The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Nintendo Switch 2. Image: Nintendo via Creative Bloq Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2 launched today, October 29, 2026. If you did not already have one secured, the launch-day story is already a sold-out story: the themed console costs $519.99 in the US, comes with no game in the box, and is sold out on Nintendo's own store on day one. The messy part is that some buyers who did everything right still ended up empty-handed, after Walmart canceled a wave of pre-orders the day before launch. Key Takeaways The Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2 is out today, October 29, 2026, priced at $519.99 in the US. It is hardware only — no Zelda game is included in the box. It sold out on Nintendo's store at launch, and Walmart canceled a wave of pre-orders on October 28, citing out of stock. Matching accessories launched the same day: Pro Controller $99.99 ($109.99 for the Nintendo Store version with a d...

Sony has lined up new PlayStation hardware for GTA 6 launch day. The PlayStation Pulse wireless headset in White and Midnight Black launches November 19, 2026, the same day Grand Theft Auto VI arrives on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Key Takeaways The PlayStation Pulse wireless headset in White and Midnight Black launches November 19, 2026. The PS5 Pulse headset costs $99.99 in the US and £89.99 in the UK, with pre-orders opening October 29, 2026. Sony says the new Pulse headsets use larger planar magnetic drivers for fuller bass and clearer directional sound. GTA VI-themed PS5 DualSense controllers also launch November 19, priced at $84.99 each. What is the new PS5 Pulse headset? The new PS5 Pulse headset is Sony's updated wireless headset for PlayStation 5, sold in White and Midnight Black. Sony says superior sound quality stays at the heart of the lineup, with custom studio-inspired planar magnetic drivers that give better sound separation and spatial accuracy, so footsteps and reloa...

Sony has unveiled the Midnight Black PS5 Digital Edition — the first official PlayStation 5 that is black all over — but there is a catch for anyone outside Japan. Announced October 13, 2026 via the Japanese PlayStation Blog, this Japan-only model launches November 19, 2026 for ¥55,000 tax included (roughly $347–365). Pre-orders open October 20 at PlayStation retailers and online stores in Japan. Sony has not announced a release for the US, UK, or anywhere else — and this console comes with region restrictions that make importing it a difficult proposition. Midnight Black PS5 Digital Edition: Price and Pre-Order Details The Midnight Black PS5 Digital Edition is priced at ¥55,000 including tax, which converts to roughly $347–365 depending on the exchange rate. It goes on sale in Japan on November 19, 2026, with pre-orders opening October 20 through PlayStation retailers and online stores across the country. The Japan-only lock is stricter than usual: the system language is locked t...

ASUS Republic of Gamers has a new flagship tower for players who want extreme power without building it themselves. The ROG G1000 launched in Canada on October 9, 2026, pairing AMD's top gaming processor with an RTX 5080 gaming PC setup and introducing one of the wildest cooling designs ever shipped in a prebuilt: a dedicated chamber that exists just to keep the CPU cool. ROG G1000 specs: flagship hardware from CPU to storage The Canadian configuration centers on the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D — a 16-core, 32-thread monster with 3D V-Cache boosting up to 5.7GHz, widely regarded as the fastest gaming CPU on the market. It is paired with an RTX 5080 ROG OC carrying 16GB of GDDR7 memory, the card that may soon become Nvidia's highest-end gaming GPU. The system ships with 64GB of DDR5 (expandable to 128GB), a 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD, and Windows 11 Pro on the AMD X870 platform. Connectivity is fully modern: WiFi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, 2.5Gb Ethernet, and USB4. Aimed at high-refresh 4K gaming...

The fastest gaming graphics card money can buy may be living on borrowed time. Reports say Nvidia has reportedly halted RTX 5090 production, redirecting the card's GB202 silicon to pricier RTX Pro GPUs for AI data centers. Be clear on this: the production halt is unconfirmed — Nvidia has not confirmed it, and the story rests on a leaked factory notice, not an official announcement. But the sourcing is credible enough that the hardware world is taking this potential shake-up in Nvidia GPU production seriously, and the implications for GPU prices would be enormous. Where the RTX 5090 production halt reports came from The story surfaced on October 10, when hardware leakers shared what appeared to be an internal factory notice: Nvidia would no longer manufacture any RTX 5090 models — including China-specific D variants — reserving the GB202 chip for data center and professional cards. Video Games Chronicle and Tom's Hardware picked it up, though Nvidia had not responded to reque...