Best Buy has restocked its inventory of open box Asus ROG Strix Scar gaming laptops equipped with the GeForce RTX 5090 mobile GPU. Here's a chance to get Asus' highest-end and most powerful laptop of 2025 for just 3,257.99 for an "excellent condition" unit. If you were to get it new, it would cost $4,500. Mind you these are pre-owned, but they are Geek Squad verified and sometimes still have all or some of their original warranty.

Note that Open Box availability depends on your location.

Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 RTX 5090 Gaming Laptop for $3,258

Open Box - Excellent Condition

A jump starter is an essential part of car's emergency kit and you don't need to pay a premium for a cordless model that gets the job done reliably. While you're at it, why not get one with additional functionality. For a limited time, Amazon is offering the Wolfbox 4000A Cordless Jump Starter, which doubles as a 24,000mAh 65W USB power bank, for $64.99 with free shipping after you apply 50% off coupon code "T8WLUR5G". You don't need to be an Amazon Prime member to get this deal. Wolfbox is a well-known brand and its products are higher quality than other similarly priced jump starters.

Wolfbox Cordless Jump Starter and 24,000mAh Power Bank

You don't see many 20,000mAh power banks priced under $20, but there is one deal available that just popped up today. Amazon has dropped the price of the CUKTECH 20,000mAh 45W Power Bank for $16.31 after you apply a 20% off coupon code "CUKTECH20". Better yet, you don't need to be an Amazon Prime member to get in on this deal.

The 45W power output makes it an ideal power bank for your Apple iPhone 17, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, or Steam Deck handheld gaming PC, and the bigger 20,000mAh capacity is perfect for longer airplane flights or when you're away from an outlet for an extended period of time.

CUKTECH 20,000mAh 45W Power Bank for $16.31

If you’ve been putting off making your purchases during Best Buy’s Winter Sale, today is the last day to score some hefty savings on tons of video games and gear. We’re also in the final hours of Amazon’s three for $33 4K UHD movie sale, so be sure to hop on these deals while they’re still live. Of course, there are plenty of other savings to be had, from a major discount on the Beats Studio Pro Noise Canceling Headphones to a deal on a stunning hardcover book on Miyazaki’s animation. The deals are plentiful today. Take a look at all my favorites below:

TL;DR: Today’s Top Deals

3 for $33 4K Movie Sale

Video Game Deals During Best Buy Winter Sale

Today is the final day of Best Buy’s Winter Sale, so you can expect the prices to rise tomorrow on a bunch of the video games and accessories that are currently marked down. While there are plenty of discounts worth considering, a few deals stand out as being better than others. One of our favorite action games of 2025, Ninja Gaiden 4 is $30 off, or you can score Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for just $45. We gave it an impressive 9/10 in our review. That’s just a sampling of the many titles seeing some significant price drops during the sale.

Save 28% on The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki Hardcover Book

Beats Studio Pro Noise Canceling Headphones for only $95

The Blue Yeti USB Mic Is Only $83

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The Viral Ninja SLUSHi Is Under $200

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Get a 100W GaN USB-C Charger for Only $15

eBay has dropped the price of several LG Evo C5 4K OLED TVs to the lowest prices of the year after you apply 20% off coupon code "FAVEFINDS20". These deals are actually better than the ones from Amazon, Best Buy, or Amazon that I saw during Black Friday. LG is the best selling OLED TV brand globally and the C-series is the most popular model. Electronic Express has 200,000 99.6% feedback. BrandsMart USA has 30,000 99.2% feedback. Both are authorized LG resellers.

LG Evo C5 4K OLED TVs on Sale at eBay

Switch 2 owners, if there's one upgrade you'll absolutely need, it's additional storage. The Switch 2 only has 256GB of onboard storage, and chances are you'll run out of space down the road. Fortunately, Amazon just lowered the price of the 512GB Samsung P9 MicroSD Express card, which will triple your available storage, to just $79.99. This is currently the least expensive 512GB MicroSD Express card we can find right now. We reviewed this model and highly recommend it.

512GB Samsung P9 MicroSD Express Memory Card

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For those looking to stock up on new movies to add to their physical media library, Amazon has kicked off a 'Get any 2 for £26' sale on select 4Ks, so you can pick up something new to watch while saving some money. This sale runs until February 16, so there's plenty of time left to pick up the options that catch your eye.

We've gathered up just a few of our favorite picks from this sale below, but if you're curious to see the whole selection available, check out the full sale here.

