Erdtree Chops, Switch Pros Go Low, Witcher 3 and Disco Elysium for Six Bucks Apiece, and More!
Thank your own personal deity—possibly Miquella the Kind—it's Friday! The biggest eyebrow raise of today is Sand Land dropping down into the $50 range on PS5, despite the Xbox version staying near a hundred. Pricing error? Too much stock on one platform? Who knows, my friend. Capitalize first; ask questions later.
In retro news, I'm celebrating the 22nd birthday of Frequency, Harmonix's psychedelic, instrument-less proto-Guitar Hero. I have distinct memories of spending way too much time trying to perfect my "track shift" combos on the 25+ songs included here—in particular, No Doubt's 'Ex-Girlfriend'...for some reason. Though Frequency didn't sell a bunch, it was a serious gateway drug for Westerners whose only exposure to the genre had been PaRappa the Rapper and Bust A Groove. My kingdom for a remake of the latter...
This Day in Gaming
Aussie birthdays for notable games.
- Frequency (PS2) 2002.
- Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (XB) 2002.
- Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PC) 2012.
- Resident Evil 5 (PS4,XO) 2016.
- Super Mario Maker 2 (NS) 2019.
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Nice Savings for Nintendo Switch
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Hardware Watch
How much to make the switch to Switch?
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Purchase Cheaply for PC
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Hardware Watch
Slay your pile of shame.
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Exciting Bargains for Xbox
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How many bucks for a Box?
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Pure Scores for PlayStation
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How much you'll pay to Station.
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Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.
Former Twitch Employee Says Dr Disrespect Knew He Was Sending Sexually Explicit Messages to a Minor - Report
A former Twitch employee has revealed more details about Dr Disrespect's 2020 ban in a Rolling Stone report, saying the popular streamer knowingly sent sexually explicit messages to a minor.
My Lady Jane Review
A dark moment in English history gets a cheeky rewrite.
https://www.ign.com/articles/my-lady-jane-review-prime-video
Palworld Sakurajima Island Map is Now Available
IGN's Palworld Sakurajima Island map is here! Added in a major Palworld update on June 27, 2024, the new island brings fresh content to the Palpagos Islands, which we've mapped out on our Palworld interactive map - including markers for new Lifmunk Effigies, chests, Syndicate Towers, and more. We've also included the new Rayne Syndicate Oil Rig.
Note that the Sakurajima Island map is still a work in progress, though our dedicated guides team is busy ensuring it's updated as quickly as possible, so check back often!
Palworld Sakurajima Island Interactive Map
Click on the map filters on the left-hand side of the interactive map to sort by specific markers. You can even check markers off once you complete them to track your progress.
The available map filters for Sakurajima Island include:
Locations, including Cherry Blossom Caves, fast travel points, the new Syndicate Tower, and more.
Collectibles, such as Lifmunk Effigy locations and Memos.
Items, including chests, Skill Fruit Trees, and Eggs.
Enemies, including Alpha Pals and Bosses.
Other notable map markers, such as NPC locations.
If you're still playing the Palworld base game, you'll find everything you need as the rest of our Palworld Palpagos Islands map is 100% complete with all locations, collectibles, and more.
If you're interested in the new Pals added with Sakurajima Island, check out our Sakurajima: New Pals and How to Access guide.
Palworld Crude Oil
While you're tracking your progress through Sakurajima with our Palworld interactive map, keep your eyes peeled for Crude Oil, which is a valuable resource for crafting powerful endgame armor and another necessary material, Plasteel.
You'll find Crude Oil across Sakurajima - look out for black patches scattered around the north, east, and central sections of the island. You'll need the right machinery to extract it, though. Check out our How to Get Crude Oil guide for detailed instructions on how to craft the Crude Oil Extractor and extract Crude Oil from these black patches.
Meg Koepp is a Guides Editor on the IGN Guides team, with a focus on trends. When she's not working, you can find her adventuring around Eorzea in Final Fantasy XIV.
Shadow of the Erdtree: Scadutree Fragment Locations in Elden Ring DLC
Collecting Scadutree Fragments and leveling up your Scadutree Blessing level in Shadow of the Erdtree is one of the best ways to get stronger in the Elden Ring DLC. If you're struggling with a challenging boss, such as Messmer the Impaler or Commander Gaius, finding some Scadutree Fragments can help you survive longer by increasing your attack and damage negation stats.
There are 50 Scadutree Fragments to find across the Land of Shadow in the Elden Ring DLC, and we've tracked the location of 42 of them on our Shadow of the Erdtree interactive map. Our guides team is working hard to mark all 50 as soon as possible, so check back.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Scadutree Fragment Locations Map
Click "Scadutree Fragment" in the Key Items section in the left-hand sidebar to show markers for all the available Scadutree Fragments. You can also track your progress by clicking on each marker and checking them off as completed.
