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This week's releases: Pikmin, Shrek and Sonic return

Pikmin 4 and Metaphor arrive on Switch 2, a new Football Manager launches and 9 Kings leaves Early Access. Releases for November 8–14.

Barak Eliyahu – site manager of The Checkpoint Daily

Pon the tanuki holds a red beetle in a forest in TANUKI: Pon's Summer
Image: CRITICAL REFLEX / Denkiworks, via Xbox Wire

A new Pikmin 4 edition comes to Switch 2 on November 12 with Dandori Academy. Plan a route and collect treasure against the clock, or give Oatchi voice commands through the console’s microphone. The demo includes two stages from the new mode. Nintendo

Here are the highlights for November 8–14. Prices reflect store listings on November 7.

November 9

Home renovation game Hozy comes to PS5 and Xbox Series after its PC release. More on the console versions

Fishing horror game DREADMOOR enters Early Access on PC. Steam

November 10

Football Manager 27 gets its full Windows and Mac release after the Launch Preview. The digital Console edition arrives the same day on PS5 and Xbox Series. PC players can use PC Game Pass or Ultimate, and Xbox Series players can use Ultimate. Mobile comes to Netflix and Touch to Apple Arcade. The PS5 disc is due November 20. Football Manager, Xbox

Warhammer Survivors brings Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar together in a game about fighting hordes of enemies. It arrives on PC, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, Switch 2 and mobile, and is included with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. TANUKI: Pon’s Summer also arrives on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Switch and Switch 2, and joins the same plans: Pon rides a BMX, delivers packages and helps restore a shrine for a festival. Xbox, Warhammer, CRITICAL REFLEX

DreamWorks Shrek 2 Remastered brings back the film-inspired action game with improved graphics and co-op for up to four players. It comes to PC, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch and Switch 2. Aspyr

Ashes of the Singularity II comes to PC, with large-scale real-time strategy battles playable solo or online. Steam

Turn-based tactics game Hard West 2 comes to PS5 and Xbox Series. Lead a band of gunslingers in pursuit of a ghost train across the American West. Publisher announcement

November 11

In mystery game Hope in the City, a teenager searches for her missing parents and uses her drawings to investigate. It comes to PC and Xbox Series and is included with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Kingdom-building and defense game Thronefall joins the service the same day. Xbox

Wall World Strategy comes to PC: build a colony on a vast wall, manage resources and send robotic spiders on expeditions. Steam

November 12

Role-playing game Metaphor: ReFantazio comes to Switch 2. The Guidebook Edition includes the game, a digital artbook and soundtrack, and a 55-page English-language strategy guide. Nintendo

In SONIC PICO PARK, up to eight players can work through platforming puzzles using rings and springs from Sonic’s world. It comes to PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch and Switch 2; the PlayStation and Xbox versions are scheduled for 10:00. The US Xbox store lists it at $9.99. Xbox, PlayStation, Steam, Nintendo

Strategy game 9 Kings leaves Early Access for version 1.0 on Steam, where it costs $19.99. Players build a kingdom, choose units and position them for battle. That price is for the version currently in Early Access. Steam

Co-op shooter John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando joins Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass. Up to four players can fight waves of zombies together. Xbox

Barbie Rewind arrives on PC. Decorate Barbie’s DreamHouse with furniture from different eras and play 16 games from 1991 to 2007. Steam

November 13

DERELIKT comes to PC and Xbox: a horror shooter in which players explore a damaged space station near Saturn, speak to survivors and fight creatures. Steam, Xbox Wire

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