November 2 to 8 releases: Zelda: Ocarina of Time, WoW: Forever, Stellar Blade

A busy week, especially on Switch 2: Godzilla kicks things off on Tuesday, World of Warcraft: Forever arrives on Wednesday evening, then the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake and Stellar Blade launch on Thursday, November 5. Here's the schedule, day by day.

Tuesday, November 3

• Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PC): the 2002 kaiju fighting game, rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5, with 12 playable monsters and online multiplayer.
• Zero Parades: Director's Cut (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2): the espionage RPG from ZA/UM, the Disco Elysium studio, comes to consoles in its fully voiced version. On Steam, the Director's Cut has been a free update since October 1.
• Wilderdark (PC): a first-person survival horror game on an island overrun by parasitic dinosaurs, from Team Junkfish (Monstrum).

Wednesday, November 4

• World of Warcraft: Forever (PC, Mac): a new take on the original World of Warcraft, with new zones, quests, dungeons and races, still capped at level 60. It launches at 3:00 PM PST (midnight in Paris, overnight into November 5). Access is included with a subscription or Game Time; Blizzard's packs are optional.
• Lightyear Frontier (PC, Xbox Series): the open-world mech farming game leaves Early Access with its 1.0 release, the story's finale and new regions.
• VOID/BREAKER (PC, PS5, Xbox Series): this roguelite shooter built around gun modding and destructible environments hits 1.0 and comes to consoles.
• Theos: Cities of Myth (PC): a city-builder set in a mythological Ancient Greece, from the makers of Pharaoh: A New Era.
• Hull Rupture (PC, Mac): a tower defense roguelite where you run a spaceship and its crew against waves of aliens.

Thursday, November 5

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Switch 2): a full remake of the Nintendo 64 classic, with reimagined visuals, voiced cutscenes and a jump button. Everything that changes is in our feature.
• Stellar Blade Complete Edition (Switch 2): Shift Up's action game, with the NieR:Automata and NIKKE DLC. It unlocks at 3:00 PM GMT; a limited steelbook edition follows on November 6.
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition (Switch 2): a native version of the 2021 game, with all past DLC, exclusive glam rock outfits and gyro or mouse aiming.
• Where the Seeds Fall (PS5, Switch 2, PC): a short adventure about a soldier escorting a child down the World Tree, the first game from Cygames' CygamesEdge label. Digital only.
• CRYMELIGHT (PS5, Switch 2, PC): the third game in FuRyu's Cry series, a dark roguelite action game inspired by Alice in Wonderland. November 5 is the Japanese date: on Steam it unlocks on the 4th in Europe and the Americas.
• Airframe Ultra (PC): combat racing on armed hoverbikes, from Videocult, the studio behind Rain World.
• Wielders of the Essence (PC, Mac): a horde-survival roguelite with spell-casting frogs and a village to build up, from Lavapotion (Songs of Conquest).

By platform

• Switch 2: Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Stellar Blade Complete Edition, Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition, Godzilla, Zero Parades, Where the Seeds Fall, CRYMELIGHT.
• PS5: Godzilla, Zero Parades, VOID/BREAKER, Where the Seeds Fall, CRYMELIGHT.
• Xbox Series: Godzilla, Zero Parades, Lightyear Frontier, VOID/BREAKER.
• PC and Mac: World of Warcraft: Forever, Godzilla, Lightyear Frontier, VOID/BREAKER, Theos, Hull Rupture, Wilderdark, Where the Seeds Fall, CRYMELIGHT, Airframe Ultra, Wielders of the Essence.

Every date is in our November calendar. Next week brings Football Manager 27, Metaphor: ReFantazio and Pikmin 4 on Switch 2.