You won’t find anything new-in-box from Amazon’s Warehouse selection, but if you’re okay with used items, then you may find a good deal every now and then. At the moment, Amazon is currently discounting quite a few Warehouse items by 20%, making the reduced price even cheaper.

Among the discounted items are PS4 Pro consoles, the original Nintendo Switch models (with lower battery life), and Xbox Elite controllers. Supplies likely won’t last long, so act soon if you’re interested in getting a discounted item.

The 20% off activates during checkout, so make sure you’re adding an eligible Amazon Warehouse item to your cart and seeing the discount in your order total before confirming it. We’ve collected some of the best deals in the lists below, but you can check out all of the deals on Amazon.

The best Amazon Warehouse deals

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-ps4-pro-and-more-discounted-in-awe/1100-6470113/

GOG is having a big sale on a bunch of sci-fi games, as well as some fantasy favourites such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Divinity: Original Sin II. On top of all that, the digital PC games retailer is giving away free copies of Freespace 2, which GameSpot called “one of the best space sims ever made” in its 1999 review.

All you have to do to claim your digital copy of Freespace 2 is go to the giveaway page, sign in or create a GOG account, and then click the “Get it FREE” button. Freespace 2 should appear in your account shortly after that. Be sure to claim your copy before 8 AM Pacific on September 27, as that’s when the giveaway ends.

Freespace 2 received a 9.4/10 in GameSpot’s review. Critic Desslock said, “FreeSpace 2 is an outstanding game. It retains the outstanding customizability and interface of the original game and presents a more involving story and the best graphics seen in the genre to date … FreeSpace 2 is a true classic of the genre and one of the best games to be released [in 1999].”

This free game comes as part of a sale that’s currently active on GOG. In addition to the aforementioned Divinity: Original Sin II and The Witcher 3, games like No Man’s Sky, Battletech, and Stellaris are discounted. There are plenty of sci-fi and fantasy games on sale, so be sure to check out the list below for our favourites. You can see all of the deals on GOG. The sale lasts until 4 AM Pacific on September 30.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/grab-a-free-pc-game-as-part-of-this-fantastic-sale/1100-6470103/

Apple rolled out its Apple Arcade subscription service recently, with impressive results. But the service was only available on iPhone devices upon launch, with larger screens like the iPad and Apple TV to come later. That day has come, as iPad OS and TV OS 13 are both now live.

Among a host of other features for each platform, the updates enable Apple Arcade. And since Apple Arcade is a service tied to your Apple account, if you subscribed to it on iPhone you can just jump in and download games for iPad and Apple TV now as well. That will be a boon to games that seemed promising but a little cramped on the iPhone screen like Overland or Shinsekai: Into the Depths.

The updates include another feature helpful for gamers: controller support. You can use your DualShock 4 or Xbox One bluetooth controllers across all of Apple’s devices running the latest firmware. That feature was enabled for the iOS 13 update for iPhone that came alongside Apple Arcade as well, but it’s probably a little easier to play with a full-sized controller on a bigger screen.

Apple Arcade is a $5 per month service for access to roughly 100 games, including some mobile exclusives. If you need some recommendations on where to start, check out some of our favorite games so far. If you’re an Android user, Google recently launched a competing service called the Google Play Pass that boasts 350 games and apps for a similar price.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ipad-os-and-tv-os-are-out-now-enabling-apple-arcad/1100-6470095/

Mario Kart Tour is available now, bringing the classic Nintendo franchise to mobile devices. But its multiplayer options can be a bit confusing. Can you add friends? Can you play with your friends? Why aren’t those the same thing? Aren’t you already playing multiplayer anyway?

For starters, you are able to add friends. That option can be found in the Friends section of the main menu, and it will pull suggestions from your Nintendo, Facebook, or Twitter accounts if you link them to the game. However, this feature is limited to comparing your rankings against friends. You can’t play against them, and a “Multiplayer” feature is grayed out in the main menu with a promise that it is “Inbound!”

Compounding the confusion is the fact that the game is online-only, and you appear to be playing multiplayer against strangers all the time. But Nintendo has confirmed to GameSpot that it only has single-player features at launch, so your opponents are actually bots with player-like usernames. Regardless, you cannot pause races, and the game performs a network check upon starting a race as if it’s seeking online opponents. Nintendo declined to comment on when multiplayer is coming.

There is one way to compete with your friends, albeit indirectly. Once you open up Ranked Cups–the first of which is the Koopa Troopa Cup, the fourth available Cup–you’ll be racing to achieve a ranked score against random opponents. That score entitles you to extra rewards like bonus rubies or coins after the week-long scoring period. The ranked score menu has a Friends tab, where you can compare your score to your friends. That appears to be the only way to compete with friends for the time being.

Mario Kart Tour’s first event is live now, offering Pauline from her revival in Super Mario Odyssey and Musician Mario as bonus characters. It’s free-to-play, but the monetization hooks are surprisingly aggressive, implementing both gacha mechanics and a Battle Pass-like subscription.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mario-kart-tour-multiplayer-can-you-play-with-frie/1100-6470097/

After solidifying a February 2020 release date for The Last of Us Part II during PlayStation’s State of Play livestream, Sony detailed the game’s various editions on the PlayStation blog. The Last of Us Part II Collector’s Edition includes a note from co-director Neil Druckmann, and we’ve parsed what is says.

In the printed note, Druckmann expresses his thanks and explains the themes TLOU2 is trying to hit. “What would you do if someone you loved was the victim of a cruel and violent act?” he opens the note. “How easily could one’s mind tip toward violent retribution? How far would you go to bring the people responsible to justice? If you were successful, how would it change you? Would you ever be the same?”

Druckmann says, with TLOU2, that he and the team at Naughty Dog are posing “difficult questions” and digging into the “darkest sides of human nature” to see what the limits of people are. “With The Last of Us Part 2, we set out to create an experience that explores these difficult questions, the darkest sides of human nature, and the vicious cycles of violence that we witness in the world around us on a daily basis,” he writes. “The result is a game crafted by hundreds of developers that pushed themselves to create something more than mere entertainment–a game that we’re incredibly proud of and that we hope will enthrall you and challenge your own views of justice and empathy. On behalf of everyone at Naughty Dog, we want to thank you for embarking on this journey with us.”

The game’s Collector’s Edition, which retails for $170 USD, also comes with an assortment of other items. Among these are physical collectibles like a 12-inch statue of Ellie strumming her guitar, digital items like a PS4 dynamic theme, and more.

We’ve learned plenty of details about TLOU2 during this week’s State of Play, including that it’ll be split between two discs, it’s Naughty Dog’s longest game to date, and the pressures the studio has felt to craft a worthy-enough sequel. Druckmann announced that more information will be shared tomorrow, September 26, in celebration of Outbreak Day. Additionally, The Last of Us Remastered is featured in October’s PS Plus lineup, so you can catch up on the story before the sequel drops on February 21, 2020 for PlayStation 4.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-last-of-us-2s-collectors-edition-has-a-heartfe/1100-6470093/