If you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber in North America, you’ll be pleased to learn that the service will get a refresh with November 5th’s PlayStation Store update.

For starters, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition, which comes packing extra content, will be completely free for PlayStation Plus subscribers.

Additionally, the digital version of Portal 2 will be 30% off (from $19.99 to $13.99), and its newly-announced Portal 2 In Motion DLC will also be discounted 30% (from $9.99 to $6.99). Finally, the new PS3/Vita cross-play game When Vikings Attack will also be 30% off, bringing its price from $9.99 down to $6.99. And Absolute Supercars will be discounted at 20%, bringing its price from $9.99 to $7.99.

European gamers will get Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Cubixx HD and Crysis 2 for free beginning on November 7th. As a result, Just Cause 2 and Borderlands will be removed from the Instant Game Collection at that point, so download them now if you haven’t already.

Colin Moriarty is an IGN PlayStation editor. You can follow him on Twitter and IGN and learn just how sad the life of a New York Islanders and New York Jets fan can be.

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Nintendo of America has kicked off its Wii U advertising campaign with a new commercial. Set to some rockin’ electronic music, the promo has lots of pretty colors and shows off plenty of different people playing Wii U -- perhaps in situations like how you’ll be enjoying your own new console later this month?

Check out the ad below via Nintendo’s YouTube channel:

Wii U will launch on November 18th in North America and November 30th in Europe. For more information on all the launch games and bundles available (sorry, no dubstep or fancy modern apartments included), check out our Wii U wiki guide.

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Tell IGN what's more important: The US election or Halo 4

November 6th marks the most important day of 2012 for the United States of America -- depending on who you are, that either means you're stoked for Halo 4 or anticipating the Presidential Election. It's easy to joke that Halo 4 will disrupt the vote, but because it's one of the most popular entertainment properties of all time, it's worth considering it as a serious point of concern. So we want to know:

Who are you, are you voting, and is Halo 4 more important to you than the election?

Let us know where you stand in this quick survey -- it'll take you no longer than a minute.  Next week, we'll bring back the results and see how Halo 4 affects you, our lovely IGN readers, and indeed, America.

Mitch Dyer is an Associate Editor at IGN. He’s also quite Canadian, so he can't vote, and will instead play Halo 4 all day. Read his ramblings on Twitter and follow him on IGN.

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