Persona 5 Royal: 1 More Edition

PS5 - $50 | Switch - $70 (was $120)

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Persona 5 Royal: 1 More Edition is on sale for really low prices at Woot. PlayStation 5 users can grab the collector's edition of one of the best RPGs in recent memory for only $50. Meanwhile, the Nintendo Switch edition is available for $70. The 1 More Edition normally retails for $120. It initially launched in 2022 as a Shop Atlus exclusive before being re-printed last year for wider release. If you're unfamiliar with Woot, it's an Amazon-owned retailer that offers free shipping on all products for Prime members.

Persona 5 Royal: 1 More Edition PS5 - $50 | Switch - $70 (was $120)

The Persona 5 Royal: 1 More Edition is the ultimate collector’s bundle for fans. Along with the base game (physical edition) and over 40 items of DLC, you’ll get the following goodies:

• Treasure Chest Box
• Le Grimoire Art Frame
• Phantom Thieves Art Prints
• Akechi’s Briefcase Bag
• Arcana Tarot Card Desk
• Steelbook Case

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That’s a ton of exclusive content, all of which would make a great addition to a game room or home office. Akechi’s Briefcase Bag is a particular standout, as the 15-inch bag is big enough to carry small laptops and other accessories--making it the perfect companion for your daily commute.

Our Persona 5 Royal review found it to be an incredible JRPG, awarding it a coveted 10/10.

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Billie Eilish is officially coming to Fortnite. The singer herself confirmed the longstanding rumors on social media, posting a picture of her character in the game and teasing a main stage appearance this week. Eilish will take to the Main Stage inside Fortnite Festival on April 23.

For what it's worth, Billie Eilish's appearance in Fortnite has been rumored for years now. Epic Games re-shared Eilish's social media post but has not yet offered other details about the event.

Fortnite Festival Main Stage: 4.23.24 pic.twitter.com/dxaQBsqD4A

— billie eilish (@billieeilish) April 22, 2024

Fortnite Festival is the rhythm game within Fortnite's launcher developed by Rock Band studio Harmonix. The Weeknd and Lady Gaga have graced the Main Stage so far, and Eilish will be next.

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If you're in the mood for an old-school role-playing game starring a certain mustachioed Nintendo icon, you can't go wrong with Super Mario RPG. Released last November, this modernized take on the classic SNES game has just received a big discount, dropping the price from $60 to $45 at Amazon. This is the lowest price yet from a major retailer. Walmart is selling Mario RPG for the same price; or, if you don't mind buying from a third-party seller, you can snag the game for only $40.

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Incredibly faithful to the beloved original, Super Mario RPG is a charming Switch game enhanced with several quality-of-life changes that make it more approachable to newcomers. Mario RPG veterans will appreciate the series of post-game fights that really test your prowess. Beyond those additions and tweaks, Super Mario RPG on Switch plays very similarly as the iconic original on Super Nintendo. The excellent turn-based combat still feels great today, the characters and writing are heartfelt and humorous, and the world design still has that classic Nintendo charm.

"Super Mario RPG is one of the wildest games in Nintendo's catalog. Loaded with eccentric characters like a Santa-esque big bad, random bouts of dark comedy--Toad cosplayers tickle as a form of torture and a four-eyed dog swallows you whole and comments on the taste--and moment-to-moment gameplay that is as raucous as it is eclectic, Super Mario RPG memorably capped off the SNES lifecycle," Steven Petite wrote in GameSpot's Super Mario RPG review. "Fittingly, the new Switch version is one of the weirdest remasters I've ever played. Its surface-level appearance as a modern Mario game is merely a facade. Relentlessly faithful to the original, Super Mario RPG is a bold and largely successful experiment."

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Private Division and Weta Workshop have released a new trailer for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game, and it looks absolutely delightful.

