recent release. But you’ll also find older AAA games and indies for exceedingly low prices. Birthday Bash is always one of Fanatical’s biggest sales each year; the quality of deals makes the event feel like an early Black Friday sale for PC games.
If you spend $12 or more on your order, you’ll get a free mystery game or coupon. Keep that in mind when buying multiple games; you may want to split your picks into separate orders, as you will only receive one mystery gift per order.
We put together a long, alphabetized list of standout PC game deals below. All of the games in the list will be delivered to your account immediately as Steam keys. But even though our list features dozens of game deals, you should still browse the full Birthday Bash sale at Fanatical, because there are many other great offers–far too many to list here.
Birthday Bash runs until November 15, but make sure to check the end dates on deals you’re interested in, because some offers, including flash deals, won’t stick around for the full sale.
Fanatical Birthday Bash Sale
Part of the Birthday Bash sale includes daily limited-time flash deals that offer extra savings on select titles. The sale kicked off with a flash deal on the new Silent Hill 2 remake that brings the standard edition down to just $52.49 (was $70) and the Digital Deluxe version to $62.39 (was $80). The other introductory flash deals are Frostpunk 2 for 33.74 (was $45), Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria for $17.49 (was $25), and Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn – Ultimate Edition for $42 (was $100). These flash sales are only available until 12pm ET / 9am PT, after which they will cycle out for a new set of flash deals.
As for the rest of the deals, you can grab a bunch of great games from big publishers like Bethesda, Sega, and Capcom for the duration of the sale. Some notable offers including Dragon’s Dogma 2 for $37 (was $70) and Kunistu-gami: Path of the Goddess for $35 (was $50). This duo of Capcom games launched earlier this year, and these are the lowest prices we’ve seen for both.
If you recently got into the Like a Dragon (previously known as Yakuza) series with Prime Video’s new TV show, you’ll be pleased to know all the games in the franchise are on sale for up to 73% off during Fanatical’s Birthday Bash event. While new players will want to start with Yakuza Kiwami and and Kiwami 2, which are remakes of the first two games. Meanwhile, those who need to catch up on the latest releases can grab the seventh and eighth entires Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, plus the spin-off interquel, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Changed His Name, which bridges the two, and Like a Dragon: Ishin for for $16.79.
Fanatical Game Bundles
November isn’t just Fanatical’s birthday month. The retailer is also running a special charity bundle deal in honor of “Movember,” with the Movember Game ‘Stache Charity Bundle. For jut $12, you’ll get 15 PC games feature mustachioed characters, including the epic RPG Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, city management sim Steam World Build, and the medievel PVP skirmish game Chivalry 2, just to name a few. You’ll also get the Movember Handlebar Mustache cosmetic DLC pack for the WWI multiplayer FPS Isonzo.
Fanatical also has numerous other budget-friendly Steam game bundles right now, including several build-your-own bundles featuring some 2024 games and a horror game bundle. And if you’re feeling lucky, there are multiple themed mystery game bundles up for grabs.
- Build Your Own Supreme Collection: 2 for $25 / 3 for $36 / 5 for $55 — Another Crab’s Treasure, Wild Bastards, Squirrel with a Gun, High on Life, RoboCop: Rogue City, and more.
- Build Your Own Frightmare Bundle: 2 for $6.66 / 4 for $11.68 / 6 for $16.68 — The Evil Within, The Evil Within 2, Doom, Dead Island Definitive Collection, and more.
- Build Your Own Prestige Collection: 2 for $15 / 3 for $22 / 5 for $35 — Death Stranding: Director’s Cut, Laika: Aged Through Blood, Amnesia: The Bunker, and more.
- Build Your Own Play on the Go Premium Bundle: 2 for $7 / 3 for $10 / 5 for $15 — Slash Quest, Demon Turf: Queens Edition, Coromon: Deluxe Edition, and more.
- Adventure Mystery Bundle: 3 adventure games for $3.69
- Strategy Mystery Bundle: 3 strategy games for $3.69
- RPG Mystery Bundle: 3 role-playing games for $3.69
- Ultimate Mystery Bundle: 25 games for $16
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Agatha All Along Full Series Review: A Road Worth Taking
Warning: This review contains full spoilers for Agatha All Along Season 1.
It was quite the surprise when Agatha Harkness became the breakout sensation of 2021’s WandaVision. She’s never been more than a supporting character in Marvel Comics’ supernatural stories; she’s never headlined her own book. And yet Kathryn Hahn’s “nosy neighbor” so enchanted viewers that she earned her own spin-off series three years later. Could WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer once again capture purple lighting in a bottle with Agatha All Along? While it doesn’t quite achieve similar highs, the nine-episode series does deliver more of the mind-bending mysteries and hang-on-to-every-word dialogue that made WandaVision such a fun time, all anchored by Hahn’s endlessly watchable wicked witch.
