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Wednesday 4 November 2026

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RPG

The Elder Scrolls VI finally has a name: Sentinel

Bethesda revealed the full title with a brief trailer at the end of its 40th anniversary video, more than eight years after the first tease. Don't hold your breath, though: Bethesda says it'll be some time before it shares more, and Jason Schreier says it's still at least two years away.

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Ocarina of Time's first review is in: 37/40 from Famitsu

Famitsu's four critics scored the Switch 2 remake 9/9/9/10, praising the camera, controls and visuals while noting it's simpler than modern games. That matches the 3DS version's score; the N64 original got a perfect 40. It's out tomorrow, 5 November.

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GTA VI needs up to 212GB, and preloads start 10 November

PS5 preloads open at midnight local time on 10 November, nine days before launch. Code-in-box copies don't include the Leonida map; it's free digitally on launch day, with a physical version for $0.99.

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Dragon's Dogma 2 adds a Delicious in Dungeon crossover

Laios and Marcille outfits and Official Pawns are in now on PS5, Xbox and PC, alongside a 7.8GB bug-fix update. Switch 2 gets it next week (11 November in the US, 12 November in Europe), and the collab runs until the 28 January update.

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PS Store's Black Friday sale is live, with Valheim at £19.99

Thousands of PS5 and PS4 deals run until 30 November, with a refresh on 16 November. UK highlights include Valheim (20% off), 007 First Light Deluxe at £34.99 (50% off) and Astro Bot at £42.59.

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Helldivers 2 unleashes venomous Noxious Terminids

The fast Noxious Scavenger and web-spitting Noxious Spewer poison you and stop you sprinting; stims cure it. Bug caves can now appear across more biomes too.

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Witchbrook will have Switch 1 and Switch 2 crossplay at launch

A developer corrected an earlier Discord message that said it would come later. Wider crossplay with PC, PS5 and Xbox isn't confirmed. It's out 28 January.

Industry5 stories

Xbox

Ubisoft has reportedly bid for Dishonored studio Arkane

It's one of at least three bidders, as Microsoft looks to offload the studio in the coming weeks.

Sales

Control Resonant is Remedy's fastest-selling game ever

It hit a million copies in three weeks, and Remedy's quarterly revenue jumped 226%.

PlayStation

Sony seems to be winding down PSVR2 sales

The headset has gone from PlayStation Direct in the US and Japan, though Sony hasn't announced it's been discontinued.

PC

Valve admits it's running behind on approving Steam games

It's having to re-review submissions, and has published a new checklist to help developers get it right first time.

AI

Arc Raiders devs defend generative AI voice lines

Embark's CCO says actors "would just go crazy" reading that many lines, and that "we are not in the industry of replacing actors".