Tales of the Shire is described as a "cozy Hobbit life sim" set in Middle-earth, and specifically, the town of Bywater. Weta Workshop's internal game studio is developing the game, which is set for release in the second half of 2024 on Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

As you'll see in the trailer, Tales of the Shire invites players to Bywater where they can make friends, decorate their Hobbit hole home, explore the countryside to collect mushrooms, and partake in activities like fishing, gardening, and cooking.

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Super Mario Party + Joy-Con Controllers

$79 (was $100) | Retail value is $140

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Surprisingly, one of Nintendo's marquee holiday deals--the Super Mario Party Joy-Con bundle--has lingered at major retailers over the past few months. Though some retailers have sold out, a couple stores are still selling the bundle. One of those retailers, Walmart, appears to be clearing out the rest of its inventory by dropping the price from $100 to $79.

Considering a pair of Joy-Con controllers retail for $80 on their own, you're essentially getting a digital copy of Super Mario Party for free. Together, the Joy-Con controllers and Super Mario Party are valued at $140, so the original offer was already pretty great As such, we don't expect this $79 bundle deal to stick around for very long.

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Today, April 22, is Earth Day, and to mark the occasion, Blizzard is donating potentially millions of dollars worth of maggots to charity. Blizzard has partnered with the British rescue and rehabilitation hospital Tiggywinkles to help feed birds with maggots.

How does this all connect to Diablo? In the game, Duriel is the King of Maggots, and his latest mission is to decimate his minions. For every 25 likes on the Diablo Earth Day post, Blizzard will donate a bucket of maggots--each containing about 45,000 maggots--to Tiggywinkles. Blizzard is capping the donation drive at 666 buckets, or about 30 million maggots.

Duriel the Maggot King has enlisted you to help sacrifice his horde.
For every 25 likes on this post we will donate 45,000 maggots to birds undergoing treatment and rehabilitation at @TiggywinklesUK.
Send millions of maggots to meat their maker. pic.twitter.com/YYmwdaHIZ4

— Diablo (@Diablo) April 22, 2024

If the donation campaign is maxed out, that would be enough to fund Tiggywinkle's bird feeding program for about 2.5 years, Blizzard said. The value of 666 buckets' worth of maggots is around $13,000 USD, according to Blizzard.

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Lego Fortnite thinks you need some animal buddies in your virtual life, so a new update arriving tomorrow, April 23, is called Farm Friends. Developer Epic will raise the recruitment cap for your village so that cows, sheep, chickens, and pigs can join your home.

On the Fortnite website, Epic says the cap will grow to 10. Lego Fortnite players can dedicate up to seven of those spaces to animals, with three solely dedicated to the cute creatures. Three slots are only available to Villagers, meaning the final four are customizable to include either group.

Along with being adorable, a major reason to recruit these Farm Friends relates to resources. All four pet pals will produce fertilizer, while they each offer their own reward, too. Chickens will drop feathers; cows can make milk; sheep will grow wool; and pigs apparently end up providing mushrooms.

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After a couple of years, it's only natural that you'd want to change up the look of your consoles. Sure, the pristine white and the carbon black finish of the PS5 and the Xbox Series X loo great, but over at Amazon you can score several of Razer's vinyl wraps for your console at their best prices yet. Normally priced between $40 and $60, you can save up to 60% on several designs.

According to Razer, these are scratch-resistant vinyls that are precision-cut to ensure a uniform fit on your console. As thin as a sheet of printer paper, they add hardly any extra weight and feature several different textures. The other big plus here is that should you get bored of this wrap, they're easy to remove and they won't leave any residue on your Xbox or PlayStation. Because nothing is worse than a console full of sticky glue stains.

For the designs, Amazon has several for the Xbox Series X and both of the chunkier PS5 console variations.

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Atlus, developer of renowned RPGs in the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona franchises, seems to love re-releasing its games. While it may look like double-dipping, these definitive editions have often resulted in fully realized versions of their originals and not just ports or tacked-on extra content, evident in the likes of Persona 5 Royal and Persona 3 Reload. Now, 2021's Shin Megami Tensei V is getting the same treatment with the re-release subtitled Vengeance.

