Best gaming deals: Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, and more

There’s never been a better time to join the current console generation, thanks to this weekend’s deals. The Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 offers are very tempting. Both consoles come with a game for free to start your collection. Below are more details.

As we do every weekend here at Polygon, we’ve rounded up a collection of our favorite deals from the worlds of gaming and entertainment, along with some of the best-selling products that have made a recent appearance on our site. Humble also has some great deals on Manga and an excellent collection of independent titles.

Best gaming offers this week

Check out these great Xbox Series X deals. For those who prefer a discount — clean and simple — we recommend checking out Dell’s discount that knocks $50 off the Microsoft console. There, it costs $449.99.

However, if you’re fine with paying full price, Target will currently throw in a free game (up to a $69.99 value) with any purchase of an Xbox Series X if you checkout before Sep. 30 at 11:59 a.m. PST. The offer features a variety of AAA games, such as new releases and the like. Starfield, Mortal Kombat 1,, Diablo 4You can choose. You are the one who has to make your choice.

If you’re more inclined to pick up a new PlayStation 5 this weekend, Sony is still offering a free essential PlayStation 5 title when you activate a new console. You can get a free PlayStation Store title if you activate a brand new PlayStation 5 before October 20th. This includes digital and disc versions.

• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered
• God of War: Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut
• Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Demon’s Souls
• The Last of Us: A Part 1.
• Sackboy: A Big Adventure
• Return to Work
• Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection
• Death Stranding: Director’s Cut

PlayStation 5 can be purchased from many retailers. This is an excellent opportunity for you to upgrade your console.

GameStop’s clearance section is an almost endless repository of bizarre and crazy gaming and entertainment items. Currently, all clearance items are “buy one, get one free”, and GameStop Pro members can knock an additional 5% off their total cost. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of non-essential stuff in there, but we’ve managed to fish out a few gems you might want to check out.

Humble hosts two great bundles this weekend. Humble Indie Bundle combines 11 great titles to support Direct Relief, an organization that offers worldwide humanitarian assistance. For $14, you’ll get a collection of games like the roguelike Void BasterdsThe brutal Metroidvania MoonscarsThe schoolyard RPG is a tactical weapon. Dodgeball Academia More.

If you’re as hyped as we are for the upcoming Oct. 10 launch of the Meta Quest 3, stock up on your SteamVR collection with this bundle of eight excellent VR titles for just $24. The proceeds of the sale will go towards Direct Relief and International Medical Corps. The games in this bundle include the cooperative bomb-defusing simulator. I Expect You to Die 2Parkour FPS – a highly competitive FPS Stride, and deckbuilding dungeon-crawler Demeo.

Top-selling items on Polygon for this week

Best entertainment offers this week

Do you enjoy manga or The Legend of Zelda? If you answered “yes” to any of it, you might want to check out this discount on the Legendary Edition box set of The Legend of Zelda manga. Amazon is currently selling the set of five volumes for just $80. (Normally, it would cost $125). The discounted price for this cleverly packaged collection usually hovers somewhere around $85, but this is the best discount yet we’ve seen for the five-volume, hardback set.

Packaged inside of an adorably blocky recreation of a chest from numerous The Legend of Zelda games, you’ll find illustrated novelizations of Ocarina Of Time, Majora’s Mask, An Affinity to the PastMore.

If you’re into manga and keen to read something that I’d wager isn’t on anyone’s bingo cards, check out this hardcover collection of Stitch the Samurai. This manga pairs an alien from the Disney universe with a Japanese ronin of the Sengoku period in a quest which turns the classic into something new. Lone Wolf Cub Tale on its head. This compilation of 564 pages normally sells for $21.99. However, it is available at Amazon right now for just $16.48.

Here’s a riddle: what can kill three hours and roughly 800 bad guys at the same time? John Wick is the only answer. If you haven’t indulged in the latest chapter of the John Wick saga, you can currently pick up the 4K Blu-ray of John Wick Chapter 4.Amazon is offering $20.99 (was $42.99).

As with all John Wick movies, this latest one is packed full of inventive fight scenes. Hotline Miami’s top-down, ultraviolent gun fights), and it ends with an uphill (literally) battle so arduous that I realized I was gritting my teeth while a banger by French DJ duo Justice blared through my speakers. It’s a delight.