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Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox Halloween game sales up to 80% off join Best Buy’s early Black Friday deals

Halloween Nintendo-PlayStation-Xbox
80% off/From $2

Happy Halloween folks! The PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox Halloween game sales are now live at up to 80% off with titles starting from just $2. You’ll find some quick links to those sale events below, but with the Best Buy Black Friday Doorbuster deals kicking off today, we wanted to shine a light on the early Black Friday gaming deals as well. While the selection is nowhere near what it will be come next month, there are some notable deals up for grabs including Split Fiction for Nintendo Switch 2 down at $39.99 shipped. Regularly $50 and also matched over at Amazon, you’ll also find this one down at$39.99 in physical form for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. 

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Luigi’s Mansion trilogy now playable on Switch 2 just in time for Halloween, deals from $43

Luigi's Mansion trilogy Switch 2
Luigi/From $43

In case you missed last night, Nintendo has now officially released Luigi’s Mansion on the GameCube Nintendo Classic library for Switch 2 owners. That means that the entire trilogy is now playable on Nintendo Switch 2 and if you’re still looking to land a copy of the newer games to enjoy over Halloween weekend, there are some deals live. While we have see the Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD for less than the $53 you’ll pay over at Walmart right now, that is the lowest price we can find, and Luigi’s Mansion 3 is still starting down at $42.99 with free shipping for Prime members at Woot (a $6 delivery fee will apply). This is a perfect time of year to run through Luigi’s spooky ghost hunting series and everything you need to know about the new GameCube release awaits right here.  

Luigi’s Mansion is now playable on the Switch 2 GameCube library

Nintendo officially announces Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch 2 Edition + FREE update

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Nintendo officially announces Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch 2 Edition + FREE update

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
Coming soon/Animal Crossing

Update: Pre-orders are now live on the Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition via Best Buy at $64.99

Nintendo has just official revealed Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition with a series of upgraded features specifically for the new console, as well as a FREE update coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch. 

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Resident Evil Requiem Switch 2 Pro Controller, amiibo, Deluxe Edition, more revealed

RE Requiem Switch 2 Pro Controller
RE9/Switch 2

Update: The new Resident Evil Requiem Switch 2 Pro Controller is now up for pre-order at Best Buy

As soon as we get through the year, Resident Evil Requiem will quickly become the most anticipated thing in gaming, if it isn’t already, and no matter what platform you want to play it on. Alongside pre-order listings for the new RE9 going live across console and PC, a brand Resident Evil Requiem Nintendo Switch 2 Pro controller has been revealed alongside the announcement of upcoming amiibo and details on the deluxe edition and pre-order bonuses. Pre-orders for all platforms are starting to appear on Amazon and over at Best Buy.

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Next GameCube game will be available to play on Switch 2 as early as tonight

GameCube Nintendo Classics–Luigi’s Mansion release
Luigi!/GameCube

As Nintendo previously announced, the next additional to the Switch 2 Nintendo Classics GameCube library is officially set for release tomorrow. Much as we predicted, the original Luigi’s Mansion for GameCube is arriving just in time for Halloween this year and all eligible Switch Online members with a Switch 2 will be able to dive in starting…as early as tonight.

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Land Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom at nearly 25% off, more Switch 2 game deals

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25% off/$46

Alongside the batch of discounted first-party switch 2 games we featured yesterday – they are still live and you’ll find them below, Woot has now brought back its deal on 2024’s The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom for Switch. One of the more unique Zelda experiences Nintendo has ever released, you can take control the namesake princess herself in this one down at $45.99 Prime shipped(a $6 delivery fee will apply otherwise). Regularly $60, this is nearly 25% off and a first-party Switch game that rarely goes on sale outside of these Woot offers. As mentioned above, you can scope out the ongoing Switch 2 game deals below:

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Black Friday PSA: PlayStation 5 consoles will be at least $120 off this year

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It seems as though retailers are becoming more and more vague about what the actual deals will be come Black Friday in ads and early marketing materials. That said, some retailers still subscribe to the old school way of doing things and actually dish up specific prices on upcoming deals, and even the exact date they will go live. Costco is, to some degree, one of these retailers and it is already teasing a notable upcoming PlayStation 5 deal

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Switch 2 game deals now live: Zelda BotW, Tears of the Kingdom, DK Bananza, Kirby, Mario Party, more

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Switch 2/Rare deals

Discounts on first-party Switch 2 games are still a relatively rare occurrence. We have seen some price drops here and there, but today Woot has brought back its deals on Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World and the official Switch 2 Editions of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and Super Mario Party Jamboree. There’s no telling how long these deals might stick around for, but if you’re looking to land proper Switch 2 boxed editions to your library, have at them below:

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Game deals: Cronos New Dawn $40 low, MGS Delta, WWE 2K25 for Switch 2, more

Cronos New Dawn
New low/From $40

As part of its pre-Black Friday Doorbuster sale, Best Buy has a number of notable console game deals running right now. Alongside the new all-time low we featured on Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater over the week, you’ll also find deals on WWE 2K25 for Nintendo Switch 2 down at $59.99 as well as Cronos: The New Dawn on PS5 down at $39.99 shipped from the regular $60 MSRP. Still up at the full list on Amazon, this is the lowest price we have ever tracked on this “brutal third-person survival horror” experience. It includes “exclusive in-game content and collectibles” like the Traveler skin, “a cache of valuable supplies,” and a set of collectible stickers to decorate your gear. 