Ahead of its launch on June 14, I spoke with key developers on the project: producer Shinjiro Takata who's been with Atlus since its inception, director Shiego Komori who worked on SMT: Nocturne, and composer Ryota Kozuka who became main composer on SMT IV. With any definitive version, the main question is about how it warrants a whole new purchase. So we dug into the ways in which Vengeance makes its case, and judging from what I've seen thus far, it might be the biggest deviation from an original version that Atlus has done thus far.

SMT V was a Nintendo Switch exclusive, and that came with some limitations--with the new definitive edition releasing on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC, the experience has been improved with features like higher visual fidelity and 60 fps, but those things are just the cherry on top. Takata said, "This time, we went in with the goal of taking a new direction for Vengeance, compared to just making a high spec version of previous titles."

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An EA Japan executive has criticized CERO, the Japanese games rating board, for approving Stellar Blade's rating while denying one for the remake of Dead Space, effectively banning the game from release in Japan.

First spotted by Automaton, EA Japan general manager Shaun Noguchi said that CERO denied Dead Space's rating due to the game showing severed body parts and internal organs. However, he posted screenshots of characters being dismembered in Stellar Blade, which received a CERO D rating, meaning that it can't be purchased by players under the age of 17 but can be sold.

Noguchi clarified that he enjoyed the demo and that he's not criticizing Stellar Blade, but just the CERO ratings board itself. The Dead Space remake is not available for purchase in Japan, which indicates that it wasn't even eligible for the CERO Z, or 18+, rating, the equivalent of the M rating with ESRB and North America.

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In 1999, The Blair Witch Project became an instant horror sensation and innovated the new film genre of "found footage" and became one of the year's biggest movies. The film launched a multi-media franchise with sequels, comics, and video games, but not so much the careers of the original cast.

Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael Williams have come together with a public proposal to Lionsgate after the studio recently announced a partnership with Blumhouse to reboot the series. The trio wrote in a statement that they're asking Lionsgate for retroactive and future residual payments, "meaningful consultation" on any future Blair Witch projects, and an annual $60,000 grant for "an unknown/aspiring genre filmmaker to assist in making their first feature film."

They continued with how both reboots of the film failed to capture the original suspense. "Neither of these films were made with significant creative input from the original team. As the insiders who created the Blair Witch and have been listening to what fans love and want for 25 years, we're your single greatest, yet thus far unutilized secret weapon!"

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The wasteland in Fallout 76 is more alive than it's ever been on Steam, as the online RPG hit a new peak concurrent player count on Sunday, April 21. The title saw 73,368 people at once, according to SteamDB, on Valve's service alone--which doesn't even account for others on PlayStation and Xbox systems, as well as Game Pass on all platforms.

This milestone comes just a week after Fallout 76 set a previous record of 39,455 players on Steam. So this new mark shows a notable increase in numbers, with the online RPG gaining players basically everyday since the Amazon Prime Video series Fallout debuted April 10. It's not the only game in the post-apocalyptic series that's experienced a boost, either. Fallout 4 and Fallout: New Vegas have benefitted from the TV show, too. In Europe, four Fallout games entered the Top 10 charts recently after the show's premiere.

Fallout 76 was also free for a week earlier this month, helping the online RPG's engagement numbers. That promo is now over, though the title is still heavily discounted on store fronts. In addition, Fallout 76 has received Fallout TV show content. For example, everyone who jumps into the game until May 7 will earn a Vault 33 jumpsuit, like the one Lucy wears in the Prime Video series.

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For years, many have wondered if Seth MacFarlane might ever produce another Family Guy movie, one that could potentially get a theatrical release. (For context, a straight-to-DVD Family Guy movie was released in 2005). We still don't know if that will happen, but MacFarlane has now said he has the film figured out.

Appearing at PaleyFest, the series creator said he's know what he wants to do with the next Family Guy movie for many years now--he just needs time to make it.

"I have known what that movie will be for the past 15 years and I just haven't had the time to get to it, but I do know what it will be," MacFarlane said, as reported by TheWrap.

