Thursday's roundup has a free GTA 6 poster and map, a couple of small Steam deals, a confirmed name for The Elder Scrolls VI and a run of new releases out of GOG and Xbox. Eight new trailers round it out.
Free games
A free GTA 6 poster and map, if you want them
Rockstar has shared more detail on the physical extras coming with Grand Theft Auto VI's launch on 19 November. The game won't be sold on disc, but Rockstar is offering a printable cover art poster and a map of the game's setting, Leonida. Both will be available as free digital downloads tied to the game.
Source: GameSpot
Deals and sales
On sale on Steam
CONTROL Resonant is 20% off, now A$71.96 (was A$89.95), until Wed, 11 Nov. It's an action-adventure RPG where you play Dylan Faden, using paranatural abilities to fight reality-bending threats in a warped Manhattan.
Mycelarium is 20% off, now A$5.64 (was A$7.05), until Wed, 11 Nov. It's a relaxing incremental game about growing an underground fungal network and automating mushroom cultivation.
Source: Steam specials
Morrowind's gravity bug finally gets fixed
A fan-made engine for Morrowind has a new release out, and it fixes a long-standing gravity bug. Falls had no proper terminal velocity, a problem that had sat there at just 0.01% off for years. PC Gamer says the fix finally makes the game playable the way it was meant to be.
Source: PC Gamer
News
What's coming to Xbox Game Pass this month
Xbox has detailed its first wave of November additions to Game Pass. Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School arrives today, 5 November, with Warhammer Survivors following on 10 November and Thronefall on 11 November. Football Manager 27 is already available, and John Carpenter's Toxic Commando joins on 12 November.
Source: Xbox Wire
Out of Early Access: Project Afterfall
Project Afterfall, a turn-based strategy-survival RPG set in the Thea: The Awakening universe a thousand years on, is out of early access on GOG. It lets you customise your character's gender, class and race, recruit NPC allies, explore a post-apocalyptic wasteland and rebuild a colony through tactical, card-based combat.
Source: GOG
The Elder Scrolls VI finally has an official name
Xbox has confirmed the name of the next Elder Scrolls game: The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel. The announcement itself was brief, just the name and new key art, with no further details given yet.
Source: Xbox Wire
Age of Wonders 4 sets sail with The Silver Seas
Age of Wonders 4's new expansion, The Silver Seas, is out now on GOG. It sends you exploring oceans for hidden treasure, with a new dwelling, forms and a maritime culture built around colonising the seas.
Source: GOG, also reported by PlayStation (YouTube)
GTA 6 pre-download opens November 10
Grand Theft Auto VI launches on PlayStation 5 on 19 November, and pre-download opens on 10 November for anyone who has pre-ordered. PlayStation says the game needs at least 212GB of free space, and recommends setting up your account and clearing storage ahead of time.
Source: PlayStation Blog, also reported by Xbox Wire
Jin Sakai joins Ghost of Yōtei's Most Wanted mode
Sucker Punch has brought Jin Sakai, the hero of the first Ghost of Tsushima, into Ghost of Yōtei's Most Wanted mode as a playable character. The team retargeted more than 60 combat animations and rebuilt his model at PS5 fidelity, while keeping his four stances, sticky bombs and Ghost Stance intact. Original voice actor Daisuke Tsuji came back to record new lines for the mode.
Source: PlayStation Blog
Corner Shop: NightShift tells its horror through an ordinary job
Corner Shop: NightShift has launched on Xbox Series X|S and PC. It follows Adam Callahan working the night shift at a convenience store while his marriage and finances fall apart, mixing store management with a choice-driven story that has four endings. Developer Live Motion Games consulted psychologists to write the mental health side of the story without leaning on horror cliches.
Source: Xbox Wire
SURI: The Seventh Note is out on GOG
SURI: The Seventh Note, an action-adventure platformer from SoonIN DEV, is now available on GOG. It follows Ajira, a girl searching for a fruit that can save her mother, on an island where life runs on rhythm.
Source: GOG
Tormentum II arrives on GOG
Tormentum II, a dark point-and-click adventure with hand-drawn art from SoonIN DEV, is now out on GOG. It mixes dark fantasy and psychological horror as you explore, solve puzzles and make choices in a world that has slipped beyond its creator's control.