This is very much a sequel with plenty of connections to its predecessor, from the scene-stealing Sharon Davis (Debra Jo Rupp) to the traumatized Ralph Bohner, who redeems himself after that whole Quicksilver thing thanks to a humorously paranoid performance by Evan Peters. That said, Agatha All Along is very much its own thing. It picks up on a fittingly WandaVision-esque note, with Hahn’s character stuck in a brilliantly realized parody of the HBO crime drama Mare of Eastown. But then it charts a very different path – or should I say road? WandaVision may have been steeped in TV history, but this is Marvel at its most theatrical: Original songs, beautifully crafted practical sets, and a brilliant supporting turn from Broadway legend Patti LuPone. It’s overflowing with camp, which acts as a nice counterbalance to the sinister supernatural elements.
Ironically, Agatha is rescued by the magical offspring of the very person who cursed her, Joe Locke’s goth teenager Billy Maximoff (initially referred to simply as “Teen”). Together they assemble a coven of witches to walk the fabled, treacherous Witches’ Road, which promises power to those who complete its trials and reach the end. That encouraging premise gives way to a potentially tiresome formula as the witches face a new magical escape room episode after episode. But Agatha All Along keeps so many plates spinning in the air – each holding a tantalizing mystery about its curious cast of characters – that it never has the chance to get boring. The road’s obstacles are sincerely lethal: Those who lose their lives on this path stay dead. Even the series’ weaker midsection is buoyed by the steady drip of clever clues and delicious drama between the group’s clashing personalities.
The coven is made up of witches from different magical disciplines, each with their own reasons for walking the road with someone as flamboyantly deceitful as Agatha Harkness. While it’s admirable that each member is given their time in the spotlight, their stories end up being hit or miss. Alice Wu-Gulliver (Ali Ahn), for example, has precious little screen time, so it’s hard to feel invested when she experiences an emotional revelation at the end of her personal trial. Jennifer Kale’s (Sasheer Zamata) story is similarly sparse, although we spend a lot of time with her by virtue of the character surviving until the end. (Saturday Night Live alum Zamata doesn’t wear out her welcome; her humor and wit are always a blast.) The one true standout of the group is Lilia Calderu, played with heart and gumption by the incomparable LuPone; her thrilling time-jump episode, “Death’s Hand in Mine,” is by far Agatha All Along’s best.
And leading the charge down the road is Hahn’s Agatha. A truly nasty piece of work, she’s astonishingly selfish and remorselessly murderous. Betrayal is as natural to her as breathing, yet she has a surprising amount of charm. Watching her weave lies and manipulate the emotions of everyone in the coven makes for good TV. We learn she has a soft spot because of her dearly departed son, Nicholas Scratch, and that’s why she takes a liking to Billy – but, refreshingly, Schaeffer and company weren’t tempted to give her a redemption arc. She learns to act selflessly, but she winds up the same foul, unrepentant witch in the end.
That’s one of the reasons the finale doesn’t work so well. Among the list of unanswered questions it leaves, we never learn what makes Agatha tick. We get close, with a tender and illuminating flashback to when she was a mother, but her true motivation remains frustratingly unclear. This line between intriguing and infuriating is walked by many of Agatha All Along’s mysteries: The reveal that “Teen” is actually Billy Maximoff doesn’t land,Tap to Reveal. In both instances, when the time comes to pull the curtain back, there’s no reason to truly care. Such misfires can eventually hit their targets, though: Billy’s underwhelming unmasking is smoothed over by a fantastic flashback episode detailing exactly how he managed to survive after the Hex was dispelled.
Poor Joe Locke did a whole press tour where he could only refer to his character as “Teen,” even though his true identity was obvious to even the most casual viewer of MCU movies and shows. Marvel loves its mysteries, and so we had to endure several episodes where a sigil kept Billy’s name a secret. The whole sigil plot line is pretty weak – especially the reason Lilia created it in the first place. It comes across as a justification for why Wanda can’t sense that Billy is alive in a new body in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but it just doesn’t work.
Billy as a character doesn’t come online until after his big coming out, so we only get to know him in the last few episodes. Even so, Locke does an amazing job portraying Billy’s tragic situation: a lost soul in search of his identity and his brother. He gets a short-and-sweet chance to don a full-on Wiccan costume in episode 8 – a great translation of his look from the comics. And the fallout of what Billy accidentally did with his power is appropriately heavy, giving him something in common with both his mother and his new ghost mentor.
