Today there aren't too many new deals (you'll have to wait until this weekend for the next big wave), but the few that have gone live today are excellent. The highly rated Dell S2721DGF 27" gaming monitor was marked down earlier in November, but today Dell has sweetened the deal by adding in a $50 gift card. The Alienware S5000 gaming chair (a branded Vertagear design) is $60 off AND has a bonus $100 gift card attached to it. The newest generation Bose QuietComfort headphones with 4x the battery life of the QC35 sees its first discount ever. Dell and HP have big price drops on their RTX 3070 equipped gaming laptops. These deals and more below.

Dell S2721DGF 27" 1440p GSYNC Gaming Monitor

Update: A bonus $50 Dell eGift Card is now added to the deal!

This excellent monitor has hit a new price low for Black Friday. It's one of the best 27" gaming monitors you can buy for under $500. The S2721DGF boasts a high quality IPS panel (better than the VA panel found on the popular S3220DGF model). It features wide viewing angles and excellent color rendition including 98% DCI-P3 color coverage, a super fast 1ms response time and up to 165Hz refresh rate through the DisplayPort. It's also FreeSync Premium Pro and G-SYNC compatible.

Alienware S5000 Gaming Chair

Factor in the gift card and you're basically paying $239. The Alienware S5000 gaming chair is produced by Vertagear and is modeled after Vertagear's best selling model, the SL-5000. This chair features a breathable PVC leather upholstery with extra dense foam padding, included neck rest and lumbar pillows, adjustable seat height, tilt, and recline (up to 140 degrees), adjustable armrests, 360-degree swivel, and 260-pound weight rating.

Bose QuietComfort 45 Noise Cancelling Headphones

The Bose QuietComfort is the most recent addition to the legendary QuietComfort lineup. The biggest upgrade has been the battery life. The QC45 boasts up to 24 hours of battery life, which is a whopping 4x more than the QC35's 6 hours of runtime. The QC45 has finally been upgraded with a USB Type-C port with the ability to fast charge. Noise cancelling has been slightly improved this time around and pretty much everything else has remained the same. This is the first time we've seen the QC45 discounted at all.

$50 Nintendo eShop Gift Card for $45

Save 10% off your next $50 worth of purchases at the Nintendo eShop. This is actually great timing since we already know there there's going to be a great Nintendo eShop Black Friday Sale coming up very soon. You can combine this with the "no tax" trick you can perform in the eShop (by using an Oregon zip code). If you're in California like me, you'll be saving 15% off.

Alienware Aurora R12 RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PC

Not only is this the best Alienware gaming PC deal right now, it's probably the least expensive prebuilt gaming PC equipped with an RTX 3060 Ti video card anywhere. With the RTX 3060 Ti video card selling for over $800 on eBay, getting a fully built Alienware system with an 11th generation Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB of memory, and 512GB of SDD storage for $1399 seems like an absolute steal. The RTX 3060 Ti is much more powerful than the standard RTX 3060; in fact, it's as powerful as the RTX 2080 SUPER.

HP OMEN 17" RTX 3070 Gaming Laptop for $1395

Not only is this HP OMEN 17t the least expensive RTX 3070 equipped laptop so far, it's also one of the very few 17" gaming laptop deals we've seen. It had been discounted to $1549.99 but a new 10% off coupon code: "WINTER10" drops it further down to under $1400. The RTX 3070 is paired with an 11th gen Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB of memory, and a 512GB SSD.

New! Alienware X15 Gaming Laptop

Dell has launched two new Alienware laptops for 2021, the 15" X15 and the 17" X17. They succeed the m15 and m17 as Alienware's flagship gaming laptops. They also happen to be the thinnest Alienware laptops ever despite the fact that they're equipped with the next generation RTX 30 series video cards. In fact, they are thinner than the "ultra-thin" Razer Blade 15" laptop. The X15 model measures in at only 0.63" thin and 5.2 pounds and the X17 model is 0.84" thin and 7.05 pounds. The laptops also feature the newest Intel 11th gen H-series processors and a powerful quadruple fan active cooling system that keeps all the components nice and cool.