Source: GOG
Xbox is giving away a console hidden inside an alligator
Xbox has built a one-off custom console, the XBOX Series X-BITE: a working Xbox Series X housed inside a five-foot animatronic alligator, with a bite-marked controller to match. Entries run on X, Instagram or TikTok by following @XBOX, reposting the sweepstakes post and tagging it #XbiteSweepstakes, from 3 November until 11:59pm Pacific time on 10 November. It's open to US residents 18 and over only.
Source: Xbox Wire
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds starts its second year
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has launched Year Two, adding a one-on-one Duel Mode and a new Super Slot that amplifies single gadgets. A Sega Consoles pack adds three vehicles styled on the Dreamcast, Genesis and Saturn. The standard edition is now permanently priced at US$39.99, with the Digital Deluxe and Year Two Digital Deluxe editions both at US$59.99.
Source: PlayStation Blog
The Ocarina of Time remake tops 2026's review scores, for now
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake has the highest Metacritic score of any game released this year, 96 from 81 reviews, according to GameSpot. GTA 6 hasn't launched yet, so there's still time left in the year for that to change.
Source: GameSpot
WoW: Forever rebalances creatures ahead of launch
World of Warcraft: Forever's pre-launch patch changes how it handles Classic-era power levels, increasing the health of higher-level creatures to keep fights challenging. PC Gamer reports it's a deliberate break from Classic's original balance rather than a straight recreation.
Source: PC Gamer
Silica leaves early access and hits 1.0
Silica, an FPS and RTS hybrid made by Martin Melichárek under the eye of DayZ studio Bohemia Interactive, has left early access and launched into 1.0. Rock Paper Shotgun describes it as mixing Dune's Arrakis with Helldivers' Terminids.
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun
Frostpunk 2's next DLC is called The Surge
Frostpunk 2's upcoming DLC, The Surge, keeps the game's wintery apocalypse setting and adds a faction-clash mechanic built around electricity. Rock Paper Shotgun reports it's due in December.
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun
Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 3 announced
Bandai Namco has announced Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 3, a free-to-play team action game and sequel to 2018's Battle Operation 2. The announcement trailer shows large-scale Gundam battles alongside infantry fighting underneath the mechs, a mix of human and mech players similar in structure to Titanfall.
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun
Trailers
The Division 2 heads to Central Park
The Division 2's new Echoes of Central Park DLC lets you explore Central Park for the first time, with a new narrative expansion, a replayable endgame mode, new story companions and new skill variants and gear.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by GameTrailers (YouTube), Xbox (YouTube)
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered is out now
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered has launched, bringing kaiju destruction back for another round.
Source: Xbox (YouTube), also reported by GameTrailers (YouTube), PlayStation (YouTube)
Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive launches on PS5
Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive is now on PlayStation 5, following Sung Jinwoo's rise to become the Shadow Monarch.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox (YouTube)
RoadCraft's Foundations Expansion is live
RoadCraft's Foundations Expansion is out now on PS5, adding two new maps, four vehicles with three variants, new pile-driving and concrete-paving mechanics, new resources and the return of the character Kelly.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by GameTrailers (YouTube)
Genshin Impact previews new character Mitya
Genshin Impact has released a trailer for its newest playable character, Mitya, titled "Everything's in Order". Genshin Impact's Version 7.2 update, Hour of Ruin, arrives on 4 November.
Source: GameTrailers (YouTube)
Street Fighter 6's Winter Pocket Present Fighting Pass arrives
Street Fighter 6's new Fighting Pass, Winter Pocket Present, is live now across PS4, PS5, Switch 2, Steam and Xbox Series X|S. It includes the classic game Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, new EX colours for Luke and Jamie, and new music tracks.
Source: GameTrailers (YouTube)
Dragon's Dogma 2 Dark Arisen crosses over with Delicious in Dungeon
Dragon's Dogma 2 Dark Arisen has a new collaboration with Delicious in Dungeon, adding hireable pawns for Laios and Marcille alongside new costumes. It's live now on PlayStation 5, PC (Steam) and Xbox Series X|S.
Source: GameTrailers (YouTube)
Resident Evil Survival Unit teases its anniversary update
Resident Evil Survival Unit, Capcom and Aniplex's mobile survival strategy horror game, has teased an Anniversary Update bringing a new hero. It launches 5 November on iOS and Android.
Source: GameTrailers (YouTube)
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