It’s been 18 years since Rush Hour 3 came out, and most think the action comedy franchise is dead and buried. But if Donald Trump reportedly gets his way, a new Rush Hour film will be made.

Rush Hour was a blockbuster Hollywood hit for martial arts star Jackie Chan and American stand-up comedian and actor Chris Tucker. Rush Hour made $245.3 million at the global box office back in 1998 (not adjusted for inflation), with Rush Hour 2 going bigger with $347.4 million in 2001. Rush Hour 3 was considered something of a box office disappointment, with $256.5 million in 2007.

According to Semafor, the U.S. president has allegedly pressed the Ellisons to make a new Rush Hour movie at Paramount. Larry Ellison, the largest shareholder of Paramount and a prominent financial support of Trump, would be in a position to call the shots on this, assuming the company's pursuit of Rush Hour rights holder Warner Bros. is successful. (Paramount is run by Larry Ellison's son, David Elison.)

The Guardian reported that senior White House officials have discussed internally their preference for Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in recent weeks. If that deal goes through (we know Warner Bros. Discovery is considering bids as we speak), then Trump wants Ellison to push through a new Rush Hour film. It’s worth noting that Rush Hour director Brett Ratner made Amazon’s upcoming documentary about the first lady, Melania Trump, a project that comes after Ratner was accused of sexual misconduct in 2017 and was forced to exit the Wonder Woman franchise.

According to Semafor, Trump wants a revival of the “raucous comedies and action movies” of the late ‘80s to late ‘90s, and is said to be a fan of Jean Claude Van Damme’s 1988 film Bloodsport. Then, we get the Rush Hour bombshell:

A person directly familiar with the conversations told Semafor that the president of the United States has personally pressed the Paramount owner to revive another franchise from Ratner: Rush Hour, a buddy-cop comedy starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker that blended physical comedy, martial arts, and gags about racial stereotypes.

The White House did not respond to multiple requests for comment, Semafor said, and a representative for Paramount declined to comment.

While the Magic: The Gathering community remains split over Wizards of the Coast’s big push for Universes Beyond, there’s no arguing that Final Fantasy’s set from June this year was a set done right - and it set big records for the three-decade-old franchise as a result.

Now that cards are being reprinted, we’ve seen a few deals pop up on Commander Decks and Play Boosters, and now Amazon’s Black Friday deals have brought a box of Final Fantasy Play Boosters to a new, lowest-ever price - and it's not alone, either.

The performance of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is starting to come into focus, with sales data suggesting it’s struggling not just against rival shooter Battlefield 6, but also last year’s Black Ops 6.

The Game Business reported that Black Ops 7’s European launch saw opening week sales down 63% versus the blockbuster Battlefield 6 during the equivalent launch periods for each shooter. Black Ops 7 is also down by more than 50% versus Black Ops 6, The Game Business said.

There is an important context that must be considered when discussing Black Ops 7 sales. For example, there are Black Ops 7 sales made across various online stores that make it hard to take data from one store only, such as Steam, and use it to make a call on a game's success either way (Call of Duty releases on Battle.net, for example).

And of course Black Ops 7, like all Microsoft games, launched day one on Game Pass. Downloads made via subscription services are not tracked here, and Microsoft has yet to announce any significant boost to Game Pass as a result of Black Ops 7’s launch. For all we know, Black Ops 7 hit its targets in terms of Game Pass subscriptions. And what even is success for Call of Duty these days in the context of Game Pass?

Meanwhile, much is made of Steam concurrents, where Black Ops 7’s launch appears to have fallen flat compared to Black Ops 6’s. Last year, Black Ops 6’s launch propelled the Call of Duty app on Steam to a peak player count of 315,000 on Steam. Black Ops 7 boosted the Call of Duty app to just above 100,000 concurrents. But Steam, too, does not paint the full picture of a game's playerbase, given neither Microsoft nor Sony make player numbers public.

Of course, Black Ops 7 has had a big challenger this year from Battlefield 6, and it does indeed look like the tide has turned, at least at launch. Battlefield 6 secured the biggest opening ever in the Battlefield franchise, selling over 7 million copies in just three days. Microsoft — or Activision Blizzard — has yet to announce a sales number for Black Ops 7, nor has it announced a player number or even vague engagement stats, which is more surprising. Last week, Activision released a statement thanking players for their “great response” to the game, which was presumably more about Multiplayer and Zombies than it was the Campaign.