While it’s fascinating to watch the sparks fly between Agatha and Rio (and witness the MCU’s first-ever lesbian smooch), their relationship feels a tad underbaked. Tap to Reveal– that’s just something you need to explain in more detail! Whenever Rio os on the screen, it makes things far more interesting, which is why it’s a shame that she seems to come and go at random, oftentimes skipping entire episodes with no explanation as to why. She’s a strange presence on the show. Sometimes she’s an ally playing the drums during a musical challenge; other times threatening to do some damage while brandishing a twisted knife. Rio is compelling by nature, but seems to be begging for more substance.
It’s tempting to call her the show’s villain, especially because the Salem Seven end up being a total dud. But she’s far more complicated than that. It’s thanks to her presence that Agatha All Along is able to so intimately explore themes like the fragility of life and the inevitability of death. It’s one of Agatha All Along’s greatest strengths that it fearlessly dives headfirst into a sea of complex ideas and explores them with such a complex, flawed, and remarkable cast of women (and their emo twink). And it does so within an absolutely incredible supernatural setting with its own unique dangers and wonders; you truly never know what to expect around the next bend of the Witches’ Road. Yes, we later learn (in one of Marvel’s best-executed twists) that the road isn’t what we or Agatha believe it to be. But that doesn’t make the experiences the coven have along its path any less meaningful.
Fortnite Map Changes In Remix Chapter 2
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Fortnite Chapter 5 has concluded, and Epic has announced that Remix Chapter 2 will take place all of November before the next big chapter starts next month. Similar to last year’s OG season, the map is a complete throwback, with the geography and POIs that fans might remember from Chapter 2. That means that the entire map is “new” compared to the last season, but even if you remember Chapter 2 in great detail, not everything is a rehash.
Remix Chapter 2 features several musical artists–Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Ice Spice, and the late Juice WRLD–with each artist getting their own POI that will be added once a week for the duration of Remix Chapter 2. These new areas are taking over old POIs, which are all listed below. When each new location is added, an NPC of that artist will also appear there, offering special items for you to purchase for gold.
Those POIs are:
- The Doggpound, Agency compound – November 2
- Mom’s Spaghetti, Grotto cave – November 7
- Ice Isle, Shark Island – November 14
- WRLD Point – November 21
In addition to those POIs, there will also be multiple named areas returning from Chapter 2, including iconic spots like Retail Row and Pleasant Park. The map geography is also the same as Chapter 2, basically reusing the old version of the map, with the addition of a couple new locations.
All returning locations are:
- The Yacht
- Craggy Cliffs
- Steamy Stacks
- Pleasant Park
- Sweaty Sands
- Frenzy Farm
- Dirty Docks
- Salty Springs
- Holly Hedges
- Weeping Woods
- Lazy Lake
- Retail Row
- The Rig
- Slurpy Swamp
- Misty Meadows
You can get a look at some of the new and returning below, in a collection of screenshots provided by Epic Games. Remix Chapter 2 also features a battle pass with remixed versions of old battle pass skins and the introduction of Kicks, new shoe cosmetics that can be used with the majority of skins in Fortnite.
Fortnite Remix Chapter 2 Battle Pass – All Remix Pass Skins
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Fortnite is ending Chapter 5 with a follow-up to last year’s throwback season with Fortnite Chapter 2 Remix. This shorter season features a nostalgic map with familiar POIs, along with a battle pass, officially called the Remix Pass, featuring 70 items, including five remixed skins based on previous Fortnite Chapter 2 battle pass skins. All of this lasts for four weeks, which will see new POIs added along with new NPCs to interact with, all based on popular musical artists: Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Ice Spice, and the late Juice WRLD.
Each week a new artist will be added, with their own special location on the map and new cosmetics available in the shop. Snoop Dogg will be there at the start of the season, with Eminem joining November 7, Ice Spice on November 14, and the music of Juice WRLD arriving on November 21, with the Season concluding with a finale event on November 30.
Also included in the Remix Chapter 2 battle pass are the first Kicks, a pair of red and black Air Jordans. Kicks are new shoe cosmetics, which can be used with many of the skins already in Fortnite, with Epic stating that more than 95% of outfits will be compatible with the Kicks by Spring 2025.
The five remixed skins being added are Chaos Director, 1-Ball, Undercover Skye, Meowdas, and Dynamo TNTina, all of which can be unlocked as part of the premium battle pass, which costs 950 V-Bucks. The battle pass is shorter than normal, to match the truncated season. The full battle pass hasn’t been revealed yet, but you can see all five new skins in images provided by Epic Games below. This article will be updated with the full cosmetic lineup once Remix Chapter 2 goes live.
Fortnite Remix Chapter 2 Adds Juice WRLD, Ice Spice, and Snoop Dogg Skins
Fortnite Chapter 2 Remix kicks off on Saturday, and Epic Games finally revealed the new season on Friday night in an unusual way: with a Snoop Dogg concert in Times Square. It’s only fitting for the man who is not only headlining Fortnite Festival Season 6, but who will also feature prominently in this new music-heavy retro season of battle royale.
