With the holiday season right around the corner, it's time to start checking off those shopping lists. If you're looking for the perfect gift for PlayStation fans, you've come to the right place.

PlayStation has had a heck of a year, despite its popular new console, the PS5, being nearly impossible to find. With outstanding releases such as Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Deathloop, and Returnal, there's never been a better time to jump into the PlayStation ecosystem.

We've done the hard work for you and rounded up some of the most popular PlayStation gifts that are sure to be on many lists this holiday season. From popular video games to merchandise and collectibles, we'll take the guess work out of your holiday shopping this year.

Top Must-Have PlayStation Gifts

Let's face it – the PS5 is hard to come by, but if you're able to get your hands on one, it will surely make a fantastic gift.

Best PS4 & PS5 Games Gifts

These are the top games to show off the power of PS5, with some games also playable on PS4.

Best Digital PlayStation Gifts

If you're not sure what to get, digital subscriptions, online memberships, and gift cards are never a bad choice.

Best PS5 Accessories Gifts

For those who like to accessorize, there are two new PS5 DualSense colorways, headsets, charging solutions, and more.

PlayStation Merchandise Gifts

Treat the PlayStation fan in your life with themed shirts, hoodies, decor, and more.

PlayStation Collectibles Gifts

From board games to PlayStation-themed Funko Pops, there's plenty here for collectors.

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Funko Pop! Gifts

These Funko Pops are full of spiders.

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The Boondock Saints are returning to their righteous vigilante ways. Deadline reports that director Troy Duffy is teaming up once again with actors Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery for a third film that follows the twin Irish brothers on a mission to kill criminals and evildoers.

The script is being written by series creator Duffy, along with Flanery, and with input from Reedus. Filming will begin next May, when Flanery completes work on Amazon's The Boys and when Reedus completes work on The Walking Dead's final season. Producing Boondock Saints 3 will be Shaun Redick (Get Out, Black KkKlansman) and Yvette Yates Redick.

The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day released back in 2009, a whole decade after the original. When we last visited the MacManus brothers, they were imprisoned after surviving a deadly ambush by hired hitmen. It's later revealed that Willem Dafoe's Special Agent Smecker, originally thought to have died sometime between the events of the first two films, is secretly in hiding and aiding the Saints with their mission. Boondock Saints 3 will pick up from there.

Specific plot details about Boondock Saints 3 remain a mystery, but producer Yvette Yates Redick suggests that even people who've never watched the first two will be "blown away" by the third.

Duffy's last project was in fact The Boondock Saints 2, and production on the sequel has reportedly been troubled over the years. Flanery originally tweeted in 2017 that he and Reedus were no longer working on Boondock Saints 3 due to disagreements, but at some point Flanery and Duffy reconnected and began working on a new script.

Duffy stated that the sequel will shift focus away from Boston mafia villains to corrupt politicians.

“Where we’re going is, the brothers are older,” Duffy said. “They are coming out into a brand new world that is not like the one they left. They are at odds. One wants to continue, the other doesn’t. There’s a new enemy out there, not like the traditional ones they’ve faced. That’s the thing that is timely about this one.”

The original Boondock Saints films was a notorious box office failure, partially due to unfortunate timing alongside the Columbine high school shooting, which left 12 students and one teacher dead. With gun violence newly in Americans' minds, a particularly violent and gunridden film like Boondock Saints failed to gain traction with media executives.

Though it failed spectacularly at the box office and received a 28% on Rotten Tomatoes, its subsequent DVD release saw it skyrocket to cult classic status. Deadline reports that the hope with Boondock Saints 3 is to build a far-reaching cinematic franchise ala John Wick.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/boondork saint for IGN.

While Call of Duty: Vanguard will include a Zombies mode on release day, players can't try out the main quest until sometime after season one's launch. Treyarch announced that the main quest won't be part of Vanguard's November 5 release or the start of season one on December 2. Instead, new Zombies content will start rolling out as part of the game's first season, with the main quest coming at a later time.

"Starting on December 2nd, new Zombies content & features will begin to roll out in Vanguard," Treyarch said. "Players will also encounter some other surprise elements later in Season One that will set the stage for our upcoming Main Quest.

The main quest will apparently be tied to "the arrival of an unexpected ally after Season One". We don't know exactly when that means the main quest will drop. We just got a look at the Call of Duty: Vanguard roadmap, which spells out the game plan from launch through the start of season one.

While Sledgehammer is developing the bulk of Vanguard, Treyarch is handling the Zombies mode. Recently, Treyarch has been very busy with Call of Duty, leading development on 2018's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and 2020's Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War..

Vanguard isn't the only upcoming first-person shooter adding in major content after launch. Halo Infinite, which launches next month, is shipping without campaign co-op or Forge at launch. Similar to today's Vanguard Zombies news, both features will come to Halo sometime after season 1.

For more, check out our Call of Duty: Vanguard preview and our in-depth look at Vanguard's campaign.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

We are now into November, the month of the biggest deals of the year, and a geat many early Black Friday "guaranteed" deals start today. You don't want to miss out on the PS5 DualSense charging station for only $2.40, but there are plenty of other solid deals, like 3 months of Xbox Game Pass for PC for only $1, an Alienware RTX 3060 Ti gaming PC for $1399, your choice of Sony WH1000XM4 or Bose QuietComfort noise cancelling wireless headphones, and even the brand new Apple AirPods Pro MagSafe model. These deals and more below.

Won't Last: PS5 Controller Charging Station for $2.40

No I didn't mess up on the price. Select the PS5 controller charging station and check out. The final price (which you'll see at the last step of checkout BEFORE you pay) will be $3. You simply cannot beat this price. The item has over 3,000 reviews on Amazon with a 4.5 star rating, so it's probably not a piece of junk.

