Our Favorite Power Bank for the Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally Is on Sale at Amazon

This excellent deal is back! Amazon is offering the powerful and high capacity Anker PowerCore 737 24,000mAh USB Power Bank for only $90, a massive 40% price drop from its original $150 MSRP. This is close to the highest capacity power bank you’re allowed to bring on airplane carry-on, and it also boasts an absolutely massive 140W of USB power delivery to charge even the hungriest MacBook Pro.

Anker PowerCore 737 24,000mAh Power Bank for $90

with 140W of USB Type-C Power Delivery

The Anker PowerCore 737 can be used like any other power bank; it does a fine job of charging any of your standard mobile electronics. It has two USB Type-C ports and one USB Type-A port. One of the USB Type-C ports is bi-directional, meaning it can be used to charge devices AND it can also be used to charge the power bank itself. The massive 24,000mAh is just under the TSA’s 27,000mAh limit; it can charge a Nintendo Switch OLED over 5 times, iPhone 15 Pro Max over 5 times, Steam Deck over 4 times, and an ASUS ROG Ally over 9 times. The power bank is physically larger than smaller capacity ones and weighs in at 1.4 pounds.

What really makes special about the PowerCore 737, however, is it’s massive power delivery spec. The 737 is capable of delivery 140W of power output That’s enough power to charge the 16″ MacBook Pro laptop even while you’re using it. That kind of power output is hard to find in a power bank and usually pricier.

The Anker 737 is our pick for best Steam Deck / ASUS ROG Ally charger

We picked the Anker 737 as our favorite portable charger for the Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally portable gaming handhelds. Portable PC gaming has never been better, but there’s still a way to go when it comes to batteries in these incredible devices. Both the ROG Ally and Steam Deck suffer from a short battery life when gaming on the go. For instance, when playing most games at 60 FPS, you’re likely looking at four hours of battery life, at most. During our review, we even found games like God of War or Spider-Man would tap out in under 2-hours as well. At the end of the day, you’ll never get the full potential out of your Steam Deck or ROG Ally if you’re not equipped with a decent portable charger.

Best PS5 and PlayStation Deals Right Now: Massive Discounts on PS5 Bundles, SSD Deals, and More

The best PS5 deal we’ve ever seen has just got a lot better. PS5’s latest slim model bundle with Spider-Man 2 is now down to just $449.99 at Amazon (see here) or you can get the Digital Edition of this bundle for just $399.99 at Best Buy (see here). These are huge, and well worth considering alongside all the other top PlayStation offers right now.

Now that PS5 consoles are regularly available to buy, it’s also an excellent time to start picking up games, SSDs, accessories, and more for it; including a huge discount on this 4TB WD Black SSD at Amazon. Below, you can find a variety of different sales on everything from games to SSDs and even information on where to buy a PS5 now.

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Best PlayStation 5 Game Deals Right Now

There are quite a few game deals worth checking out right now. One of our absolute favorite deals at the moment is on Persona 3 Reload: Standard Edition, which you can pick up for $39.99 right now on Amazon. We have several more physical game deals listed below, and if you want to check out some digital game deals, make sure to have a look through the PlayStation Store’s digital game sales.

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PS5 Slim Bundle Drops to Just $449 (Or $399.99 for the Digital Edition)

This previous Black Friday quality deal has managed to get even better. Now down to just $449, you can get the PS5 (slim model) and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at a big discount. Plus, considering the cost of buying each of these separately ($69.99 + $499.99 = $569.98), your savings are significantly more than at first glance. And, if you’d prefer the Digital Edition of this bundle, you can grab it for just $399.99 as well! It’s an excellent deal you don’t want to miss out on.

WD_BLACK PS5 4TB SSD for $296.95 at Amazon

Looking to completely maximize your PS5 storage capabilities? Then this is the deal for you. For a limited time only, this PS5 4TB SSD is available at Amazon for just $296.95 (see here). It has an MSRP of $699.99 which is rather dramatic, but in reality, this and many other 4TB SSDs have been sitting around $280-$300 recently.