There's quite a variety available in this sale as well. If you're on the hunt for some family friendly movies to watch, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, and the absolutely delightful Paddington 2 are some of the options available that are certainly worth a look.

On the other hand, adults have quite a selection to look through as well. There's A Quiet Place Part II, Gran Turismo, and for horror fans counting down the days to Scream 7 this year, Scream 5 (otherwise known as just Scream) is also available as part of this sale. Again, this promotion runs until February 16, so if any of these movies catch your, eye now's the time to grab two of your favorites for £26.

If you're not interested in the selection Amazon has here and are curious what new 4Ks are coming out soon instead, our breakdown of upcoming 4K UHD and Blu-ray release dates can help you out. For physical media collectors, this is a great way to plan ahead on which movies and TV shows are worth adding to your library in a physical format over the next few months.

Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN.

Doctor Who, Daredevil and The Last of Us director Peter Hoar has reflected on Disney+ ditching its lucrative co-funding deal for Doctor Who, and admitted that ultimately "something went wrong."

Hoar originally directed Matt Smith episode A Good Man Goes to War, before returning to the BBC's flagship sci-fi series for Ncuti Gatwa's more recent stories The Robot Revolution and Lucky Day. These formed part of show's most recent season — the second and final set of episodes brought to life with an injection of Disney cash.

Speaking now, months after the BBC was left to confirm Disney had walked away, Hoar suggested the deal hadn't been successful as the show hadn't gotten "better" despite the extra money on screen.

"I don't think anybody would doubt the skills at the front line of that show but something went wrong," Hoar told Deadline. "I think there were lots of areas you could point fingers at but ultimately it wasn't a better show with more money."

Still, Hoar framed this ultimately as a "good thing" — as without Disney+ on board and with other streamers also looking to be more economical with their own investments, "we haven't got the money anymore, nobody has."

Hoar was interviewed as he revealed plans to reboot fellow classic BBC sci-fi show Blake's 7, a project he's undertaking alongside A Good Girl's Guide To Murder and The Witcher producer Matthew Bouch. Discussing why now was a good time to revive the Blake's 7 franchise, Bouch noted that the pair had seen "a gap in the market in the UK – particularly with the well-publicized dropping off of Doctor Who – for genre-based British IP." Ouch.

The BBC's belated confirmation that it would continue Doctor Who without Disney's funding came after months of speculation surrounding the show's future. Current Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies had previously talked of writing scripts for a third season in the show's current era. Now, all the BBC has confirmed is that it will fund a single, one-off episode penned by Davies to be shown this Christmas — which many fans expect will be used to wrap up his cliffhanger, before a more permanent future for the show is found.

Deadline previously reported that Disney's Doctor Who deal fell apart due to concerns around the show's budget and shrinking audience — with no suggestion it was likely to break through to a mainstream American audience. Amid criticism of the series' writing and story arcs, even Doctor Who actor, writer and superfan Mark Gatiss recently suggested the show was in need of a rest.

"We’d like to thank Disney+ for being terrific global partners and collaborators over the past two seasons, and for the upcoming The War Between the Land and the Sea," said Lindsay Salt, the BBC's Director of Drama, upon the announcement that Disney had walked away. "The BBC remains fully committed to Doctor Who, which continues to be one of our most loved dramas, and we are delighted that Russell T Davies has agreed to write us another spectacular Christmas special for 2026. We can assure fans, the Doctor is not going anywhere, and we will be announcing plans for the next series in due course which will ensure the TARDIS remains at the heart of the BBC."

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Rockstar Games has reportedly granted the wish of a terminally-ill fan whose family member asked if they could play Grand Theft Auto 6 ahead of its November launch date.

The unnamed fan was contacted by Rockstar after a LinkedIn post from a relation blew up and apparently caught the attention of Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick (thanks, Insider Gaming).

Anthony Armstrong, a developer at Ubisoft Toronto, originally made the plea on behalf of his family member last month, calling for help from any connections or games industry colleagues in getting the message out.

"A member of my family who has been battling cancer for years just recently got the worst possible news, he was given 6-12 months to live," Armstrong wrote. "The reason I'm reaching out is that they are a huge GTA fan and, with this latest updates [sic], he may not be around long enough to actually get to see GTA6 launch, best case scenario he will be leaving us the same month it does.

"He currently lives only a stones throw from [Rockstar's] Oakville studio, so its my hope that one of you may be able to set up an exclusive playtest, so he can have a chance to experience the game, before passing."

