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Preorders for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom are now live, and there’s an enticing preorder bonus available through Best Buy. When you preorder the game, you’ll receive a limited-edition Echoes of Wisdom acrylic diorama, valued at $9.99 according to Best Buy. While it might not be the most extravagant preorder bonus ever offered for a Nintendo game, it’s still a nice addition and could become a sought-after collector’s item in the future.

The summer sale events may be winding down, but there are still quite a few discounts lingering around for PlayStation fans. We’ve gathered up some of our favorite PS5 deals below, including some excellent discounts on games like Unicorn Overlord for $39.99 and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth for $39.99. These deals scratch the surface of what’s available now, though. Below, you can also find other deals on everything from consoles to SSDs and even information on where to buy a PS5 now.

We’re also keeping tabs on popular preorders like the brand-new Astro Bot DualSense controller. Unfortunately, this adorable controller is completely sold out at this time, but we’ll update this when it’s back in stock!

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Best PS5 Video Game Deals

Best Buy has quite a few SEGA games for PS5 discounted at the moment, including Unicorn Overlord, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Shin Megami Tensei V, and a few more. These aren’t the only PS5 game deals available right now, though. You can see more of our favorites from Best Buy’s sale below alongside a couple of fantastic deals at other retailers.

• Resident Evil 4 – $29.99
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Steelbook Launch Edition – $39.99
• Persona 3 Reload – $39.99
• Like a Dragon: Ishin! – $39.99
• Persona 5 Tactica – $19.99
• Sonic Superstars – $29.99
• God of War Ragnarök – $39.99
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition – $42.57
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – $54.99

Perfect PS5 2TB SSD for $110 at Amazon

SSD prices have been rising in 2024, making now the perfect time to buy with significant discounts available. This is one of the best deals on a 2TB SSD at the moment: Amazon is offering the TEAMGROUP MP44Q 2TB SSD for just $109.99. It, unfortunately, does not have a heatsink so you’ll have to invest in one, but you can easily do that here for under $10. It also offers transfer speeds of up to 7,400MB/s read and 6,500MB/s write.

PlayStation Portal Back In Stock

• Get it at Best Buy – $199.99
• Get it at Walmart – $199.00
• Get it at PS Direct – $199.99

Best PS5 Headset Deals: 60% Off the Razer Kaira Pro Dual Wireless Gaming Headset & More 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.

More PS5 Gaming Headset Deals:

• SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7P Wireless Gaming Headset for $136.99

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 we 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.

Developer Nacon has announced that its open-world co-op game Terminator: Survivors has been delayed from its original October Early Access release date.

The studio announced the schedule change on its official X/Twitter account, revealing that the Skynet survival game’s Early Access build will no longer launch on October 24. It’s now been pushed to an unspecified date in 2025, with Nacon citing a desire to meet fans’ expectations. It acknowledges that the news will be disappointing for those who planned on playing the next Terminator game this Halloween but is confident in its decision, saying, “In the long term we believe this is the right call.”

Dear Survivors, we have an important update about Terminator: Survivors. pic.twitter.com/LkVJyEHriX

— Terminator: Survivors (@SurviveTheT800) August 12, 2024

“Over the past few months, we’ve been really impressed by your enthusiasm and amazed by the response to our announcements, and we know how eagerly fans are awaiting Terminator: Survivors,” the studio said. “To realize our vision, and to make sure to deliver the game that fits your expectations, we need some additional time. Thus, we will be pushing the launch to 2025.”

Terminator: Survivors was announced in 2022 as a cutthroat multiplayer game set just after the events of the universe’s apocalyptic Judgement Day but before John Connor forms his Skynet resistance group. Additional details arrived this past February, revealing a project that tasks players with scavenging in a worn-down open world with up to three friends as they fight off both enemy humans and relentless Terminators.

“This takes place in a yet unexplored timeline of the Terminator universe,” creative director Marco Ponte said earlier this year, “with a completely original storyline that includes both famous characters and new ones, and where you’ll learn about the beginnings of John Connor’s resistance.”