Note that Sony recommends a heatsink attached to your SSD and not all SSDs listed here have pre-installed heatsinks. For the ones that do, we’ll be sure to mention it. For the ones that don’t, all you have to do is purchase your own heatsink (like this one for $9) and install it yourself. You can also check out the best PS5 2TB SSD deals here, or see more of our favorite deals below.

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Best PS5 Headset Deals: 22% Off the Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2 & More Headset Deals

There’s no shortage of PS5-compatible headsets. If you’re constantly having to turn down the volume when you play, you might want to pick up one of these, then you can listen to your games as loud as you darn well please. And if you’d like to see even more options that are worth buying, check out our collection of the best gaming headsets.

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PlayStation Deals: Budget to Best

It doesn’t need to have a massive discount to be a good deal, so we thought it would be a great idea to pick out our absolute favorite PS5 and PlayStation offerings that would be relevant to buy no matter the time of year, or the sales going on. From the latest DualSense controllers, to the very best PS5 SSDs on the market, we’ve got it all right here.

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Best Time to Buy a PS5

Generally, the best time to buy a PS5 console is during major yearly shopping events such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the various Amazon Prime Day sales. Although PlayStation consoles rarely go on sale, you can often scoop up limited-time bundles that include additional an additional game or two, and more.

How to Trade in Your Old PlayStation Consoles

If you’re looking to trade in your old PlayStation consoles, you can do so at select retailers in-store and online. Often, the most widely available retailers are GameStop and Best Buy. However, you can also trade your used devices online at retailers such as Amazon and Microsoft.

Some retailers will offer you cash for your used goods, while others may provide you with a gift card that can be used in-store and online. This is a great way to offload your old gaming gear and get some money that you can put towards a newer console and games.

While trading devices in at retailers will often net you the lowest amount for your used consoles, there are also online marketplaces such as eBay, Craigslist, and OfferUp that may fetch higher prices, but you’ll often be responsible for packing and shipping costs, or be required to meet someone in person for the transaction, the latter of which poses its own risks.

With how expensive gaming is getting in 2024, we’re trying to save you as much money as possible on the games and other tech you actually want to buy. We’ve got great deal roundups available for all major platforms such as Switch and Xbox, and keep these updated daily with brand new offers. If you’re trying to keep costs down while maintaining your favorite hobby, stay tuned for more incredible discounts.

Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.

Diablo 4 Boss Knows the Day Is Coming to Leave Last-Gen Consoles Behind, but ‘I Don’t Think We’re at That Time’

Diablo 4 launched summer 2023 across PC and console, including the last generation of PlayStation and Xbox consoles. That means it was built to run well on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, hardware now over a decade old.

Although Blizzard has yet to release new features for Diablo 4 that leave the last generation of consoles, and indeed the current minimum specifications on PC, behind, Diablo boss Rod Fergusson told IGN in a recent interview that the time may well come for such a tough decision to be made. Right now, though, with the upcoming launch of Season 4 and, later this year, the game’s first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, Blizzard is maintaining parity.

“There’s always a time and a place for when maybe it’s time to no longer support a platform,” Fergusson said. “I don’t think we’re at that time. But we have a long road for Diablo 4, and so we do talk about, ‘hey we have this idea for a feature, but maybe it’s not a feature our min spec or gen eight players can support, so it’s not something we can do today.’ But we keep pushing the boundaries on that.”

Fergusson and Diablo art director John Mueller spoke to IGN about various features coming to Diablo 4 with Season 4 next month, including a significant increase in monster density to make the action role-playing game feel more action-packed. This density increase comes with associated performance demands, however, although Blizzard was able to make it work across all platforms while maintaining a solid frame-rate.

Meanwhile, Blizzard just added ray tracing graphics technology to Diablo 4 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X. It is not available on Xbox Series S, Xbox One, or PS4. On console, in order not to compromise overall performance, this feature is locked at 30 frames per second.