3 Months of Xbox Game Pass for PC for $1

Available for New AND Existing Members!

Xbox Game Pass for PC is exactly what it sounds like; access to a library of Xbox games that are also playable on PC. There are plenty of top shelf games including Forza Horizon 4, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Destiny 2, Back for Blood, Scarlet Nexus, Cris Tales, Crusader Kings, and much, much more. You'll also get launch day access to huge upcoming games like Halo: Infinite and Forza Horizon 5. The best thing about this deal? Anyone can sign up, even those of you who already have the subscription.

New Apple AirPods Pro with MagSafe Charger

Save $60 off the newest Apple AirPods Pro. The updated model is mostly unchanged, but it does come with a new MagSafe wireless charging case. This just means that the new charging case easily connects to Apple's MagSafe wireless charger. No, that's not a big update, but at this price, it's actually cheaper than getting the older generation AirPods Pro model.

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K HDR

The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K normally goes for $49.99, but it drops to 50% off only twice a year: on Amazon Prime Day and Black Friday. This is the least expensive 4K HDR capable smart TV stick you can buy. The advantage of using a Smart TV USB dongle instead of the built-in interface on your TV is that you can easily move your saved profiles, logins, and passwords from TV to TV.

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.

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 for whatever reason you'll have to put it on the SSD itself (which isn't hard, it's just adhesive).

Sony WH1000XM4 Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Bluetooth Headphones

The ever popular and highly rated Sony WH1000XM4 headphones are back down to $248. This is the lowest price of the year by $30. The WH1000XM4 is oft considered one of the best noise cancelling headsets under $400; it's comparable if not better than the Bose QuietComfort headphones, both in terms of audio quality and noise cancellation.

Bose QuietComfort III Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Bluetooth Headphones

The Bose QuietComfort III holds a legendary status as one of the best noise cancelling headphones ever made. Nowadays, there are other contenders including Bose's new updated model, the 700. That said, it's still one of the best headphones around, and at this price it just can't be beat. At $199 it's a full $180 cheaper than the Bose 700 and $50 cheaper than the Sony WH1000XM4's Black Friday price.

2021 LG A1 4K OLED TV Price Drops on Amazon

LG just introduced a budget lineup of 2021 4K OLED TVs on the market, dubbed the "A1". This is great news because OLED TVs are some of the most expensive TVs you can buy, and for good reason: no other TV compares in terms of image quality. The A1 TV has virtually the identical image quality as the C1 TV. It also uses the latest WebOS smart TV software and includes the same Magic Remote. For a limited time, you also get 6 free months of HBO Max, so you can catch up on blockbuster movies like Dune, Godzilla vs Kong, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The Suicide Squad, and more, as well as upcoming movies like The Matrix Resurrections.

Preorder the Nerf LMTD Halo Needler

The Halo Needler is part of the new Nerf LMTD premium line of nerf guns, and Hasbro certainly did a phenomenal job recreating the look and feel of this iconic gun. It features light-up flexible needles and accents, a 10-dart rotating drum (darts included), and a display mode complete with display stand for showing off your Covenant weaponry, and a came card with in-game Halo Infinite content.

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Warning: Potential Spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Box art for a new piece of merch from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has leaked, and it appears to confirm a major villain not previously seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Shuma-Gorath, the Great Old One and longtime nemesis to Strange.

Leaked on Resetera, the art shows Doctor Strange battling a giant squid-like creature with an equally giant central eyeball. Though previous reports indicated Strange might be pitted against the sea monster Gargantos, the box art for this 1000-piece puzzle more closely resembles Shuma-Gorath, a distinctly Cthulhu-esque Great Old One originally created by writer Robert Howard in the 1920's as part of the expanded Lovecraft mythos.

Shuma-Gorath was later adapted into the Marvel comic mythos as one of Doctor Strange's antagonists in 1972. In the decades since, he's battled with the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the Invaders, and even Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy. Video game fans will also recognize Shuma-Gorath as a playable fighter from the Marvel vs. Capcom series.

We recently saw Shuma-Gorath appear briefly in Marvel's What If…? series, in an episode where an alternate Doctor Strange summons the Great Old One to try and harness Shuma-Gorath's power. It…doesn't go well.

Being an ancient demon, Shuma-Gorath's powers include the ability to communicate with and control other lifeforms across dimensions, in addition to shooting energy blasts from his eye and tentacles, and transforming the genetic makeup of lifeforms on a planetary scale. If you're wondering how a giant Elder God can be tossed into Marvel vs. Capcom fights, Shuma-Gorath's size and power can fluctuate depending on the dimension. On Earth, he's typically humanoid-sized, but in his home dimension, he's at his largest and nearly invincible.

Marvel hasn't confirmed any leaks as of yet, so of course take everything with a grain of salt. Considering Shuma-Gorath is much more of a Doctor Strange nemesis than the mere Gargantos, it's looking better for the Great Old One than the big squid, though who can blame you for confusing the two.

The puzzle box art also shows Strange fighting alongside characters like fellow sorcerer Wong, the interdimensional teenager America Chavez, and Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch. Wanda's actions in the WandaVision series will play a role in Multiverse of Madness, and it's theorized that she'll become a student of Doctor Strange, or possibly his ultimate enemy, or both. We've seen similar art of the characters in a gift that was given to cast and crew.

It wouldn't be Doctor Strange's first time going up against a galaxy-sized deity, though. You can read everything else we know about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and what it means for the MCU here.

You can also check out the most recent delays for the MCU's Phase 4, which has pushed back a number of projects all the way to 2023. Doctor Strange's next adventure is scheduled to debut on May 6, 2022.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/fish man for IGN.