Browse through the rest of the ongoing Best Buy console game sale right here.

Best Buy just detailed its 2025 Black Friday sale

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Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater hits Amazon all-time low (FREE Sneaking DLC Pack included)

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Amazon low/MGS Δ

We are now tracking the first chance to save on the physical PS5 copy of the new Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater Tactical Edition at $59.88 shipped at Amazon. This deal is also live at Walmart. Regularly $70, you’re looking at a nearly 15% price drop and a new Amazon all-time low. This is the Tactical Edition that includes the base game on the disc as well as a voucher for the regularly $15 Sneaking DLC Pack with 10 cosmetic items and the White Tuxedo. If you’re yet to pick up this frankly quite impressive remake of the MGS classic, you can now do so on Amazon with a nice little price drop – the first notable discount we have tracked there to date. 

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The Outer Worlds 2 Premium early access deal
FREE $10/Early access

Land The Outer Worlds 2 premium edition with a FREE $10 Xbox gift card and start playing today (5 days early)

One of the more anticipated RPG launches of the fall game release season has to be The Outer Worlds 2 from Obsidian. The game is set for an official release next week on October 29 and if you’re looking at land a nice little bonus offer on your pre-order of the $99.99 premium edition, Newegg is throwing in a FREE $10 Xbox gift card right now. And the Premium Edition we are featuring here actually releases today at 1 p.m. ET (it includes 5-day early access). On top of that and the base game, it also comes with the DLC Pass for two future story expansions, Moon Man’s Corporate Appreciation Premium Prize Pack, and access to the Digital Artbook and Original Soundtrack.

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Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition with all DLC officially announced for Nintendo Switch 2, more

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It’s been 10 years since Fallout 4 released, and Bethesda thinks it’s a good time to re-release the game. Not only will the new Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition including all of the already released DLC packs and even some Fallout 4 Creation Club goodies, but it is also slated for release on Nintendo Switch 2.

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Kirby Nintendo Direct day deals: Kirby Star Allies, Return to Dream Land, more

Happy Kirby Direct day folks! Nintendo is set to launch a lengthy hour-long Direct this morning focused on the new Kirby Air Riders game and we are taking a look at some Switch deals starring the transformable pink puff this morning. Pre-orders on the new Kirby Air Riders are now live at Amazon and elsewhere, but we also have some discounts on some the Kirby platformers to shore up your library including Kirby Star Allies down at $39.99 and Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe at $44.99 Prime shipped, both down from the regular $60. You will also find Kirby and The Forgotten Land on sale for $49.49 over at Walmart right now, but we have seen that one down at closer to $40 via Woot this year a couple times. Either way, it’s all about Kirby today and you can tune in to today’s Direct livestream starting at 9 a.m. ET right here

Tune in to today’s hour-long Kirby Nintendo Direct: New details, gameplay, and maybe even Switch 2 hardware?

Nintendo officially announces the next Switch 2 GameCube release

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Tune in to today’s hour-long Kirby Nintendo Direct: New details, gameplay, and maybe even Switch 2 hardware?

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Direct/Live

Nintendo Direct goes live again this morning, and it’s all about the new Kirby Air Riders. As was officially announced earlier this week, Nintendo will livestream its next Direct presentation very soon on its official channels to give us another particularly lengthy look at the new Kirby racing title. 

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Luigi’s Mansion 3
Reg. $60/$43

Luigi’s Mansion hits Switch 2 GameCube library soon, grab Luigi’s Mansion 3 at $43 today

Nintendo has now officially announced that Luigi’s Mansion is set to land on the Nintendo Classics GameCube library for Switch 2 just ahead of Halloween this month, just as we hoped for. That means the entire Luigi’s haunted mansion series will soon be playable on Switch 2 and if you haven’t landed a copy of the latest title, you can grab one on sale for $42.99 Prime shipped (a $6 delivery fee will apply otherwise) over at Woot. Deals on the regularly $60 Luigi’s Mansion 3 don’t come around all too often outside of these Woot sales as of late and now’s your chance to land physical copy to enjoy ahead of Halloween and the release of the original title on Switch Online. 