We’ve seen little from Terminator: Survivors and today’s delay means the wait for more just got longer. In the meantime, you can learn about the upcoming anime adaptation, Terminator Zero. It’s set for release on August 29, 2024, but was recently involved in a massive animation leak at Netflix.

Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He started writing in the industry in 2017 and is best known for his work at outlets such as The Pitch, The Escapist, OnlySP, and Gameranx.

Be sure to give him a follow on Twitter @MikeCripe.

Developer Nacon has announced that its open-world co-op game Terminator: Survivors has been delayed from its original October Early Access release date.

The studio announced the schedule change on its official X/Twitter account, revealing that the Skynet survival game’s Early Access build will no longer launch on October 24. It’s now been pushed to an unspecified date in 2025, with Nacon citing a desire to meet fans’ expectations. It acknowledges that the news will be disappointing for those who planned on playing the next Terminator game this Halloween but is confident in its decision, saying, “In the long term we believe this is the right call.”

Dear Survivors, we have an important update about Terminator: Survivors. pic.twitter.com/LkVJyEHriX

— Terminator: Survivors (@SurviveTheT800) August 12, 2024

“Over the past few months, we’ve been really impressed by your enthusiasm and amazed by the response to our announcements, and we know how eagerly fans are awaiting Terminator: Survivors,” the studio said. “To realize our vision, and to make sure to deliver the game that fits your expectations, we need some additional time. Thus, we will be pushing the launch to 2025.”

Terminator: Survivors was announced in 2022 as a cutthroat multiplayer game set just after the events of the universe’s apocalyptic Judgement Day but before John Connor forms his Skynet resistance group. Additional details arrived this past February, revealing a project that tasks players with scavenging in a worn-down open world with up to three friends as they fight off both enemy humans and relentless Terminators.

“This takes place in a yet unexplored timeline of the Terminator universe,” creative director Marco Ponte said earlier this year, “with a completely original storyline that includes both famous characters and new ones, and where you’ll learn about the beginnings of John Connor’s resistance.”

We’ve seen little from Terminator: Survivors and today’s delay means the wait for more just got longer. In the meantime, you can learn about the upcoming anime adaptation, Terminator Zero. It’s set for release on August 29, 2024, but was recently involved in a massive animation leak at Netflix.

Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He started writing in the industry in 2017 and is best known for his work at outlets such as The Pitch, The Escapist, OnlySP, and Gameranx.

Be sure to give him a follow on Twitter @MikeCripe.

We’ve known since earlier this year that Valve was quietly working on a new game, a sort of cross between hero shooters and MOBAs called Deadlock. But we never got an official announcement. Now, it looks like thousands of people are already playing the game in some sort of early play test, with the game reaching over 18,000 concurrent players earlier today.

Per SteamDB, Deadlock playercount started slowly climbing earlier this month, reaching a peak of 18,254 earlier today and expected to climb further. IGN understands that the game’s current early access period is operating under an invite system, where certain Steam users are receiving invites and can then suggest other individuals to also receive invites.

Since testers started sharing Deadlock screenshots all over the place, here’s ones I can verify, featuring one of the heroes called Grey Talon. pic.twitter.com/KdZSRxObSz

— ‎Gabe Follower (@gabefollower) May 17, 2024

Sreenshots and video footage of the game available to the general public remain minimal, given that players are required to sign a strict NDA before being permitted to play. However, players are free to discuss their experiences with the game, with a “DeadlockTheGame” subreddit already accruing members and discussion of early impressions.

What we know so far is that Deadlock seems to be a mishmash of hero shooter ala Overwatch and MOBA with lane-based gameplay like DOTA 2 and tower defense elements. It takes place in a fantasy/steampunk setting. While we haven’t gotten good looks at its hero cast just yet for the reasons outlined above, everyone currently playing seems to really love one character in particular:

Me: I don’t’ get attached to things that easily!
Also me after 0.2 seconds of playing Deadlock: pic.twitter.com/1EUfO0AK4d

— Moirai Agar’el ♻️💚 Slime Mom – S̶c̴u̴f̸f̸ ̸A̵R̶c̴ (@MoiraiVT) August 9, 2024

With the growing playerbase and invites seemingly available to anyone willing to ask, it seems likely that an actual for-real official announcement of Deadlock may be imminent. Valve’s been on a bit of a spree with stealth releases lately, having quietly dropped Counter-Strike 2 last year and Half-Life: Alyx being announced just a few short months before its eventual release.

