5 Should-Play New Xbox Video games Coming in November, Together with GTA 6

For those who solely took a fast look at November’s launch date calendar, you would possibly stroll away with the concept Xbox gamers are solely getting one recreation this month: Grand Theft Auto 6. Whereas that’s actually the one huge recreation coming to Sequence X, the primary few weeks of November are deceptively crowded. A stack of indie hidden gems and nostalgic remasters are right here to be sure to have one thing to play whilst you wait in your return to Vice Metropolis.

These are simply 5 of the video games you possibly can stay up for in November. Sure, the record contains the large one, however there’s extra to take a look at than you would possibly suppose. For those who’re not desirous about occurring an open-world crime spree, you’ll nonetheless have some stable choices this month.

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Gravhounds

Launch date: Nov. 2

Although Xbox Sport Cross isn’t getting any main tentpole releases in November, it’s including numerous promising smaller video games. Chief amongst them is Gravhounds, a brand new co-op shooter the place you shoot aliens and construct a base collectively. Sounds easy sufficient, however there’s one eye-catching twist: You play as a pack of humanoid canine. Gravhounds has an actual “WTF” issue that made it a standout recreation throughout this 12 months’s Gamescom, so we’ll be curious to see if the capturing holds as much as the wacky visuals.

4

Escape Academy 2: Again 2 College

Launch date: Nov. 5

For those who’re out there for an excellent sofa co-op recreation this month, don’t miss out on Escape Academy 2: Again 2 College. It’s an expanded sequel to 2023’s Escape Academy, a well-designed escape room recreation constructed for split-screen play. Again 2 College is constructing on its predecessor with extra puzzle rooms, extra fleshed-out worldbuilding, and even an explorable campus lined with secrets and techniques. If it’s even half as intelligent as the primary recreation, it needs to be November’s finest {couples} recreation.

3

Warhammer Survivors

Launch date: Nov. 10

Do you want Warhammer? How about Vampire Survivors? In case your reply to both of these questions is sure, you’ll need to try Warhammer Survivors. The builders behind the very enjoyable Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun are placing their data of the tabletop universe to good use in a “bullet heaven” recreation stuffed with carnage. Is it a little bit of a gimmick? Perhaps so, however you can say the identical about Boltgun, and look how that turned out. Warhammer Survivors ought to provide loads of dependable enjoyable for followers of the auto-shooting motion style.

2

Shrek 2 Remastered

Launch date: Nov. 10

Okay, it would seem like Shrek 2 Remastered is simply right here as a gag, however hear me out. 2004’s Shrek 2 online game really has some severe historic significance for Xbox: It was a serious piece of Xbox’s E3 2004 presentation. In truth, it was the second recreation proven in the course of the presentation, proven proper after a brief trailer for Unreal Championship 2: The Liandari Battle. As bizarre as that appears, Xbox had numerous religion in what turned out to be a fairly first rate licensed recreation in an period the place that wasn’t a given. The freshly remastered model brings historical past again to Xbox within the type of a nostalgic co-op journey recreation.

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Grand Theft Auto 6

Launch date: Nov. 19

What else do I have to say right here? Grand Theft Auto 6 just isn’t solely the primary occasion of 2026, however seemingly of the last decade at massive. Rockstar’s open-world crime recreation guarantees to be an enormous, boundary-pushing expertise stuffed with Florida aptitude. And although a lot about it has leaked, it nonetheless looks like we all know subsequent to nothing in regards to the Bonnie and Clyde-inspired love story on the coronary heart of it. That would stand to raise a dependable little bit of legal chaos into one thing tender. We’ll discover out collectively when the gates to Vice Metropolis lastly open on Nov. 19.