You'll find Scadutree Fragments in the following Shadow of the Erdtree locations:
Gravesite Plain (8 Fragments)
Belurat, Tower Settlement (1 Fragment)
Castle Ensis (1 Fragment)
Scadu Altus (12 Fragments)
Shadow Keep (11 Fragments)
Cerulean Coast (2 Fragments)
Charo’s Hidden Grave (1 Fragment)
Stone Coffin Fissure (1 Fragment)
Ancient Ruins of Rauh (5 Fragments)
Abyssal Woods (3 Fragments)
Jagged Peak (1 Fragment)
Enir-Ilim (4 Fragments)
If you need more help finding Scadutree Fragments, check out our Shadow of the Erdtree Scadutree Fragment Locations guide, which features all 50 Fragments and screenshots showing exactly where to find each one.
Our Shadow of the Erdtree interactive map also has map filters for the following:
Locations, such as Sites of Grace, Landmarks, and Stakes of Marika.
Key Items, including Map Fragments, Cookbooks, and Revered Spirit Ash.
Items, including Golden Runes, Larval Tears, and Rune Arcs.
Equipment, such as Talismans, Incantations, and Ashes of War.
And more!
Shadow of the Erdtree Boss Locations
Once you've collected enough Scadutree Fragments, you've leveled up your Scadutree Blessing level, and you're confident enough you can hold your own in a fight, make sure to use our Shadow of the Erdtree interactive map to hunt down bosses.
We'd recommend taking on the Remembrance Bosses, like Divine Beast Dancing Lion, Rellana, Twin Moon Knight, and Putrescent Knight, as soon as you can as these foes drop a Rememberance which you can exchange for powerful weapons, Incantations, and more.
Meg Koepp is a Guides Editor on the IGN Guides team, with a focus on trends. When she's not working, you can find her adventuring around Eorzea in Final Fantasy XIV.
https://www.ign.com/articles/shadow-of-the-erdtree-scadutree-fragment-locations-elden-ring-dlc
It's Time for The Boys To Stop Torturing Hughie Campbell
The Boys has a longstanding history of torturing Hughie Campbell in both the comics and the small screen. "Beware the Jabberwock, My Son" takes it to a new level, and that level is too far.
https://www.ign.com/articles/its-time-for-the-boys-to-stop-torturing-hughie-campbell
Voice Actor Toru Furuya Resigns from One Piece Following Affair Scandal
Voice actor Toru Furuya resigned from his anime roles as Sabo in One Piece and Toru Amuro in Detective Conan/Case Closed after admitting to having a four-and-a-half-year affair with a fan.
https://www.ign.com/articles/voice-actor-toru-furuya-resigns-from-one-piece-following-affair-scandal
Two New LEGO Flower Sets Are Up For Preorder, Releasing August 1
Two new LEGO flower sets, Plum Blossom and Chrysanthemum, are up for preorder. They're releasing on August 1.
https://www.ign.com/articles/two-new-lego-flower-sets-are-up-for-preorder-releasing-august-1
Frostpunk 2 Beta Feedback Sparks 2 Month Release Date Delay
11 Bit Studios has delayed Frostpunk 2's release date by two months following beta feedback.
https://www.ign.com/articles/frostpunk-2-beta-feedback-sparks-2-month-release-date-delay
Best Video Game Deals Today (June 2024)
These are all the latest and greatest deals for gamers, from PS5 SSDs to the latest video game hits.
The Acolyte Showrunner Has '4 or 5 Major Mysteries' She'd Like to Address in Potential Season 2
The Acolyte hasn't been renewed yet, but showrunner Leslye Headland said in a recent interview that she has "four or five major mysteries" she'd like to explore in a potential Season 2.
Palworld’s First Major Update, Sakurajima, Out Now — Here’s What It Does
‘Pokémon with guns’ crafting and survival game Palworld has its first major update since its record-breaking launch in January, adding a new island, new Pals, and much more. Check out the 0.3.1 patch notes.
https://www.ign.com/articles/palworlds-first-major-update-sakurajima-out-now-heres-what-it-does
The Bear Season 3 Review
This review contains spoilers for The Bear Season 3, which is currently streaming on Hulu.
Fans of The Bear have spent a whole year worrying about how Chef Carmen Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) would escape from a walk-in refrigerator – and more importantly, his demons. After methodically building up his support team and tentatively embracing love with his old flame Claire (Molly Gordon), Carmy’s meltdown on the opening night of his new restaurant (also called The Bear) was both a heartbreaking step back for the chef and a hell of a cliffhanger. Unfortunately, a third serving of The Bear doesn’t move Carmy forward: He and everyone around him are still stuck in that fridge, metaphorically speaking. It results in a season that opens with some inventive episodes but the overall progress of the narrative treads water. An introverted shift for Carmy fails to make space for anyone else’s growth or decisiveness.