Thank you to our community and developers. This is just the start #BlackOps7 🔥 pic.twitter.com/dWDt6Jvpx0

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) November 17, 2025

Adding to the brutal competition is the breakout hit that is Arc Raiders, which is doing fantastically well, too. Embark Studios’ extraction shooter has sold over 4 million copies worldwide and had a peak of over 700,000 concurrent players across all platforms since its launch in late October 2025. Arc Raiders Steam concurrents are actually growing, suggesting sales are continuing at a steady pace.

All in all, Black Ops 7 had a “terrible” launch, The Game Business’ chief Chris Dring said in a post on social media. Oh, and that down more than 50% figure on Black Ops 6 is in fact down more than 60%. Anecdotally, there’s certainly a feeling among some Call of Duty players that Battlefield 6 and then Arc Raiders stole Black Ops 7’s thunder. Getting in ahead of Black Ops 7 was crucial for Battlefield 6, and there are many Call of Duty fans who jumped ship and then skipped Black Ops 7 as a result. But it must be remembered that Call of Duty remains a gaming behemoth, regularly tops player number charts, and it’s come through sales disappointments (Vanguard and Infinite Warfare say hi) before. All eyes are on U.S. sales data for November, where we'll hopefully get more evidence of Black Ops 7's sales performance domestically.

Thoughts now turn to 2026’s Call of Duty. It seems unlikely that Microsoft and Activision will give the annualized franchise a year off, so will we see another Modern Warfare game? A return to World War 2? Or something completely different? With the threat of GTA 6’s November 2026 release date casting a shadow over Call of Duty and everything else that dares to go up against it next year, things aren’t going to get any easier for Activision.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Despite being revealed at last year's The Game Awards, Naughty Dog's upcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is reportedly still years away from launch.

Fans of the Uncharted and The Last of Us studio should also not expect another glimpse of the project at next month's annual video games award ceremony, it was claimed.

Discussion around when to expect Intergalactic was recently sparked by journalist Colin Moriarty, who suggested he thought it possible the game would launch in 2026. (After various sites picked up the comment as confirmation, Moriarty then issued a clarification to say he'd just been "speculating," though by then, the topic had snowballed.)

In March this year, in a conversation with 28 Years Later director Alex Garland, Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann said the developer still had "a ways to go" on the project. During the same month, Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier stated that the game would not launch in 2026 (and neither would The Witcher 4, either).

This month, Schreier has now repeated this statement — once again placing Intergalactic's arrival as 2027 at the earliest, and potentially skipping the PS5 generation altogether. Meanwhile, Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb has claimed that the game won't be making a second appearance in trailer form at The Game Awards this year.

Is this a surprise? Not really. PlayStation (and Nintendo, and Xbox) have a habit of teasing blockbuster titles a long time before they're ready for most people to play them. And in an interview in May, Druckmann confirmed Naughty Dog was also working on a second game which he said he was acting as "more of a producer" and "mentor" on. Perhaps this game will be announced and launched first?

Still, the reminder that Naughty Dog's big new IP is still years away has come as a disappointment to some. Should Intergalactic launch in 2027, it will have been seven years since the launch of The Last of Us Part 2. During the PlayStation 3 and 4 era, Naughty Dog launched a trilogy of Uncharted games and the first The Last of Us within the same timeframe.

Of course, Naughty Dog has still launched new products over the past few years, including the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, The Last of Us Part 1 and The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered — but these have been re-releases and remasters. At the same time, it has also abandoned its long-awaited multiplayer The Last of Us spin-off, which will now no longer see the light of day.

"I am all for letting devs cook but this is the absolute worst generation for Naughty Dog," one fan wrote on social media. "TLOU P2 dropped in 2020 and all we've gotten are barebones remasters, an unnecessary remake, cancelled multiplayer and waiting almost a decade for a new game."

Still, Druckmann has spoken confidently that Intergalactic will be worth the wait. Featuring a dark sci-fi story centered around the topics of faith and religion, the project will be led by a star-studded cast that includes Tati Gabrielle from the Uncharted movie as protagonist Jordan A. Mun, and Kumail Nanjiani of Marvel's Eternals as a man called Colin Graves.

