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⚔️ Queen's Domain, the two-person King's Field-style hit, keeps rolling

Freshly Baked Games' retro-fantasy action RPG sold 100,000 copies in under five days and has reportedly already recouped its costs. Its first proper update adds the Grave Knife throwing weapon, a screen-shake toggle, clearer status effects and tweaks to make some late puzzles less frustrating. Console fix patches have been rolling out, with the Switch 2 updates due early this week. It's $19.99, and there's a free demo on Steam.

SourceRPG Site ↗Niche Gamer ↗Talk Fuse (via RPS) ↗

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Zelda gives Switch 2 its best sales week of 2026

Circana's Mat Piscatella says the $520 Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition console drove Switch 2's biggest US week of the year by dollar sales (week ending 31 October), lifting total US hardware spend 81% year on year. Nintendo hasn't shared Ocarina of Time remake sales yet.

SourceGameSpot ↗

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Switch update 23.5.0 adds family eShop gifting and shuts the jailbreak

From 17 November you can send eShop games, DLC and upgrade packs to people in your Nintendo Account family group, no codes needed. Switch 2 also gets accessibility options in first-time setup. GoNintendo reports the update quietly blocks the SmileBASIC and Civilization VII jailbreak exploits.

SourceGoNintendo ↗GoNintendo (jailbreak) ↗

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GTA VI preloads are live on PS5 and Xbox

Digital pre-orders can download now, up to 212GB depending on console. PS5 opened at midnight local time and Xbox at 00:00 GMT. Boxed copies (a code in a box) hit shops on 12 November, and the game unlocks on 19 November.

SourceEndgame Tools ↗

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PS5 Prism Collection pre-orders open today

Sony's see-through, late-'90s style DualSense controllers and PS5 Slim covers come in Graphite Gray, Flare Orange and Emerald Green. Pre-orders open at 10:00 ET / 10:00 GMT (12:00 SAST for the UK store), and they ship on 4 February 2027. There's no Pro cover.

SourceTom's Guide ↗

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Take-Two says GTA VI pre-orders are at 'unprecedented levels'

Strauss Zelnick says pre-orders are tracking far above Take-Two's own expectations and Rockstar has finished the game. Take-Two kept its $8.0–8.2bn bookings outlook, raised revenue guidance, and expects $3.35–3.5bn in bookings for the December quarter. Shares rose nearly 7% after hours.

SourceTake-Two ↗GamesBeat ↗Reuters via US News ↗

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Skydance Games starts layoffs after the Warner Bros. merger

Former Paramount Games staff are among those cut, with Insider Gaming reporting at least 30 jobs gone. Skydance says it is scaling down some projects. Warner Bros. Games hasn't announced cuts of its own.

SourceGamesBeat ↗PC Gamer ↗

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Mass Effect's cast rallies fans to save the series on N7 Day

Jennifer Hale, Mark Meer and other cast members joined a fan-made video after EA closed BioWare and cancelled the next game.

SourceIGN ↗Polygon ↗

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Nintendo of America is hiring an archivist to preserve its history

A 12-month digital archivist contract will catalogue legacy hardware, software, engineering records and interviews with long-serving staff.

SourceGamesRadar+ ↗

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Sega cuts the Sonic Racing Switch 2 upgrade to $1 for good

The CrossWorlds Switch 2 Upgrade Pack drops from $10 to $1 on the US eShop, and it's listed as a permanent price cut.

SourceThe Otaku Authority ↗