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Electronic Arts has provided an update on Apex Legends for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam, confirming when the battle royale launches on both platforms.

Apex Legends hits Steam on November 4. Origin players can switch back and forth between that and Steam, letting you transfer all progress and unlocks between the two. Meanwhile, Steam players will get free Half-Life and Portal gun charms for logging in during Season 7. The new Apex Legends season also starts on November 4, the same day the game hits Steam.

EA said the Nintendo Switch port of Apex Legends has been delayed to 2021. An exact release date or window has yet to be announced. Game director Chad Grenier said the “unexpected new challenges” of this year impacted the game’s development on Switch. Whenever the game drops on the console-handheld hybrid, it will come with “full feature parity with the other versions of the game,” including cross-platform support and the latest seasonal content.

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UFC 254 is set to kick off this weekend, in what could be an eventful night of MMA action. In the main event, Khabib Nurmagomedov will be taking on Justin Gaethje. This is after Khabib beat Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 last September, but a return to the ring for ‘The Eagle’ was then hampered by COVID-19 when he had to pull out of his fight with Tony Ferguson, originally scheduled for May of this year.

Gaethje promptly stepped in instead to face Ferguson, winning the fight and promptly setting up a fight between him and Nurmagomedov this weekend. It’s set to be an intense encounter, with Nurmagomedov currently sitting 28 wins and no losses, meaning he holds the longest active undefeated streak in MMA.

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UFC 254: How to Watch

The main event of UFC 254, Khabib vs Gaethje, will start at 4 PM ET on October 24, and the only way to watch it is through ESPN+, the current and exclusive home of UFC pay per view events. To be clear, you’ll need to be paying for an ESPN+ account, and you’ll also need to front the cash for the pay-per-view fight.

If you haven’t got an ESPN+ account, you can either pay the $4.99 monthly fee or sign up for an annual subscription. Right now, you can actually get a package deal on ESPN+ and the PPV fight at the moment, with ESPN offering you 25% off versus when buying them separately. This works out at $84.98, or you can pay $64.99 for just the fight itself.

If you’re an existing user you can even convert your subscription to an annual one to get a hold of that 25% discount on the Khabib vs Gaethje fight. Remember, ESPN+ is a fully integrated part of the ESPN app, so if you’ve got ESPN on your Roku, or other smart devices, you and find the ESPN+ content near the top of the page.

UFC 254: Full Event Details

Currently, some of the fights scheduled are subject to change, especially since the Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Sergey Morozov fight has been canceled. Other fights may be shuffled around to accommodate this.

UFC 254 Main Card at 2 PM ET

• Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje
• Robert Whittaker vs. Jared Cannonier
• Alexander Volkov vs. Walt Harris
• Jacob Malhoun vs. Phil Hawes
• Cynthia Calvillo vs. Lauren Murphy
• Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba

UFC 254 Prelims at 12 PM ET

• Stefan Struve vs. Tai Tuivasa 
• Alex Oliveira vs. Shavkat Rahkmonov 
• Da-un Ung vs. Sam Alvey 

UFC 254 Early Prelims at 10:15 AM ET

• Nathaniel Wood vs. Casey Kenney 
• Liana Jojua vs. Miranda Maverick 
• Joel Alvarez vs. Alexander Yakovlev

Where to Watch: ESPN+ via the ESPN App

All the fights mentioned can be streamed on ESPN+ through the ESPN app. Alongside the UFC content, you’ll also be getting access to a lot more sports content, including NHL, MLB, MLS, and a lot more.

This includes some of the biggest sporting events around the world in November, such as the FA Cup, The Masters, and UFC 255 featuring Figueiredo vs Perez on November 25.

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The hit game Among Us has been hit with a hack that both advertises a streaming channel and sends a political message. The studio InnerSloth was forced to issue a hasty patch in response to the hacks.

The hack would spam text chat messages advertising a streamer and threatening to damage your phone if you don’t subscribe. It ended with a “TRUMP 2020” message. The hack became widespread rather quickly, with some players estimating it had afflicted hundreds or even thousands of matches.

InnerSloth issued a statement via Twitter saying it was “super duper aware” of the issue. It announced an emergency server update and encouraged players to stick to private games in the meantime. Programmer Forest Willard later explained that the update had taken some time so as to avoid false positives, to prevent the game from wrongly identifying a hack.

