Play at Best Buy contest The past year was great for video game lovers. Let me begin with where we left off last June. If you remember E3 was cancelled and Best Buy introduced “Play at Best Buy” to keep the momentum going with great gaming announcements and deals. Our usual June contest was late (we ran it in July last year) but it still gave everyone a chance to win a new console and some great games. The rest of the year brought some fantastic new consoles and games.

Play at Best Buy is back and on the blog we’ll be posting articles about events during E3 2021! Included will be great announcements, great gaming deals, and … this contest. Read on to learn about the amazing prizes we are giving away, then enter for a chance to win!

A year of great new gaming tech

Many of us were hunkered down in our homes playing games with new technology this past year. With the introduction of new consoles from PlayStation and Xbox and new VR tech from Oculus, the year certainly delivered! I remember the excitement in our gaming community last September when these announcements were made. That was a crazy month: PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and Oculus Quest 2 were all announced within a couple weeks of each other.

Of course, they weren’t available for purchase until later that fall, and we were quick to get reviews posted for each new device so you could learn more about them. Here are links to those reviews.

Oculus quest 2
Oculus Quest 2 Review
Sony Playstation 5
PlayStation 5 Review
X Box
Xbox Series S Review

 

Pokemon Snap
Nintendo did not give us a new console this year, though they did release many new games including the New Pokémon Snap! for the Nintendo Switch. We have reviewed almost all of the games and will be anxiously awaiting new games or console announcements from Nintendo over the following month (who knows what surprises they will bring!).

 

 

Taking gaming to another level with amazing new home theatre and router technology

Sony Bravia XR

Adding to this is the outstanding new televisions that came out this year to turn your gaming into a more immersive and entertaining experience. The Cognitive Processor XR in the newest Sony Bravia XR televisions, for example, enhances your experience by optimizing the image based on how human perception works. This is the first television with Cognitive intelligence!

 

NETGEAR XR1000 Pro RouterBringing it all together in our homes are the newest routers boasting Wi-Fi 6 technology to optimize your streaming so you get the most from your internet network no matter if you’re watching Netflix or streaming Stadia in one room, Xbox live in another etc. For example, the new NETGEAR XR1000 Pro gaming router has a triple core 1.5Ghz processor and allows over 5Gbps data transfers—imagine downloading a huge game in seconds instead of hours!

 

Serious prizes for serious gamers

We know that many very serious gamers are not playing with the best equipment available. First of all, the new consoles have been release in limited quantities, so you might not yet have been able to get one for yourself. Secondly, the new Sony TVs and NETGEAR routers only just became available this spring. However, with this contest, everyone will have an equal chance to win the best gaming technology available in the world. Here are the prizes:

  1. Oculus Quest2 64GB VR Headset, Elite Strap, Carrying Case, Link Cable
  2. PlayStation 5 Console, DualSense Controller, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Returnal, MLB The Show 21, Demon’s Souls, Destruction AllStars
  3. Xbox Series S, Game Pass Ultimate (12 month subscription)
  4. Nintendo Switch Console, New Pokémon Snap, Mario Golf: Super Rush, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
  5. Sony Home Theatre including Sony 75″ XR75x90J TV and Sony HT-Z9F Atmos sound bar with sub woofer and Sony SA-Z9R Bookshelf speakers
  6. NETGEAR XR1000 router

KontrolFreekAdditionally, I’ll be adding to each prize a selection of gaming accessories from KontrolFreek including Cat-8 Ethernet gaming cables, Thumbsticks, and more.

What new tech and games will be offered over the next year

The month of June is known for gaming announcements and usually a few surprises. Follow our coverage, and contribute your comments to the discussions on our articles. First, I’d suggest you enter our contests, which require a blog comment to have a chance to win. Second, I’d suggest you contribute to the conversation on other gaming articles. I have a bunch of gaming related samples at my desk and I’ll be surprising several people who leave clever, interesting, and thoughtful comments placed on E3 2021 articles with great gaming gear like headsets, gaming mice, and more.

