Loot's Gaming Roundup

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Tuesday 3 November 2026

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Switch 2

Stellar Blade's Switch 2 port reviews well ahead of Thursday's launch

Shift Up's action game lands on Switch 2 on 5 November, the same day as the Ocarina of Time remake. Nintendo Life calls the Complete Edition "perfectly playable, despite drawbacks", and the review round-up is in.

PCSurvival

Enshrouded 1.0 is a "survival crafting masterpiece", says PC Gamer

Keen Games' survival-crafter has left early access, and PC Gamer's review says the fog finally clears around Embervale in style.

Switch 2

Nintendo tried fast travel in the Ocarina of Time remake, then cut it

The team felt it was "missing out on the moments of discovery". Nintendo's Ask the Developer series also confirms EPD Production Group No. 3, the main Zelda team, built the remake in-house. It's out Thursday.

PS5PC

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered sneaks onto PS5 on 3 December

Nightdive's KEX Engine remaster runs at 4K and 120fps, includes the Thief: Gold missions, and adds a brand-new campaign from the Black Parade mod team.

PCRPG

Soulframe opens its free beta to everyone this week

Digital Extremes' fantasy action RPG drops invites ahead of its big Verse of the Veilands update next month, which reworks the structure for new players.

SwitchPokémon

The Pokémon Company is counting down to something

Its social accounts are posting 30th anniversary icons with numbers that drop by the hours passed, which looks a lot like a countdown to a big announcement.

PS5

New PS5 firmware targets jailbreaks ahead of GTA VI

Version 26.07-14.22.00 is out less than a fortnight after the last update, and Push Square reports Sony is stepping up its fight against GTA VI piracy.

PS5

Saros gets a bug-fix patch and Marvel Tokon adds Phoenix Cyclops

Housemarque's version 02.000.003 fixes Overlord Rush and Trophy issues. Marvel Tokon's first DLC fighter is out now ($7.99/£6.49) with a major update.

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Sales

Borderlands passes 100 million copies sold

Gearbox says it's "cooking hard on more Borderlands 4 content for next year" and is taking a bigger look at where the series goes next.

PlayStation

Sony is offering US players up to $400 to trade in unused PS5s

The scheme runs through Back Market, with the top price for a base PS5 and two DualSense controllers in good condition.

Xbox

id Software says it's "doing great" despite losing about half the studio

Around 136 jobs reportedly went in Xbox's cuts this year, and the Doom studio is now working more closely with MachineGames.

Xbox

Ex-Xbox COO Helen Chiang disputes claims she was fired

She left after three months in the role and says her story is about "core values". Xbox says it doesn't discuss individual personnel matters.

PlayStation

Bend Studio's next game will be revealed and released next year, report claims

The Days Gone studio's project reportedly isn't live-service and isn't Days Gone 2.

SourceVGC
AI

Anthropic steers Claude away from cloning existing games

It follows weeks of Steam being flooded with AI-made copies of other games.