In September this year, in an interview in which Druckmann described development as "firing on all cyclinders," the director branded his next project as "the most ambitious game we’ve ever made."

"It's the most expansive game we've ever made," he then teased, "[and] maybe the most expensive, by the time we finish it."

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

Chloé Zhao, co-writer and director of Marvel flop Eternals, has said she'd be keen to return for a sequel, and discussed the story elements she'd want to see explored.

While any future for Eternals' characters and its various dangling story threads currently seems unlikely, Zhao has said she'd "love to bring them back" to further expand on their portrayal as a "pantheon of gods" looking down on humanity.

"It's there for a reason, this kind of myth, and these [MCU] films are a modern version of that to me," Zhao told Screenrant. "So, I would love to bring them back and have more discussion about the world we live in. I'm really proud of it."

So far, Marvel has not indicated any desire to make a second Eternals film, after the original launched to a poor critical response and disappointing box office returns back in late 2021.

At the time of its release, Eternals was the first and only Marvel film to be rated as "Rotten" via Rotten Tomatoes (an unfortunate accolade it now shares with 2023's widely-panned Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and this year's Captain America: Brave New World).

Worse, perhaps, was the fact Eternals had been a particularly high-profile failure, with a lavish production and star-studded cast failing to launch an ambitious new branch of storytelling within the MCU. (Last year, Marvel boss Kevin Feige confirmed "there are no immediate plans for Eternals 2.")

Valve has provided the strongest indication yet that the Steam Machine price will be set with similar performance PCs in mind, and confirmed it has no plans to subsidize the hardware like console manufacturers do by eating a big loss on each unit sold.

The Steam Machine is a mid-level gaming-focused PC designed to be more accessible than a standard desktop PC, with a sleek, cube-like design and SteamOS on-board. We here at IGN have offered our thoughts on how much the Steam Machine will cost, suggesting it’ll probably be higher than people think. Chatter about pricing recently ramped up after Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips suggested it wouldn’t follow a “console pricing model” of $500, after mentioning the figure in a meeting with Valve staff.

Then last week, a former Xbox executive called on Valve to allow third-parties to use SteamOS to make their own Steam Machines, amid concern over the potential price of the next-gen living room PC (as IGN pointed out at the time, third-parties already can use SteamOS — just look at the Lenovo Legion Go S).

Now, in a new interview with Skill Up, Valve's Lawrence Yang and Pierre-Loup Griffais discussed the price of Steam Machine without actually confirming what it is. The conversation began with software engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais confirming that Steam Machine is more powerful than 70% of gaming PCs that Valve registers on its hardware survey, in terms of general GPU level, saying: “We have looked at that number as part of speccing the machine, so it’s possible it’s evolved a little bit over time, but I think ballpark, it’s about there.”

He then said that fans should expect the Steam Machine price to be around the same as if you were to build a PC from parts to get “basically the same level of performance.”

“I think that if you build a PC from parts and get to basically the same level of performance, that's the general price window that we aim to be at,” he said. “Ideally we'd be pretty competitive with that and have a pretty good deal, but we're working on refining that as we speak. Right now is just a hard time to have a really good idea of what the price is going to be because there's a lot of different things… a lot of external things.”

In that context, Valve’s Steam Machine will likely cost above $750. We’ve suggested Steam Machine will cost $700-$800. To put that into perspective, the base PS5 with a disc drive currently costs $549.99, while the PS5 Digital Edition costs $499.99. The PS5 Pro, meanwhile, costs $749.99.

Skill Up then asked Valve to rule out the Steam Machine being subsidized hardware, saying, “like Valve is not going into this thinking we're going to eat a big loss on this so that we can grow market share or category or anything like that, correct?"

Pierre-Loup Griffais’ answer here was unequivocal:

“No. It's more in-line with what you might expect from the current PC market. Obviously, our goal is for it to be a good deal at that level of performance.”

He then went on to make the case for Steam Machine at that sort of price, pointing to the value you get from the various features it includes that simply wouldn’t be easy to replicate if you were to build your own PC from similar parts.

“And then you have features that are actually really hard to build if you're making your own gaming PC from parts, right?” he continued. “Like things like, obviously the small form factor and I think the noise level that we achieved — or lack thereof — is really impressive, and we're excited that the people are going to find out how quiet this thing is. But also some integration features like HDMI CEC, right? Like being able to turn on your TV, turn off your TV, control it with your TV remote, change the volume, all that kind of stuff.

