Video Game News 11/2/2026

#TheGameAwards
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Nagoshi Studio officially closes after NetEase cuts funding

Yakuza Creator's Gang of Dragon PS5 Game and New Studio Officially Dead

Nagoshi Studio officially shuts down

Gang of Dragon developer Nagoshi Studio shutters months after NetEase cut funding

Yakuza creator's studio, and the game it was working on, are now officially gone

Yakuza Series Creator Toshiro Nagoshi's Studio Has Officially Shut Down Before Releasing a Game

Yakuza Spiritual Successor Gang Of Dragon Seemingly Cancelled As Nagoshi Studio Is Closed

#TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOf
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Google’s Zelda Ocarina of Time easter egg transports users back to 1998

Google search goes retro with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time easter egg

Google's Ocarina Of Time Easter Egg Will Transport You Back To The Internet Of Old

Google Is Quietly Hiding A New Zelda: Ocarina of Time Easter Egg

Google Has a Cool The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Easter Egg That Transports Us Back to the 1998 Era of Search Results

Google’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Easter Egg Makes The Search Engine What It Always Should’ve Been

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Nintendo details cut fast travel feature in Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake

Eiji Aonuma saw the Ocarina of Time remake as an opportunity to teach young Zelda developers

Nintendo Shares Ocarina Of Time Switch 2 Design Sketches

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Switch 2 Development Team Has Been Revealed

Nintendo tried adding fast travel to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, before devs realised "we were missing out on the moments of discovery"

Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3

Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 uses AMD FSR 1.0 and SMAA for upscaling and anti-aliasing

We Finally Know Who Made The Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Studio Officially Revealed

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Link’s Tunic Looks Like That Because He Made It Himself

Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Devs Tried Adding Even More Fast Travel Points, But That Sucked

#TheTrueEndingExperienceTh
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Phantom Blade Zero Guide – How To Get The True Ending

Phantom Blade Zero Graphics Breakdown – What Sets PS5 and PC Apart?

Phantom Blade Zero Is an Absolute Blast – Here’s Why

Phantom Blade Zero Is an Instant Hit with 4 Million Sales on PS5, PC

Phantom Blade Zero sets a new 2026 single-player peak on Steam with 775,647 concurrent players

Phantom Blade Zero hits four million copies sold in just three days, and its Steam player numbers are huge

How to get Village of Lu Cellar Key in Phantom Blade Zero

Phantom Blade Zero is Steam's biggest launch of the year so far, selling over 4 million copies in three days

Phantom Blade Zero Put Up Some Massive Sales Numbers

Phantom Blade Zero Sells 4 Million Copies in 72 Hours

#TheKingReturnsWithAFun
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Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered review for Nintendo Switch 2

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered fighter guide

Review: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered Is Simple, Goofy Fun

Review: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered (Switch 2) - The King Returns With A Fun But Thin Kaiju Brawler

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered Is A Faithful, If Flawed, Remaster – Review

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered Is A Faithful, If Flawed, Remaster

#SilverPalace
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Silver Palace, the Belle Époque-style ARPG, sets release date for this winter

PS5 Console Exclusive Victorian RPG Gets Release Date

Silver Palace December 2026 Release Date Set

Silver Palace Finally Gets a Release Date, and 15 Million Players Are Already Waiting

#PetitPlanet
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Petit Planet unveils release date for MiHoYo's debut cosy life sim

Petit Planet Switch 2 Version Confirmed

Ragdoll Robot Boxing codes (November 2026)

Petit Planet codes (November 2026)

HoYoverse Announces Cosy Galactic Life Sim 'Petit Planet' For Switch 2

#NoMoreHeroes
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‘Travis Touchdown will definitely be back’: Suda51 is planning something for No More Heroes’ 20th anniversary next year

Suda51 teases “something special” for No More Heroes’ 20th anniversary

Travis Touchdown 'Will Definitely Be Back' for No More Heroes 20th Anniversary

#ThiefTheDarkProjectRemast
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Thief: The Dark Project Remastered Launches on December 4th for $30

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered reveals Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch release date, physical editions, new trailer

Stealth Classic Thief: The Dark Project Returns for a PS5 Remaster with New Content

#GearsOfWarEday
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Gears of War: E-Day Studio Was Paid $500 Million to Work on Unreal Engine, Other Projects – Rumor

Former Xbox Manager Sheds Light On Gears Of War: E-Day’s Reported $500 Million Budget

Gears Of War: E-Day’s Apparent $500 Million Budget May Not Tell The Full Story – Report

#Nym
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Wisdom of Nym: Reacting to Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold’s final reveals in Tokyo

Final Fantasy XIV Expansion Evercold Release Date Falls in February

Final Fantasy XIV expands matchmaking across NA and EU data centers in Patch 7.58

#Playstation
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PS5 System Update Rolled Out to Ring in November 2026

Sony Fighting GTA 6 PS5 Piracy with New Firmware Demands

New PS5 Firmware Update Available Now as Sony Cracks Down on Jailbreaks

Sony Issues Yet Another PS5 Firmware Update as Jailbreak Whac-a-Mole Continues Ahead of GTA 6 Release

#Boltgun2
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Silly Polly Beast coming to Nintendo Switch 2

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 coming to Nintendo Switch 2 [update: release date]

UK Charts: Switch Sports Resort Slightly Slips In The Second Set

Review: Nintendo Switch Sports Resort (Nintendo Switch 2)

#DuneAwakening
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Dune: Awakening's seasonally appropriate Blood and Ice expansion gets a December release date, and in a plus for preservation, an offline mode this month

Why 97% of Players Quit Dune: Awakening

#November
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (November 2026)

Monopoly Go Free Rolls – 2nd November 2026 Links

#OcarinaOfTime
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Zelda producer Aonuma wanted to remake Ocarina of Time to ‘trigger new insights’ in the team’s younger developers

Nintendo Wanted To Remake Ocarina Of Time To "Trigger New Insights" For Future Titles

#Persona
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A trailer for a remake of the original Persona appears to have leaked

Footage of what sure looks like a Persona 1 remake has leaked

#Switch2
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Nintendo announces Zelda: Ocarina of Time UK midnight launch, with free N64 boxes up for grabs

UK: Zelda midnight launch at Argos Tottenham Court Road with N64 slip case

#FirstPatchFollowingEarlyA
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Enshrouded’s First Patch Following Early Access Exit Brings Several Bug Fixes and Changes

Housemarque Issues Saros PS5 Patch for Bug Fixes, Update Out Now

#Avengers
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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition review for Nintendo Switch 2

Review: Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy: Encore Edition (Switch 2) - A Bright And Charming Adventure With An Okay Port

#CustomizableWarGamesComin
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A Mysterious Stranger, New Rift Racer Season, and Customizable War Games Coming to Diablo Immortal

Diablo Immortal’s Next Update Adds Rift Racer Season 3 and War Games Options

#StoryMission
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Modern Warfare 4 DMZ doubles payouts ahead of its next map launch

COD Modern Warfare 4 has seemingly answered DMZ players' PvE calls with new Story Mission changes - but there are major caveats

#The
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The Pokémon Company Is Counting Down To A Mysterious Date On Social Media

The Pokémon Company Is Counting Down to a Surprise Reveal This Month

#We
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"We're doing great," says id Software boss, despite losing "about half of our studio" amid devastating Xbox cuts

Doom Dev Says “We’re Doing Great” After Half The Studio Was Just Laid Off

#SchellGamesCuts
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Schell Games Cuts 49 More Jobs, Two Months After Its First Layoffs in 24 Years

Among Us VR co-developer Schell Games announces second round of layoffs this year