The week of Nov. 9-15 has two big days. Tuesday, Nov. 10, brings Football Manager 27 and Warhammer Survivors, with the GTA 6 preload opening the night before on Xbox, and on Thursday, Nov. 12, Switch 2 gets Metaphor: ReFantazio and Pikmin 4. Prices are US list prices where the publisher has announced one.
- Monday 9, 7 p.m. ET. Grand Theft Auto VI preload opens on Xbox Series X|S (PS5 follows at midnight local time). The game launches Thursday, Nov. 19. - Tuesday 10. Football Manager 27 (PC, Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and mobile through Netflix). - Tuesday 10. Warhammer Survivors (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, iOS and Android). $7.99. - Tuesday 10. TANUKI: Pon's Summer (PC, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, PS4, Switch and Switch 2). $19.99. - Wednesday 11. Hope in the City (Xbox Series X|S and PC). $19.99. - Thursday 12. Metaphor: ReFantazio (Switch 2). $39.99. - Thursday 12. Pikmin 4: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy (Switch 2). - Thursday 12. Sonic Pico Park (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2 and PC).
The GTA 6 preload starts Monday night
Digital buyers of GTA 6 can start downloading well ahead of the Nov. 19 launch. Rockstar's preload FAQ sets a single worldwide start on Xbox Series X|S at midnight GMT, which is 7 p.m. ET or 4 p.m. PT on Monday, Nov. 9. On PS5 the download unlocks at midnight local time on Nov. 10. The game needs up to 212GB of free space, and preloading only gets it installed, so it still won't open before the 19th. Our preload story has the rest.
Football Manager 27 and Warhammer Survivors on Tuesday
Football Manager 27 launches Tuesday, Nov. 10, on PC, Mac, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, plus mobile through a Netflix subscription, according to Sports Interactive. PC players with Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass have been able to play since Nov. 3, and the console edition joins Game Pass on launch day. Our Football Manager 27 story covers the launch preview and editions.
Warhammer Survivors costs $7.99, with a 10% launch discount on some platforms, per Auroch Digital. The studio built it with poncle, the team behind Vampire Survivors, and it plays the same way: pick a Warhammer 40,000 or Age of Sigmar hero, survive ever-larger enemy waves and level up the weapons you collect. It's on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass from day one, and the demo is still up, as we noted in our announcement story.
Tanuki and Hope in the City arrive on Game Pass
TANUKI: Pon's Summer is the debut game from Kyoto studio Denkiworks. You play Pon, a mail-carrying tanuki who rides a BMX around a Japanese island, pulls tricks across more than 100 challenges and raises money to decorate the Great Tanuki Shrine before the end-of-summer festival. Per publisher CRITICAL REFLEX, it joins Game Pass on its Nov. 10 launch day. Buying it on Switch also unlocks the Switch 2 version at no extra cost, and vice versa.
Hope in the City, out Wednesday, Nov. 11, is a mystery adventure about Hope Song, a 17-year-old artist searching for her missing parents in Shenyang, China, who records each clue as a sketch in her notebook. It's included with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, and it lists at $19.99 on the Xbox Store.
Metaphor, Pikmin 4 and Sonic on Thursday
Metaphor: ReFantazio, the RPG from the Persona team that took three awards at The Game Awards 2024, including best RPG, comes to Switch 2 on Thursday, Nov. 12. The digital version is $39.99, less than it cost when it launched on PC, PS5 and Xbox in 2024.
Pikmin 4: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy brings the 2023 game to the new console. You can give voice commands to Oatchi, your canine sidekick, through the Switch 2 microphone, and 72 timed challenges with online leaderboards will roll out in stages. Owners of the original Switch game can buy just an upgrade pack on the eShop. Progress from the free Nov. 2 demo carries over, and our Dandori Academy story lists everything new.
Sonic Pico Park moves Pico Park's co-op puzzles into Sonic's world, with 2 to 8 players and a cast of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Shadow, now joined by Silver and Blaze. Its Steam page doesn't show a price yet.
Game Pass changes this week
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando joins Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass on Thursday. On Sunday, Nov. 15, 13 games leave the library, including GoldenEye 007, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and Wreckfest, and eight classics such as Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark join the Essential tier. Our November Game Pass guide has the full list with plans and platforms.
The rest of the month, including GTA 6 on Thursday, Nov. 19, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, is in our November release calendar.
Frequently asked questions
What games are coming to Switch 2 this week?
Metaphor: ReFantazio, Pikmin 4: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy and Sonic Pico Park, which is also on Switch, all launch Thursday, Nov. 12. Earlier, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, Warhammer Survivors and TANUKI: Pon's Summer arrive on Switch and Switch 2.
When does Football Manager 27 come out?
Tuesday, Nov. 10, on PC, Mac, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and on mobile through Netflix. Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members have been able to play the PC version since Nov. 3, and the console edition joins Game Pass on launch day.
What time does the GTA 6 preload start?
On Xbox Series X|S it opens at midnight GMT, which is 7 p.m. ET and 4 p.m. PT on Monday, Nov. 9. On PS5 it unlocks at midnight local time on Nov. 10. It's for digital copies only, needs up to 212GB of free space, and the game won't open until Nov. 19.
What games are coming to Game Pass this week?
Football Manager 2027 Console, Warhammer Survivors and TANUKI: Pon's Summer on Tuesday, Nov. 10, Hope in the City and Thronefall on Wednesday, Nov. 11, and Toxic Commando on Thursday, Nov. 12. The first four arrive on their launch day. On Sunday, Nov. 15, 13 games leave the library.
How much is Warhammer Survivors?
$7.99, with a 10% launch discount on some platforms, according to Auroch Digital. It launches Tuesday, Nov. 10, on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2 and mobile, and it's included with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass from day one.
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