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Back in August, I had the chance to play Little Nightmares II, and in my preview I talked about the uneasy trust between main characters Mono and Six. I theorized it could present a new kind of fear for the series–if you can’t fully trust your partner, then you’re never really safe. But having now gotten a chance to play another preview of Little Nightmares II, I’m beginning to wonder exactly how much Mono and Six’s partnership factors into the game.

The new demo takes place in the Hospital environment, which seems to pop up much further into the game than the Forest area seen in the first demo–Six has her trademark yellow raincoat in the Hospital, something she didn’t have prior to Mono meeting her in the Forest. Both Mono and Six need to go down an elevator, but it doesn’t have power. A nearby panel reveals that they’ll need to find two batteries. I can’t go through the door on the left because it needs one battery to open, but the door on the right is already ajar. My path is clear.

After going down a hallway, Six hoists Mono into the next room. And just like that, she’s cut off from me. I can’t bring her with me and must face the future horror alone. I was very surprised. The earlier demo contained puzzles and a chase sequence where Mono and Six needed to work together in order to ultimately get away from this freaky Hunter, which seemed to imply that Little Nightmares II would solely focus on brand-new “co-op” puzzles, ones where you had to figure out what both you and your NPC partner had to do in order to solve them. But in this recent demo, I was largely solo.

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Netflix is dropping some classic films and fan-favorite returning series to its lineup for November 2020.

To kick things off, Netflix is releasing the highly-anticipated fourth season of The Crown on November 15. According to Netflix, Season 4 follows Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman), “as her family find themselves preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), who is still unmarried at 30. As the nation begins to feel the impact of divisive policies introduced by Britain’s first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson), tensions arise between her and the Queen which only grow worse as Thatcher leads the country into the Falklands War, generating conflict within the Commonwealth.”

On the movie front, Netflix is dropping 2005’s V for Vendetta starring Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman, as well as some brand new holiday specials, such as Alien Xmas on November 20, and Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square on November 22. Check out the slideshow gallery below for the highlights of Netflix’s November offerings, followed by the full list (U.S. Netflix only):

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November 1

• M’entends-tu? / Can You Hear Me?: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• 60 Days In: Season 5
• A Clockwork Orange
• Boyz n the Hood
• Casper
• Christmas Break-In
• Dawson’s Creek: Seasons 1-6
• Easy A
• Elf Pets: A Fox Cub’s Christmas Tale
• Elf Pets: Santa’s Reindeer Rescue
• Elliot the Littlest Reindeer
• Forged in Fire: Season 6
• Jumping the Broom
• Knock Knock
• Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: Seasons 1-3
• Little Monsters (1989)
• Mile 22
• Ocean’s Eleven
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop
• Piercing
• Platoon
• School Daze
• Snowden
• The Garfield Show: Season 3
• The Impossible
• The Indian in the Cupboard
• The Next Karate Kid
• Wheels of Fortune
• Yes Man

November 2

• Prospect

November 3

• Felix Lobrecht: Hype — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
• Mother — NETFLIX FILM

November 4

• A Christmas Catch
• Christmas With A Prince
• Love and Anarchy — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

November 5

• A New York Christmas Wedding
• Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta? — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Midnight At The Magnolia
• Operation Christmas Drop — NETFLIX FILM
• Paranormal — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

November 6

• Citation — NETFLIX FILM
• Country Ever After — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• La trinchera infinita / The Endless Trench — NETFLIX FILM
• The Late Bloomer

November 9

• Undercover: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

November 10

• Dash & Lily — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Trash Truck — NETFLIX FAMILY

November 11

• Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
• The Liberator — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Nasce uma Rainha / A Queen Is Born — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• What We Wanted — NETFLIX FILM

November 12

• Fruitvale Station
• Graceful Friends
• Ludo — NETFLIX FILM
• Prom Night

November 13

• American Horror Story: 1984
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey — NETFLIX FILM
• The Life Ahead — NETFLIX FILM
• The Minions of Midas — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

November 15

• A Very Country Christmas
• America’s Next Top Model: Seasons 19 & 20
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
• The Crown: Season 4 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Hometown Holiday
• Survivor: Seasons 20 & 28
• V for Vendetta

November 16

• Loving
• Whose Streets?

