Planning ahead can be tough, especially when you have as many as many options as Call of Duty: Ghosts has pre-order bundles to choose from. From promotional gift cards and Mega Bloks to exclusive characters and discounts on Eminem’s forthcoming album, retailers seem to be pulling out all the stops to lure in gamers and ensure sales of the latest title in the Call of Duty franchise. Each pre-order comes bundled with the dynamic Free Fall bonus map — along with access to the Double XP Launch Weekend taking place from 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8 to 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11. — but additional bonus perks vary from retailer to retailer.
Below is a roundup of blockbuster retailers where you can still pre-order Call of Duty: Ghosts, as well as the hand-in-hand bonuses you’ll receive in return. Free shipping and release-date delivery isn’t always guaranteed, but at least you’ll earn double experience points as you elegantly power slide your way through the recently-announced multiplayer.
Call of Duty: Ghosts launches on Nov. 5 on current-gen consoles and as a Day One title on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Nov. 15 and 22, respectively. In the meantime, take a quick visual look at Call of Duty: Ghosts.
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Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Gaming laptops and I have a complicated relationship. One of my first gaming rigs was an Acer Predator that was already outdated when I bought it. I was a broke college kid, and that was the best I could afford. So trying out high-end gaming laptops is always fun. But ASUS' ROG Zephyrus G14 is a lot more than a laptop that can run AAA games. It is portable, so you're not lugging around a 2.5kg machine everywhere you go. It is built well, none of that plastic chassis, and can even function as a normal laptop outside of just gaming.
Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.