As has long been rumored, Fortnite Chapter 5 is wrapping up with a sequel to last year’s OG season. Chapter 2 Remix will, as the name implies, focus on Chapter 2–specifically the first few seasons. The season will run for just a month, ending on the evening of November 30, and will bring with it the Remix Pass. The Remix Pass is shorter than a normal battle pass at just 70 tiers, and it includes five skins that are remixes of existing skins from early Chapter 2. That’s one more skin than last year’s OG Pass included.
Each week of the Remix season will focus on a different artist. Week 1 is Snoop, Week 2 is Eminem–complete with a new skin inspired by his Houdini music video get-up, Week 3 is Ice Spice, and the fourth and final week will feature a tribute to the late Juice WRLD. Each week will come with themed locations and weapons in battle royale, and new item shop skins for each of the artists. And to top it all off, a cel-shaded Juice WRLD skin will be given out for free to anyone who logs in on the final day of the season, November 30, when the Remix finale event will go down.
Over in Fortnite Festival, Snoop Dogg is headlining a new Music Pass with a throwback cel-shaded skin, and he also has a bundle of item shop cosmetics as well. At 1,400 V-Bucks, this pass is cheaper than the previous Festival passes, but it still includes four jam tracks in addition to some Festival instruments. The tracks are:
- “Robbery” by Juice WRLD
- “Bounce Back” by Big Sean
- “Crank That” by Soulja Boy Tell Em
- “Young, Wild and Free” by Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa and Bruno Mars
The new season of Fortnite Festival will run until January 14.
BioWare Has No Plans for Dragon Age: The Veilguard DLC as It Turns Its Attention to Mass Effect 5
BioWare currently has no plans for downloadable Dragon Age: The Veilguard expansions, seemingly scuttling any hopes for DLC on the order of fan-favorite releases like Trespasser or Awakening. Instead, Rolling Stone reports that BioWare’s “full attention has shifted entirely to the next Mass Effect” now that Dragon Age is officially out in the wild.
While BioWare didn’t offer any follow-up details in Rolling Stone’s report, IGN understands that the studio plans to support The Veilguard with quality-of-life improvements and a handful of smaller content updates. We have reached out to EA for more details.
BioWare’s decision not to release a DLC expansion may come as a surprise given its history with Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Baldur’s Gate 2. DLC episodes like Mass Effect 2’s Lair of the Shadowbroker, the Dragon Age 2 prequel Leliana’s Song, and the aforementioned Trespasser include some of BioWare’s best-loved stories, offering a deeper look at their worlds and characters. But having finally finished its decade-long journey with The Veilguard, BioWare seems ready to focus its attention on Mass Effect, which has been largely on hold due to the studio focusing all of its efforts on shipping Dragon Age.
In the meantime, fans are busy digging into BioWare’s latest RPG after Dragon Age’s release on Thursday, propelling it to new highs for an EA game on Steam. They have plenty to find even without DLC — estimates on IGN sister site HowLongToBeat suggest that it can take upwards of 88 hours to complete the main story while doing sidequests. We wrote in our review, “Dragon Age: The Veilguard refreshes and reinvigorates a storied series that stumbled through its middle years, and leaves no doubt that it deserves its place in the RPG pantheon.
For more, check out our guide to the major choices in Dragon Age: The Veilguard as well as our complete romance guide.
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Aussie Streaming Guide: The Best TV & Movies for November 2024
Somehow, it’s already November. This means you and I are short-time for two things—hopefully, an abundance of time off to watch TV and an influx of cheesy Christmas Specials. Beyond my hopes for seasonal cheeziness, I’m just going to do what I always do—hook you up with every single critically acclaimed film, addictive TV series, and surprisingly awesome original content worth watching. Below are the top picks from thousands of hours of content from Australia’s six major streaming networks. Make your plans. Pop your corn. Enjoy peak binge action.
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TV litter pick: The Day of the Jackal – Nov 7 : In the 1960s in France, members of the French Foreign Legion hire a man who agrees to kill the heavily guarded President Charles de Gaulle for gain. The French cops sniff around to nab him.
Movie litter pick: Abigail – Nov 10 : A group of would-be criminals kidnaps the 12-year-old daughter of a powerful underworld figure. Holding her for ransom in an isolated mansion, their plan starts to unravel when they discover their young captive is something else.
What notable movies are coming to Binge?
- Golda – Nov 1
- Abigail – Nov 10
- Surveilled – Nov 21
- The Fall Guy – Nov 30
What notable series are coming to Binge?
