Thursday's roundup is light on sales but heavy on new arrivals: five fresh releases hit GOG, a day-one dinosaur horror game, and fourteen trailers out of PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo.
Deals and sales
PlayStation's 11.11 Power Deals return, but only for Southeast Asia
PlayStation's running its 11.11 Power Deals promotion again, from 30 October to 12 November. It's only for Southeast Asia this time, covering Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. DualSense and DualSense Edge controllers are discounted, along with the PULSE Elite headset and a run of PlayStation Studios games including Marvel's Wolverine, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach and SAROS. Prices and stock vary by retailer, while supplies last.
Source: PlayStation Blog
Koji Fox plays down FF14's new Evolved job damage
Final Fantasy XIV's Koji Fox has played down worries about the game's new Evolved jobs outpacing their Reborn counterparts in damage. Asked about the gap, he said he thinks it'll be "very negligible."
Source: PC Gamer
News
Secret Files: Tunguska is getting a remaster
GOG has a remaster of the 2006 point-and-click adventure Secret Files: Tunguska on the way. It's billed as technically enhanced and visually improved while staying true to the original, following Nina and Max through a globe-spanning mystery. There's no release date yet, just a wishlist page.
Source: GOG
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is out
Xbox Wire's flagging Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 as one of the highest-rated games the series has had, out now. It calls out the Kill Block multiplayer mode as a must-play part of the launch.
Source: Xbox Wire
Cat Isle is out on GOG
Cozy pixel art management game Cat Isle is out now on GOG. You build up a train platform island into a town for cats, and it pays to pay attention: some cats want sashimi, others just want tea and a nap in the sun.
Source: GOG
Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy is out on GOG
Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy is out now on GOG. It's a survival horror adventure where every mistake can be fatal: you hide, evade and fight back, using retrocognition, mirror abilities and moth manipulation to get past enemies and find hidden paths.
Source: GOG
over the hill is coming from the art of rally creator
GOG's got an offroad adventure called over the hill coming soon, from the creator of art of rally. You explore varied biomes inspired by real-world valleys and mountains, solo or in co-op with up to three mates. There's no release date yet.
Source: GOG
Terrible Lizards is out today
Terrible Lizards, a first-person parkour horror game, is out today. You play a college student stuck at a roadside dinosaur attraction called Dalton's Dinos, dodging creatures that used to just be nostalgic roadside statues. Studio director John W. Gelardi, whose team at WDR Studios is mostly first-timers from online content creation backgrounds, said they leaned on the indie mascot horror niche: taking familiar dinosaur imagery from 1990s roadside attractions and twisting it into something frightening.
Source: PlayStation Blog
The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire is out on GOG
Open-world crime sim The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire is out now on GOG. You steal cars, run illegal businesses, recruit a crime family and build up from small-time hustler to the city's top boss, with every crime, business and bit of territory connected.
Source: GOG
Hidden Capybaras with Orange is out on GOG
Hidden Capybaras with Orange, a point-and-click puzzle game, is out now on GOG. You go hunting for hidden capybaras (and a few cats) across four different city scenarios, by day and by night. A Halloween-themed edition, Hidden Capybaras with Orange and Pumpkins, is also on GOG.
Source: GOG
Trailers
The Séance of Blake Manor is out now
The Séance of Blake Manor is out now on PS5. It's a supernatural detective mystery set in 1897 Ireland: you play private investigator Declan Ward, interviewing and interrogating suspects at a remote hotel to find a missing woman.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox (YouTube)
Smalland 2: Lost Realms shows off new features
Smalland 2: Lost Realms, a prequel to Smalland: Survive the Wilds, is coming to PS5 in 2027. This overview trailer shows off new features in the tiny-scale co-op survival game.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Xbox's own look at Smalland 2: Lost Realms
Xbox put out its own overview trailer for Smalland 2: Lost Realms, digging into development. The prequel's expanded tiny-scale world has up to ten-player co-op, letting you craft weapons and armour, team up with creatures and build encampments.
Source: Xbox (YouTube)
Rayman Legends Retold is giving away an Astro Bot costume
Rayman Legends Retold is giving PS5 players a free Astro Bot costume, unlocked on their first visit to Victor Velour's costume shop. It's out December 3.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by PlayStation Blog
Fallen City Brawl is out now
Fallen City Brawl is out now on PS5 and PS4. It's a side-scrolling beat 'em up in pixel art, inspired by late '80s and early '90s arcade brawlers, with combos, counters, air-throws, grapples, parries and special "RIOT" supers.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Disney Dreamlight Valley heads under the sea
Disney Dreamlight Valley's next expansion, The Keepsake Sea, launches on Switch 2 on 18 November. You become a mermaid and head into the Keepsake Sea, befriending five new villagers and an adventure companion, including Milo Thatch, Captain Jack Sparrow and Megara.
Source: Nintendo (YouTube)
Minecraft is out on Switch 2
Minecraft is now out on Switch 2, with Vibrant Visuals support and the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack included. Existing Switch worlds carry over, and there's an upgrade path for both digital and physical owners.
Source: Nintendo (YouTube), also reported by Xbox Wire
Aloft is coming to PS5
Cozy survival game Aloft is coming to PS5 in early 2027. You turn floating islands into skyships, build a home among the clouds and explore an open world solo or with friends.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Conan Exiles Enhanced is a free upgrade coming to PS5
Conan Exiles Enhanced, a free upgrade for everyone who owns Conan Exiles, is coming to PS5 in early 2027. It's built in Unreal Engine 5 and brings eight years of the game's content into an upgraded version with improved visuals.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by PlayStation Blog
Where Winds Meet marks its first anniversary
Where Winds Meet's anniversary update, Hutuo, launches on 13 November (UTC). The trailer marks a major clash arriving as the game's first year wraps up.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by PlayStation Blog
Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy's launch trailer
Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy, the third and final chapter of Stormind Games' survival horror trilogy, is out now on PS5. It's rated Mature.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
A leaked Mass Effect 5 trailer is getting a new score
A trailer for the cancelled Mass Effect Universe leaked after the game's cancellation and BioWare's closure. Sam Hulick, who scored the original Mass Effect trilogy, is re-scoring it for N7 Day, aiming to share his own musical vision for the game.
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun
Composer Sam Hulick confirms the Mass Effect 5 rescore
Composer Sam Hulick has confirmed he's working on a re-scored cut of the leaked Mass Effect 5 trailer, timed for N7 Day. He wants it to properly represent his musical vision for the cancelled game.
Source: PC Gamer
A leaked Transformers: Reactivate trailer surfaces
Transformers: Reactivate, a co-op action game revealed by Gears Tactics studio Splash Damage back in 2022, got cancelled in 2025 as parent company Tencent pulled back funding across the games industry. A leaked trailer is the only real look at its gameplay anyone's likely to get.
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun
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