Out this week: Ocarina of Time returns, Godzilla brawls and Azeroth opens again

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time returns on November 5, rebuilt for Switch 2. Link’s 1998 adventure has overhauled visuals, voiced cutscenes, orchestral music and revised movement and camera controls. Players can also play or hum a learned melody into the console’s microphone to perform it in the game, Nintendo says.

Here is a selection of releases and new editions for November 1–7. Dates can change; worldwide launches may fall on a different local day. Steam had not listed prices as of October 31 for Loftia, Theos, Cozy Game Restoration, Hull Rupture, County of Fortune, CRYMELIGHT, Escape Academy 2 or Pool of Radiance. Prices shown below are also current as of October 31 and may change.

November 2

GRAVHOUNDS enters early access on Xbox Series and PC and joins Game Pass. Teams of up to four land on hostile planets, build a base and try to extract their loot. Xbox Wire

November 3

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered brings the 2002 arena fighter to PC, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch and Switch 2. Monsters battle across cities where buildings can become weapons; the remaster adds online multiplayer alongside local play. Atari, Nintendo.

Loftia enters early access on PC via Steam. The multiplayer game takes place across floating islands and includes farming, crafting and decorating; its team expects early access to last about a year.

ZERO PARADES: Director’s Cut comes to PS5 and Xbox Series. ZA/UM’s espionage RPG puts you in the role of an operative recalled for another assignment. PlayStation. Meanwhile, PIT OF GOBLIN comes to Xbox Series and PC through Xbox Play Anywhere and joins Game Pass. Goblins explore caverns and ruins together to find food for their ruler. PC early access to Football Manager 27 also begins for preorder customers and PC Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Xbox Wire

Singing game Let’s Sing 2027 comes to PS5. PlayStation.

PlayStation Plus members can add Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered and Monster Train 2 to their libraries from November 3 through November 30. Read more.

Xbox Series also gets Bowling Alley Simulator ($14.99), about running an alley, and Kitties on Planets, a puzzle with two spacefaring cats. Xbox Wire

November 4

Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE reaches PS5 and Xbox Series after its PC release. Netmarble sets the launch for 00:00 UTC. The action game also includes four-player cooperative boss raids. More on the console release.

VOID/BREAKER leaves early access for version 1.0 on PC, comes to PS5 and joins Game Pass. It is a fast shooter in which a hostile AI traps you in a repeating sequence of battles. Its US Steam price is $29.99 at the time of writing. Playstack, PlayStation, Xbox Wire.

CRYMELIGHT comes to PC, PS5 and Switch 2. The US PlayStation Store lists 15:00 UTC on November 4, which is already November 5 in Japan. Alice fights through a Wonderland where souls are imprisoned. The US PS5 Standard Edition is $19.99. PlayStation, Nintendo, Steam.

Hull Rupture comes to PC, combining spaceship management with defense against aliens. Steam

Also planned for PC via Steam are Theos: Cities Of Myth, a city builder dedicated to Greek gods, and Cozy Game Restoration, about restoring old game cartridges. Theos, Cozy Game Restoration.

World of Warcraft: Forever launches on PC globally at 23:00 UTC. It revisits the original Azeroth with new zones, quests and dungeons. Access is included with an active World of Warcraft subscription or game time; upgrade packs are optional. Blizzard, access details.

Also on Xbox: The End of the Sun explores Slavic mythology; Hidden Cats in Beijing asks you to find cats; Honey Route connects paths in a hive; Kingdom of Night ($17.99) sends a student to rescue friends from demons (Xbox Wire lists November 4, while the US store lists November 5); Outbreak: Dead City is a zombie shooter; and We are Eva is a dimension-switching 2D platformer. Xbox Wire

November 5

County of Fortune enters early access on PC, with multiple settlements to build across a medieval county. Steam.

Stellar Blade Complete Edition comes to Switch 2 on November 5 with previously released DLC and four new Bayonetta-inspired outfits. Nintendo.

Alongside Zelda, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition comes to Switch 2. It includes new outfits inspired by 1980s glam rock for the team. Nintendo

Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School launches on PC, PS5 and Xbox and joins Game Pass. Solve the new campus’s escape rooms alone or in local or online co-op. Steam, PlayStation, Xbox Wire.

More on Xbox: Cat-Astrophy ($13.49) mixes space combat and parkour; Cat on the Jungle Path puts a cat in a jeep; Dark Alley ($12.49) investigates a disappearance in Kyoto; Dominus Gladiatus runs a gladiator school; GeoJelly ($11.99) sends a jelly escaping a lab; and Hasbro Games Junior Collection ($29.99) gathers three junior board games. MANIC MINER reimagines the platforming classic; Math Duck+ mixes equations and jumps; Next of Kin: Epiphany ($9.99) follows a private detective; The Slormancer ($24.99) is a dungeon-crawling action RPG; and Starlit World is a 3D platform adventure. Xbox Wire

Where The Seeds Fall also comes to PS5 on November 5, according to PlayStation.

November 6

Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor comes to Steam in a digital re-release of the 2001 RPG, with widescreen support and fixes. Steam

Also on Xbox: BEACONFALL defends a settlement in darkness; Chicken Invaders Collection gathers battles against space chickens; Don’t Be Afraid 2: Escape the Nightmare returns to David’s nightmares; Ice Cream Simulator ($8.99) runs an ice cream shop; SEEK ($14.99) combines psychological horror and puzzles; Shelterra the Skyworld ($17.99) is an RPG on a floating continent; and Sora – Oasis Treasures ($9.99) lets you fly as a parrot over tropical islands. Xbox Wire