We’ve officially entered the week of Black Friday. Pretty much every retailer under the sun has already unleashed a whole bunch of deals, so there’s no reason to wait to do your holiday shopping. If you or someone on your list is into Sonic the Hedgehog video games, you’re in luck: a bunch of them are on sale across the Switch, Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox. Here’s a rundown of every Sonic game that’s already on sale for Black Friday 2025.
Sonic Games – Black Friday Deals
There’s no shortage of Sonic game deals for Black Friday. Here’s the full list.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
The newest game on the list is Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Amazon), a kart racer with enough speed and new ideas that many think is actually better than Mario Kart World. In her review, Jada Griffin wrote, “Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds fires on all cylinders with a fantastic roster of 24 of my favorite hedgehogs, foxes, echidnas, and more. The lineup of 24 main tracks and 15 Crossworld tracks is the best designed selection we’ve ever gotten in any Sonic racing game, and there is a generationally great soundtrack to accompany them. The racing itself feels fast, fantastic, and intuitive, with lots of options to tweak your stats to your preferred playstyle.”
Sonic Superstars
If price is your main consideration, you can’t beat Sonic Superstars, a throwback side-scrolling platformer you can pick up for less than $10 at Amazon. That’s a killer deal on a game about which the very same Jada Griffin, in her review, said, “Most Sonic games put the pedal to the metal, having you travel at blindingly fast speeds while avoiding hazards on your way to the goal. Unlike its predecessors, however, Sonic Superstars trades that traditional breakneck pace for new abilities, more exploration, multiple mini-games, and slightly more challenging bosses. Most of that stylistic shift works well for the majority of Superstars’ roughly 15-hour multi-campaign story.”
Sonic X Shadow Generations
In addition to those, you can pick up the excellent 2024 game Sonic X Shadow Generations for the new all-time low price of $24.99 at Amazon. That’s for all consoles, including Switch 2. This game is comprised of two parts. One is a remake of the 2011 game Sonic Generations, and the other is a brand-new Shadow-centered addition. It adds up to a killer package we gave 9/10 in our review.
Sonic is far from the only game series getting Black Friday discounts. Tons of other PS5, Xbox, and Switch games, consoles, and accessories have gotten discounts. Or you can check out the Black Friday sales at Amazon, Best Buy, or Target. And remember, this is only the beginning of the Black Friday season. More deals will go live on the day itself, November 28, and even more on Cyber Monday, which lands on December 1.
Chris Reed is a commerce editor and deals expert for IGN. He also runs IGN’s board game and LEGO coverage. You can follow him on Bluesky.
TimeSplitters is one of those weird series that I look back on quite fondly despite never having owned a single one of the games as a wistful youth. I think I’ve got one kicking around somewhere these days, but back then the only way I would play it was at a friend’s house, us messing about, not doing a very good job at co-op in the main story, me failing to beat my friend in multiplayer because I was crap at shooting games. And now, here we are, with a fanmade rework that’s been 13 years in the making finally released, offering unto me a chance to relish in some nostalgia, but New.
Black Friday is an excellent time of year to stock up on video games. Especially with the holidays right around the corner, now is a great time to fill up your library with options to play when you’ve got downtime. If you’ve been looking for a big, open-world game to jump into during that time, Star Wars Outlaws has received a major price drop in Black Friday sales.
The PS5 and Xbox Series X versions of Star Wars Outlaws are down to just $19.99 right now, and even the Switch 2 Gold Edition is on sale for $39.99. These discounts make for the lowest prices yet for PS5, Xbox, and Switch 2, which is even better news. Don’t miss out on these excellent Black Friday deals.
Save on Star Wars Outlaws
For Switch 2 users, the Gold Edition of Star Wars Outlaws sets you up with the base game alongside the season pass, which includes the Wild Card story pack, A Pirate’s Fortune story pack, Jabba’s Gambit exclusive Day 1 mission, The Kessel Runner character pack, The Hunter’s Legacy bundle, and The Cartel Ronin bundle. On the other hand, if you’re scooping up the PS5 or Xbox Series X Amazon Exclusive copies, these come with the Rogue Infiltrator Character Pack, which includes cosmetics for both Kay and Nix.