- The Day of the Jackal – Nov 7
- Junior Taskmaster: S1 – Nov 9
- Dune: Prophecy – Nov 18
- Housewives of Beverly Hills: S14 – Nov 20
- Based on a True Story: S2 – Nov 21
- Outlander S7 – Nov 23
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TV litter pick: Arcane: S2 – Nov 9 : The origins of two iconic League champions, set in the utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun.
Movie litter pick: Dune: Part Two – Nov 29 : Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he must prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
What notable movies are coming to Netflix?
- Hidden Figures – Nov 1
- Warm Bodies – Nov 1
- Alita: Battle Angel – Nov 8
- Abigail – Nov 10
- D&D: Honor Among Thieves – Nov 12
- Ready or Not – Nov 15
- John Wick: Chapter 4 – Nov 22
- Dune: Part Two – Nov 29
- Mononoke The Movie – Nov 31
What notable series are coming to Netflix?
- Outer Banks: S4 – Nov 7
- Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson – Nov 7
- The Resident: S6 – Nov 8
- Arcane: S2 – Nov 9
- A Man on the Inside – Nov 21
- Cobra Kai: S6 – Nov 15
- The Empress: S2 – Nov 22
- Is it Cake? Holiday – Nov 28
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TV litter pick: Interior Chinatown – Nov 19 : A background character trapped in a police procedural discovers secrets about the strange world he inhabits and his family’s buried history; based on the novel.
Movie litter pick: Music by John Williams – Nov 1 : A doco about the composer of (among many others) the Star Wars series, the Indiana Jones series, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
What notable movies are coming to Disney+?
- Music by John Williams – Nov 1
- Endurance – Nov 2
- An Almost Christmas Story – Nov 15
- Out of My Mind – Nov 22
- Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny – Nov 22
What notable series are coming to Disney+?
- FX’s Say Nothing – Nov 14
- Interior Chinatown – Nov 19
- Beatles ’64 – Nov 29
TV litter pick: Silo: S2 – Nov 15 : In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant underground silo that plunges hundreds of stories deep; there, people live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.
Movie litter pick: Blitz – Nov 22 : In World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to return to his family, George embarks on a journey back home as Rita searches for him.
What notable movies are on Apple TV+?
- Blitz – Nov 22
- Bread & Roses – Nov 22
What notable series are coming to Apple TV+?
- Bad Sisters: S2 – Nov 13
- Silo: S2 – Nov 15
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TV litter pick: Cross – Nov 14 : Alex Cross, a decorated D.C. homicide detective and forensic psychologist faces a sadistic serial killer; he and his partner, John Sampson track this killer and a threat from Cross’ past appears with ill intent.
Movie litter pick: Civil War – Nov 29 : In a dystopian future America, a team of military-embedded journalists races against time to reach Washington, D.C., before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
What notable movies are coming to Prime Video?
- Borderlands – Nov 1
- My Old Ass – Nov 7
- Pimpinero: Blood and Oil – Nov 22
- Civil War – Nov 29
What notable series are coming to Prime Video?
- Citadel: Honey Bunny – Nov 7
- In Cold Water: The Shelter Bay Mystery – Nov 12
- Cross – Nov 14
- Cruel Intentions – Nov 21
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TV litter pick: Yellowstone: S5 – Nov 11 : You know the deal and the addiction. The Duttons own the largest ranch in America and deal with their internal conflicts. However, they must also fend off land encroachers to protect their property.
Movie litter pick: X – Nov 15 : A filmmaking crew and the cast make an adult movie at a reclusive place but elderly hosts find them and try to kill them.
What notable movies are coming to Stan?
- Kung Fu Panda – Nov 1
- Kung Fu Panda 3 – Nov 1
- Last Christmas – Nov 1
- Revealed: Bribe Inc. – Nov 3
- The Notebook – Nov 3
- The Mountain – Nov 9
- Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes – Nov 9
- Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes – Nov 9
- Raging Bull – Nov 14
- X – Nov 15
- Parasite – Nov 16
What notable series are coming to Stan?
- Drag Race Down Under: S4 – Nov 1
- Ghosts: S5 – Nov 1
- The Resident: S6 – Nov 8
- Yellowstone: S5 – Nov 11
- Hunters: S1 – Nov 28
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Dragon Age Creator Says The Series Has Long-Term Story Plans
This week, Dragon Age fans have been able to dive back into the continent of Thedas in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Longtime players may recognize that events in the game were foreshadowed in some of the previous installments. According to former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider, that’s because he laid out of the series’ lore years ago in a document that’s still influencing the direction of the games.
