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PS Plus free games: November 2026 list detailed with new PS5 titles
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Three free PS Plus games – Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV – VI Remastered, and Monster Train 2 – will be available to download for PlayStation Plus Essential subscribers from November 3. You can add these games to your librar...
Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 restock: Walmart and Target confirm exact release dates
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🎮 The Zelda 40th anniversary Switch 2 is out today, October 29, but Walmart and Target are planning online restocks for November 6
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🚨 Our Zelda Switch 2 restock tracker @mattswider on X will send...
PlayStation Pulse pre-order times and where to buy
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🎧 The PlayStation Pulse headset, developed with Audeze, is available to pre-order today
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👏 It features planar magnetic drivers and PlayStation Link
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💰 The PlayStation Pulse headset costs $99.99
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📅 Pre-ord...
New GTA 6 footage surfaces from the last place you’d expect
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New GTA 6 gameplay appeared in Wednesday’s episode of South Park
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The clip shows protagonist Jason hitting a man in the head with a bag of dog poo
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The footage was presumably supplied to the show by Rockstar
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It’s not the firs...
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Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 restock: Walmart is the retailer to watch today
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Update (9:39 AM ET): A new employee post on Reddit suggests that Walmart is reserving stock until November 6, due to a supply chain delay. Target has also updated its website with November 6 for online orders.
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I write The Shortcut, a Substack newsletter that's meant to simplify your life. I'm here to tell you what tech to buy and how to save money and time.
Adam is Senior Editor at The Shortcut and was previously the Gaming Hardware Editor at TechRadar. He's also worked at Nintendo of Europe as a Content Marketing Editor where he helped launch the Switch (he has a poster to prove it).
A technology journalist since 2015. Find me listening to Frank Sinatra, floating in a kayak, or embarking on a quest through the written word (a.k.a. reading a book).
As Creative Director I oversee all video content on The Shortcut's YouTube and social channels and dabble in some editorial writing too. Catch me on X and Instagram @baggingpsam.
Reece Bithrey is a journalist with credits in Trusted Reviews, Digital Foundry, PC Gamer, TechRadar and more. He also has his own blog, UNTITLED and graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in International History and Politics in 2023.
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