November 17

• The Boss Baby: Back in Business: Season 4 — NETFLIX FAMILY
• We Are the Champions — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

November 18

• El Sabor de las margaritas / Bitter Daisies: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

November 19

• The Princess Switch: Switched Again — NETFLIX FILM

November 20

• Alien Xmas — NETFLIX FILM
• Flavorful Origins: Gansu Cuisine — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• If Anything Happens I Love You — NETFLIX FILM
• Voices of Fire — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

November 22

• Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square — NETFLIX FILM
• Machete Kills

November 23

• Hard Kill
• Shawn Mendes: In Wonder — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

November 24

• Dragons: Rescue Riders: Huttsgalor Holiday — NETFLIX FAMILY
• El Cuaderno de Tomy / Notes for My Son — NETFLIX FILM
• Hillbilly Elegy — NETFLIX FILM
• Wonderoos — NETFLIX FAMILY

November 25

• The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two — NETFLIX FILM
• Great Pretender: Season 2 — NETFLIX ANIME

November 26

• Larry the Cable Guy: Remain Seated
• Mosul — NETFLIX FILM

November 27

• A Go! Go! Cory Carson Christmas — NETFLIX FAMILY
• The Call — NETFLIX FILM
• Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
• Don’t Listen — NETFLIX FILM
• Sugar Rush Christmas: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Überweihnachten / Over Christmas — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Virgin River: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• La Belva / The Beast — NETFLIX FILM

November 28

• The Uncanny Counter — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

November 29

• Wonderoos: Holiday Holiday! — NETFLIX FAMILY

November 30

• The 2nd
• A Love So Beautiful — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
• Finding Agnes — NETFLIX FILM
• RUST CREEK
• Spookley and the Christmas Kittens

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David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He’s also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will offer an exclusive Zombie mode to PS4 and PS5 players for one year. Called Zombies Onslaught, the new two-player co-op features waves of increasingly difficult zombie hordes spawning and attacking. The goal is to kill the undead and survive.

According to PlayStation’s blog, the Zombie Onslaught mode will deploy you and another player to locations from various multiplayer maps. Players will have the same custom loadouts as they do in traditional Zombies and Multiplayer modes.

When arriving on the map, the players’ range of movements will be restricted to a smaller area by a Dark Aether orb. Zombies will then start spawning and attacking, and each subsequent wave of the undead will be harder to kill. After defeating enough zombies, the Orb will shift locations. If you’re inside the Orb, you will be protected from Dark Aether damage.

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The Disneyland Resort in Southern California has been closed since March. At least, the two theme parks in the resort–Disneyland and Disney California Adventure–have been. That’s about to change, though.

Starting in November, a portion of Disney California Adventure will open to the public. That doesn’t mean you should get ready to ride the rides, though. The Buena Vista Street section of the park, made up of dining options and stores, are going to be open for business, according to the official Disney Parks blog.

While the shopping will be indoors, the seating for dining will be in expanded outdoor seating areas. Among the eateries opening are the Carthay Circle Lounge, complete with a new food and cocktail menu. For shopping, a number of gift shops will be open along the Buena Vista Street section, offering a ridiculous amount of Disney-branded items for you to take home.

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Another DCEU veteran is joining the cast of Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Fresh off the news that Jared Leto’s Joker is being added to The Snyder Cut, Collider reports Joe Manganiello will be reprising the role of Deathstroke.

As with Joker, it’s unclear how extensively Deathstroke will factor into the plot. However, Collider’s source confirms Manganiello is specifically taking part in the current round of reshoots and Snyder won’t simply be reusing existing footage of the character from the theatrical cut.

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Manganiello’s Deathstroke originally appeared in Justice League’s post-credits sequence, where he was recruited by Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor to join the Injustice League. We previously speculated Snyder might be expanding on that scene by adding Leto’s Joker to the mix, and this casting news may lend further credence to that theory.

Prior to Justice League, Manganiello’s Deathstroke also appeared in a quick test shoot for an unknown project. Deathstroke was expected to be the main villain of The Batman, back when that project was still slated to star Ben Affleck’s version of the Dark Knight. However, with The Batman now becoming a full-fledged reboot starring Robert Pattinson, it’s unclear where or even if Manganiello will play Deathstroke again.

The Raid: Redemption’s Gareth Evans is also rumored to be directing a solo Deathstroke movie. Here’s what we think the Deathstroke movie needs to succeed.

Deathstroke did recently star in his own animated movie. Check out the trailer for Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons below:

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League is a four-part limited series exclusive to HBO Max, with a release date planned for some point in 2021. Snyder revealed the first trailer for his version of the movie at DC FanDome, while also teasing some of the new scenes will involve The Flash using time travel.