“The way I created the world was to seed plots in various parts of the world that could be part of… a single game,” Gaider told Eurogamer. “Then there was the overall uber-plot, which I didn’t know for certain that we would ever get to, but I had an understanding of how it all worked together… A lot of that was in my head until we were starting Inquisition and the writers got a little bit impatient with my memory or lack thereof, so they pinned me down and dragged the uber-plot out of me. I’d talked about it, I’d hinted at it, but never really spelled out how it all connected, so they dragged it out of me. We put it into a master lore doc, the secret lore, which we had to hide from most of the team.”
Although Gaider left BioWare after Dragon Age: Inquisition, there are signs in The Veilguard that his original plan is still being followed, at least to a degree. He pointed to the return of Fen’Harel as a major example. However, Gaider declined to state what his original ending for the Dragon Age lore was just in case BioWare ever gets around to telling that story.
“I always had this dream of where it would all end, the very last plot,” added Gaider. ” But the idea that this uber-plot was this sort of biggest, finite… That the final thing you could do in this world that would break it was there as a ‘Maybe we would get to do that one day.'”
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is out now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
IGN Store’s Black Friday Advance Sale Is Here!
IGN Store’s Black Friday Advance Sale is officially live, and you do not want to miss these deals! For a limited time, you can save on dozens of collectibles, figures, apparel, and so much more. Check out our picks for the biggest savings available below, and head over to IGN Store to view the full Black Friday Advance Sale.
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If you’re a fan of Sonic Adventure, this is the item for you! You can save 50% off this Sonic Adventure Collector’s Edition Statue, which sees Sonic in his iconic Sonic Adventure pose. This statue makes for a perfect gift for any Sonic fan, especially as it lights up at the base. At over 12″ tall, you can count on this statue being a standout item on any shelf.
Save Up to 60% Off Pure Arts Collectibles
Next up, select figures and collectibles from Pure Arts are up to 60% off. Each item is expertly crafted wtih a tremendous amount of detail, which makes these some of the best collectibles you can score at IGN Store. Collectibles from Cyberpunk, Dark Souls, Resident Evil, Tekken, and more are available on sale, so don’t miss out!
Save on Select Dark Horse Products
Select Dark Horse products are also on sale for a limited time at IGN Store! You can save 50% off statues from Luigi’s Mansion 3, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and more. Each statue is carefully crafted to capture as much detail as possible, with an emphasis placed on facial expressions.
Save 50% Off The Street Fighter 6 Original Soundtrack Collectors Edition 4LP Vinyl
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If you’re a fan of Capcom and the Street Fighter franchise, this is the perfect item for your record collection. You can save 50% off the Street Fighter 6 Original Soundtrack Collector’s Edition Vinyl, which includes 4LPs pressed on Crystal Clear vinyl. A 24-page art book is also included, alongisde an exclusive zoetrope design turntable slip mat designed by Drew Tetz.
Hatsune Miku Statues on Sale
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Hatsune Miku is one of the most popular character out there, and you can save on this FIGURIZM Project DIVA MEGA39s Catch the Wave statue with the IGN Store Black Friday Advance Sale! Many other Hatsune Miku figures are also on sale, so be sure to check out the full sale for all products available.
More Products on Sale
There are dozens of more products that are discounted as part of the Black Friday Advance Sale at IGN Store! You can save on IGN-branded apparel, select pairs of Gunnar glasses, themed wallets, and many more items from your favorite franchises.
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Black Friday 2024: When to Expect Sales this Year
Each year, the biggest sales almost always occur during Black Friday. Some of the biggest video game releases of 2024 will be priced at all-time lows for Black Friday, and the same can be said for some of this year’s TVs, gaming PCs, and Apple devices. Every major retailer holds a sale for the big shopping holiday, so there is an endless stream of deals to discover. Whether you’re in the market for a new TV, Apple products, or anything relating to video games, Black Friday 2024 will be the best time to make your biggest purchases.
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Even though Black Friday is just one day, the sales will start weeks before Thanksgiving even arrives. Retailers rarely save the deals and discounts for the big day anymore; we’re already seeing some great deals ariving from various retailers and November has only just begun. We’ve outlined everything you need to know about Black Friday 2024 below. This includes when we expect Black Friday deals to go livein 2024 and what deals we expect to see at various retailers.
When Is Black Friday 2024?
The actual date of Black Friday in 2024 falls on November 29 this year, but the deals season will begin a lot sooner than that. Leading up to the big event, retailers will begin to open deals online. This usually starts in the first weeks of November, so we should already be seeing deals starting to trickle in. Each week leading up to the event will slowly roll out more deals, which ultimately leads to Black Friday. Retailers will not reveal their biggest Black Friday deals until the big day, but most general deals will be available well in advance. Walmart, for example, has announced its official sale for November 11 this year.
What about Cyber Monday?
