Welcome to a new week of blink ‘n’ you’ll miss ’em bargains. Those of you who are subscribed to our IGN weekly deals email would have noticed a $679.15 PS5 console up for sale at about 9 o’clock. In the time it took for me to translate that email to this article format, and have a coffee — boom — sold out. Just another compelling reason to click that subscribe button. Or for me to drink less coffee…
This Day in Gaming
Aussie birthdays for notable games and hardware
– Vib Ribbon (PS) 2000.
– PlayStation Portable (2005) console launch.
– Jetpack Joyride (iOS) 2011.
Table of Contents
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond
Like the themes of its story, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are solid and enduring – leaning on the past, with all of its triumphs and tripwires. It’s a rock — possibly Geodude — solid 8/10 in my book.
The G502 line is already one of the best gaming mouse designs out there. The ergonomic, “FPS”-style mouse – named for a thumb button that’s traditionally used to temporarily lower your DPI for more precise aiming – feels good in your hand.
The first meaningful price drop I’ve seen on this coveted controller. I daresay it’ll be enough to cause a bit of a FOMO purchase feeding frenzy. (He said, while seriously considering a purchase himself, despite already owning eight Xbox controllers.)
Now that it has received 25 major updates, we can safely call this a good-to-great game. That said and thanks to the new ‘Echoes’ content updated that adds foveated rendering to the PS VR2 mode, I can call it a gorgeously immersive game.