Back when it was released, we called Star Wars Outlaws “a fun intergalactic heist adventure with great exploration,” in our review. If you’re looking for gift ideas for the Star Wars fan in your life ahead of the holidays, we also consider it one of the best Star Wars gift ideas for an adult fan, so you can surprise them with a fun new game to kickstart the new year.
For even more Black Friday video game deals, check out our individual breakdowns of Xbox, PS5, and Nintendo Switch Black Friday deals to see what else we’ve found on sale so far at various retailers. For an overall look at the sale event this year, check out our full page on Black Friday 2025 for more information on participating retailers and deals we’re expecting to see this year.
Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN.
Publisher Devolver Digital and developer Sam Eng have announced their celestial skateboarding game, Skate Story, is launching day one for the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog on PlayStation 5.
News of the bonus for Sony’s gaming subscription service was unveiled in a PlayStation.Blog post today. It’s a last-minute addition to Skate Story’s launch lineup, which includes PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch 2.
PS Plus Extra and Premium subscribers will have access to the trippy skateboarding game at no extra cost come December 8. Sony has yet to reveal the rest of its upcoming Game Catalog additions for December 2025, with its PS Plus Essential monthly games also under wraps for now.
Skate Story, meanwhile, was announced by Devolver Digital and Eng back in 2022 as an action skateboarding game with a cosmic twist. Its official description teases that players will step into the shiny shoes of an underworld demon made entirely of “glass and pain.” The adventure begins when the devil gives this sparkling creature a skateboard and one simple task: “Skate to the Moon and wallow it – and you shall be freed.”
“Skate fast to destroy vicious demons, help a forgetful frog, and save other tortured souls on your journey from fragile beginner to hardened skater,” the description says. “Push through hell and discover The Devil’s greatest weakness: humility, perseverance, and a disgustingly sweet backside tailslide.”
We’ll know more about the experience Devolver Digital and Eng are spinning up when Skate Story launches for PC, PS5, and Switch 2, as well as PS Plus, in a few weeks. In the meantime, PS Plus subscribers can see which games joined the Game Catalog and Essential list for November 2025 and prepare for December 2025 with a list of every game leaving the service. Sony typically waits to reveal which Essential games it’s adding until closer to the end of the month, so be sure to stay tuned for updates.
Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).
I’ll be honest with you folks, as aware as I have been about The Blood of Dawnwalker, i.e. Not The Witcher 3 from some of the folks who helped make The Witcher 3, I have felt very disinterested in it. Sure, that recent look at gameplay certainly paints a polished at minimum picture, but at a cursory glance I have to admit I did just kind of write it off as vampire Witcher. Except I’ve now been quite quickly pulled in thanks to an important element of the game shared by its director in a new interview: there’s no main quest.
We are just one week away from the arrival of MARVEL Cosmic Invasion on Switch and Switch 2, and to mark the occasion, Tribute Games and Dotemu have released the game’s opening movie to keep the hype train a-moving.
Now, for those who have been paying attention to all the character reveals and behind-the-scenes looks in recent months, some of this footage might not be all that new; if, however, you’re coming in with fresh eyes, be prepared for some Saturday morning cartoon nostalgia.
Celestial skateboarding, a deal with the Devil, and giant philosophizing heads? Skate Story is far from your everyday action sports tale, which you’ll be finding out soon enough when it flips onto PS5 December 8 as a PlayStation Plus Game Catalog day one release.*
I got the chance to speed deeper into the underworld with the complete version of Sam Eng’s striking adventure, and shine a light on what it means to be a strange looking demon in the pursuit of eating the Moon.
Slick tricks with a story
So, you’re a skateboarding demon made of glass and pain. And that pain is only highlighted by the sleepless torment partly caused by the Moon’s brightness. Hungry and tired, the nameless demon aims to consume the pale planetoid, but the only way they can reach it is via a skateboard granted by the Devil… for a price.