“Like the Bluetooth and wireless work that we've done, the four antennas, the very deliberate design to make sure that you can have a great experience with four Bluetooth controllers from any manufacturer, plus our Steam Controller receiver integrated as well — that’s all hard to do. But more importantly, you can turn on the machine from your controller, which is not something that is actually straightforward depending on the type of PC you have or the main chipset and all that.

“So being able to sit down on your couch, press one button on your controller, and the whole thing lights up like you'd expect for a thing that's in your living room, I think that's really valuable. And there's not really a price point to that because it's not really something that exists in the PC market right now.

“There's people that are going to be perfectly happy building their PC at whatever level of spec, and that's going to be a great experience for them. We're building Steam OS so that if they want to use it for that they can and they can have essentially the same experience. And if they're happy with that, that's perfectly good with us. But we expect the machine is a nice baseline offering that lets you have some features that are really hard to get to otherwise.”

Valve designer Lawrence Yang then chimed in with his own thought: "for me one of the benefits of Steam Machine is, I'm someone who used to build my PC in college and I am too old and tired to do that now!”

These latest comments chime with Linus Tech Tips’ recent episode of the WAN Show, where he recalled that he had expressed his disappointment to Valve that Steam Machine wouldn’t follow a console pricing model where it is subsidized by the manufacturer because it takes a 30% cut of sales made on the platform, as the likes of Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo do with their consoles.

Linus said he was then asked by Valve what he meant by a “console price,” to which he responded $500. “Nobody said anything, but the energy of the room wasn't great,” Linus continued.

Here are the comments in full:

“So basically, it's a 7600 CPU and a 7600 GPU. This is not a super powerful machine. Valve is upfront saying that they are going to be relying on FSR in order to achieve 4K. And even then man, like 8 gigs of VRAM, anyone else would be taking a ton of flak for shipping a game console today with 8 gigs of VRAM.

“I can’t tell you what the price will be because I literally don't know but, when I said, ‘I'm disappointed that it isn't going to follow a console pricing model where it's subsidized by the fact that the manufacturer is going to be taking 30% of every game sold on it over the lifespan of this thing, because I feel that would be a more meaningful product,’ they kind of asked what I meant by, well, ‘what do you mean by console price?’ And I said, ‘Well, $500.’

“Nobody said anything, but the energy of the room wasn't great.”

Now, some are questioning Valve’s refusal to subsidize the Steam Machine and thus theoretically at least miss out on having a greater number of people buying games through Steam. Larian publishing director Michael Douse, who is in charge of business development regarding the likes of Steam megahit Baldur’s Gate 3, took to social media to suggest Valve will lose “far more” than the approx. $200 difference by not having more users on the Steam storefront, “which is essentially a money printing machine.”

“That said it isn't stupid to not sell things at a loss, just peculiar in this case,” Douse continued.

We’ve got plenty more on all Valve’s recent hardware announcements, and have a handy roundup so you don’t miss a thing. We went hands-on with Steam Machine and Steam Controller, and if you’re wondering about Steam Deck 2, we asked Valve about that as well.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Harry Potter movie star Rupert Grint has said he'll likely never leave the "shadow" of Ron Weasley behind.

Speaking to BBC News, Grint said he was "fine" to always be associated with his on-screen character and felt a "lot of pride" for his work on the eight Harry Potter movies.

"It has a quite deep meaning to a lot of people of my generation, and even more to generations who are finding it now," Grint said. "It's great. It gives me a lot of pride. It was such a huge thing. I don't think I'll ever quite step out of his shadow, but I'm fine with that."

Actor and musician Donald Glover has revealed the reason he abruptly cancelled his tour last year: after being told by a doctor he'd suffered a stroke.

In a widely-shared speech to the audience at a festival in Los Angeles this past weekend, Glover recalled visiting a hospital after experiencing "really bad pain" ahead of a show in Louisiana last year. Glover continued to perform, though sought medical advice after.

Doctors then discovered a hole in his heart, Glover said. "The doctor was like, 'You had a stroke.'"

Udo Kier, the German actor who starred in over 200 films, has died aged 81.

Kier, who appeared in 275 roles including in My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Armageddon, and Dogville, as well as Madonna music videos and video games, died on Sunday morning, his partner Delbert McBride confirmed to Variety. Photographer Michael Childers took to social media to say Kier died in hospital in Palm Springs, California. A cause of death has not yet been revealed.

