SteelSeries make some of our favourite PC gaming headsets and today many of them are up to 50 percent off. This includes a whole bunch of options for PC, PlayStation, Switch and Xbox, from high-end wired and wireless options to more affordable 3.5mm models that support a wide range of devices. They've also discounted almost all of their Apex mechanical and membrane keyboards and their Prime, Aerox, Rival and Sensei mice, which tend to rank highly amongst our recommended peripherals for PC gaming.

You can find the whole Black Friday sale right here, but you can also scroll on to see our personal highlights!

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Halo Infinite is a few mere weeks away, but you don't have to wait that long to get a new look at campaign gameplay! Join Matt Miller and Alex Stadnik as they take you on a brief 4K tour of some of the things you can expect from Master Chief's next adventure!

Halo Infinite’s campaign offers two distinct paths for players; it’s one of the biggest things setting the game apart from its predecessors. As I checked out a three-hour demo of the campaign, it was apparent that Master Chief’s newest adventure affords the option of a familiar action-packed “golden path.” Like nearly all previous Halo games, Infinite’s mostly linear main story playthrough aims to offer a satisfying and tightly paced adventure, a defined and engaging narrative, and clear objective markers that carry you to the subsequent big setpiece encounter. Based on the extensive demo I experienced, players looking for that classic Halo campaign structure won’t be disappointed.

However, the alternative path through the game sets Halo Infinite apart from what has come before. After an introductory sequence that establishes the gameplay and stakes of the story, Infinite opens up and allows for far more freeform exploration and progression than earlier games in the franchise. There’s a whole loop of character improvement, discoverable pick-ups, armor upgrades, and optional battles awaiting players who choose to stray from the main path. While the developers at 343 Industries continue to resist the term “open world” to describe the experience, there’s no doubt that what I witnessed borrows liberally from open-world trends in action and shooting games of the last decade. The difference, of course, is that those open areas are filled with the type of tense Halo gunplay and action the series has always been known for, and that makes all the difference.

Golden Wind vol. 2 focuses on introducing characters like Abbacchio, Mista, and Narancia and getting them to accept Giorno.

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Also, Shin Megami Tensei V This week, Nintendo’s featured game is a Grand Theft Auto Trilogy download, which is kind...

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After years of waiting, Halo Infinite is almost here. On December 8, gamers around the world will once again step into the Mjolnir boots of Master Chief and fight their way across a massive Halo ring world. Ahead of the game’s arrival, we’re highlighting Halo Infinite with one of our biggest cover stories in years. We’ve got 20 pages of in-depth detail on Infinite’s campaign and multiplayer, alongside a wealth of interviews with the development team at 343 Industries that brought the game to life.

Two new Xbox exclusives from Compulsion and Obsidian have been teased in a fresh report.

As detailed by Windows Central, We Happy Few developer Compulsion is working on a new game codenamed Midnight, in its first release under Xbox Game Studios.

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Ubisoft just released two new trailers for their upcoming PvE shooter, Rainbow Six Extraction. The videos provide details on the game’s new price drop, its Buddy Pass, Operator gameplay, progression system, and more.

The game’s Standard Edition can now be bought for $39.99, while its Deluxe Edition costs $49.99. And with the Buddy Pass feature, you can invite a friend to play with you for free on any platform for up to 14 days thanks to the crossplay functionality.

Additionally, those who already own and play Rainbow Six Siege will get new gear sets for both games and immediately unlock all 18 available Operators in Extraction. On top of all this, it’s been stated that all post-launch content will be free.

You can check out the trailer containing all of those details right here:

If you’re new to these Operators and the Rainbow Six Siege/Extraction world, Ubisoft also released a trailer that provides a breakdown of all the Operators that’ll be playable at launch in Extraction. Only Mira, Thermite, and Ash will be unlocked from the get-go, but more Operators will join the fight as you progress.

A Switch port of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was announced during the Nintendo Direct that aired back in September, and finally, after a little over a month of waiting, it’s available for purchase. 

KOTOR was first released on the original Xbox and PC in 2003, and it was later ported to Mac, iOS, and Android devices by Aspyr Media, the studio now heading the PlayStation 5 and PC remake of the classic RPG. Due to Xbox’s overall backward compatibility support, the original version of KOTOR has been playable on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S consoles. As of today, it’s playable on Switch. 

“Four thousand years before the Galactic Empire, hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith and you are the last hope of the Jedi Order,” Nintendo’s description reads. “Can you master the awesome power of the Force and save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side?”

Call of Duty is a globally popular franchise that has a long history of portraying Muslim-majority countries in an unflattering light. The series latest entry, Call of Duty: Vanguard, drew criticism from a number of Muslim players after a YouTuber spotted that a location in its zombie campaign had pages of the Quran…

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The ongoing chip shortage will keep Sony from meeting consumer demands for the PlayStation 5.

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200% Cotton I don’t quite know how Cotton, of all franchises, became one of my most commonly written about beats...

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Black Friday 2021 is just around the corner and Nintendo Switch deals are already starting to appear across online retailers, including some great Switch bundle options at Amazon.

Last year, it was the supermarkets that had the best Nintendo Switch Black Friday deals. They had Switch consoles going for as cheap as £230 over the sales event - some of the lowest prices we've ever seen! Stock was quite limited though, so you'd have been lucky to grab one. What does that mean for 2021, though?

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Third-party developer Flightbeam Studios recently released Auckland International Airport (NZAA) for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Serving thw most populous urban area in New Zealand and being the largest and busiest international hub in the country, it’s the perfect base if you’re interested in flying over this beautiful gem of the Southern Hemisphere. It’s host to intense passenger and cargo airline traffic, on top of general aviation, so it’s a good choice pretty much regardless of what you like to fly.

