If you’ve been holding off on a PS5 Pro waiting for a real price break, this is the moment. The PlayStation 5 Pro console is now $649.99, a $100 savings off its typical $749.99 value. For the version of Sony’s console built for higher frame rates, sharper 4K, and heavier ray tracing, seeing any kind of discount this soon after launch is a big deal.
The PS5 Pro is Sony’s performance-focused upgrade to the standard PS5. Inside, it keeps the same 8-core Zen 2 CPU, but pairs it with a significantly more powerful RDNA 3 GPU that jumps from around 10.28 TFLOPs on the original PS5 to roughly 16.7 TFLOPs or more, along with faster memory and more bandwidth. In practice, that means higher and more stable frame rates, better ray-traced lighting, and cleaner image quality in supported games.
Sony also leans on its PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) upscaling, which uses machine learning to push games toward 4K at 60 frames per second, or even up to 120 fps on compatible titles and TVs, often while keeping ray tracing effects turned on. Storage doubles to a 2TB SSD, giving you far more room for big installs before you even think about an expansion drive.
Like the Slim, the PS5 Pro is digital only out of the box, with an optional disc drive sold separately. You still get backward compatibility with PS4 titles and a Game Boost feature that can improve performance or resolution on thousands of older games right away.
At full price, the PS5 Pro is clearly aimed at enthusiasts with high refresh 4K TVs. At $649.99, it becomes easier to justify if you’ve been debating between a base PS5 Slim and something that will better future-proof your setup. The extra GPU muscle and smarter upscaling mean that, for many games, you are looking at what used to be “quality mode” visuals running at “performance mode” frame rates.
If you play a lot of visually dense single-player titles, care about ray tracing, or want smoother performance on big open-world games, the Pro’s gains are more than just numbers on a spec sheet. Add in the larger SSD and faster networking, and it is a console you are less likely to outgrow a few years from now.
If you’ve been waiting for a sign to move to Sony’s higher-end console, this PS5 Pro deal at $649.99 is about as clear as it gets. You’re getting better 4K performance, more storage, and stronger ray tracing support at a rare discount on a system that only just arrived. For anyone who wants the best PlayStation experience without paying full launch price, this is the time to seriously consider upgrading.
Imagine tapping a Zelda icon on your iPhone and jumping straight into Hyrule. A new open-source project called nxnative makes that possible by repackaging Switch games you’ve bought into apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with no emulator in the middle.
Why does this run so well on Apple devices?
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”