Sonos kicked off its Black Friday Sale earlier last week with discounts of 15%-30% off its entire lineup of sound bars and speakers. However, the best deals are actually on Sonos' all-in-one "sets", which are pre-selected speakers that are matched together to round out a complete home theater or entertainment system. Some bundles have an additional discount that stacks on top of Black Friday prices. If you're looking to build out a complete Sonos system for your home, then this is the best way to get a matched setup at the lowest possible price for Black Friday. Some of these bundles may be available at your local big box retailer, but some are exclusive to Sonos.com.

Note that there are other bundles on Sonos, however only the ones below have an extra discount.

Bundle 1: 2 Room Set with Era 100

Spoilers follow for It: Welcome to Derry Episodes 1-5.

It: Welcome to Derry has been dancing on thin ice with the embellishments it’s making to Stephen King’s novel, and not just because “that’s not how it is in the book.” Adjusting the time period to align with Andy Muschietti’s feature adaptations? No big deal. But It: Welcome to Derry has taken significant liberties with the relatively straightforward historical interlude that forms the basis of this season’s narrative arc, not only magnifying the role of preexisting canon (like Dick Hallorann’s presence in Derry), but also folding in ideas or plot threads from other King fiction as a way to flesh out the world, the latter approach having provided the structural basis for Hulu’s Castle Rock series just a few years back. Welcome to Derry hasn’t been entirely consistent in alchemizing all of this reference material and influence, but when it works, it works.

With no better way to stress-test that alchemy than a trip into the sewers beneath Derry, “29 Neibolt Street” represents another significant collision of Welcome to Derry’s adaptations and inventions, doubling down on its own imagination to effective ends.

Now's the time to get in on some great deals on RGB home lighting in preparation for the holidays. For Black Friday, Amazon is offering up to 40% off Govee's popular lineup of Outdoor Lights Pro string lights. These lights can be installed year round as accent lighting, but they will really stand during the holidays when it's time to deck your house in festive RGB bling. If you have other Govee smart lights, then they can be synced together to create an extravagant light show.

Up to 40% Off Govee Outdoor Lights Pro RGB LEDs

Black Myth Wukong has been a conversation-starter since its earliest gameplay footage was shown, and the mythology-inspired action-RPG has kept a pretty high price since it debuted.

Now, thanks to PlayStation Black Friday sales, it’s dropped to its lowest price at Amazon with a 22% discount from the MSRP, bringing the game down to just over $50. It’s not a huge discount, admittedly, but if you’ve been waiting for a chance to put yourself in Heroic Monkey’s shoes, then now’s the time.

The complete Calvin and Hobbes book set is the ultimate collector's item for any devoted fan of the comic series and it's back on sale just for Black Friday. Starting today, you can pick up the premium hardcover edition for just $86.15 after you clip a $43.07 off coupon. It normally "retails" for $225, although I usually see it for about $130-$150. Even if you don't need this yourself, it would make for an amazing and wholesome holiday gift for kids (or the young at heart).

Complete Calvin and Hobbes Hardcover Book Set

Horizon has become an enduring franchise for PlayStation since its debut in 2017, and while there are only two mainline games, the series’ presence can be felt in everything from a LEGO spinoff to toys and a PlayStation VR 2 game.

If you’re yet to get acquainted with hero Aloy, then there’s good news for you and your wallet - Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Forbidden West is down to its new lowest price, and the complete edition is reduced, too.

Horizon: Forbidden West Is Under $20

The super detailed LEGO Ideas Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory is currently discounted by a whopping 30% as part of the official Target Black Friday sale. The 2,205-piece set is down to $153.99, saving you $66 off of its original $219.99 price. This is the first time this set has ever been discounted since it was released back in September and it is by far the best LEGO deal we've seen for Black Friday so far. If you've had your eye on this set, now is the time to pick it up.

LEGO Ideas Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory At Target

Cracking packs for Magic: The Gathering’s latest Universes Beyond set, Avatar: The Last Airbender?

Us two, and with the new set finally back in stock online, it looks as though it might be a set you can more readily buy.

So, what are the chase cards? What are the most powerful characters, and which are the rarest? We’ve broken down the top 10 most valuable cards using data from the folks at TCGPlayer.

