Console Gaming News: Nov 5, 2026 Roundup

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered launches

The biggest release story this week is Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered, which Atari, Pipeworks and Toho announced on November 3 for consoles and PC. Digital versions cost $29.99 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, Switch and Switch 2), and a full cartridge version for Nintendo Switch 2 is sold on atari.com for $39.99. Nintendo digital versions went live in Japan and select Asian markets on Thursday, November 5 at 00:00 JST; no physical release has been announced for Japan.

Xbox Game Pass: five games skip Premium

Tech-Insider's rundown of Xbox Wire's first November wave says five games skip the Game Pass Premium tier. Premium costs $14.99 a month and includes selected new games within a year of release, while Ultimate costs $22.99 and includes day-one releases. The site reads the gap as intentional and notes that PlayStation Plus has leaned on catalog additions after launch, but says this is its own analysis, not a Microsoft statement.

Nintendo earnings and the 2000 Microsoft story

Nintendo's quarterly earnings report was due on November 5, with the Switch 2 forecast in focus; the sources do not include the results. Tech-Insider also revisits a story from 2000: former Microsoft staff say Microsoft raised the idea of acquiring Nintendo, and one former executive says Nintendo visited Microsoft in January 2000 to discuss a possible joint venture. Nintendo has not confirmed the acquisition story, and no price or formal rejection is documented. The site notes that Sony's PlayStation remains Xbox's main console rival today.

PS Plus November games

PlayStation Plus subscribers could claim the November lineup from November 3; it stays available through November 30 while the membership is active. The window to claim October's games closed on November 2. A promotion for the Back 4 Blood: Tunnels of Terror expansion ran from October 21 to November 4.

New budget release: Outbreak: Dead City

Outbreak: Dead City is out now on PC and consoles, including Nintendo Switch, for £5.79 according to TheXboxHub (November 4). It is a budget-priced first-person zombie shooter with weapon upgrades, survivor encounters where other survivors offer information and supplies, and a story mission to find a vaccine in a hidden laboratory.

Why it matters

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