“We’re pretty good at finding fallbacks,” Mueller explained. “That’s how we think of it. We’ll figure out a way to do a fallback, like if there’s something really awesome we want to do. I don’t think we’ve been gated by it. We’ve generally leaned into it, and it’s been a creative challenge to figure out, okay, how do we accomplish that on gen eight? So the two things will look slightly different depending on the platform. We just got ray-tracing in, that was a huge feature we added. It scales up and down depending on whatever you’re playing it on.”

By the time the Vessel of Hatred expansion launched later in 2024, the Xbox One and PS4 will be 11 years old. Plenty of developers have left these consoles behind to focus on the more powerful current generation, or Gen 9 as it’s called, but Blizzard isn’t ready to let go just yet.

“We’re looking at that,” Fergusson said. “It’s part of the conversation, always. Like, we have this idea for a new feature, can we do it based on what we’re supporting today? Yes or no? And generally, as John was saying, we can. We find ways to do it.”

For more on Diablo 4 Season 4, datamining and secrets, and the Game Pass launch, check out IGN’s interview in full.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Kingdom Hearts 4 Fans Pine For Update on 2nd Anniversary of Its Announcement

Kingdom Hearts 4 was announced two years ago today, April 10, 2024, and fans are pining for an update from developer Square Enix.

Discussing the anniversary on Reddit, fans were forced to assure each other the Kingdom Hearts 4 reveal wasn’t just a shared fever dream but did actually happen, as despite coming out big with a lengthy trailer, Square Enix hasn’t made any official announcements about the game since.

“I’m still not certain any of this even happened,” joked JustAquietwallflower. “Like, is any of this for real or not? I’m so ready to cry over a new trailer.”

Fans were also quick, if not a little pained, to point out Kingdom Hearts 3 was released more than five years after its reveal trailer, which perhaps explains why they have a sense of humor about the lengthy wait for more information.

“I’m convinced [creator Tetsuya] Nomura thinks Kingdom Hearts fans don’t age,” said forgedfox3. “Only 11 years to go for its release,” added Malkaz45. “Kingdom Hearts 4 isn’t coming out until there are four to six lore critical games on disparate platforms,” said patmorgan234.

That’s because, despite being called Kingdom Hearts 4, the incoming title is far from the fourth game in the series. Between Kingdom Hearts 2 and 3, Square Enix released other entries (most of which had important story developments) including Re:Chain of Memories, Coded, 358/2 Days, Birth by Sleep, Re:coded, Dream Drop Distance, 1.5 Remix, 2.5 Remix, and 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue.

The franchise hasn’t been as busy since Kingdom Hearts 4 was announced though. Its reveal trailer showed flashy gameplay with protagonist Sora but Square Enix said this was from an Unreal Engine 4 demo, whereas the actual game will be made in Unreal Engine 5.

Fans are just desperate for any sort of announcement, though. “Final Fantasy fans have been eating good,” said DonovanKreed. “Meanwhile us Kingdom Hearts fans are stuck in purgatory.” The Final Fantasy series, of which Kingdom Hearts is a spin-off and also from Square Enix, has had three mainline releases since Kingdom Hearts 3 was released (in Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Final Fantasy 16, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth) alongside myriad substantial updates to massively multiplayer online game Final Fantasy 14.

Some fans are taking this as a good sign, however. “Now that Rebirth is out, I really hope and believe that there will be news about Kingdom Hearts 4 soon,” said Alex de Souza on ResetEra. “It’s up there with Hollow Knight: Silksong and Death Stranding 2 as my most anticipated game.”

Only time will tell when Square Enix shares more about Kingdom Hearts 4, but fans will continue to wait patiently in the meantime. Its reveal trailer has already been analyzed completely, and some even think there’s evidence of a Star Wars section.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

Skyrim’s Whiterun Being Remade With Far Cry 5 Map Editor

A dedicated Far Cry 5 player is using the game’s map editor to recreate the iconic Whiterun from The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.

YouTuber Mojo Swoptops shared a short video of their work so far, where they walk through the main street of their Whiterun recreation. Starting at the entrance to the city, they walk past The Drunken Huntsman, Warmaiden’s, and Breezehome before arriving in the marketplace, where The Bannered Mare, Belethor’s General Goods, and Severio Pelagia’s house are all on show.