Before we begin, however, it’s worth remembering that we are talking close to launch prices here, and we’ve taken them as close to the set’s launch date to try and keep things as accurate as possible.

10 - Ozai, the Phoenix King (Borderless) - $20

The same card as number 5 on this list, this borderless variant looks even betterbut will set you back around $90

1 - Neon Ink Foil Cards - $2,000 and up

If you crack open a pack and find a Neon Ink Foil version of Aang, Swift Savior, Fire Lord Zuko, Katara, the Fearless, or Toph, the First Metalbender, they’re going for $2,000 and up right now - good luck!

Where to Find These Rare Cards

Magic's Avatar: The Last Airbender Collector Booster Box is finally back in stock and available to buy at Amazon, priced at $455.88. This is the best way to hunt down the rarest Avatar x MTG cards, if you got the cash to flash.

This is much cheaper compared to the market price, as seen at TCGplayer, which has it listed at around $528. These collector boosters have been incredibly hard to come by, hence the high pricing.

Wicked: For Good has launched big at the global box office, bringing in $226 million to secure the fourth highest opening weekend of 2025.

The blockbuster musical sequel, which sees Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo reprise their roles as Glinda and Elphaba, secured $150 million domestically and $76 million internationally. Globally, Wicked: For Good is the fourth-best Hollywood debut of the year behind only the Lilo & Stitch live-action remake ($341 million), Jurassic World Rebirth ($322.5 million), and A Minecraft Movie ($313 million). It’s just ahead of the $220 million opening weekend James Gunn’s DC Universe film Superman brought in, and the $218 million MCU film The Fantastic Four made during the same period.

It also set a number of box office records. Wicked: For Good secured the biggest global opening for a Broadway musical adaptation, ahead of its predecessor, which brought in $164.2 million globally during opening weekend. Domestically, it’s the biggest debut for a Broadway musical adaptation, again ahead of last year’s Wicked ($112.5 million).

And Wicked: For Good goes straight in at No. 5 in the biggest opening weekends for a musical of all-time, behind 2019’s The Lion King remake ($433 million), Moana 2 ($389 million), Frozen 2 ($358.4 million), and 2017’s Beauty and the Beast remake ($357 million).

Last year’s Wicked, also directed by Jon M. Chu, ended up with $758.7 million globally during its theatrical run. After such a strong launch, Wicked: For Good is well positioned to outperform its predecessor.

IGN’s Wicked: For Good review returned a 6/10. We said: “Wicked: For Good has all of the great parts of the first movie — opulent sets, heart-wrenching songs, the perfect lead cast—and all of its problems, too.”

Meanwhile, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is up to $146.2 million worldwide after two weekends. Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands, after three weekends, is on $159.6 million ($76.3 million domestic and $83.3 million international).

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, starring Glenn Powell, continues to struggle at the box office. Weekend two brought in another $5.8 million for a current domestic total of $27.048 million. This second adaptation of the 1982 novel by Stephen King now has a global total of $48.348 million.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Amazon's buy 2, get 1 deal on books doesn't just include single books. You can apply this deal to various boxed set collections if you do a bit of digging through the sale. This special Black Friday promotion makes it the perfect time to bolster your collection on the cheap or pick up a set of books as a gift for the reader in your life. Most of these are already discounted between 41% and 47% off individually, so bundling in another one is essentially netting you savings on top of your savings..

Buy 2 Book Sets, Get 1 Free at Amazon

Popular series like A Song of Fire and Ice (Game of Thrones), Percy Jackson, and The Hunger Games have their individual books on sale as part of this deal, but not the box sets. But the available selection of discounted book sets are some of the best around. You have The Witcher boxed set, which compiles the main five novels of Geralt's saga, all seven Harry Potter books with awesome interconnected spine arts, and the Chronicles of the Avatar 4-book collection, which details Avatars Kyoshi and Yangchen's time as the Avatar.

Most of these boxed sets comes with paperback books, save for Sarah J. Maas' Crescent City trilogy. The hardcover is actually a few cents cheaper than the paperback collection, so if hardcover is more your style and you've been curious about the popular author's standalone trilogy, this is the deal for you. There's also the massive Chronicles of Narnia 7-in-1 Deluxe Edition hardcover book, giving you the entire Narnia saga in one conventient printing.

