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  • 12 Month PlayStation Plus Subscriptions Are Currently 50% Off

    12 Month PlayStation Plus Subscriptions Are Currently 50% Off

    PlayStation has slashed the price of 12 month PlayStation Plus subscriptions by 50%. The discount, available via the PlayStation Store, reduces the price of the 12-month PlayStation Plus subscription from $79.95 to $39.95. Small catch: you’re only eligible for the discount if you are not currently subscribed to PlayStation Plus. We know, bit of a…


  • Halo Infinite’s Campaign Opening Is Awful

    Halo Infinite’s Campaign Opening Is Awful

    For a game sold on its wide open spaces, player freedom, and great big sticky-up hexagons, Halo Infinite’s opening couple of hours couldn’t be much less representative. The approximately 1,127 km of the same blue-grey corridors and chambers that gate access to the open-world game, feel as though someone remembered The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion’s…