“I decided not to replicate it 1:1 and instead have some fun using some of the other interesting assets I have at my disposal,” Mojo Swoptops said in the description. “So far I am happy with the progress, but nothing can match the quality and art direction of the original Bethesda product.”

While it’s just the main street at the moment, this Whiterun recreation will seemingly include the entire city one day. Mojo Swoptops shared the creation on Reddit too, where one user asked: “Have you built the Cloud District yet? Oh, what am I saying. Of course you haven’t,” a reference to the infamous Whiterun resident Nazeem. Despite the joke, Mojo Swoptops assured they were already working on this part of Whiterun and they’d share more when it was finished.

It’s not the first Skyrim location Mojo Swoptops has worked to recreate either, as another video shows their rendition of the Thieves Guild’s base of operations Riften.

With The Elder Scrolls 6 still five years away at least, fans have had to find their own ways, like this, to keep the ageing Skyrim entertaining. Another player recently accrued a 267,000 gold bounty murdering 5,000 NPCs in a quest to kill “everything that was killable”, for example, while one fan recreated the game in Age of Empires 2.

Waves of sentimental fans recently booted up their old Xbox 360s and PlayStation 3s to “retire” their original characters too, showing how much Skyrim has remained in player consciousness over its 12 years of being available.

In our 9/10 review of the beloved RPG, IGN said: “Skyrim is a rare kind of intensely personal, deeply rewarding experience, and one of the best role-playing games yet produced.”

Image Credit: Mojo Swoptops on YouTube

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

The Witcher Makes Wild Appearance in Language Learning App Duolingo

The Witcher has moved far beyond its core collection of books and games, with a Netflix show, official manga, tabletop game, and even a cookbook all on offer, but now it’s even showing up in language learning app Duolingo.

Spotted by Reddit user GeraltAndYennefer, one of the questions in Duolingo’s Finnish course asks for a translation of the phrase: The bride is a woman and the groom is a hedgehog. “Is this a Witcher reference?”, the Reddit user asked.

IGN has confirmed with Duolingo that this is indeed a deep cut nod to the beloved fantasy series, specifically to the short story A Question of Price, which was adapted for TV in Season 1 Episode 4 of the Netflix series.

The Witcher protagonist Geralt of Rivia attends a banquet hosted by Queen Calanthe of Cintra in the story, who’s likely more familiar to fans as Ciri’s grandmother. Ciri isn’t born at this point though, as the story actually tells the tale of her parents’ betrothal.

Myriad suitors have travelled to Cintra to try and win the hand of Princess Pavetta, Ciri’s mother, but through a complex series of events, it’s a masked knight called Duny who Pavetta chooses. Duny is exposed to be cursed, however, which essentially turns him into a hedgehog monster at night. But Geralt saves the day and the princess and the hedgehog become engaged, thus the Duolingo reference.

“Duolingo is somewhat notorious for odd and funny sentences in our courses, but there’s real learning value behind them,” a Duolingo spokesperson told IGN. “And at times we’ve deliberately inserted anime, gaming, or other pop culture references into our content, to help connect language learning with people’s passions and interests.”

This includes adding the entire High Valyrian language from Game of Thrones to their app, alongside a Crunchyroll partnership which offers anime specific Japanese lessons.

The Witcher is plenty busy too, of course. Video game developer CD Projekt Red has several projects in development including the first game of a new trilogy, a multiplayer game with a wider appeal than the typical role playing games, and a remake of the original Witcher in Unreal Engine 5.

Season 4 of the Netflix show is due to begin production in spring 2024 too, though without its leading man as Henry Cavill walked away from the series. Liam Hemsworth will instead take on the Geralt of Rivia role as the witcher looks to reunite his family but makes a new one along the way.

