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It’s hard to believe, but the 2020 holiday season is upon us. It can be hard to know exactly what to get someone, but if you have a loved one who is big into the PC gaming world, we want to help you find the perfect gift that will make their year. Whether you want to purchase a new mouse or keyboard, a new gaming chair, some small stocking stuffer gifts, or a gorgeous 34-inch monitor, we’ve tried to include a wide range of gift options in our guide below.

There are many choices when it comes to PC gaming and a ton of brands to choose from like Logitech, Asus, Alienware, SecretLab, Razer, and more, but a lot of them share similar things to look out for. RGB lighting is a great feature that will really make a work/play space shine. A new SSD hard drive will make a computer run much faster, and an Xbox Wireless Controller or a similar third-party one could take their gaming to the next level.

We’ve included everything previously mentioned, plus so much more, in our 2020 holiday guide for the PC enthusiast in your life.

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Best PC Controller Gifts

Keyboard and mouse is great for many games, but sometimes you just need a controller. Here are our favorite options.

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Best PC Keyboard and Mouse Gifts

A good keyboard and mouse can make a huge difference for someone, and we’ve gathered some of our favorites.

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Best PC Monitor, Parts, and Accessory Gifts

A PC is great, but it needs a lot surrounding it to make it perfect, and these will help.

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Best Best PC Headset Gifts

We’ve picked an expensive and cheaper option for awesome PC headsets to help in your search.

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Best PC Chair and Desk Gifts

While they may be a bit on the expensive side, a good chair and desk can make a HUGE difference.

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Best PC Laptop and Gear Bag Gifts

Help a loved one carry their laptop and accessories in style and comfort.

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Best PC Stocking Stuffers

Most of these are under $25, but we included a $100 Steam gift card because it’s small and fits in a stocking… so it counts, right?

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The Best Gift Ideas for 2020

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

If you’re looking for something new to play on PS4, there are some excellent deals at the PlayStation Store right now, including the first discounts on Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time and Spelunky 2. PSN is also hosting a new sale dubbed “Planet of the Discounts,” which features great deals on games such as Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time released in September to critical acclaim. The platforming game earned an 8/10 in GameSpot’s Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time review, with critic Mike Epstein praising the inventive level design, environments, and surplus of content. You can snag it for $45 until November 12.

The Planet of the Discounts sale is live until November 21, so you have a couple of weeks to shop the deals. Spelunky 2 has received a modest 20% discount, dropping the price to $16. The long-awaited roguelike platforming sequel earned an 8/10 in GameSpot’s Spelunky 2 review.

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Destiny 2‘s big Beyond Light expansion arrives on November 10, but before it goes live, developer Bungie will start preparing its sandbox with some necessary maintenance. On November 9, Destiny 2 will go offline from 7 PM PT / 10 PM ET and Bungie will remove players from all activities. Players will be unable to log in until 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET on Nov 10, but when they return they’ll be able to download Update 3.0.0.1.

This scheduled maintenance will also result in Destiny 2 having a smaller digital footprint at the cost of several destinations and activities being locked away in the Destiny Vault. You’ll need to redownload the entire game though, which will be between 59 GB and 71 GB in size depending on the platform. Players will also be able to start pre-loading for Beyond Light on the evening of November 9, 10 hours before the expansion officially goes live.

There’ll be plenty of new content to explore in the latest expansion next week, which includes three new Stasis subclasses (Titan Behemoth, Hunter Revenant, and Warlock Shadebinder), a return to the Cosmodrome from the original Destiny, and challenges, which will run over the course of the Season of the Hunt.

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If you’ve wanted to dive into the cyberpunk-fueled action of Ghostrunner but prefer to have a version for on-the-go gaming, then you’ll be happy to know that the Nintendo Switch version of the game is set to launch on November 10.

Co-publishers All in Games and 505 Games have confirmed the release date after a previous delay of the port, with Ghostrunner having launched already on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. The press release states that the visually demanding title has been tuned accordingly for the Nintendo Switch and its hardware, which should produce a “smooth experience”. The PS4 version of the game was rough at launch, but has since been patched to fix many of its technical issues.

Ghostrunner is a first-person action game with melee-focused combat and a heavy reliance on quick, acrobatic parkour. Each enemy can be taken down with a single hit, but you can fall equally fast to their ranged attacks. The game challenges your reflexes and combat awareness, letting you pull off stylish kills and execute split-second escapes with your flexible but strong katana.

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon’s cast of misfits makes the wild RPG combat, absurd humor, and dramatic storytelling soar.

After the conclusion of the series’ previous anthology with Yakuza 6, there were big Kiryu-sized shoes to fill. As our new protagonist Kasuga Ichiban steps into the spotlight for Yakuza: Like a Dragon, developer RGG Studio proves it can still capture its signature blend of gripping melodrama and absurdist humor while creating something genuinely fresh for the long-running franchise. The reinvention isn’t just in the transition from action-brawler to turn-based combat, which is a great take on traditional RPG battles. It’s that the party dynamic in Like a Dragon enables a new kind of storytelling that the series hasn’t explored before, one that focuses on the power of embracing friendship and fighting together every step of the way.

Like a Dragon starts anew, providing an entry point for those who have never played a Yakuza game before. But it wouldn’t be a proper series entry without the core tenets that define Yakuza–things like captivating exposition-heavy cutscenes, exciting over-the-top fights, and a wealth of side activities that flood the streets of a lifelike Japanese city. In true Yakuza fashion, the tangled web of alliances, betrayals, secrets, and shifts in power across different organizations serve as the foundation for much of its character-driven story. And it’s as sweet as ever here.

Kasuga, Number One

Ichiban has a familiar background: born from nothing, scraping by in Kamurocho until a father figure with yakuza ties digs him out of serious trouble. Ichiban’s life revolves around that man, Masumi Arakawa, and he eventually follows in his footsteps by pledging himself to the Tojo Clan. Much of what propels Like a Dragon is the connection these two share–from Ichiban taking the fall for a family crime to uncovering why he’d been left for dead in another city after his 18-year prison sentence. Things change in time, and that good-natured kid who grew up loving Dragon Quest (literally in-lore) and doing harmless errands for the gang now has a lot to learn about the criminal underworld as he re-enters society.

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