How to enter our Play at Best Buy contest

Entering this contest is easy and you can enter in two different ways:

  1. In a comment below this article, tell us what new tech or game announced during our Play at Best Buy event are you most looking forward to in the next year.
  2. Send an email to bestbuyblog@bestbuycanada.ca with “Play at Best Buy Contest” in the subject, and tell us what new tech you are most interested in that is available at Best Buy; you must include the link to that product from the Best Buy website in your email. This could be a game, a console, a home theatre item, an appliance (airfryer!) etc … anything that will make your gaming experience better.

What you can win

At the end of this contest we will randomly draw six (6) winners from all eligible entries posted on the blog (in English and French) and sent via email; each will receive one of the prizes listed here: Oculus Quest 2 package, PlayStation 5 package, Xbox Series S package, Sony Home Theatre package, Nintendo Switch package, or NETGEAR XR1000 router.

This contest runs from June 3rd until June 27th.

Remember you can enter once in a comment here and once in an email (following the direction above). Also, tell your family, friends, followers on social channels, and anyone you pass on the street: this is a contest that everyone will want to know about!

Play at Best Buy Gaming Contest Rules and Regulations

Good luck

Martin Renaud
Martin Renaud
Editor in Chief
Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.
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  3. Horizon Forbidden West. That gameplay reveal was stunningly beautiful, and even if there is a PS4 version it’s just not gonna be the same experience vs PS5 + the DualSense. Hype!

  5. Hey Best Buy! I’m very excited to get my hands on a PS5! I’ve wanted one since launch so I can finally play the Demon’s Souls Remake. I’m constantly monitoring the BBY Canada Gamers Twitter account so I know the second the console become available again. Hopefully I can get my hands on one soon!

  9. Horizon forbidden west for the ps5 is the only game that I am looking forward to playing. I played the first one so many times and just can’t get enough!

  13. The new Sony tv is what I’m looking forward to the most. Would love to see what the PS5 can truly do with the proper tv.

  14. I’m looking forward to Halo: Infinite. As a long time fan of the franchise, it’ll be great to go on another adventure with John-117, and to take on the Banished, who were excellent antagonists in Halo Wars 2! The game being part of Xbox Smart Stream is great as well!

  15. There are so many things i’m looking forward to! So many games including Dying Light 2, Far Cry 6, Breath of the Wild 2, and many others. Also looking forward to seeing what this year bring us in terms of new tech, or how Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo surprise us with announcments!

  19. I’m looking most forward to the new Sonic the Hedgehog games! I used to love playing Sonic on Sega when I was a kid 🙂

    It’s about 25 years later and still to this day when I hear anything similar to the gold ring collection “DING” sounds I perk up… I’ve become Pavlov’s hedgehog…

  20. Most looking forward to a PS5- I’d gift it to my nephew who has been saving his money but can’t get one. He is graduating this month & it’d be a fantastic gift! Hopefully he can teach me – not sure if I can keep up but all of this amazing tech is so much better than my commadore 64 – every game looked the same !

  27. Can for new games at e3 2021 and summer games fest PlayStation, Nintendo, Xbox, Pc Games . Best Buy Is my Favorite Tech Store.

  29. Can for new games at e3 2021 and summer games fest PlayStation, Nintendo, Xbox, Pc Games . Best Buy Is my Favorite Tech Store.

  30. For PS5 I’m looking forward to new VR hardware as well as Horizon Forbidden West. For Nintendo it has to be Breath of the Wild 2 (and hopefully a Switch Pro announcement soon).

  31. I’d love to play ratchet and clack rift apart! The game looks insane and fully showcases ps5 tech! Sucks that ps5’s are all sold out everywhere so If I won I’d love to get that!

  32. I would be most looking forward to a Playstation 5, my son has been looking for one for months and they are very hard to come by.

  38. I bought the ps5 disk version, but don’t have a TV good enough to show the full power of it, I’d like to win a Sony home theater bundle!

  41. I would love a PS5 please. I’m looking forward to GOW Ragnarok, Horizan Forbidden West and Demon’s Souls.

  43. Without a doubt, Horizon Forbidden West tops the list for me. Can’t wait to experience how they take the series to another level.

  47. There are few triple A games coming soon. Horizon forbidden west looks amazing, I want to play it…. and I need to get my hands on a ps5 first.

  50. Ratchet and Clank and Horizon zero dawn’s new chapters … looking forward for a 3080 GPU that can fit into my Alienware case as well and one that i can buy without having to have the speed of light abilities unlocked.

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