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A new Deadpool and Wolverine trailer has gone live, and within the first minute, it drops plenty of F-bombs and at least one scene of genital mutilation. Good thing the main cast happens to have the ability to heal from almost any physical injury.

The other big reveal in this trailer is that Deadpool and Wolverine will have their work cut out for them when they encounter one of the most dangerous X-Men villains of all time, Cassandra Nova, who is played by Emma Corrin in the film.

In addition to that, there's a brief tease of the origins of this Wolverine, who reportedly hails from an alternate reality where he failed to save the day. Beyond that, the trailer has plenty of salty language--Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige would approve--explosions, and an inside joke regarding Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld's infamous struggle to draw a certain piece of human anatomy.

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Tom Holland has discussed the future of the Spider-Man film series, saying he will "always" want to make more films, but he's is mindful that they get the story right before he agrees to come back to play the character again.

"The simple answer is that I'll always want to do Spider-Man films," Holland told Deadline. "I owe my life and career to Spider-Man. So the simple answer is yes. I'll always want to do more."

Holland said a team of the "best in the business" is currently cooking up ideas for "whatever the story might be" for another film. Holland said he's wary of protecting the legacy of the series.

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Embracer Group has announced plans to split itself into three unique game companies: Asmodee, Coffee Stain and Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises and Friends. Each entity will exist as a separate and publicly listed company on the Nasdaq Stockholm.

Asmodee, which has a rich portfolio of over 300 IPs, will function as a tabletop games publisher. The company has several licensed tabletop games in development based on properties like Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and more, and has released highly successful games like Exploding Kittens and Catan. It's worth noting that Embracer Group has--through Asmodee--entered into a new financing agreement with several banks as part of its plans to "repay existing debt and reduce leverage" in the remaining Embracer Group. As part of the arrangement, Asmodee has been valued at $958 million.

Coffee Stain and Friends will "better showcase its high-margin profile and strong cash flow," according to Embracer and it is comprised of Coffee Stain, Ghost Ship, Tarsier, Tuxedo Labs, Amplifier Game Invest, and publisher THQ Nordic. This company will have more than 200 IPs in its portfolio, including Deep Rock Galactic, Goat Simulator, Satisfactory, Wreckfest, Teardown, and Valheim, which it partly owns. There's also the free-to-play side of the company, with games like Cryptic and published titles based on popular IPs like Star Trek Online.

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There's no guarantee that a manga series will make a successful transition to anime, but the odds seem to be in Dandadan's favor. The mix of homicidal hauntings, alien invasions, and high school drama made Yukinobu Tatsu's series an immediate hit when it first premiered in 2021, and now it's getting an anime adaptation from Science Saru, the animation studio behind Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and Devilman Crybaby. That seems like the perfect team to adapt the Dandadan manga's fast-paced storytelling and wild art style to anime. We'll find out for sure when the Dandadan anime premieres October 2024. Until then, those looking to catch up on the story can pick up the first eight Dandadan manga volumes at a discount from Amazon.

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Dandadan is best described as X-Files meets Constantine set in a Japanese high school. The ongoing series stars high school student Momo Ayase, who believes in ghosts but not aliens, and her nerdy classmate Ken "Okarun" Takakura, who believes in aliens, not ghosts. As it turns out, ghosts and aliens are both real, and they're out to get humanity. Thankfully, the duo earn powers that help them take on the supernatural forces threatening the world. .

Dandadan Manga Deals

• Dandadan Volume 1 -- $10.50 ($12)
• Dandadan Volume 2 -- $10.80 ($12)
• Dandadan Volume 3 -- $10 ($12)
• Dandadan Volume 4 -- $7.60 ($12)
• Dandadan Volume 5 -- $8.50 ($12)
• Dandadan Volume 6 -- $7.30 ($12)
• Dandadan Volume 7 -- $10.80 ($12)
• Dandadan Volume 8 -- $10.80 ($12)

For more manga deals, you can check out some classic action in Fist of the North Star, while big box sets for My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, and Akira are on sale for up to 50% less right now.

