We’re taking the next few days off for um, football, turkey, and GT5, and will be back with our regularly scheduled programming on Monday. While Sid is evangelizing Twitter and The Walking Dead back home in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and Rey and I are freezing our asses off in the significantly-colder-than-normal, but-not-actually-that-cold Bay Area, we’ll leave you with links to the best PlayStation Black Friday deals.

Black Friday PS3 Bundles
Black Friday PSP Bundles

I’ll now wait for our Canadian friends to remind us that Thanksgiving was last month :) We’ve got you covered too. Toronto-based correspondent Ashley Beaulac sent along these Canada-centric Black Friday Deals:

Often referred to as the busiest retail shopping day of the year, Black Friday serves as the ‘unofficial’ beginning of the holiday season, falling on the Friday after Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

United States you say? Don’t worry, we aren’t leaving our PlayStation Canada fans out! We also have a “Black Friday Bundle” to offer you. Tomorrow we will be introducing the PlayStation 3 EA Sports NHL Bundle and the PSP Holiday Pack at select retailers, see details below:

PlayStation 3 EA Sports NHL Bundle – $299.99
Includes:
• PlayStation 3 160GB Entertainment System
• DUALSHOCK 3 Wireless Controller
• EA Sports NHL 11 Blu-ray Game
• inFAMOUS Greatest Hits Game

PSP Holiday Pack – $129.99
Includes:
• Piano Black PSP-3000
• LittleBIGPlanet UMD Game
• Karate Kid UMD Movie
1G Memory Stick

These bundles will be available while supplies last at all major retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, EB Games, Future Shop, GameStop, HMV, Loblaws, London Drugs, Solutions 2 Go, Sony Style, The Source, Toys R Us, Walmart and Zellers.

Happy shopping!

Have you found a great Black Friday deal? Share it with your fellow readers in the comments.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Its been a big year filled with many choices for PlayStation fans. In addition to introducing must-have exclusives like God of War III, ModNation Racers and of course Gran Turismo 5, we also packed PSN with everything from sports to your favorite movies and TV shows and added the new PlayStation Move motion controller to our hardware family. What’s more, we made sure that PS3 owners were the first to receive access to stereoscopic 3D entertainment from Blu-ray movies to games! With the holidays upon us we want to ensure that we keep the choices coming.

That’s why this Friday, across many of your favorite local retailers, you’ll be able to find the 160GB PS3 system packaged with everything from a selection of this season’s hottest games to the latest Blu-ray movie releases. We worked closely with retailers to ensure that we provided you with an option tailored to meet your entertainment needs. Whether you’re looking for a package you can enjoy with your gaming friends or something more suitable for a family get-together, we’re confident there’s a bundle out there for you.

Available PS3 bundles include:

• Amazon: 160GB PS3 system, UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves, a voucher for PixelJunk: Shooter and a copy of The Karate Kid on Blu-ray $299

• Best Buy: 160GB PS3 system, ModNation Racers (PS3), LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year Edition and Cars the movie on Blu-ray $299

• GameStop: 160GB PS3 system, the God of War: Collection and a copy of God of War III $299

• Target: 160GB PS3Holiday Bundle, includes StarWars: The Force Unleashed 2 game, a copy of Prince of Persia on Blu-ray movie and one black DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller $299.99

• Walmart: 160GB PS3 system, UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves and Medal of Honor: Limited Edition $299

• Sam’s Club: 160GB PS3 system, ModNation Racers (PS3), black DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller, Blu-ray Disc remote and a copy of How to Train Your Dragon on Blu-ray $399

These are just a few of the great deals you can find should you choose to brave the elements. There are limited quantities of each bundle, so be sure to shop early to take advantage of some great entertainment savings. Check your paper on Thursday and let us know what other deals you come across!

Happy shopping,

Tim Bender

This Friday, November 26th, we’re very excited to bring you two new fantastic offerings for the PSP-3000 and PSPgo systems. Available at retailers nationwide, the Black Friday PSP and PSPgo bundles are your all-access passes to the most immersive and engaging handheld gaming, available at an incredible value.

For the PSP-3000 Fans
The PSP Holiday Pack ($129.99 MSRP) offers the magic of Little Big Planet, a great movie and memory – as well as a PSP-3000 all for one great price. It includes:

• Piano Black PSP-3000 system
• LittleBigPlanet game on UMD (Universal Media Disc)
• Karate Kid UMD movie
• 1GB Memory Stick PRO Duo

For the Digital Consumers
The PSPgo 3-Game Digital Pack ($149.99 MSRP) is for those of you who live a digital lifestyle. With no discs to carry around, a large 16GB hard drive, and an awesome price, the PSPgo Black Friday bundle is the ultimate portable digital gaming system. It includes:

• PSPgo system
• Three full-game downloads:
• LittleBigPlanet
• SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3
• Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

At most retailers, these are one day events and are while supplies last, so if you haven’t purchased a PSP-3000 or a PSPgo yet, now is the time! We hope you’re all as excited about these deals as we are. Be sure to keep an eye out for these special offers this Friday. Enjoy!

While recent sales momentum is proving that PS3 on its own is a deal many of you could not pass up, we’ve been working hard with our retail partners to offer incomparable incentives and value options this holiday. This Friday, across many of your favorite local retailers, you’ll be able to find the new 120GB PS3 system packaged with a selection of this season’s hottest games, and in some cases, the latest Blu-ray movie releases.

Keep in mind, the deals listed below are just the tip of the iceberg. Make sure to look in your Thursday papers to find other great deals from local favorites like Fry’s, Hastings Entertainment, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Game Crazy, hhgregg, BrandsMart, Meijer and Shopko.

• Amazon: 120GB PS3 system inFAMOUS and Killzone 2 for $299 and $10 Amazon promotional credit

  

• Best Buy: 120GB PS3 system with LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year and Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time $299

  

• GameStop: 120GB PS3 system with God of War Collection (1 & 2) and LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year $299

  

• Sony Style: 120GB PS3 system with UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune and inFAMOUS $299

  

• Walmart: 120GB PS3 system with inFAMOUS and Batman Arkham Asylum, plus the Dark Knight Blu-ray Disc Movie $299

  

Last year Jeff invited you to update the group on additional deals you found throughout the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. We invite you to do the same again this year; we’ll be leaving this post front and center through Saturday. If you find something good – share with the group!

I hope we’ve packed some good deals in that’ll make it worth leaving the confines of your home to brave the elements—and parking lots.

Happy shopping and Turkey day,

Tim Bender

Back to the Black Friday deals – there are a lot to be found this year on PlayStation games and hardware, as well as some awesome limited-time bundles which mark a great time to enter next-gen gaming for those who haven’t already.

So since all of us here at PlayStation.Blog are home with their families – we’re going to leave this post up as a PlayStation Holiday Deal “discussion board” through Monday, when we resume our normal programming. So if you find a great deal, even at a smaller, non-national chain, please share it with your fellow readers in the comments area below.

Here are a few I found this morning to get it started:

Best Buy: Sony PLAYSTATION 3 80GB Package w/Ratchet and Clank Future Game + Casino Royale Blu-ray – $399.99

Kmart: $25 off your next gaming purchase when you buy any PS3 system.

Radio Shack: DualShock PS3 Wireless Controller – $29.99

Target: Free $20 Gift Card w/ Purchase of PSP

Walmart: Blu-ray movies including Iron Man and Kung Fu Panda for $15.

Now it’s time for you to share your own (and please keep it on topic!).
Good luck waking up early to score these deals, and Happy Thanksgiving!