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

Roughly two weeks after the release of Fallout: London, the big Fallout 4 mod that takes the post-apocalyptic RPG overseas, digital distribution store GOG.com revealed that the expansion-sized mod has become the “fastest redeemed game of all time” on its platform.

In a press release published on Friday, GOG revealed that in the first 24 hours, Fallout: London was redeemed “more than 500,000 times,” taking the crown as the fastest downloaded game of all time for its storefront alone.

“The initial release of Fallout: London quickly turned out to be an incredible success – and a prime example of how work of passion and creativity can bring in a plethora of new, exciting ways to enjoy a game,” GOG wrote in a press release.

That success has been so great, in fact, that the mod’s developers announced in an interview with BBC that they’re planning to formally start their own game development studio. Though Fallout: London is a free mod, as Team Folon’s Dean Carter said in the interview, “free doesn’t pay the bills.” The creators have been accepting donations, and seem to be preparing to use that funding to make Team Folon into a full-fledged studio.

“What we’ve done with that is we’re channelling that into team Folon, which is what we’re going to be moving into, and then we should hopefully launch our own indie games company,” he said.

Fallout: London was initially announced in June 2021 as a DLC-sized mod for the 2015 action RPG Fallout 4. Set between the events of Fallout 1 and Fallout 2, the mod has players venturing through a radiated, post-apocalyptic London.

Before the mod’s release, the Fallout: London development team originally had two other release windows for the project: the first was in Q3 2023 but was delayed to avoid competing with Bethesda’s space RPG Starfield. The second delay came in 2024 as the development team feared that the next-gen update for Fallout 4 would make the mod unplayable.

Of course, while Fallout: London has been a major success, GOG did, of course, mention the growing pains that came with the mod. Specifically, it noted that most of the issues were due to how complex it was for individuals to install the mod.

Additional issues/criticisms of Fallout: London include the mod being incompatible with the Epic Games Store version of Fallout 4, which GOG explained ahead of its release was due to EGS’s lack of support for update rollbacks. If you own Fallout 4 on Steam and are looking to play Fallout: London, IGN has a guide that can help you properly install the mod.

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Developer Farm 51 has announced Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, the sequel to the 2021 first-person sci-fi survival horror shooter. The new game aims to blend open-world combat, crafting, team and base management, and nonlinear storytelling into a compelling and realistic post-apocalyptic action-RPG. It’s due out on PC and consoles in 2025.

In Chernobylite 2, you play as a planewalker, someone who travels between parallel worlds in search of the titular Chernobylite, a precious and powerful material. In that quest, you’ll battle throes of terrifying creatures and do your best to unite and lead the remaining human survivors. Take a look at the announcement trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below.

The sequel also promises to expand on everything players liked in the first game, such as the story, side characters, relationship aspects, combat, weapons and gadgets, exploration, and more – along with adding an open world. It also includes online co-op for the campaign.

We’ll have more on Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone as development progresses. Wishlist it on Steam if you’re interested.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s executive editor of previews and host of both IGN’s weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He’s a North Jersey guy, so it’s “Taylor ham,” not “pork roll.” Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

Woot! (which is owned by Amazon) is offering the best deal on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Right now you can get a 3 month code for only $36.49. Microsoft recently raised the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $19.99 per month, so now you’re saving 40% off a 3 month membership. Note that you can purchase multiple codes and apply them to your account, up to a maximum of 36 months. This deal was supposed to expire last week, however Woot! has extended the deadline to August 17.

Note: There is a coupon code “VIDEOGAMES” that takes $3 off one order. If you purchase multiple gift cards, this code will only work on a single gift card.