Nintendo officially announces the next Switch 2 GameCube release

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Samsung debuts new Switch 2-compatible 800MB/s P9 Express microSD card [Launch deal]

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New!/From $55

After debuting its officially licensed Switch 2-compatible Express microSD earlier this year, Samsung is back again with another Express memory card called P9 Express. This new model is available in 256GB and 512GB capacities, and they’re both up for pre-order now at Amazon starting at $54.99 shipped. The 512GB variant is even seeing a launch deal down to $94.99 shipped with an on-page coupon. Deals on these Express microSD cards are hard to come by – and they often sell out quickly – so this is a great chance to secure one if you’ve been looking to boost your Switch 2’s storage. Head below for more details.

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Nintendo 2025 Halloween sale now live with loads of Switch games starting from $2 (Up to 50% off)

Nintendo 2025 Halloween sale Screaming deals
50% off/From $2

The official 2025 Nintendo Halloween sale is now live. While we are still hoping Nintendo will unleash the classic Luigi’s Mansion title to the Switch 2 GameCube library for Halloween this year, in the meantime we are getting a sizeable selection of digital Switch game deals on the eShop at up to 50% off as part of the now live Screaming Deals sale. 

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Official documents suggest Nintendo DS games coming to Switch 2 with dual-screen modes

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Ahead of the official Switch 2 launch, rumors suggested we could be seeing some official dual-screen action on Nintendo’s new console by way of a secondary USB-C port. We already know there are some not so perfect workarounds for using  second display on Switch 2, even your iPad, but the real question is, and has been for some time, when is Nintendo bringing DS to Nintendo Classics and how is it going to deal with the second display setup on those games? A new patent suggests something might already be on the works. 

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Switch 2 release date has now leaked [Updated]

Assassin’s Creed Shadows for Nintendo Switch 2
Leak/Shadows

Update 10/14: The Assassin’s Creed Shadows Switch 2 release date has now leaked courtesy of a particularly reliable source – the game is expected to launch in Europe on December 5 – that likely means it will be right around then in the U.S. as well, if this date is indeed the real thing. This source also claims an official announcement will hit on or before November 7. 

Assassin’s Creed is in the news again to start the week, and this time it’s not for the somewhat controversial new Mirage Valley of Memory expansion – the Switch 2 version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows has leaked again. And this time we get a look at the box art. 

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GameFreak leak details new Gen 10 Pokémon Switch 2 game, multi-region MMO, more

Pokémon Gen 10 leak Wind-Waves
Gen 10/Leak

It looks like every official upcoming Pokémon project in the works at GameFreak has leaked. Sources who claimed to have datamined the developer’s roadmap from internal files have released details on a series of as of yet un-announced Pokémon titles, including the official Gen 10 Switch 2 game, and a series of other titles. 

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All of the titles confirmed for Switch 2 GameCube library: Zelda Wind Waker, Mario Sunshine, F-Zero GX, more [Update #2]

Switch 2 GameCube library
GameCube/Switch 2

Update 8/13: This post has been updated with the official release date for Chibi-Robo!

The My Nintendo Store Switch 2 pre-order invites have gone out and that means the first chance to score one of the new wireless GameCube controllers has too, but the actual Switch Online GameCube library won’t launch until June 5 when the Switch 2 does. Nintendo announced that it would be bringing GameCube to its classics library for Switch Online + Expansion Pack members alongside the Switch 2, but there are a few things you need to know about it and we’ll have a look at all of the games we know are coming to the service thus far down below. 

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Nintendo just revealed three new SNES games for Switch Online: Mario, Wario, Bubsy, and more

Switch Online SNES Nintendo Classics October update
SNES/Mario & Wario

Nintendo has now revealed a new set of Super Nintendo games landing on Nintendo Classics for Switch Online members. Last we checked in the Game Boy Advance lineup got a nice little update, but today we are turning our attention back to the iconic SNES with three new releases for the first October 2025 Games Update. 

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Leaf it to Plantum: Better care for your plants forever for $15 (Reg. $60)

Plantum - AI Plant Identifier Premium Plan: Lifetime Subscription (For iOS Only)
Reg. $60/$15

If you’ve ever stopped mid-walk to ask a fern, “Are you actually a fern?”—same. Which is why I nearly squealed when I saw this Deal Days offer: Download Plantum for iOS and get lifetime access for $14.99 (reg. $59.99) with code GROW. Sale ends October 12 at 11:59 p.m. PT, so you have a little window before your monstera judges you.