This year, Cyber Monday 2024 will take place on December 2. This event usually focuses on online shopping and electronics. It’s important to understand that Cyber Monday deals will kick in well before December 2. Most retailers nowadays lump together Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals and launch them in the week leading up to the sale. You can expect to see at least some Cyber Monday deals start around Monday, November 25.
What Black Friday Deals to Expect This Year
Black Friday has a wide variety of deals you can expect to see, but it generally stays consistent with the major categories. We expect the biggest deals will be for TVs, video game consoles, gaming PCs, Apple products, and video games. This is based on trends from the last few years, so we expect these categories to continue to have the best savings of the year in 2024.
Video Game Consoles
In 2023, we saw major discounts on all major video game consoles. Xbox had the best deals of the season, with the Xbox Series X widely available for $349. PlayStation and Nintendo both offered console bundles with a free game. For Black Friday 2024, we expect to see discounts on both Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 consoles. For PlayStation, we expect to see new PS5 Pro bundles and maybe some sort of bundle with the new PSOne-style consoles that were announced.
Nintendo has officially announced its new console bundles for 2024, and you can currently buy Black Friday Switch bundles right now.
Video Games
Without a doubt, Black Friday is the best time of the year to buy video games. Releases from January to November are all discounted. Black Friday 2023 saw many new releases like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Dead Space receive discounts of over 50% off. If you decide to hold off on some of this year’s biggest releases, you can expect to find them heavily discounted come November. We’ve already outlined some of the Black Friday PS5 game deals we’re expecting to see this year.
TVs
If you are searching for a new gaming TV or high-end 4K TV, Black Friday is the perfect time to pick one up. Retailers heavily discount TVs, sometimes up to thousands of dollars worth of savings. Any screen size from 50″ to 85″ is usually available for the best price you’ll see all year, and each retailer offers different TV models, brands, and sizes. Black Friday is really one of the only times worth buying a new TV.
Gaming Laptops
Black Friday is also a very underrated time to grab a new gaming laptop. Some of the best deals on gaming laptops take place during this season, so you can expect to see discounts of over 50% on certain devices. Since new CPUs and graphics cards are released each year, laptops using older hardware are usually discounted to clearance for Black Friday. This year, keep an eye out for laptops utilizing an RTX 4070 graphics card, as the RTX 4070 Super is out now. This November will be the best time to buy a laptop online this year.
Gaming PCs
In addition to laptops, many gaming PCs are also on sale for Black Friday. Best Buy, Amazon, and Walmart all offered huge savings on prebuilt models last year. PC owners can also expect to see big deals on hardware components and PC parts like cases. Overall, Black Friday is an excellent time to purchase anything for your PC, or even buy a new one.
Gaming Monitors
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the very best times to buy a gaming monitor every year. Similar to TVs, this is the time of year we see the biggest discounts on top-rated brands like Samsung, LG, and Asus. If you’ve been waiting to buy a fancy 4K gaming monitor or an ultrawide display, you will want to wait for Black Friday pricing.
Apple Products
Black Friday is also an amazing time to grab Apple products. Some of the best deals on iPads, MacBooks, AirPods, and Apple Watches can be found during this sale. Last year, Apple offered Apple gift cards for buying the newest Apple Watch models and other new Apple products. We expect to see a similar deal this year across the Apple Store and other major retailers.
VR Headsets
VR has grown in popularity in recent years largely thanks to the Meta Quest and PSVR headsets. We already know that we are going to see some discounts on the Meta Quest 3, because those deals already started earlier this year with the announcement of the new Quest 3S. We also expect to see discounts on some of the other popular budget VR headsets as Black Friday draws near.
Toys
Considering that Black Friday is the de facto day for Christmas shopping, it should come as no surprise that it’s a great time to find discounts on toys. Whether you’re looking for discounts on LEGO sets or some adoarable Pokémon plushies, you’ll be able to find savings online and in stores. If you’re a collector of LEGO, Black Friday is by far the best time to buy LEGO sets and you should come prepared.
Kitchen Appliances
Every year for Black Friday we see some of the lowest possible prices on kitchen appliances. This includes things like KitchenAid stand mixers, Nespresso machines, and Crock Pots that have historically all been heavily discounted during this sale period. If you’ve been waiting to buy an expensive piece of kitchen tech, November will be the month to do so ahead of the holidays. Retailers like Walmart and Target will also likely have exclusive deals on certain models of Keurigs or blenders, so make sure to shop around for the best price.
4K and Blu-ray Movies
2024 has seen a huge resurgence in physical media, and this has been evident in the various sales on 4K and Blu-ray movies online. Both Prime Days this year had some of the lowest prices we’ve seen on popular box sets like The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones. We are still seeing new Blu-ray releases every week that will likely drop in price for Black Friday, including a new LotR 4K movie set that includes the One Ring.
