New games this week: November 2–8, 2026

This is a dated list, not a rumor board. The ten games below are the ones Xbox Wire, Nintendo’s storefronts, Steam, or a Blizzard staff post actually pin to a weekday between November 2 and November 8. Gematsu’s November 1 Japan week-roundup confirms several of the same platforms without printing a US weekday; where those lists disagree, we say so. The November calendar already on this desk still owns GTA 6, Pikmin 4, and Metaphor. No shopping links.

GRAVHOUNDS (Game Preview) — November 2

Today. Xbox Wire dates GRAVHOUNDS (Game Preview) November 2 and marks Game Pass / Xbox Play Anywhere. Publisher copy on that post: a 1–4 player co-op action builder. Drop onto hostile planets, build and defend a base, extract before you become “alien chow.” That is Game Preview, not a 1.0. Xbox Wire does not name a Game Pass tier or a launch hour. Octopus Panic, Inc. is the studio on the listing.

ZERO PARADES: Director’s Cut — November 3

Tuesday. Xbox Wire dates ZERO PARADES: Director’s Cut November 3 and marks Xbox Play Anywhere. The blurb: an espionage RPG “from the creators of Disco Elysium.” Gematsu’s Japan week-roundup lists the same window as ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC (Microsoft Store). Those are two names for the console pass, not two games. Xbox Wire does not print a dollar price in the date line we checked.

PIT OF GOBLIN — November 3

Same Tuesday. Xbox Wire dates PIT OF GOBLIN November 3 and marks Game Pass / Xbox Play Anywhere. Friendly Foe and Bright Gambit are the credits. The listing is a co-op crawl through crypts and ruins; that is store copy, not a review. No 1.0-versus-preview tag on that date line.

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered — November 3

Tuesday on PC, per Steam. The store page prints “Nov 3, 2026,” credits Pipeworks Studios and Atari, and calls it a remaster of the kaiju arena brawler with local play and new online multiplayer. Steam is the page this desk checked today. Xbox Wire’s November 2–6 calendar does not list the title at all. Console SKUs circulating on third-party week boards are not on that Steam listing, so they stay off this one.

Football Manager 27 (PC Early Access) — November 3

Tuesday is not the full launch. Xbox Wire labels Football Manager 27 “PC Early Access” on November 3, marks Game Pass, and says pre-orders on PC, Game Pass Ultimate, and PC Game Pass grant early access from that day. Sports Interactive’s own FM27 site is the Launch Preview clock: free to play on Steam, Epic, the Microsoft Store, and PC Game Pass “until 6pm (GMT) on 3 November.” Steam still prints the finished game as “Coming Nov 10, 2026.” Treat Tuesday as a preview window, Wednesday 6 p.m. GMT as SI’s free-preview cutoff, and November 10 as the Steam street date. Those are three official clocks, not one.

World of Warcraft: Forever — November 4, 3:00 p.m. PST

Wednesday, one global open. Blizzard Entertainment’s official forum post is the clock: “launching worldwide November 4 at 3:00 pm PST.” That is a single moment, not a rolling region launch. After the US fall-back, 3:00 p.m. PST is 6:00 p.m. EST and 11:00 p.m. GMT the same Wednesday; Central Europe reads Thursday, November 5, at midnight. Those later local dates are the offset, not a second street date on Blizzard’s card. PC. The November calendar on this desk already walked the same post; this row is the weekday.

VOID/BREAKER (1.0) — November 4

Wednesday. Xbox Wire’s date line prints “VOID/BREAKER (1.0) – November 4” and marks Game Pass. The profile header on that same post still says “VOID/BREAKER (Game Preview),” and the store URL still uses void-breaker-game-preview. Gematsu’s week-roundup lists PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC (Steam and Microsoft Store) in this window without a weekday. This desk is not collapsing “1.0” and “Game Preview” into one status. Check the live store tile on Wednesday.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — November 5

Thursday, Nintendo Switch 2 only. Nintendo’s US eShop page says “Releases 11/5/26” and, lower down, “Release date November 5, 2026.” Official store copy: built from the ground up for Switch 2, overhauled visuals, orchestral music, voice acting, expanded cutscenes, modern camera, and ocarina input by buttons or by humming / playing into the system microphone. Exclusive to Switch 2. That is first-party store text, not a preview. Gematsu’s week-roundup matches the worldwide Switch 2 SKU.

Stellar Blade Complete Edition — November 5 (PST) / November 6, 00:00 KST

Nintendo UK’s Switch 2 product page prints “Release date: 05/11/2026.” Shift Up’s dated announcement, as quoted by RPG Site, is a simultaneous worldwide unlock: “6 November 2026 at 00:00 KST/JST (5 November, 07:00 PST / 15:00 GMT).” Those are one instant written two ways, not two street dates. Switch 2. Complete Edition, per those pages, folds in the already-shipped NieR:Automata and NIKKE collaboration material. This desk did not independently confirm a US dollar price from a live US eShop listing, so no price on this page.

Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School — November 5

Thursday. Xbox Wire dates Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School November 5, marks Game Pass, and prints $19.99 on the pre-order tile. iam8bit Presents. Publisher copy: a new campus, puzzle rooms, solo or online / local co-op. Gematsu adds PlayStation 5 and PC (Steam, Epic, Microsoft Store) for the same week without a weekday. The $19.99 figure is Xbox Wire’s store tile, not a review.

Also this week

Xbox Wire also dates Kingdom of Night November 4 and Hasbro Games Junior Collection November 5; those stay off the main list because they are not the week’s first-party headliners. Gematsu’s Japan week-roundup, without US weekdays, puts CRYMELIGHT on PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and PC, Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Encore Edition on Switch 2, Faraway across PlayStation 5 / Xbox / Switch 2 / Switch / PC, Lightyear Frontier on Xbox Series and PC, and Loftia Early Access on Steam. RPG Fan prints November 5 for CRYMELIGHT; a separate calendar prints November 4 in the US and November 5 in Japan. This desk does not have a first-party US weekday for that title, so it does not get one here. If a storefront moves a date, the storefront wins.