Releases from October 26 to November 1: Phantom Blade Zero, The Wolf Among Us

Halloween week starts quietly and gets busy on Thursday: after Minecraft on Switch 2 on Tuesday, four games from our calendar launch on Thursday, October 29. Here's the schedule, day by day.

Tuesday, October 27

• Minecraft (Switch 2): a native Switch 2 version, with Vibrant Visuals enabled by default.

Thursday, October 29

• Phantom Blade Zero (PS5, PC): S-GAME's kung fu action RPG, in which Soul has only 66 days left to live. In the US it unlocks on the 28th, which is why Steam lists that date.
• The Wolf Among Us Remastered (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC): a remaster of Telltale's noir adventure based on the Fables comics, with reworked presentation, extras and a black-and-white Noir Mode.
• Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown (PS5, Xbox Series, PC): Crimson Desert's paid expansion, delayed from October 15 to October 29. It adds a storyline for each of the three heroes, underwater exploration and a ship to build. It unlocks at 11 PM CET.
• Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos (PC): a remaster of the 1999 3D platformer. Only the PC version has been confirmed by Argonaut so far.

Also this week

• Football Manager 27 is free to play on PC and Mac from Thursday, October 29 at 6 PM GMT to Tuesday, November 3 at 6 PM GMT, ahead of its November 10 launch.
• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade joins Game Pass on Thursday, October 29, as does Mouthwashing, which launches the same day on Xbox Series and Xbox One.

By platform

• PS5: Phantom Blade Zero, The Wolf Among Us Remastered, Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown.
• Xbox: The Wolf Among Us Remastered, Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown, Mouthwashing.
• Switch 2 and Switch: Minecraft (Switch 2), The Wolf Among Us Remastered (Switch).
• PC: Phantom Blade Zero, The Wolf Among Us Remastered, Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown, Croc 2.

Every date is in our October calendar. Next week, it's the turn of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and World of Warcraft: Forever.