Elsewhere, a new book from original author Andrzej Sapkowski is expected in early 2025, another board game based on The Witcher called Path of Destiny is in development, and Netflix is creating a new anime film with Geralt’s video game voice actor Doug Cockle at the helm.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

Blizzard Games to Return to China Under New Agreement With NetEase

Blizzard has announced that its games are coming back to mainland China in summer 2024 after almost a year and a half off the market. Additionally, Microsoft (which now owns Blizzard) and NetEase have entered another separate agreement to bring NetEase games to Xbox and other platforms.

Blizzard’s games were taken offline in China in January 2023 after NetEase and Blizzard were unable to reach a new publishing deal. However, both companies have now reached one. The deal will include all of the games that Chinese players had access to from the previous agreement, including ones like Overwatch, Diablo, and World of Warcraft.

While both parties are working to relaunch the games, more details will be revealed later. Phil Spencer chimed in on Microsoft’s new partnership with NetEase, saying, “Returning Blizzard’s legendary games to players in China while exploring ways to bring more new titles to Xbox demonstrates our commitment to bringing more games to more players around the world.” However, Spencer provided no other specifics.

This new deal comes after Blizzard and NetEase had a bit of a falling out back in November 2022 when their oiriginal publishing contract was set to expire. Blizzard China and NetEase were pointing fingers at each other, where the former offered to extend services, but the latter declined it, with one NetEase executive claiming that the original deal extension fell apart because of one specific “jerk.”

Either way, Blizzard was committed to look for alternative ways to bring its games back to the Chinese market, but it finally reached a new agreement with NetEase.

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. He’s been writing about the industry since 2019 and has worked with other publications such as Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Variety.

When not writing about video games, George is playing video games. What a surprise! You can follow him on Twitter @Yinyangfooey

Buy Two Board Games, Get a Third Free at Amazon

Starting today, Amazon is offering a new board game promotion: buy two board games, get a third one free (or “three for the price of two”). The list of eligible board games include several popular and highly rated titles like Wingspan, Azul, Splendor, Pandemic Legacy, Dead of Winter, and more. We’ve sorted out our favorite picks below.

Wingspan Board Game

Wingspan from Stonemeier Games is an incredibly good board game. It came out in 2019, but it’s still one of the best board games to play in 2024. Wingspan looks like a deceptively simple game; the endgame goal is to attract as many birds as you can to your wildlife preserve and help them proliferate. There are only four actions you can perform: draw a bird card, play a bird card, get food, and lay eggs. Sounds simple enough, right? Well let’s just say these four actions mask an incredibly complex engine-building game with which you will have to juggle between bringing new birds into the fold and keeping your existing birds well stocked and in a breeding frenzy. Wingspan is infinitely replayable, and you’ll find yourself developing and honing new strategies with every subsequent playthough.

Azul Board Game for $31.99

This is one of the best board games for beginners. With colorful plastic tiles and a simple premise – collect sets of similar tiles to score points – Azul is a great game for folks who want to dabble in the hobby of board games. The goal is to fill up a small grid, earning points by completing lines and connecting filled-in spots on your grid to each other. It’s been said before, but it rings true for Azul: It’s quick to learn, but it takes time to master and figure out strategies. This makes Azul a great addition to any existing board game player’s collection as well.

Spendor for $31.99

Splendor is a 2014 release that’s still considered one of the best board games for all experience levels. Economic engine games, where you build an increasingly powerful economy to buy stuff to build it even more, are a popular gaming sub-genre. They don’t come much simpler than this gem about… gem dealing. On your turn you take tokens to pay for gems, and each gem gives you a permanent boost to your token bank. It’s a race to engineer the most efficient economy and grab the best gems. The trouble is, everyone wants the best gems too. So every turn you pump your engine, you risk losing prime resources to other players. Throw in a variety of finicky patrons to please for bonus points and you’ve got an engine that generates as much tension as it does tactics.

Dead of Winter for $49.61

Dead of Winter is one of the best horror board games. It’s like the board game version of The Walking Dead. The game is described as a “meta-cooperative psychological survival game,” which means that, while it is cooperative, there are elements of competition that carry through the game. Each player controls a group survivors during the zombie apocalypse, and all must work together in order to meet the shared goal. In addition, you’ll be working towards your own hidden goal as well. Sometimes that means hoarding the most medicine, or stockpiling the most ammo. Other times, you might simply want to betray the team and ruin group morale. No matter what, though, there’s no way to trust anyone at the table thanks to the group politics and interpersonal drama Dead of Winter brings.