After an intense introduction to the basics and skating into an unusual Lyceum full of giant stone heads pondering the meaning of life, Skate Story opens up into a wider adventure that dramatically goes beyond the first steps of the demon’s cosmos shaking quest.
Wisely, the game eases you into the vast number of moves at your disposal. I started off with a basic power slide by holding the square button, and ollie by holding down the circle button, but by the time I reached the end of the Lyceum I was brimming with techniques.
In fact, the very first boss fight acts as a trick tutorial, as you’re taught how to combine the L buttons with the circle button to pull off stunts like a Pop Shuvit, Heelflip, and Front Pop. However, there’s a catch.
Mix up your skills against bosses
For the most part you’ll be skating across large, open environments, or fast and narrow lanes, leaping over obstacles, jumping through gates to close disapproving disembodied white eyes, and completing hilarious and bizarre tasks, which I’ll get to in a moment. But when it comes to your skating ability, you will be judged.
It’s not enough to use the same move over and over. A combo meter tracks which tricks you’re performing, and it’ll only grow quickly if you change up your flips. You can also pick up extra points for releasing your jumps at a sweet spot, giving you a timing bonus. Crash or bump, and the meter drops back to zero.
This is all essential in the boss battles, where the only way to deal meaningful damage is to skate fast and pop a variety of tricks to build a combo, then pressing the square button in mid-air before landing to perform a devastating stomp. The higher the combo chain, the heavier the damage, so risking it all for meaningful attacks feels fun and frantic.
One particular boss fight was a mixture of everything I’d learned so far in the game, putting me on a cosmic chase through a constantly moving track where I needed to perform tricks while jumping over obstructions and attacks, making sure I stomped each time to deal damage before my demon was turned into shards.
Strange souls and chasing the Devil’s pants
Going back to the missions, Skate Story manages to mix things up to keep my demon on their glass toes. Many required me to use my skateboard to jump over placements like manholes, spin through environmental elements like the spindly soulflowers, or grind across a set number of surfaces.
The underworld is also littered with imaginative characters needing assistance, with floating skulls, a pillowy demon and a giant frog just a small selection of the bizarre souls that I encountered.
In one stage, a large talking trash bag asked if I could help it by taking down a smelly monolith it had taken a dislike towards. Another objective had me chasing the Devil’s clothes which had sprung to life and were trying to escape being dried after a wash. Skate Story’s sense of humour was a constant surprise and always kept the narrative lively.
Make the board yours
Accompanied by Rabbie the ghostly rabbit, you’re granted a shapeless soul space which acts as a hub that bridges each story chapter, but also gives you the opportunity to customize your skateboard. The soul currency you pick up by performing stunts can be used to purchase wheels, stickers and more at gift shops.
The devil is in the details
With its oddly endearing millipede train, the shattered remains of your skater’s failed attempts littering the environment, and a versatile soundtrack which slides from melancholic horns to funky bass-heavy electronica, Skate Story is full of nice touches.
A few times I was distracted by the DualSense wireless controller’s light bar to see how it was going to reflect the on-screen environment. While the demon’s skateboard itself told a tale of my journey, showing scrapes, nicks and wear influenced by my choices (and accidents), especially around the board’s tail ends due to my overenthusiastic grinding.
It was an experience which left me wanting to see where this celestial journey would take me next.
Intrigued? You’ll be craving the moon soon enough on December 8, when Skate Story grinds its way onto PS5 and the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog.
*PlayStation Plus Game Catalog available with Extra and Premium memberships.
Ubisoft has confirmed Attack on Titan as the next big brand crossover coming to Assassin’s Creed Shadows, with a free story quest and paid cosmetics arriving this week.
From tomorrow, November 24, players will be able to take on a new free mission and purchase a series of in-game items. But you’ll need to act quickly, as the Attack on Titan mission content will only be live until December 22.
Hit anime media franchise Attack on Titan is the second crossover for Assassin’s Creed Shadows following the game’s earlier Dead by Daylight collaboration. Similarly, that offered up a simple mission (which lasted around 15 minutes) and then let you pay to adorn Shadows’ main characters in themed cosmetics, if you so chose.