Streaming Services
Streaming services get some sort of promotional discount every year for Black Friday. These will most likely be revealed as price reductions for a certain window of time within the subscription. For example, you can expect Peacock and Paramount+ to offer the base subscription of their service for something like $3.99 for three months. You can check out our guide to Black Friday streaming deals for our predictions or dive into the best streaming bundles already available.
What Deals Not to Expect This Year
Even with such a large sales event, there are a handful of items we do not expect to see on sale. Black Friday and Cyber Monday have the best deals for technology, so items like groceries and household items tend to not see steep discounts. This also goes for technology that was recently released, including new video game consoles, devices, and audio equipment. So don’t expect discounts on the Apple Vision Pro or the new PS5 Pro models. You also shouldn’t expect any direct discounts on popular items like the PlayStation Portal unless there are price cuts on used models.
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Biggest Black Friday Retailers
In recent years, the best deals can be found at a few major retailers. These retailers include Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Walmart. You can expect to find the same great deals in stores available on each of these retailer’s websites, which covers almost every deal you could ever ask for on Black Friday.
Amazon Black Friday
Amazon offers the most deals each Black Friday, covering almost every category on sale. With this range, Amazon has more niche deal offerings that you won’t be able to find at other retailers. You will find that Amazon has almost every deal available at other retailers, thanks to price matching. The best deals for video games and tech will be something to look for here. Even home items, like lamps, pillows, and bedding, drop to year-round lows.
For an idea of what deals you should expect from Amazon in 2024, you can check out the Amazon Black Friday ad from last year.
Best Buy Black Friday
Best Buy has excellent deals for Black Friday, specifically with a focus on deals for TVs, video games, and other technology. New deals will be added to the Best Buy website leading up to the big day, so it can be easy to miss one. The company also tends to offer great deals on some of the best headphones in the market. During Black Friday 2023, we saw great deals on the Sony WH-1000XM5 and the Bose QuietComfort 45 headphones at Best Buy.
Take a look at Best Buy’s Black Friday ad from last year for more of an idea of what you can expect from the tech retailer in 2024.
Walmart Black Friday
Walmart has thousands of items on sale each Black Friday, and 2024 won’t be an exception, with a huge variety of items and categories to choose from. Last year, Walmart had some of the best TV deals available with steep discounts. This included OLED models like the Sony XR A75L Bravia and Samsung’s The Frame TV. The Walmart Black Friday sale has been officially announced as two separate events starting on November 11 this year.
You can dive into the Walmart Black Friday ad from last year for a better idea of what online and in-store deals you can expect in 2024.
Target Black Friday
Like Walmart, Target offers a variety of Black Friday deals. You can expect to see deals on the latest Apple products, TVs, and electronics. Additionally, Target offers deals on home items like vacuums, coffee makers, and even KitchenAid Mixers. Look for the retailer to offer its biggest deals a few days before Thanksgiving.
Take a look at the Target Black Friday ad from last year to get an idea of what to expect from the sale in 2024.
Costco Black Friday
Costco always has some of the best Black Friday deals available online and in stores, but the deals are a little harder to predict. The wholesale retailer has offered everything from grocery discounts to console bundles at various times throughout November. If you have a Costco membership, it’s defiinitely worth checking out the sales when they officially begin.
Take a look at the Costco Black Friday ad from last year to get an idea of what to expect from the sale this year.
Dell Black Friday
If you’re in the market for a new gaming PC, monitor, laptop, or even TVs and headphones, the Dell Black Friday sale offers a surprising variety of discounts during the holiday season. We pretty regularly cover these Dell deals and coupons throughout the year, but the PC manufacturer always saves its very best deals for November. They also usually have one of the best Cyber Monday sales on the web.
Take a look at the Dell Black Friday ad from last year to get an idea of what to expect from the sale this year.
Apple Black Friday
Apple always does some sort of Black Friday promotion every year, but the overall best Apple Black Friday deals tend to be at other retailers. You can expect to find the best discounts on iPads, Apple Watches, AirPods, and even iPhones at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy in 2024. From Apple direct, you can likely expect some sort of gift card deal that is still pretty goood.
You can take a look at what Apple announced for Black Friday in 2023 for more details about what you can expect this year.
Are There Any Good Sales Before Black Friday 2024?
Now that both Amazon Prime Day sales have wrapped up for the year, the next upcoming sale event is Black Friday itself. That being said, a lot of these will actually be “early” Black Friday sales that start well before the day itself. Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, and pretty much every other major retailer will offer some sort of sale well ahead of their official Black Friday sale. Like we mentioned above, this could start as early as the beginning of November as retailers compete for your business.