3 Months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $33.49

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gives you access to a library of hundreds of Xbox games, including day one releases. You can play them for the entirety of your membership without any restrictions. You do lose access to them once your membership is over, but if you ever decide to renew, all your past achievements and progress will be saved. You’ll also have access to Xbox Game Pass for PC. Although there aren’t nearly as many games as there are on Xbox, there are still plenty of AAA titles to keep you sated. Other perks include exclusive membership discounts, the ability to play your games across multiple devices with cloud gaming, free access to EA Play membership, as well as bonus in-game content and rewards. It is an exceptionally good – almost essential – membership for Xbox gamers. New release games are not cheap, and being able to play them without buying them will save you a lot of money and easily recoup the cost of the membership.

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The cyberpunk subgenre has been a visually and conceptually compelling backdrop for RPGs, first-person shooters, and narrative-driven mysteries. But the upcoming Kiborg from Sobaka Studios looks to turn the high-tech, low-lives conceit into a vehicle for a high-octane action brawler—with a roguelite twist. Leaning into the intense body modification and grotesque horrors that advanced technology can bring, Kiborg focuses on fast-paced, crunchy combat that’s all powered by some bizarre yet intriguing upgrades that can light up the battle zone.

Just ahead of the release of the upcoming playable prologue that sets the stage for the main game, I forged through a gauntlet of mutants, cyborgs, and giant robots with an assortment of deadly upgrades to tear through the competition in this roguelite beat-em-up spin on cyberpunk fiction.

Kiborg sees you take on the role of Morgan, a resistance fighter who outfits himself and his clones with tech upgrades to even the odds in his fight against rival factions on a wartorn prison planet. The protagonist will have to prepare himself for his descent into the carnage by training in the Arena, a VR combat simulator that supplies an endless array of foes and deadly traps in a battle zone that feels inspired by the spectacle of Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.

Kiborg: Arena and its ladder-style progression are a prologue to the main game, which features a more robust roguelite campaign across different locales. The Arena not only does a great job of establishing the mood of this hyper-violent grim world, but also chucked me into the deep end to get me accustomed to the intriguing blend of beat-em-up action and randomized roguelite-style upgrades. Along with an extended tutorial, which helped me get into the flow and learn the basics of its brawler-style combat, you also have an AI companion who will offer Morgan tips on how best to move up the ladder of the Arena.

The combat arena focuses on the familiar wave-based encounters, with each proceeding wave adding new enemies and traps and even arranging the layout of the zone itself. The core combat of Kiborg focuses primarily on Morgan’s moveset of punches, kicks, pulverizing strikes, and parrying. Morgan also wields an upgradable firearm that’s exceptionally vital against enemies too far out of the way. You can also earn permanent boosts for Morgan’s core skills and attributes in the upgrade menu outside of the Arena, which adds buffs and extends his health.

Like any brawler, mastering Kiborg’s combat is all about having a strong offensive strategy while keeping you ready to play defense. Kiborg is packed with grit and a lot of style, making the act of tearing through foes very satisfying when you get into a rhythm. However, combat can be quite unforgiving if you don’t find that flow. This is especially evident when facing a mob of enemies, each requiring specific strategies. Added to this is the game’s somewhat unpolished attack timing and visual, which knocked me out of step in some encounters.

However, what makes Kiborg and its approach to a cyberpunk brawler truly come together is the satisfying array of cyborg upgrades that modify Morgan’s body parts with specialized attributes. The tech upgrades gained from elite foes after pulling off a finishing move similar to Raiden from Metal Gear Rising Revengeance add a whole new layer to the combat. In roguelite fashion, you’ll need to decide which upgrade from the selection that will help you go all the way.

Some of my favorite moments came from diving into a crowd of enemies and unleashing a flurry of strikes that were amplified by chained lightning, homing razor blades, and even cyborg legs that left a streak of flames on the ground. One of the great thrills of a roguelite is seeing your modest hero evolve into a death-dealing warrior, and Kiborg’s building transformation into a super soldier with every round was so exciting to see unfold.

Kiborg and its Arena prologue show a promising, modest take on a cyberpunk action beat-em-up, even if it’s rough around the edges as of this preview. Still, I had a ton of fun with being able to rip and tear through enemies with some pulverizing cybernetic upgrades, and each attempt felt so different from the last. With the full game set for later release, Kiborg: Arena is just the teaser that’ll give players a solid sampling of this sleek blend of beat-em-up action and the cyberpunk mystique.