It’s available on the developer’s own store for $19.99, while installation and updates are a breeze thanks to the Contrail app.

If you’d like an extensive look at the scenery, you can watch an ILS approach and landing on runway 05R in the first video below, and a full flyover in a variety of lighting and weather conditions in the second video.

Expect a handful of cheats to be missing from Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. 

The GTA franchise is known for a lot of things, including cheats. These allow players to customize the experience in a given GTA game to their liking. Maybe they have too much police heat on them? A cheat can fix that. Maybe they need a rocket launcher immediately? A cheat can get them that. Really, for a lot of wants and needs in GTA, there’s an accompanying cheat. 

However, some of the cheats previously seen in GTA III, GTA: San Andreas, and GTA: Vice City have been cut, according to Rockstar, although the company opted to stay mum on the topic when asked about which ones by USA Today, as reported by Eurogamer. 

“We actually had to remove a couple for technical reasons, certain things that didn’t play well in the Unreal base,” Rockstar Games producer Rich Rosado told USA Today. “But that’s actually where I’ll leave it. There’s some fun with discovery. I’m not saying plus or minus, but I’d rather not just go right on the nose before the release and go straight to the end credits.” 

Earlier this week, FX revealed the brand new trailer for Season 15 of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. This season features all of the hijinks and chaos that The Gang has become known for, tasking them with dealing with everything from the Covid-19 outbreak to doing their best to avoid fallout from cancel culture.

For a detailed breakdown of what fans can expect from Season 15 of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, check out the synopsis pulled from the official website below.

On a Wednesday…

In Ireland.

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment and Polyphony Digital released another trailer of the upcoming racing game Gran Turismo 7.

The video stars producer Kazunori Yamauchi as he talks about tracks, how they are reproduced in the game, and the achievements made toward greater realism, including weather.

This follows another trailer released a couple of weeks ago in which Yamauchi-san talked about car culture in general. We also saw one on collecting cars, one on racing, one on liveries, one on the Scapes photo mode, and one featuring tuning.

You can check out the video below.

The Pokemon Trading Card market has returned with a vengeance recently, as collectors are going bonkers trying to get their hands on the rarest cards around. But while there is plenty of amazing full art, tag-team, and VMax rarity cards around that are stunning to look at, there are few Pokemon cards that are as cool as what one Redditor has been creating in their spare time.

As you can see in the post below to the Pokemon subreddit, user XoXcHriisXoX made an absolutely gorgeous animated version of their Shining Gyarados card, featuring an ocean background, lightning, and rain to really help set the mood.

What is more impressive is that this isn’t even the first Pokemon Trading Card animation of this style that XoXcHriisXoX has made. One look at their post history shows that they’ve been cranking out these cool animations for a few months now, creating versions for Espeon, Charizard, and Mew just to name a few.

I definitely want more, but not quite like this A few years back, a bunch of us were collectively wowed...

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Kitao will appear as a special guest during an upcoming Elden Ring broadcast that will be held during the network test.

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Exo One - which we've had our eye on now for almost five years - will finally launch next week for PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on 18th November.

A vast and beautiful sci-fi exploration game, Exo One is the work of developer Jay Weston. You control a mysterious gleaming spacecraft that can be rolled around planets like a sci-fi Wii Sports Golf ball, or soar through the air like a flying saucer.

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Microsoft is testing an update to its Store which would let you install PC games to any folder - including those downloaded via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

It's great news for modders, who have sometimes struggled to work around the Microsoft Store and its restricted WindowsApps folder.

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Hello! Tomorrow, we'll be doing another of our Ask Eurogamer Q&A sessions with our community of supporters, and this one's going to be about news!

Exclusive to Premium subscribers, Ask Eurogamer is a series of live Q&A sessions with the Eurogamer staff on a range of topics about our jobs, the site, and of course the games we love and the industry we cover. We held the first of these last month on the topic of reviews and it was a lot of fun.

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The pieces of artwork from the calendar can also be used as posters.

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A physical Metroid Dread poster two-pack [Update #2: Nintendo has once again restocked the Metroid Dread poster as of the evening...

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Naruto is to the anime community what Fortnite is to gaming – a cultural phenomenon with continuous levels of popularity and success. Naruto’s fluid animation, impressive world-building, and relatable heroes have inspired fans across the globe. At the same time, Fortnite is beloved for its constant content rollouts and unexpected crossovers, with Marvel and DC being primary sources of inspiration. However, it’s rare for anime to make an appearance in the cartoonish battle royale’s gameplay loop. Yet, somehow it makes sense for two heavyweights like Naruto and Fortnite to come together. According to a teaser Tweet, Naruto (Shippuden, to be exact) will ninja run into Fortnite next week. Believe it!

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ new DLC, Happy Home Paradise, is a game-changer for villagers who love decorating. Not only does it add a lot more ways to flex your creativity, it also adds a ton of features to spruce up your main island home.

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Few games shook the industry or even pop culture like Grand Theft Auto III did in 2001. Coming from seemingly nowhere, it quickly grew from cult hit to mainstream sensation. Sure, the GTA series on PlayStation had a reputation for being a vulgar and violent yet captivating sandbox, but the shift to a full 3D Liberty City in GTA3 shattered our perception of immersion possible at the time. Subsequent releases of Vice City and San Andreas built on the mold set by Rockstar, with bigger locations, more vehicles, weapons, activities, and debauchery. As the generations passed and GTA evolved into what we know it to be today with Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online, the original 3D trilogy became more of a fond memory, left to stay in the past than to be played in their original forms. That is, until today.

Siliconera spoke with Dungeon Encounters Producer Hiroaki Kato and Director Hiroyuki Ito about the game, its development, and its characters.

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