Week on the desk: November 2–7, 2026

Sunday is for the pile, not a new leak. Everything below already ran on this desk between Monday, November 2 and Saturday, November 7. The links are our slugs. If a page is not in this list, it is older than the window, newer than the window, or it is not ours.

Game news

Fortnite’s Saturday Fortune Hours card is the window file — 2–4 p.m. and 9–11 p.m. ET, Shock Rocket and Self-Revive on drop: https://respawnhq.net/articles/fortnite-treasure-hours-november-7 That page explained the Fortune clocks. Status later printed Pirate Shop Access rates; that is a separate Sunday brief, not a page from this window. Crew overhauls December 5: V-Bucks start at 1,000 a month and rise with tenure to 1,600, Crew Packs end after December, OG Pass ends that day, $11.99 USD does not move: https://respawnhq.net/articles/fortnite-crew-changes-december-5 Epic’s November 3 line still stands as the scam file — buying an account for Pirate Shop Access is a scam: https://respawnhq.net/articles/fortnite-pirate-shop-access-scam-warning

Apex’s Godzilla event is dated November 10 through December 1 on Storm Point. EA’s post is November 5. Heat Ray Care Packages, ten Legend skins, Twitch Drops the first week: https://respawnhq.net/articles/apex-godzilla-event-november-10

GTA 6 stayed on November 19. Rockstar’s launch gallery is the mid-week stills dump — Gematsu’s “nearly 40,” Beebom’s count of 39 — and the pre-load clocks did not move: PS5 midnight local November 10, Xbox one global GMT clock, code-in-box November 12, up to 212 GB. https://respawnhq.net/articles/gta-6-launch-gallery-november-5 https://respawnhq.net/articles/gta-6-preload-november-10

Warzone Season 1 intel put Hajin at midnight ET November 6, with Zodiac at launch and Verdansk later. Switch 2 got Warzone that same clock. Last-gen left the same night: https://respawnhq.net/articles/warzone-season-1-hajin-november-6 https://respawnhq.net/articles/warzone-ps4-xbox-one-november-6

Sony canceled Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble before a worldwide release. Existing players can keep playing until May 1, 2027. In-app purchases were already off: https://respawnhq.net/articles/ratchet-clank-ranger-rumble-canceled-november-6 Bethesda named The Elder Scrolls VI Sentinel on its 40th anniversary: https://respawnhq.net/articles/elder-scrolls-vi-sentinel-november-3

New drops

Monday’s week-board still covers November 2–8: https://respawnhq.net/articles/new-games-this-week-november-2-8-2026 The November 2026 monthly roundup already exists from last Sunday and is a separate page: https://respawnhq.net/articles/biggest-new-game-releases-november-2026

Tech

Six hardware briefs, all sourced, none tested at this desk. Sony: PS6 work “progressing as scheduled,” PS5 lifetime 97.9 million, VGC’s 2.6 million units in the quarter ended September 30, no launch year. Verdict: WAIT. https://respawnhq.net/articles/sony-ps6-progress-ps5-97-9m-november-5 AMD FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 is in the October GDK for Series X|S. Verdict: WAIT. https://respawnhq.net/articles/amd-fsr-4-1-2-xbox-november-2026 Switch 2 sold 2.67 million last quarter, down 41%; Kyoto held the 16.5 million full-year hardware target; Ocarina of Time’s Switch 2 remake streeted that day. Verdict: WAIT. https://respawnhq.net/articles/nintendo-switch-2-sales-q2-november-5

Xbox’s Nano Controller streeted November 4 at $49.99. Verdict: DEPENDS. https://respawnhq.net/articles/xbox-nano-controller-november-4 Apple’s OLED iPad mini streeted Friday at $699; independent reviews were already in. Verdict: WAIT. https://respawnhq.net/articles/ipad-mini-oled-november-6 Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 is $1,299.99 at Best Buy; the US street date was November 1. Verdict: WAIT. https://respawnhq.net/articles/acer-predator-atlas-8-best-buy-november The Worth it compare those pieces point at is still https://respawnhq.net/tech — no Amazon links then, none now.