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Xbox One Halo Bundle With 40-Inch HDTV for $500

Best Buy rolls out a pretty nice deal if you're looking for a new console and TV. You can get a new Xbox One (the Master Chief Collection bundle) with a Samsung 40-inch 1080p Smart HDTV for just $500. Purchased separately, you'd pay $780, so the bundle saves you $280. As of Monday morning, units remain available in stock . The one catch is that shipping is not available; you'll have to choose the Store Pickup option. Best Buy is aiming this deal at college students. "It's the perfect college student deal, as a gaming console like the Xbox One is a college essential and a 40-inch TV is a great size for a dorm room," the retailer said in a statement. The deal expires Saturday, August 15.

Chart-Topping 'Rare Replay' Is Xbox One's Surprise Summer Hit

July and August have been mostly devoid of big-name game releases, larger publishers content to leave a large void in their schedules right before the craziness of fall kicks in (starting literally September 1 st  with the release of both  Metal Gear Solid V  and  Mad Max ). But there’s been one exception that has risen up the charts and delighted critics and fans alike. That would  Rare Replay , the 30-pack of classic remastered games from Microsoft-owned Rare. It’s an Xbox One exclusive, and has just debuted at  number one on the UK charts . That’s significant because not only is it Xbox One’s first exclusive to grab first place there, but it’s also Rare’s first number one since N64′s  Banjo-Kazooie  in 1998. Rare Replay  boasts an impressive  85 Metascore  with a (trust me it’s good) 7.9 user rating, an example of a remaster done right. But it’s a lot different than last-gen-to-this-gen remasters we see all the time now, as ...

Watch Taylor Swift Sing ‘Trap Queen’ With Fetty Wap in Seattle

At last night’s  1989  tour stop in Seattle,  Taylor Swift  brought out  Fetty Wap  for a rousing duet of the summer’s unstoppable single  “Trap Queen.”  Posting the moment to  Instagram , Swift wrote, “Unable to find my chill because of @fettywap1738 singing ‘Trap Queen’ for 60,000 people in Seattle. Amazing night!!!” Also during her set, Swift welcomed  Ciara  and her boyfriend, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, while asking the audience: “Will you please say hi to Russell?” Gotta hand it to Swift: She certainly knows how to curate a city-appropriate cameo. Watch a fan-shot video of each guest appearance below. Unable to find my chill because of @fettywap1738 singing ‘Trap Queen’ for 60,000 people in Seattle. Amazing night!!

Google to Launch Sub-Rs. 3,000 Android One Smartphone

Google plans to reboot its Android One project in India. The Android-maker, which debuted the initiative in the country last September with sub-Rs. 6,500 handsets, will soon resurface with a sub-Rs. 3,000 Android handset as part of Google's 'massive' investment push in the country. In an interview with The Financial Times, Rajan Anandan, Google Managing Director, India and Southeast Asia,  reassured  that the company is very committed to the project and intends to launch even more affordable handsets. Anandan said  Google  wants to target the "sweet spot" in the cost conscious Indian market by launching a smartphone that costs between Rs. 2,000 and Rs. 3,000. Announced at Google I/O developer conference  last year ,  Android One  is the company's project that aims to improve the user experience of affordable Android handsets. The company partnered with several OEMs including India's  Karbonn ,  Spice ,  Micromax , and most recently ...

Naruto Hokage One-Shot Manga Full English Version Release: The Day Naruto Becomes Hokage

After days of speculating whether Himawari really awakened the Byakugan or it was just one bad dream for Naruto, the full English version of the Naruto Hokage One-Shot Manga is now available online on Tumblr ( Part 1   /  Part 2 )  to answer everybody's question. On the day Naruto was about to be officially introduced as the 7 th  Hokage of Konoha, the legendary shinobi couldn't make it in his big day, and his then four-year old daughter has to be blamed for that. Himawari indeed activated the Hyuga clan's powerful dojutso, the Byakugan, after Boruto drove her to complete madness for ripping off her stuffed toy's head. Himawari, blinded by her rage, launched a gentle fist attack towards his brother but hit an intervening Naruto instead, knocking his father unconscious with one single blow in his chakra points. With the 7 th  Hokage's inauguration in jeopardy following Naruto's fate at the hands of his daughter, Kakashi and Shikamaru hatched a plan by asking Kona...

‘Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F’ In Top 10 Highest-Grossing Anime Titles Domestically In Record Time

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F   grossed another $1.36M on Saturday to bring its five-day total to $5.58M in North America, easily jumping past the total domestic grosses of Hayao Miyazaki’s  Howl’s Moving Castle  ($4.7M) and  The Wind Rises  to become the first indie in the Top 10 highest grossing Anime films domestic. In fact, it bleated out the  Shaun the Sheep Movie  which was playing in major chains across the country and on many more screens (2,320 theaters) to gross $4M since bowing on Wednesday.  Resurrection F , from FUNima tion,  opened on Tuesday and was in a smattering of theaters in a sporadic run. It now becomes No. 9 of Top Anime domestic grossers and  Wind Rises  (with $5.2M) is now No. 10. To reach that spot is even more noteworthy because both of Miyazaki’s films were released by Disney and had to play for weeks to get their grosses. Not so, with  Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F  which has been on a rollerco...