The uniquely North American tradition of murderous consumerism is on its way. The Friday and Monday following the American Thanksgiving holiday are set to be a huge source of discounts on anything a gamer could want.
For the next few days we’ll be keeping an eye on some of the sales and deals. Black Friday deals can be great for discounts big and small, depending on where you are.
Black Friday Game Deals
Games are starting to appear on sale now and we’ll add more to this list as the week goes on.
MarkeeDragon
MarkeeDragon is selling all of it’s EVE inventory at deep discounts this year. All PLEX 15% off. Standard and Premium accounts are 50% off. Item code with the Golden Pod is now 25% off. This has the Golden Pod, Gnosis BPCs etc. BE SURE TO USE THE CODE ISKMOGUL AT CHECKOUT! Using that discount code can be added to the sale prices to give customers a total of 18% off PLEX.
GameStop
GameStop may have shut down their rental program, but they still have plenty of this year.
To name some favorites, you can grab and for $30, and for $25, for $20, and for $14 for $25.
Greenman Gaming
All games have been sorted into categories on Greenman and discounts start at around 15% off. There’s a lot to sift through on the site and their top pics include.
- Call of Duty: WWII – Digital Deluxe – 10% off
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins – 15% off
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – 15% off
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole – 15% off
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War – 15% off
- Star Wars Battlefront II – 22% off
- View all the deals
GOG
In typical GOG style, there are free games up for grabs and anyone can pick up a free copy of the 1997 sci-fi shooter MDK withing the first 48 hours. Anyone who spends more $15 or more can also get their hands on a free copy of Starcrawlers. Games they are touting include:
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt GOTY (-60%)
- Heroes of Might and Magic III (-75%)
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (-25%)
- Dungeon Keeper 2 (-75%)
- Titan Quest: Anniversary Edition (-80%)
- Little Nightmares (-50%), Furi (-40%)
- Many more.
Origin
EA’s Origin has nice and early this year and there’s a load of older games up for grabs at discounted prices. There are also UbiSoft titles in the library too. Games worth taking a look at include the following and Star Wars Battlefront 2 is not on that list.
- Titanfall 2 – 50% off
- Battlefield 1 – 50% off
- FIFA 18 – 33% off
- Need for Speed Payback – 33%
Fanatical
There is a load of but these are the standout releases. An extra 10% can also be saved by using the code BLACKFRIDAY10.
- Shadow of War 40% off
- Conan Exiles 33% off
- Mad Max – 75% off
Gamersgate
Gamersgate , mostly older titles but some good stuff in there if you’re looking for a bargain.
- Sniper Elite 4 – 56% off
- Tekken 7 – 51% off
- Injustice 2 – 5% off
- Tales of Berseria – 59% off
Hardware
There is no easy way to point people in the right direction for hardware deals, a lot depends on where you are located to get the best deals. These are the sites you need to be checking.
Bestbuy
Only useful for North American customers but once again there are PCs to TVs at Bestbuy. Savings vary but there are savings well into the hundreds on items such as 4K monitors and PCs. You can also pick an HP Omen 870-224 Desktop & HP Mixed Reality Headset Package for $670.
Ebuyer
Ebuyer has been sensible and stuck to real tradition and will not be kicking off their sale until Friday.
MSI Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X – £729 from Ebuyer / Amazon
Newegg
There are always some good deals to be had over on Newegg so if you’re in the US and shopping for components this it’s worth checking out all the sections. Motherboards, RAM, GPU’s, CPU’s they have the lot.
TigerDirect
Another place to check for US deals. They are leading their sale with a Samsung 250GB/500GB/1TB SSDs starting at a very reasonable price of $79.99.
Amazon UK
The deals come and go on Amazon so you need to keep an eye on it throughout the week. The Gamers section is one place to start where there deals on monitors, stacks of headsets, mice, and mechanical keyboards. Keep an eye on the Techies section also for deals on SSDs, PSUs, monitors, and routers. A Crucial 535GB SSD is currently up for grabs for £114.98 which is really good.
Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Mini 8GB – £350 from
Amazon US
Amazon in the US appears to have better discounts which is no huge surprise. Like the UK site, the Gaming section is filled with discounts on headphones and mice. The Computers and Accessories section is also the place to sift through the offers where there are deals on monitors and more.
MSI GL62M 7RE-407 – $799 from
This Black Friday list will be updated through the week until 27 November.