Pandemic Legacy for $71.99

If competitive gameplay isn’t your thing, how about working together to purge the world of infectious diseases? Building on the success of the original Pandemic, the Pandemic Legacy series introduces “legacy” concepts to the game, in which components are added or removed as you progress through the game, based on your decisions, successes and failures. After a few plays, your copy will be a unique record of your group’s play. So in addition to offering a very personal tale to engage you, Pandemic: Legacy also individualizes your strategic experience. We picked the Pandemic Legacy series as one of the best cooperative board games of 2024.

Buy Two Board Games, Get One Free on Amazon

World of Warcraft Cataclysm Classic Sets Release Date and Reveals Roadmap

Blizzard has announced that a coming update to World of Warcraft: Classic re-introducing the fiery Cataclysm expansion will land on May 20.

Officially, Classic will heat up a little before that on April 30 with the pre-patch event. Cataclysm’s pre-patch back in the day was one doozy of a change, too. It introduced playable Worgen and Goblins, set the dragon Deathwing loose on Azeroth, and because of Deathwing’s escapades, transformed the entire landscape of Azeroth’s main continents.

The full expansion on May 20 will include seven new (to Classic) zones, nine new dungeons, three new raid dungeons, the Archeologu profession. Flying will be introduced to Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. Additionally, with the transformation of the main continents’ landscapes, numerous new quests will be introduces, while old ones will disappear forever. It’s a pretty drastic change to what the current map looks like: the Barrens splits in half, Thousand Needles goes underwater, and a chunk of Darkshore’s coastline is washed away.

Also, Deathwing is flying around and can randomly set entire zones on fire. Cool!

WoW Classic marches on

All of this reflects the changes to World of Warcraft initially introduced when Cataclysm was first released back in 2010, with very few exceptions. When Classic was first released, Blizzard’s goal was to give players an opportunity to experience World of Warcraft as it was when it first launched, rather than being forced to flock to player-run servers.

But with Cataclysm, the world of Azeroth begins to more closely resemble what the game looks like now — minus several expansion-specific zones. The original World of Warcraft, as it was prior to all expansions, is still available as a Classic option, and Blizzard has introduced a number of special rules servers to spice it up such as Hard Mode and Season of Discovery.

World of Warcraft: Classic is available to anyone with a World of Warcraft subscription. Currently, Classic’s main servers are in the final days of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, with all raids and dungeons from that time available, including Icecrown Citadel.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

The Xbox Wireless Controller Dream Vapor Special Edition Is at the Lowest Price We’ve Seen All Year

Today Amazon is offering the official Xbox Series X|S Core wireless controller in Special Edition Dream Vapor for only $42.39 after you clip a $10.60 coupon from the product page. That’s a pretty hefty 40% off the original $69.99 MSRP. Aside from the difference in color, this is the same controller as the one that’s included with your Xbox Series X or S console.

Xbox Core Controller in Dream Vapor for $42.39

Dream Vapor is a dynamic pink and purple color swirl color that’s unique to each controller. It’s paired with a pink back face, pink d-pad and analog sticks, pink buttons with purple symbols, pink Xbox logo, and rubberized purple diamond-pattern grips.

This controller is based on the Xbox Series X|S controller design, but it will also work on Xbox One. It features textured triggers, bumpers, and back case, making it easier to hold. It also features the disc-like D-pad for more precise input in all eight directions, and the Share button to send your screenshots and video out into the world. This controller is also one of the best PC gamepads you can get; connect to it via either wireless Bluetooth or USB Type-C.

This year the best price we’ve seen for an Xbox Series X|S core controller has been about $44.00 for one of the standard black, white, or red controllers. The Dream Vapor Edition has been out for only a few months and currently takes the throne as the lowest priced Xbox controller we’ve seen so far for $2024.

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