Cheapest PS5-Compatible SSD with Heatsink: XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 SSD

This is the latest SSD that's specifically designed for your PS5 storage upgrade. It also happens to be the lowest priced PS5-compatible 1TB SSD with heatsink available. In fact, it's even less expensive than most compatible SSDs without heatsink. The S70 Blade boasts transfer rates up to 7,400 MB/s and a PCIe Gen4 interface. It includes a PS5-compatible low-profile aluminum heatsink, but you'll have to put it on the SSD itself (which isn't hard, it's just adhesive).

Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller

This is the controller to get if you want the most precise and customizable Xbox controller on the market. This professional-grade controller features adjustable tension thumbsticks, shorter hair trigger locks, wraparound textured grips, interchangeable thumbsticks and paddle shapes, custom profiles saved on your controller itself, and included USB Type C cable with charging dock. It boasts up to 40 hours of battery life and is compatible with the Xbox Series S|X, Xbox One, and PC.

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Square Enix has shared new details and screenshots for Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, the new, souls-like Final Fantasy game from Nioh studio Team Ninja.

Stranger of Paradise is a new interpretation of the original Final Fantasy and focuses on the hero Jack and his quest to destroy Chaos and return light to the crystals of Cornelia. Today, Square Enix introduced Captain Bikke, a pirate who Jack and his companions will encounter.

They'll run into Bikke at a pirate ship moored in the Pravoka Seagrot, a new location in the game. The pirate captain swings a two-handed axe in battle. Other characters introduced include Cornelia's royal family comprised of the King, Queen Jayne, and their daughters Sarah and Mia.

Square Enix also went over the break gauge system in combat where combos and abilities will reduce the enemy's gauge. Once depleted, you can defeat the enemy with a single blow. There's also a new ability called the Soul Shield, which absorbs an enemy's attack and allows you to fire it right back at them.

And, much like Dark Souls, Jedi Fallen Order, and other games in the genre, healing Jack at a checkpoint cube will also resurrect all monsters in the area. If you fall in combat, you respawn at the last cube you healed at.

First announced at E3 2021, Stranger of Paradise is not a direct continuation or prequel to Final Fantasy 1. Instead, it sounds like a remix of the first game, using the same setting and some elements of the original's story.

After a rough demo period where the game was unplayable, we were able to try out Stranger of Paradise, where we said the game is, "actually shaping up to be a very promising looking action/soulslike spin on the Final Fantasy franchise." And, it could get even better, as the developers are implementing changes made based on player feedback. You can check out what comes in each edition of Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin here.

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Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have surged in prominence online. There's a whole community of NFT enthusiasts out on the internet, but some are cautious about the new technology. Xbox's Phil Spencer feels that they are currently more exploitative than creative.

In an interview with Axios, Spencer says that he is cautious about how NFTs are currently being considered in gaming. "What I'd say today on NFT, all up, is I think there's a lot of speculation and experimentation that's happening, and that some of the creative that I see today feels more exploitive than about entertainment," explained Spencer.

Spencer went on to clarify that he doesn't think every single NFT game is exploitative, but that the space is still new and people are on a journey trying to figure it out. He also understands the early controversy surrounding NFTs in gaming isn't necessarily an aspect you want to have in the Xbox Store.

“I think anything that we looked at in our storefront that we said is exploitive would be something that we would, you know, take action on,” Spencer added. “We don't want that kind of content.”

NFTs have taken the world by storm, and have already crept their way into the gaming ecosystem. Last month, Steam put forth a policy that banned any games utilizing blockchain technology that allows for NFTs and cryptocurrencies, while Epic Games embraced them, given that they follow relevant laws.

Big publishers such as EA and Ubisoft have decided to welcome NFTs as well. EA believes that NFT technology will play an important part in the future of gaming, while Ubisoft plans to create blockchain games.

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Today I'd like to highlight a game that's near and dear to my heart. Party Golf—the criminally underplayed local multiplayer king—can be yours for less than 2 bucks. Get it, keep it handy on your PC for when people come over, and thank me later. It's basically Mario Kart / Bomberman levels of pick-up-and-battle-for-hours hilarity.

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Adam's an Aussie deals wrangler who is the king of Party Golf at his house. He's also @Grizwords.