At least things begin on a high note, with creator Christopher Storer and team continuing to push their unconventional storytelling approach. A fever dream of Carmy’s OCD fixations and memories of his training and mistakes, season premiere “Tomorrow” provides the interior context for where the chef’s head is at. In nonlinear fashion, he cycles through the mentors, familial losses, and pivotal experiences that have shaped him for The Bear. Its musical score is as relentless as Carmy’s brain and drive, a potent reminder of how broken he is after that terrible first service and the way he left things with Claire.
The Bear continues to excel at assembling episodes based on the needs of their particular stories, rather than adhering to the TV status quo. In one episode, the passage of time at the restaurant moves to the rhythm of a symphony. Elsewhere, Storer challenges convention by digressing into a self-contained character origin story or by leaning into repeated stream-of-conscious visuals to convey the chaos of the mind. But even a more traditionally structured episode of The Bear can be revealing: In channeling the hostile vibes of The Original Beef of Chicagoland, Episode 2 both sets up a season-long cold war between Carmy and Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and fans the fire of Syd’s (Ayo Edebiri) frustration at having to serve as The Bear’s increasingly toothless chef de cuisine and peacemaker between its two major stakeholders.
Edebiri’s performance remains phenomenal, but she notches one of Season 3’s biggest victories behind the camera. In "Napkins," she directs a showcase for struggling sous-chef Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas) that gracefully reveals the vulnerabilities that constantly grind on her sense of security and worth. It’s a beautiful and powerful short story about the power of fate and connection. Carmy’s sister Natalie (Abby Elliott) also gets some deserved time in the spotlight in "Ice Chips," which unpacks her unresolved family trauma on what’s arguably the most important day of her life. The season finale, meanwhile, shines as a means to unite the management factions of The Bear as they mourn the loss of a culinary landmark. Basking in the experiences and anecdotes of real-life culinary titans and now familiar recurring characters restores the show’s focus: the siren song of this difficult profession, and more specifically, why Carmy, Syd, and Richie throw themselves with such passion and sacrifice into their craft.
But all those bright spots, and the show's continued brilliance at capturing intimate moments, can’t cover up a frustrating refusal to take characters and plots to the next step. While Jeremy Allen White brings his intense best to Carmy, by season’s end, I felt like I missed the character. Carmy is so in his head in these 10 episodes that he barely communicates anything other than menu directives or the occasional job related query. He’s mired in self-doubt, anxiety, and a fixation on the mentor who made his chef’s training miserable. His kindness and countenance is absent, which is both understandable and authentic for someone who uses ambition as a coping mechanism. Yet the shift happens without insight into why one particular voice is suddenly the loudest in his head, or why what he’s done to Claire feels so insurmountable. At one point, he admits, “My life stopped,” which feels applicable to everyone in Carmy’s orbit.
What we said about The Bear Season 2
The Bear Season 2 is perfect. From the performances to the pacing, the second season provides propulsive stakes for the story to build towards, while having the confidence to invest in side journeys that make the ensemble of characters far richer and best prepared for the ultimate challenge of making The Bear succeed. – Tara Bennett
Read the complete The Bear Season 2 review.
And so, Season 3 is all about life still happening while nobody confronts their problems. There’s another cliffhanger ending, but it’s based on a plot point and not a character’s choices. No one is able to bust through this imposed stasis, a stark contrast to Seasons 1 and 2. Worse, it left me with the same disappointment that occurs when a big blockbuster fades to black with “To Be Continued” (which literally happens here) and it’s not clear why that choice was made. Everything and everyone is left unresolved, something that could’ve been avoided with even just a little advancement for the main characters. Storer and company have left themselves with so much to unpack and address in Season 4. I’m now worried (a first for this show) that they’ll be unable to serve their large ensemble – each member of which deserves the chance to shine as Tina and Natalie get to do in Season 3.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Is Available for Preorder
Everything you need to know to preorder The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom for the Nintendo Switch, including release date, price, and more.