How do you want to see Deathstroke utilized in The Snyder Cut? Let us know in the comments below.

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The Acer Nitro 5 is a budget gaming laptop that starts at $580 and can cost as much as $1,200. The wide-ranging Nitro 5 series offers models with 15.6- or 17.3-inch displays powered by AMD or Intel processors with GeForce GTX or RTX graphics. We reviewed a $670 model available at Best Buy and were surprised to find how capable the machine was for such a low price.

This 15.6-inch laptop features an AMD Ryzen 5 CPU, 8GB of memory, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card. As with any budget laptop, it forces you to make a few sacrifices but offers performance that matches or exceeds that of higher-priced budget gaming laptops.

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Here are the specifications of the $670 Acer Nitro 5 laptop I am evaluating:

• Model: Acer Nitro 5 (NH.Q9GAA.001)
• Display: 15.6-inch IPS 60Hz Full HD (1920×1080)
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 4600H at 3.0GHz (up to 4.0GHz, 8MB cache)
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB)
• Memory: 8GB DDR4
• OS: Windows 10 Home
• Storage: 256GB PCIe SSD
• Webcam: 720p
• Ports: 3 x USB 3.2, 1 x USB-C 3.2, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x Ethernet, 1 x audio out
• Connectivity: 802.11ax, Bluetooth 5.0
• Dimensions: 14.3 x 10 x 0.9 inches (WxDxH)
• Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Price: $669.99

Acer Nitro 5 — Design and Features

With its aggressive red accents and tapered corners, the Acer Nitro 5 looks the part of a gaming laptop. The all-plastic enclosure comprises matte and glossy surfaces. The bottom panel and screen bezels have a matte finish, and the lid and wrist rest below the keyboard feature glossy finishes that are magnets for fingerprints. The red accents can be found on the letters and side edges of the keys, a narrow border framing the touchpad, and a sculpted plastic piece on the back edge of the laptop.

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What really takes the red accents to the next level and marks the Nitro 5 as nothing but a gaming laptop is the four-level keyboard backlighting. It’s very bright at its top brightness level, and the red glow lends a menacing appearance to the laptop.

Another gaming-centric design element is the outlining used for WASD and arrow keys. These keys feel and respond like the other keys but the red accents and a nub on the W key give gamers a quick reference point for the keys they use the most. A special key above the number pad that launches Acer’s NitroSense utility is also highlighted.

The keyboard creates a comfortable typing experience, with responsive keys that are quiet when pressed but not mushy. My only complaint is the right Shift key was shortened to accommodate the dedicated number pad, but it’s the only key forced to make such a sacrifice. The four arrow keys are full size, which is more important to gamers than a Shift key.

The touchpad integrates the mouse buttons and is roomy and responsive. It’s a bit too firm when clicking the touchpad, but I’d argue it’s better to be too firm than feel flimsy and wobbly.

The 15.6-inch, non-touch, IPS display features a crisp 1,920×1,080 resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate. A glossy screen coating may have allowed colors to pop more. The matte finish means you don’t suffer from glare and reflections on the screen, but colors appeared to be somewhat dull and muted. Rated at 300 nits, the display gets fairly bright but is still better suited for a darkened den or basement than, say, a sunny kitchen table. Still, it did look a bit brighter than the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i’s display.

Likewise, the Nitro 5’s 2-watt stereo speakers offer slightly bigger sound than the 1.5-watt speakers on the IdeaPad Gaming 3i. Still, gamers and music listeners will want to keep a set of headphones within reach. The sound output is not dynamic, with little separation between mid and high frequencies and a weak bass response.

Above the display sits a 720p webcam, and it is not good at all. The image is incredibly pixelated, and there’s no privacy cover.

The Nitro 5 is bulkier and heavier than the IdeaPad Gaming 3i, but neither would make a suitable laptop for daily commutes. At 14.3 inches wide by 10 inches deep and 0.9 inches thick, the Nitro 5 is a hair thinner than the IdeaPad, but wider and deeper. The Nitro 5 forces you to carry around a few extra ounces, weighing 4.8 pounds to the 4.5-pound Gaming 3i.

The Nitro 5 offers a useful selection of ports: a pair of USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, a mic/headphone combo jack, and an Ethernet jack sit on the left side, while on the right, you’ll find an HDMI 2.0 port, a USB 3.2 Type-C port and a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port. The power connect is centered on the back edge of the laptop. (A word on the changing and confusing USB terminology: USB 3.2 Gen 1 was formerly known as USB 3.1 Gen 1 and offers speed up to 5 Gbps. USB 3.2 Gen 2 was formerly known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 and supports speeds up 10 Gbps.)