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House of the Dragon Season 2 is still a few months away, but the unfolding Targaryen civil war for control of the seven kingdoms of Westeros has already begun. There can only one king or queen on the Iron Throne. Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) is the rightful heir, and her followers are known as the Blacks. However, Rhaenyra's half-brother, King Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) is the usurper who sits on the throne with his followers, the Greens, behind him. And now, in HBO's new featurette, the House of the Dragon cast is declaring for either Team Black or Team Green.

"We have madness on our side," explains D'Arcy. "And we have a powerful naval presence, thanks to the Velaryon fleet." Olivia Cooke, who plays Rhaenyra's former friend-turned-rival, Alicent Hightower, had a succinct reply to D'Arcy's declaration: "We have bigger dragons."

Unsurprisingly, almost all of the cast members sided with the team aligned with their characters. The only actor who displayed any ambiguity was Fabien Frankel, who plays Rhaenyra's former protector, Ser Criston Col, who shifted his allegiance to Alicent years ago.

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The ROG Raikiri and Raikiri Pro Xbox controllers from Asus are discounted for a limited time at Amazon. The deal drops the price for the wireless ROG Raikiri Pro model to just $110 (was $150), and the standard ROG Raikiri controller down to $80 (normally $100), saving you a good chunk on two of the most feature-packed third-party gamepads out there.

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While both ROG Raikiri controllers feature numerous high-end features, the big draw is the built-in digital-to-analog converter (DAC), which enhances audio while listening to a wired headset or pair of headphones plugged into the 3.5mm port. They also feature remappable rear buttons--two on the Raikiri, four on the Raikiri Pro--and customizable settings like trigger and joystick sensitivity, and button remapping, all of which is accessible in the ROG Armoury Crate desktop app.

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Best PS5 Gaming Headset in 2024

SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7P

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Best PS5 Gaming Headset - Runner-Up (Tie)

Razer Kaira Pro Hyperspeed

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Best PS5 Gaming Headset - Runner-Up (Tie)

Razer BlackShark V2 Pro

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Best high-end PS5 headset

SteelSeries Nova Pro

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Best Budget Wireless PS5 Gaming Headset

HyperX Cloud Stinger Core

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Best high-end PS5 headset, runner-up

Turtle Beach Stealth Pro

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Best Premium Wired Headset

SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro + GamDAC

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Best Budget Wired Headset

SteelSeries Arctis Nova 1

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Best EQ Features

Astro A50

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Best Wired PS5 Gaming Headset

Astro A40 TR

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Best mid-range for PlayStation gamers

Pulse Elite

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Best gaming earbuds for PlayStation gamers

Pulse Explore

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Best noise-canceling gaming earbuds

Sony Inzone Buds

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Great For Competitive Gamers

Victrix Gambit Black

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Best For PC Gamers Who Also Play PS5

Sony Inzone headsets (H9, H5, H3)

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Solid Audio At A Great Price

Sony Pulse 3D

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Best Battery

HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless

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Best Not-Headset PS5 Headset

HORI 3D Gaming Surround Gaming Neckset

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A good PS5 headset can improve your audio experience whether you play competitive multiplayer games or immersive single-player adventures. For us, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7P is the best PS5 headset. It's comfortable, sounds amazing, and is packed with excellent features. However, it's just one of the many great PS5 headsets available in 2024. In fact, there are probably too many to choose from, but which is best for you will depend on what you're looking for. Competitive online players will likely want the best mic they can find, while those who favor immersive soundscapes will want high-quality sound performance and support for the PS5's 3D audio. There's a lot to consider.

To help, we've compiled a list of the best PS5 headsets available in 2024. Our list of the best PS5 headsets includes high-end wireless models, budget-friendly wired options, over-hear headphones, and even in-ear earbuds--and everything in between.

If you're looking for more of our tech recommendations, be sure to check out our lists for the best controllers available for PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox in 2024. You can also find more recommendations for the best headsets available for Xbox and PC.

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