Right, has everyone got Hollow Knight: Silksong out of their system? I’m sure there’s plenty of you that have scoured enough of its map to feel satisfied and ready for another hand-drawn metroidvania. Enter Constance! A game that fits that bill precisely, albeit with its own, quite literally painterly flair, one which is out today.
Black Friday deals get messy fast, especially in the games world. Retailers love to hurl half-baked offers around in the run-up to what I like to call “Black Friday proper,” the day after Thanksgiving.
While there are some genuinely good deals already available, it can still get a little tricky to work out what is actually worth your time, especially if you’re on a limited budget.
That’s where I’m here to help. Sure, there are plenty of strong 2025 releases on offer, with big PS5 and Nintendo Switch titles in the mix, but the real gold right now is the slew of games sitting at 20 dollars or less at retailers like Amazon.
That slice of the sale is stacked with some genuine heavy hitters from across the current generation’s almost five-year life cycle. If you want actual bargains, this is the bin worth digging through.
Elden Ring
Hard to believe it has been more than three years since Elden Ring landed on consoles and PC, and somehow it still lived up to every wild expectation I had for it.
If you’ll allow me to immediately skirt around my $20 or less rule, I do highly encourage you to check out the full package if you can. Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree Edition is also discounted, $49.99 on PS5 and $39.99 on Xbox Series X, and is well worth it. Still, if $20 is your limit, the base game has hundreds of hours worth of content already waiting for you.
Horizon Forbidden West
Once again, slightly overshadowed by Elden Ring (sorry, Guerilla Games). Horizon Forbidden West is another 100-hour plus game that is an absolute bargain for $19.99 on PS5. Yes, it’s also on PlayStation Plus if you’re signed up. But do you remember the feeling of owning games? Like actual physical copies?
My advice? Pick this up for 20 bucks, and never have to worry about your PS Plus sub lapsing if you want to replay it, or perhaps spend more than a month getting through it (which is likely, this one is big). If you can stretch to $30, the complete edition is also on sale, and includes the games entire DLC collection as well.
Star Wars Outlaws
Okay, here’s one that might take a little more convicing. But, trust me, even a 7/10 game can be worth $20.
It’s another fairly sizable entry into this list as well, and I truely think there’s a lot of fun to be had with Outlaws. Sure, it’s got a bad rep, but for 20 big ones, you’re actually getting so much genuinely great Star Wars content, it’s no joke.
If anything, I really think it’s worth a go for anyone who was ever on the fence about buying it. Dropping this down to just $20 for both PS5 and Xbox is a great deal, and it’s also $39.99 for the complete Gold Edition on Switch 2 right now as well (but again I’m breaking the rules by mentioning that, woops).
Resident Evil 2 + 3 + 7
Hey, look at me, cheating at my own game again. Yeah it’s supposed to just be 10 games in this list, but I’m having some fun with it, sue me.
Here’s our first picks that are hitting the “or less” part of the article, and no $19.99 doesn’t count, that’s just $20, so don’t start on me.
Three brilliant Resident Evil games for just $14.99 each, now that’s hard to argue with. In my opinion, Resident Evil 2’s remake on PS5 is the best of the bunch, but there’s still a lot offun to be had with the RE3 remake, and Resi 7 as well.
Armored Core 6
Okay here’s where I’ve got to start admitting when I haven’t played some games. Armored Core 6: Fires of My Rubix Cube looks mighty cool, and it’s just $19.99 on PS5, PS4, and Xbox right now.
To help me sell it a bit, I’m going to refer to our handy IGN reviewer, Mitchell Saltzman, who awarded AC6 an 8, stating in his review: “Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon’s stellar customization options feed into its excellent mecha combat, and the result is challenging combat puzzles that kept my attention all the way through its 15-hour campaign and beyond. It’s let down by a dull story, but lands direct hits where it counts.”
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade + Final Fantasy 16
Oh no, I haven’t played these either. Again, cheating with the entry double ups, but it’s Final Fantasy! What, am I just gonna dedicate three slots of Resident Evil, and two more to Final Fantasy, that’s half the article? … and I haven’t even played these two either.