More books included in the sale

If you're more interested in finishing existing collections or checking out standalone stories, the buy 2, get 1 free sale has a great selection of single books. These discounts will likely last as long as the Amazon Black Friday sale remains live. There's a similar promotion going on during Target's Black Friday sale you can check out for more options as well.

Myles Obenza is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Bluesky @mylesobenza.bsky.social.

It’s hard to believe the Nintendo Switch’s first year gave us The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey just a few months apart, but it really was a fantastic start for the system.

If the latest movie trailers got you wondering what you may have missed out on, then we’ve got good news - one of the best Nintendo games of the last decade (and probably ever) is half price at Amazon for Nintendo's Black Friday sale.

8 Years On, We’d Still Buy Super Mario Odyssey

FromSoftware just doesn’t miss, eh? It’s hard to believe that it’s been over three years since Elden Ring landed on consoles and PC, and it somehow lived up to all of the expectation fans had placed on it.

A game we awarded a 10 out of 10 review score to, the joy of Elden Ring’s age now is that discounts are more plentiful, and the epic action RPG is back to its lowest price of $19.99 in Amazon’s Black Friday deals - and it’s not alone.

Elden Ring And Nightreign Score Big Black Friday Discounts

Black Friday is officially almost here, but the deals have already started. We've rounded up the best deals for Sunday, November 23, below, so don't miss out on these limited-time offers.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Gets Its First Sale

As part of Amazon's Black Friday deals this week, the retailer is oncee again offering the buy 2 books, get 1 free deal on various books, collections, graphic novels, and more. One such deal is the Witcher paperback boxed set, which compiles the five core stories in Andrzej Sapkowski's saga. It's currently sitting at $49.95, 44% off the original price of $89.99. But if you buy this and another book (or box set), you'll get a third of equal or lesser value for free. This promotion also works with 4K movies and vinyl, so you can mix and match to maximize your discount during Amazon's Black Friday sale.

The Witcher Boxed Set Deal at Amazon

Other Witcher books included in the sale

Myles Obenza is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Bluesky @mylesobenza.bsky.social.

There’s no denying that the Nintendo Switch 2 has been a runaway sales success, but ever since its pricing was revealed, I've personally been wondering if we'll ever actually see a reasonable discount on the console.

But, as the nascent handheld hybrid comes into its first Nintendo Black Friday sale (which is now live, by the way), it’s not looking likely that the console will drop in price. Still, let me explain why not all is lost.

While I don’t expect the console to drop from its $449.99 MSRP during Black Friday (I'd love to be surprised if it did), retailers will still be trying to entice prospective buyers with a bundle or two.

Nintendo currently offers two bundles, for example, with one including Mario Kart World and another offering Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Both of these are, at least in my opinion, rather good bundle deals.

The Mario Kart bundle, at $499, includes the console and Mario Kart World, at a $30 discount compared to buying each individually. While the Pokémon bundle is a similar deal, just a $20 saving instead, as the base game isn't as pricey as Mario Kart.

Those are two great games to kickstart your Switch 2 collection, and these are the best possible Switch 2 Black Friday deals we're getting.

If you're waiting on something else, I wouldn't bother risking these going out of stock between now and December, especially as plenty will be picking up Switch 2 consoles for loved ones over the holidays.

We’re also already starting to see some retailers throw even more into things - although not without driving up the cost. Best Buy has a bundle including both Pokémon and Mario Kart, or even bundles that include microSD Express cards, Donkey Kong Bananza, or even The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Many also include cases, screen protectors, or even the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller, and we’re still a few days away from the ‘real’ Black Friday window. With that in mind, it might be worth holding out a few days to see if any of these bundles see price drops, or if fresh bundles arrive.

More Switch 2 Black Friday Deals

When it comes to games for when you do have a console, Amazon looks to be the place to shop. The retailer is offering considerable discounts on the likes of Star Wars: Outlaws, NBA 2K26, EA Sports FC 26, Madden NFL 26 and more.

When it comes to games, my top pick is Super Mario Odyssey right now, which ranked fourth on IGN's "Top 100 Nintendo Games of All Time", for just 30 bucks.

Other standout offers in Nintendo's Black Friday sale includes a big discount on the best microSD express card right now. It's for the recently released Samsung P9 512GB MicroSD Express card, now just $74.99 after a 25% off instant discount.

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