Remove 11 small screws and you can pop off the bottom panel to find memory and storage expansion options. There is an open DIMM slot to expand the laptop’s memory, and there’s also a free 2.5-inch SATA drive bay to add a hard drive to expand the laptop’s storage capacity beyond our test system’s 256GB SSD. The IdeaPad Gaming 3i has the edge on expansion options; in addition to a free DIMM slot and 2.5-inch drive bay, it also offers a free M.2 connector for adding a second PCIe SSD.

Acer Nitro 5 — Performance and Gaming

Our Acer Nitro 5 test system features the AMD Ryzen 5 4600H processor, 8GB RAM, a 256GB SSD, and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics. The Ryzen 5 4600H CPU offers six cores and 12 processing threads with a core frequency of 3.0GHz and a Max Boost frequency of 4.0GHz. The GeForce GTX 1650 is a low-end GPU from Nvidia’s previous-generation of graphics processors with 4GB of VRAM that lacks support for real-time tracing you get from current GeForce RTX GPUs.

For comparison, I pitted Nitro 5’s benchmark performance against that of another budget gaming laptop, the $880 Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i. It features the same GeForce GTX 1650 GPU and 8GB of RAM but uses an Intel Core i7-10750H, which has the same number of cores and threads as the Nitro 5’s Ryzen 5 4600H chip but features a slower base frequency (2.6GHz) but a higher max frequency (5GHz).

These two budget gamers traded punches throughout testing, but the Nitro 5 has the advantage where it matters most: 3D graphics performance. The Nitro 5 was a step behind the IdeaPad Gaming 3i on PCMark 10 but was the better of the two with 3DMark. On our gaming benchmarks, the Nitro 5 was slower on the Heaven benchmark but posted betters framerates than the IdeaPad in Borderlands 3, Total War: Three Kingdoms, and Metro Exodus.

I also played Fortnite and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, two less graphically demanding games that are better fits for a budget GPU. At 1080p, I was able to run at 60-65 fps on Fortnite with settings at Epic, and routinely hit 140 fps on CS:GO with High settings. Those framerates are both better than what I experienced with the IdeaPad Gaming 3i. Both budget systems deliver playable, full-screen framerates, but the Nitro 5 does so while costing significantly less than the IdeaPad Gaming 3i.

Acer Nitro 5 — Battery Life

The Nitro 5 also has a significant edge in battery life. It ran for 9 hours 40 minutes on PCMark’s battery test while the IdeaPad Gaming 3i lasted for only 5 hours 32 minutes.

Acer Nitro 5 — Software

The Nitro 5 is not loaded with bloatware, which is appreciated when storage capacity is at premium. Our test system’s 256GB SSD doesn’t leave much room for anything resembling a local game library. A game or two? Sure. A library of installed games? Not unless you add a second drive.

Acer includes its own NitroSense utility that provides basic controls and will likely not be opened too frequently. You can adjust the speed of the cooling fans, switching from the default Auto setting to Max or Custom. On Max, the fans run at full blast and are very loud. And if Max isn’t enough, you can engage CoolBoost, which increases the speed at which the fans can spin on Auto mode.

NitroSense also provides a large area where you can monitor the CPU and GPU, and there’s a small panel that provides access to Windows power plans for running on battery or AC power. In settings, there’s a toggle switch for turning off the keyboard backlighting after 30 seconds or letting them stay on continually. Next to the gear icon for settings is an icon for changing audio modes for Shooter, RPG, Strategy games among other pursuits, but I wasn’t able to hear much of the difference between the various modes.

The fans sound like jet engines when fully engaged, so I would caution against running them in Max mode unless the system is really heating up. Since you are likely to just keep the fan control setting at Auto, the most useful tool in NitroSense is the keyboard backlight setting. And even that is lacking.

I would like to set it so the keyboard backlights turn off after 30 seconds when running on battery power, and I’d like them to remain illuminated when running on AC power. The setting, however, allows for only one option and doesn’t let you set it differently for battery and AC power. There are, of course, function keys that let you turn the keyboard backlights on and off and choose one of its four brightness levels.

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Acer Nitro 5 — Purchasing Guide

The Acer Nitro 5 is available at its list price of $670 at Amazon and Best Buy.