Walmart is giving us another shot at securing an elusive next-gen gaming console. Today at 6:00 p.m. PT, you can roll the dice for a chance at a standard PlayStation 5, a PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, or an Xbox Series X All three of these models have been notoriously hard to get ahold of since their release almost a year ago. With scalping prices reaching up into the $800-$1,000 range, we welcome any retailer giving the average customer a chance at a console. But these things sell out immediately. You have to be ready right at 5:59 p.m. if you want a fighting chance. Use the links below, and get ready to hit that browser refresh button right at 6:00!
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition
Xbox Series X
This is your shot at a PlayStation 5 at retail price. You can get the disc-drive edition for $499 or the Digital Edition for $399. Both come with one DualSense controller. The new controllers have Haptic feedback tech — triggers will resist being pulled based on what’s happing in your game, and individual vibrations for the left and right handles.
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition
Walmart is only restocking the Xbox Series X this time around, not its cheaper and slimmed down brother the Xbox Series S. The Series X has the muscle for 120 frames per second, HDR, and 12 teraflops of processing power. You can grab a Series X for the retail price of $499 during this restock. Unfortunately you’re a bit late for the Halo Infinite test flight, but this console is still worth your money.
Xbox Series X
HDR10+ Technologies is officially revealing two upcoming games that will take advantage of its revolutionary HDR10+ GAMING technology. Those two titles include Borderlands 4 and Hell is Us, which join a host of already released Blockbuster games that have already adopted this emerging standard for gaming visuals. The only catch is that, for now, this feature is only available for PC players. Most gamers are probably aware of what HDR is, but HDR10+ GAMING is likely a new term. HDR itself gained traction in gaming last generation, and if you have a TV or monitor that supports it, then you likely have encountered dozens of calibration screens while playing games where you attempt to adjust the lighting for the best picture. HDR10+ GAMING aims to remove all that guesswork and fiddling by automatically adjusting your settings for whatever game you’re playing. For now, this new tech is only available on PCs utilizing either Nvidia or Intel GPUs.
If you think you know what to expect from a Call of Duty game in 2025, think again. Black Ops 7 might sound like a quick iteration on last year’s entry, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Despite being owned by Xbox, this is still a cross-platform game and facing stiff competition from the likes of Battlefield 6, so the pressure is on for the king of FPS games to hold its crown. And based on everything we know so far about the reworked and expanded campaign, changes to multiplayer, and iteration on Zombies, this is shaping up to be the most experimental CoD game in years. I’ve gone undercover and declassified all the information out there about Black Ops 7 just for you.
Black Ops 7 release date
2025 has been a huge year for open betas. Battlefield 6’s beta managed to break all kinds of records and set itself up to be one of the best entries yet, but it mainly put the pressure on Black Ops 7 to step up its game. Both will be cross-platform games, so there’s no advantage one way or another there, so it will all come down to quality. The former’s betas are all done, but now it’s Call of Duty’s turn to host its open betas. While it is an open beta, meaning anyone can participate, but those who are willing to jump through one small hoop can access the beta even earlier than the general public. I’ll break it all down for you so you and your friends can be ready to jump into the Black Ops 7 open beta as soon as it launches.
How to join the Black Ops 7 open beta