Look, look, look, put the pitch forks away. I’ve never been a Final Fantasy kind of guy, and that’s okay, I can still trust in the many, many friends and collegues who tell me these games rock. For $20 each for FF7 and FF16, I definitely think it’s worth it, even for how little I know.
Red Dead Redemption 2 for $14.99
Hey, I’ve played this one! It’s great, we all love Red Dead Redemption 2, even if it is still stuck at 30fps. Another banger from Rockstar, and another game you can drop over 100 hours in, no questions asked.
If you’re looking for another brilliant game to sink your teeth into while we wait for Grand Theft Auto 6 (which just got delayed again, ouch), then this is a pretty solid pick for just $15. It’s discounted at GameStop for a physical copy, or both PlayStation and Xbox have it for the same price digitally.
I loved my time with it, and was even considering a cheeky replay over the holidays as well. IGN’s Luke Reilly also awarded it a 10 in his review from 2018… seven years ago! Oh no, I’m getting old.
Mortal Kombat 1
Okay, so I’ve played some Mortal Kombat 1, I didn’t finish it, but I enjoyed my time with it.
Not as much as the previous two games, if I’m being honest, but it’s still a good time, especially if you have a few mates you can crack a few beers with and just mess around with every so often. At $20, that sounds pretty great to me.
Look, not every game in this article has to be certified 10/10 banger like RDR2 or Elden Ring, sometimes it’s also nice to spend a reasonable low amount of money on games that are just plain, simple, fun. And Mortal Kombat 1 is exactly that: fun!
Shin Megami Tensei V
I really should’ve put more games in that I’ve actually played. What is that, like four now? Yeesh, that’s kinda rough. Okay, so at least ign.com’s 7/10 review team can back me up again with this one.
Leana Hafer reviewed this one, and awarded it a very respectable 8 in her review back in 2022, stating: “Shin Megami Tensei V’s excellent JRPG combat and deeply rewarding customization shine bright, even when it sometimes feels like Persona without the heart.”
Sounds pretty good to me, maybe I should actually start checking out some more JRPGs. In any case, this is down to just $17.99 at Amazon for PS5, Xbox, and Switch, and that’s a certifiably great deal.
Tekken 8
Final game that’s worth picking up for $20 or less! It’s Tekken 8! No, I haven’t played this one, either! Yes, I’ve heard it’s very, very good! Listen, I spend way too much time just playing Darkest Dungeon on my Steam Deck, and maybe I should find more time to play fighting games. Okay look, I promise I’ll buy it and give it a go over Christmas. Happy?
Ronny Barrier reviewed this one for IGN, awarding it a fantastic 9/10, and stated: “Tekken 8 is an incredible evolution for the series, with tons of single player content, an excellent suite of training tools, a great online experience, and exciting new mechanics that make Tekken more dynamic than ever.”
But, anyway, like I said near the start of the article, there’s actually loads more great games in the sales, and plenty I couldn’t include (even with me already breaking the rules a few times).
If you’re budget is more in the $30-$40 range, then I can recommend plenty of other top titles, like one of my favorites of the year, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 for $30, or 2024’s Game of the Year winner, Astro Bot, for $39.99.
One of my other top picks from 2024 is also just $25 in the sales, for both PS5 and Switch 2, Sonic X Shadow Generations. This is well worth it simply for the new Shadow levels alone.
That’s all she wrote! Well, apart from this bit. And then this bit as well… and the rest of everything I’m going to write now.
Good job getting to the end of this article and my non-sensicle ramblings about 13 cheap games I may or may not have played (also in an article that’s meant to be limited to just 10).
Right, that’s me actually done now, if you pick up anything good over Black Friday, or just want to tell me how much of a fool I am, let me know in the comments ASAP. Have a great Thanksgiving, and see you next time.
Robert Anderson is Senior Commerce Editor and IGN’s resident deals expert on games, collectibles, trading card games, and more. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter/X or Bluesky.