Armstrong later updated his post several times — firstly to confirm it had caught Zelnick's attention, and then lastly to state that Rockstar Games had been in contact with "great news."

"That's all I can really say," Armstrong concluded, "but thank you from the bottom of my heart."

Grand Theft Auto 6 is currently set for launch on November 19, following repeated delays. When announcing the latest change in arrival, Take-Two said it was "confident" the game would arrive then as a more polished experience.

Earlier today, emergency services were called to GTA 6 developer Rockstar North, following a boiler room incident that sparked the need for numerous fire crews. Rockstar has since played down the incident, and confirmed the office is now open again.

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Peter Hoar, the Emmy-nominated director of The Last of Us, is working on a reboot of the British sci-fi cult classic Blake’s 7.

The new version of the story will be produced by Hoar’s new outlet, Multitude Productions, which he has recently started with West End producer Jason Haigh-Ellery and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder exec Matthew Bouch. The reboot will soon be shopped around to buyers, and Bouch would “love it to go to the BBC,” according to Deadline, where the project last aired 45 years ago.

The outlet also notes the series, which originally aired for four seasons from 1978 to 1981, will likely seek financial support from American streamers and European studios. Hoar will direct the reboot following his work at the helm of “Long, Long Time,” the critically acclaimed episode of The Last of Us that won him major praise.

The series was originally created by Terry Nation, whose other major claim to fame is his creation of Doctor Who's iconic Daleks. Blake's 7 followed "the exploits of political dissident Roj Blake (Gareth Thomas), who leads a small group of rebels against the forces of the totalitarian Terran Federation that rules the Earth and many colonized planets," Deadline noted.

Hoar compared the reboot to the acclaimed Andor series “because of the integrity, wit and sophistication” both shows have, not the money it takes to bring them to life.

“The Blake’s 7 story is legendary because they were given the [British police show] Softly, Softly slot that was intended for police drama with a budget intended for one big set and a few location shoots,” Hoar explained in a statement. “At the time it felt like it meant something. Those shows got into my veins. I could tell they didn’t have money but I was able to compartmentalize and enjoy the ride knowing that the sets wobbled.”

No word on a release date yet for the reboot, but hopefully we’ll see it crop up in 2027.

Image credit: BBC

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.

Capcom is expected to reveal its all-new Resident Evil: Code Veronica remake this year, according to a fresh report.

Previous reporting had pinned the still-unannounced Code Veronica remake for a 2027 release, following next month's launch of Resident Evil: Requiem.

Now, noted Resident Evil leaker Dusk Golem has said fans should expect a first look at the Code Veronia remake later in 2026. IGN has previously verified that a new version of the game is indeed in development, while MP1st has claimed that the game currently sits with a Q1 2027 launch window.

"No, there is NOT a Resident Evil 5 Remake that's going to be announced this year," Dusk Golem wrote in a post on social media. "Instead, later this year a RE Remake that starts with "(C)" & ends "(ode Veronica)" is going to be announced, I promise you."

Resident Evil: Code Veronica originally launched in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast, and while not a mainline numbered entry like Resident Evil 2, 3 or 4, it remains beloved by fans and considered a core part of the franchise's story. Its narrative takes place around the same time as Resident Evil 3, but instead features Claire and Chris Redfield on a remote prison island and then in Antarctica.

As for Resident Evil 5, speculation around a remake has bubbled up following a teasing comment by Eva La Dare, the voice actress behind that game's character Sheva Alomar. However, as of yet, Capcom is not believed to have greenlit any new version of the game — which garnered strong sales and a mostly positive reaction from fans back at its original launch in 2009. Whatever Alomar is referring to, it's likely not worth getting your hopes up.

Instead, Capcom will reportedly finish remaking its early Resident Evil entries with a fresh version of Resident Evil Zero, due in 2028 after this year's Requiem and next year's new version of Code Veronica. (And after all that? Well, it would seem time for an all-new Resident Evil entry once again.)

Last year, Capcom's under-wraps Resident Evil Zero remake appeared to pop up on the resume of Far Cry 5 and Guardians of the Galaxy video game actor Jon McLaren, with the suggestion that he will now be playing escaped convict Billy Coen.

Before all of that, of course, Resident Evil Requiem will arrive on February 27. Set to feature new character Grace Ashcroft and returning hero Leon S. Kennedy, the game's mix of survival horror and action looks hugely promising — even if we're all a bit concerned by that nasty-looking bite on Leon's neck.

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