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-legend-of-zelda-echoes-of-wisdom-release-date-preorder
Super Mario Party Jamboree Is Up for Preorder
Everything you need to know to preorder Super Mario Party Jamboree for Nintendo Switch, including release date, price, and more.
https://www.ign.com/articles/super-mario-party-jamboree-release-date-preorder
This $25 Perlegear Full Motion Articulating Wall Mount Supports TVs up to 87" and 110 Pounds
Amazon Prime member exclusive deal
5 Upcoming Summer Sales to Add to Your Calendar for 2024
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SteamWorld Heist 2 Unannounced for Game Pass, PR Says Logo Was a Mistake
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The Best Dell & Alienware Deals and Coupons: Gaming Laptops, PCs, Monitors, and More
Not everyone is the DIY type. If you're in the market for a prebuilt gaming PC, Dell is one of best brands we'd recommend. The Alienware gaming desktops offer a staggering array of options, all built into a custom chassis that's both easy on the eyes and easy on the wallet. Alienware gaming laptops in recent years have been redesigned to be thinner and lighter while still offering the same immense power under the hood. Consistent build quality, available inventory, frequent sales, and solid customer service are the main reasons why Dell is at the top of our buying list. Below, you'll find some of the best deals available on PCs and laptops on Dell right now post-Memorial Day sales.
Dell and Alienware Coupon Codes
Buy an Alienware RX 7900 XTX Gaming PC for $1999.99, Get a 34" QD OLED Gaming Monitor for $499
Note: In order to get this deal, click on the link, scroll down the page until you see the "Accessories" section, and select the monitor from there. If you add the monitor separately, you won't see the $499 price.
Dell is offering a rather unique prebuilt PC bundle: save $1100 when you purchase an Alienware Aurora R16 Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming PC bundled with a 34" Alienware AW3423DWF QD OLED gaming monitor, now only $2498.99 shipped. This is an outstanding deal for anyone looking to get a tremendously powerful gaming PC paired with one of the best 34" ultra-wide gaming monitors on the market.
Buy an Alienware RTX 4070 SUPER Gaming PC for $1599.99, Get a 34" QD OLED Gaming Monitor for $499
Here's another bundle on sale right now. Purchase an Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4070 SUPER gaming PC for $1599.99 and add on a 34" Alienware AW3423DW OLED monitor for only $499. The total comes out to $2098.99. This PC is perfect for comfortable 1080p or 1440p gaming, so it's a perfect match with this OLED gaming monitor with its 3440x1440 native resolution.
Alienware m18 18" RTX 4090 Gaming Laptop for $2799.99
This deal is for people looking for the most powerful mobile gaming solution available. Dell is taking $400 off the flagship Alienware m18 R2 18" RTX 4090 Gaming Laptop, now only $3199.99. There's also a $400 off coupon code "LTAFF400" that drops the price even further to $2799.99. This laptop is more powerful than most gaming desktops but it's also big and heavy; it's designed to be more of a desktop replacement than something you carry around to work every day.
Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4060 Ti Gaming PC for $1249.99
Dell is currently offering an Alienware Aurora R16 Intel Core i7 RTX 4060 Ti gaming PC for only $1249.99 after a $350 instant discount. This is a great deal for a current-generation Alienware gaming rig that features a liquid cooled 14th gen Intel Core i7 CPU and a capable RTX 4060 TI video card. This rig is an excellent candidate for 1080p gaming and has enough RAM and storage out of the box.
Dell XPS i7 RTX 4060 Ti Gaming PC for $1099.99
If you're looking for an equally powerful rig at a lower price, than consider the unassuming 2024 Dell XPS gaming PC. This particular model is also equipped with a GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GPU for only $1099.99. By default it is air-cooled but you can upgrade to liquid CPU cooling for $50.
Dell G15 15" RTX 4060 Gaming Laptop for $899.99
We've got budget gamers covered as well. Dell is offering a Dell G15 Intel Edition gaming laptop for only $899.99 after a $250 instant discount. If you're looking for a capable gaming laptop but don't want to pay extra for the Alienware brand name, then the G15 should be right up your alley.
27" Alienware AW2725QF QHD 360Hz QD OLED Gaming Monitor (Refurbished from Dell Outlet) for $539.99
Earlier this year, Dell released its first ever OLED gaming monitor with a blazing fast 360Hz refresh rate. The Alienware AW2725QF 27" QD OLED gaming monitor normally retails for $899.99 (although it's currently on sale for $829.99), but right now you can pick up a refurbished model from Dell Outlet for only $539.99 after you apply coupon code "841010AW2". Dell Outlet monitors come with a 90-day manufacturer's warranty.
Why pick a Dell or Alienware gaming PC?
If you're in the market for a prebuilt gaming PC, Dell is one of best gaming brands we'd recommend. The Alienware gaming desktops offer a staggering array of options, all built into a custom chassis that's both easy on the eyes and easy on the wallet. Alienware gaming laptops in recent years have been redesigned to be thinner and lighter while still offering the same immense power under the hood. Consistent build quality, available inventory, frequent sales, and solid customer service are the main reasons why Dell is at the top of our buying list for gaming laptops and PCs.
Steam Is Getting Built-In Game Recording, And It'll Work on Steam Deck, Too
Valve has revealed details on a new Steam gameplay recording system, which is also available on Steam Deck.