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Sunday 1 November 2026

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Nintendo declares 1 November Pikmin Day with a surprise Direct

Miyamoto walked through Pikmin 4's Switch 2 Edition: voice commands for Oatchi and a Dandori Academy mode with one-shot exams every Friday to Sunday. A free demo lands on 2 November ahead of the 12 November launch, Pikmin Bloom gets Secret Caves this winter, and a monthly Hello! Pikmin shorts series starts today.

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Zelda: Ocarina of Time's Switch 2 remake shows eight new things before launch

Nintendo's new trailer runs through "just some of the ways" Link's quest has been remade. It's out next week, on 5 November.

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Free-to-play open-world RPG Silver Palace launches on 14 December

The Victorian-inspired action RPG goes live worldwide on PS5 and PC, a surprisingly early date for a game Push Square played at Gamescom. It's a console exclusive for now.

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Rumour: footage of a Persona 1 remake has leaked

A reel of what looks like work-in-progress footage of a Revelations: Persona remake has surfaced online. Atlus hasn't commented, and outlets warn it's hard to rule out AI fakery.

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Rumour: Days Gone studio Bend will reveal and release a new PS5 game in 2027

MP1st reports Bend's next project is a third-person game with co-op, and further along than you'd think. Sony hasn't confirmed anything.

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Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold's second new job is Zephyr

It's a physical ranged DPS that fights with a crossbow and a bird. Evercold launches on 23 February 2027, with pre-orders opening on 4 November.

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Mina the Hollower's physical release is "absolutely still in progress"

Yacht Club is still looking for a publishing partner for the boxed version and plans more post-release features. Most of the studio is now on a new 3D game.

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Silent Hill: Townfall adds a Hard difficulty

The latest update adds the new mode and rebalances every existing difficulty setting to make room for it.

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TV

Netflix is making a live-action PUBG series with Donald Glover

Krafton announced the show, and Glover will direct, write, executive produce and star.

PC

A former volunteer threatens legal action against Skyblivion

The ex-contributor to the fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine is disputing the use of code they wrote for the project.

Hardware

The Arduview is a fully see-through handheld, screen included

VGC calls it the world's first fully transparent handheld.

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