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Bring the family together with Jason's buyer's guide.

My philosophy in recommending a gift isn't to pick the biggest and best single player game out there. I want to help you make memories with your family, to shape new conversations with your friends. In short, I want to point out the games I think can bring people together. As such, many of the games I recommend will have multiplayer components. I also want to note that while all my suggestions seem to be major titles, I'm going to leave some of the biggest games off this list, since recommendations for them can be found easily enough elsewhere.

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But today is Tuesday...

Running from November 22 to November 28, Microsoft has announced week-long Black Friday deals. A number of games and DLC are available at a discounted price. Along with the game deals, Microsoft is offering a 12-month Gold subscription for 33% off, or about $40. Click through for the full list of games and DLC items that are on sale, along with their sale pricing.

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Origin is trying to appeal to Steam customers.

At 9 PM on November 24, 2011, Origin will be having a Black Friday sale. This is clearly an initiative to sway customers from Steam for the holiday. Here’s a few of the sales that EA has released:

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Namco Bandai has absorbed the developer of the Tales RPG series.

Tales Studio, the developer responsible for the Tales series of RPGs since 1995's Tales of Phantasia, has been closed by parent company Namco Bandai. Although a reason wasn't given, Tales Studio has been having financial problems for some time and bankruptcy rumors have been floating around throughout 2011.

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