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Black Friday deals for Friday 24th November

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It's here. It's finally here. The actual Friday of Black Friday 2017 is upon us and the vast majority of deals have been unleashed into the world. There's a whole lot to parse here and this is still only a selection of some of our top picks from what's available, so let's get right to it. Here are the best Black Friday deals for today.

In addition to this roundup, we've got guide pages going through PS4 Black Friday offers, Xbox Black Friday deals, Nintendo Black Friday bundles, PC gaming Black Friday discounts, and a whole lot more. You can also find a lot of non-gaming stuff over at Jelly Deals.

Right, onto the deals!

UK & US Black Friday deals

Right now, you can grab a free PC copy of Sanctum 2 as the latest freebie offered up as part of Humble's Fall Sale. Here are some of the other fancy things you can get at that Humble sale:

  • Middle-earth: Shadow of War for £26.99
  • The Witcher 3 GOTY for £13.99
  • Destiny 2 for £29.24
  • Wolfenstein 2 for £19.99
  • Planet Coaster for £13.49
  • Prey for £14.99
  • Bayonetta HD for £7.49
  • Vanquish HD for £7.49

Free copy of Sactum 2 in Humble Fall Sale

UK Black Friday deals

You may have missed out on Amazon's barnstormer of a deal on a Nintendo Switch console earlier, but you can get the site's replacement bundle still. For £279.99, you'll get a Nintendo Switch (Neon) console with Mario + Rabbids for £279.99.

Nintendo Switch (Neon) with Mario + Rabbids for £279.99 from Amazon UK

Look, it's Black Friday and there's a lot of game discounts out there. Here's a bunch of them in tidy, bullet-pointed lists.

PS4

Xbox One

The LG OLED 4K set that comes highly recommended from Digital Foundry is down to its lowest ever price right now. You can get a 55-inch version of this HDR-enabled set for £1349.10 when you enter the code TV10 at checkout.

LG OLED55B7V 55-inch 4K HDR TV for £1349.10 using code TV10 from Currys PC World

This Black Friday brought with it some stupidly good value Xbox One S bundles. Case in point, these Amazon offers for an Xbox One S with either Shadow of War, Forza Horizon 3 or Rocket League for £170 each.

Alternatively, if you're the extreme sports type of person, there's this bundle from AO containing an Xbox One S 500GB with Rocket League, Forza 7, The Crew and Steep for £189.

Xbox One S 500GB with Rocket League, Forza 7, The Crew and Steep for £189

Over at Tesco Direct, you can pick up an Xbox One S 500GB with Rocket League, Forza 7 and Wolfenstein 2 for £180.

Xbox One S 500GB with Rocket League, Forza 7 and Wolfenstein 2 for £180 from Tesco Direct

Arguably the best value bundle we've seen so far is over at Currys PC World right now, where you can get a PS4 Pro in Glacier White with Gran Turismo Sport, Call of Duty WW2 and Fallout 4 for a total of £299.99.

Alternatively, you can opt to go with Amazon's offer of a PS4 Pro 1TB in black with FIFA 18 and Call of Duty WW2 for the same price.

Then, there is this from ShopTo's eBay outlet, which is offering a PS4 Pro 1TB console in Glacier White with Call of Duty WW2 and Gran Turismo Sport, all for £299.99 as well.

The Xbox One X has seen its first discount this Black Friday, with Amazon and GAME both cutting the base console down to £429.99 from its original £449.99.

Xbox One X 1TB for £429.99 from Amazon UK

Alternatively, you can pick up this bundle from Currys PC World containing an Xbox One X with Assassin's Creed Oranges, Doom, Forza 7, and Fallout 4, all for £469.99.

Xbox One X with Assassin's Creed Oranges, Doom, Forza 7, Fallout 4 for £469.99 from Currys PC World

If you feel the need to take the deep dive into the world of PC VR, it's never been cheaper. You can grab an Oculus Rift and Touch Controller bundle (along with a batch of games) for its lowest ever price right now - £349.

Oculus Rift and Touch Controller bundle for £349 from Amazon UK

Upgrade your PC's storage, save money and get a free game all at the same time. Amazon has put this Samsung EVO 850 256GB SSD on sale, cutting the price down to just shy of £80 for the time being and you'll get a free PC copy of Assassin's Creed Oranges when you register it with Samsung's website.

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5 inch SSD with free Assassin's Creed Origins for £79.97 from Amazon UK

Nintendo UK has restocked its amiibo shelves with some newer favourites including the Mario Odyssey Wedding amiibo set and the Breath of the Wild Champions four-pack. Get 'em while you can.

Amiibo back in stock for Black Friday from Nintendo UK

I'm unashamed to say that the Xbox One Elite Controller has been my favourite gaming controller for years now. You can currently pick one up for £120 with a free copy of Forza 7 thrown in over at GAME.

Xbox One Elite Controller with Forza 7 for £119.99 from Amazon UK

One of Amazon UK's one-day deals for Black Friday is on this set of Jaybird X3 Bluetooth headphones, which have been discounted to their lowest price since launching earlier in the year - now available for £74.99 down from £109.

Jaybird X3 Bluetooth Wireless headphones for £74.99 from Amazon UK

US Black Friday deals

LG's big and beautiful OLED 4K television, as recommended by Digital Foundry, is down to its lowest ever price in the US right now. A 55-inch model will run you $1696.99 for a limited time.

LG OLED55C7P 55-inch 4K HDR-enabled for $1696.99 from Amazon US

Gaming laptops are a big thing to treat yourself to when the holidays come around. Head to Amazon today and you can get this MSI 15.6-inch gaming laptop with a GTX 1050Ti for under $800.

MSI GL62M 7REX-1896US 15.6-inch gaming laptop with GTX 1050Ti for $799 from Amazon US

If you fancy getting a Vive, there's never been a better time. Right now, you can pick up an HTC Vive with the brand new Deluxe Audio Strap as well as copies of Fallout 4, Tiltbrush and a one-month subscription to Viveport, all for $600 for a limited time.

  • HTC Vive with Deluxe Audio Strap with Fallout 4 VR, Tiltbrush and one-month Viveport subscription for $599 from Amazon US
  • Re-up your PlayStation Plus subscription or join the rest of the cool kids for the first time at a lesser cost right now. A year's worth of PS Plus will cost you only $40 right now, as part of Amazon's Black Friday offers.

    PlayStation Plus 12-month membership for $39.99 from Amazon US

    This Seagate 2TB FireCuda internal hard drive is discounted to $66, which makes it a great price for a PS4 hard drive - these are ideal units to swap out for your existing PS4 drive.

    Seagate 2TB FireCuda Gaming Hard Drive for $65.99 from Amazon US

    Razer's ludicrously powerful and very shiny 17-inch gaming laptop, the Razer Blade Pro, features a GTX 1060 as well as a 120Hz display, quad-core i7 processor, 16GB of RAM and a whole lot of storage. That one is currently $350 off for today only.

    Razer Blade Pro Gaming Laptop 17.3-inch GTX 1060 120Hz Quad-core i7 with 16GM RAM for $1949.99 from Amazon US

    If you're after a gaming headset, save a bit of cash on Sennheiser's very nice entry into that world. The Sennheiser Game Zero Special Edition headset is currently on offer at Amazon, down to $120 from $180.

    Sennheiser GAME ZERO Special Edition gaming headset for $119.95 from Amazon US

    That's all for the big day itself. I'm off to lie down for a long time but rest assured, the deals will return, especially since Cyber Monday is upon us very soon, bringing a whole batch of brand new deals with it.