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Prime Day is over, but the PS5/Switch game deals aren’t: Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario, Spider-Man 2, more

Donkey Kong Bananza
From $15/Still live

While the official Amazon Prime Day sale is now over, that doesn’t mean all the game deals are gone. Alongside the updated list of discounts you’ll find below, the official Walmart fall sale remains live through this weekend and it has a ton of notable discounts on PS5 and Switch games right now – you can browse through all of them right here. We will leave you with some highlights below:

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Ubisoft officially reveals ‘major’ FREE update to Assassin’s Creed Mirage – Valley of Memory full reveal goes live today

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Ubisoft has now officially revealed what it is calling a “major” expansion to Assassin’s Creed Mirage known as Valley of Memory. It has already put up a short teaser trailer for the new DLC add-on, but the full reveal of the new free update on the now two-year old AC title is set to go live today, and very soon at that. 

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Xbox Game Pass is getting a major revamp, a major price hike, and some major upgrades

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Microsoft is shaking things up with Xbox Game Pass, rebranding certain subscription tiers while also increasing the prices. As announced on Xbox Wire, the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate plan is jumping from $19.99 to $29.99 per month starting today – a straight-up $10 increase. Other tiers are also seeing adjustments, and we’ve broken down all the details from today’s announcement below.

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Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered physical deluxe edition now live at $40 on Amazon

The Elder Scrolls IV- Oblivion Remastered physical pre-order
Now live/$40

Considering how popular the announcement The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was for 9to5Toys readers, we are doing something little bit different for this morning’s games post – the physical deluxe edition of the game is now live on Amazon for pre-order. While many expected the price to be much higher, you can now secure a physical copy of Oblivion Remastered on PS5 or Xbox Series X|S at $39.99 shipped – that’s less than the digital copy on the PlayStation Store. Now set for release on October 13, if you’re looking to secure a boxed copy for your collection, Amazon’s physical deluxe copy is now live with some extra goodies – a digital art book and soundtrack, new quests for a series of new armor, weapons, and horse armor sets, and the expected Shivering Isles & Knights of the Nine story expansions. 

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Sony reveals epic large-format photo book and Reebok collab for PlayStation’s 30th anniversary (Pre-orders now live)

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After the 30th anniversary PlayStation 5 hardware releases, and the 15th anniversary of PlayStation Plus, September 2025 marks the actual 30th anniversary of PlayStation in North America and Europe, and Sony isn’t finished the celebration yet. Today it took to the official PlayStation Blog to reveal some all-new collectibles and the PlayStation x Reebok collection. Scope it all out below. 

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Insomniac (finally) reveals visceral and violent new gameplay trailer for Marvel’s Wolverine, official art, more details

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It has been a long time coming, but Insomniac has finally given us a seriously good look at its Wolverine game, and it looks wild. Some may have felt it was going to sugar the experience, but this isn’t your neighborhood Spider-Man folks – this thing looks rough, raw, and extremely violent. Just the way we wanted it. 

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Tune in to Capcom’s 40-min TGS livestream: New looks at PRAGMATA, SF6, Mega Man Star Force Legacy, more

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TGS/Capcom

Capcom is set to host its Tokyo Game Show livestream this morning. While we are not expecting anything new from the highly-anticipated Resident Evil Requiem, just about every other major Capcom franchise, alongside some of the upcoming titles will be present and going live this morning on YouTube with new details and gameplay footage. 

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Sony officially announces this week’s State of Play showcase – 35-mins. of game ‘reveals and news’

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Nintendo just hit us with one of the most epic September showcases in recent memory at the latest Direct, and now Sony is looking to get in on the action as it has just announced the next PlayStation State of Play. Last time around we got a dedicated 30-minute rundown of the new James Bond game, but this week State of Play is returning to form with a relatively sizable showcase of reveals and updates from devs across the globe, including PlayStation Studios. 

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Nintendo Switch 2 now up for purchase at Amazon with no invitation needed…have any store credit to use?

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The Nintendo Switch 2 and the Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle are now readily available for purchase at Amazon with no invite needed. While these consoles have been up for grabs at retail online and in-store for some time now, Amazon’s invitation phase is over – if you have some Amazon gift cards and store credit in the holster, this might be your first chance to score a deal on the new Nintendo console. 

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Two new games have now been announced for the Game Boy Advance Nintendo Classics library

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Just after the reveal of the Virtual Boy collection and some additions to the Switch Online GameCube and N64 libraries over the last couple months, Nintendo has announced a pair of new games coming to Nintendo Classics. This time around we are turning back to the handhelds titles with a pair of classic games for the Game Boy Advance lineup. 

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Pre-orders for Nintendo’s real-life Rosalina’s Storybook from Mario Galaxy now live at $25

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Pre-order/Storybook

As part of last week’s big September Nintendo Direct and the Mario 40th anniversary celebration, the new Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 bundle was announced for SWitch and Switch 2 alongside the official reveal The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. However, Nintendo also announced a special collectible to go along with both of them – Rosalina’s Storybook – pulled straight from the game and brought into real life. The new hardcover book is set for release in a couple months and is now available for pre-order at Amazon. 

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