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8 gifts under $50 you can buy with your new gift card
By Sean Endicott published
Under $50 This time of year, plenty of people get gift cards only for those cards to go to waste. These eight gifts for under $50 are here to stuff your stockings.
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The best games of 2023 — Windows Central Game Awards 2023
By Jez Corden published
TOP GAMES The best of the best.
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Christmas came early! Fallout 3: GOTY Edition is free TODAY ONLY, and you can keep the RPG classic forever
By Brendan Lowry published
🎁 Fallout 3 and all of its DLC is free today, and if you claim it, you'll get to keep it permanently.
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Vanilla Dark Souls 2 multiplayer servers are controversially shutting down on Xbox and PlayStation after 10 years, and man am I bummed
By Brendan Lowry published
Forlorn 10 years post-release, the servers for the vanilla version of Dark Souls 2 are coming down permanently.
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Xbox beginner's guide: Top tips and tricks for new Xbox Series X|S owners
By Jez Corden last updated
TIPS Get to know your Xbox in a few easy steps.
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Xbox gets featured in this incredible Baldur's Gate 3 cartoon (that needs to be a Netflix show)
By Jennifer Young published
XBOX Larian Studios shows some love to Xbox players with a festive-themed animation featuring the Xbox Series X as a gift from Santa
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Baldur's Gate 3 got its FIRST-EVER price drop right before Christmas — get 2023's Game off the Year winner while it's on sale!
By Brendan Lowry published
The Perfect Gift For the first time ever, 2023 GOTY Baldur's Gate 3 goes on sale just days before Christmas.
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These 7 holiday deals on my favorite 2023 games are PERFECT for last-minute Christmas gifts
By Brendan Lowry published
Fast and Easy Still need to get someone Xmas gifts? Don't miss these deals on digital copies of 2023's finest games.
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Here are the best Steam Winter Sale game deals going on now for PC, Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and Legion Go!
By Rebecca Spear last updated
Gaming deals Steam is most PC gamer's main storefront for purchasing video games. Each year, there are significant Steam sales where the best PC games can be bought at deep discounts. Here are the best deals.
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