Just when it appeared like all the most important releases would roll out in October, November arrives with much more sequels, blockbusters and promising indie titles. Although it’s not as jam-packed, there are nonetheless some noteworthy role-playing video games, motion titles, and even a possible Sport of the Yr contender to sit up for. Try 13 of the largest video games out in November 2024.
Planet Coaster 2
It’s virtually weird that it took this lengthy for Frontier’s Planet Coaster to obtain a sequel, particularly given its success and acclaim. Planet Coaster 2 launches on November sixth for Xbox Sequence X/S, PS5, and PC, and as soon as once more has gamers constructing and managing a theme park. The twist is the addition of water points of interest and rides, together with water coasters, slides, and rivers. All the things is customizable, and your creations might be shared on-line with different gamers. You can even crew up with others to create a park collectively or discover in first particular person as a customer.
Empire of the Ants
Microids’ Empire of the Ants provides a real-time technique expertise at a decidedly smaller scale. Regardless of this, the overarching objective of your colony stays the identical – survival and strategic domination. All through the 20-hour marketing campaign, you’ll go for totally different unit sorts (together with different species like Snails and Rhino Beetles), unleash skills, handle a warfare economic system, and extra. There’s additionally multiplayer three-player free-for-all and 1v1 ranked play.
Mario and Luigi: Brothership
The brothers discover themselves exploring the world of Concordia, composed of a number of islands with totally different residents, climates, and challenges.
Using Shipshape Island, a ship/island hybrid, to get round, Mario and Luigi additionally depend on totally different traversal strategies for platforming after they’re not counting on timing-based Bros. Assaults and Battle Plugs to beat enemies. Launching on November seventh for Nintendo Swap, Brothership seems to be to be one more unbelievable addition to the Swap’s hallowed line-up.
Slitterhead
From the thoughts of Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama and Bokeh Sport Studio comes an unorthodox action-adventure set in Kowlong. Gamers management Hyoki, an amnesiac entity dedicated to defeating the Slitterheads, monstrous beings who can mimic people. Hyoki’s predominant technique of combating is possession, taking up different beings and utilizing their blood to create weapons.
It’s additionally nice for getting round and accessing totally different elements of town (relying on the host’s id). General, it’s a big departure from Toyama’s earlier works, and we’re eager to see extra when it launches on November eighth for PS4, PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC.
Farming Simulator 25
After final yr’s Farming Simulator 23 carried out decently on telephones (and horrendously on Nintendo Swap), GIANTS Software program is lastly releasing a full-fledged sequel for Xbox Sequence X/S, PS5, and PC on November twelfth. Farming Simulator 25 options over 20 new crops, greater than 400 autos, instruments from 150+ manufacturers, and a brand new East Asian surroundings. Much more notable are the visible enhancements over earlier titles, from terrain deformation and dynamic climate to improved shadows.
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake
The legend of Erdrick is lastly coming to up to date consoles when Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake launches on November 14th for PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, PC and Nintendo Swap. That includes the HD-2D visible fashion, the story sees the protagonist, little one of the nice Ortega, embarking on a journey to defeat Baramos, the Archfiend.
Recruiting allies with customizable appearances and vocations, gamers can discover the world, have interaction in aspect quests, enterprise into dungeons, and even rescue monsters for battling within the new Monster Area. There’s additionally a brand new Vocation, the Monster Wrangler, and quality-of-life options, like fight orders, which make for a extra approachable expertise.
LEGO Horizon Adventures
Have you ever ever needed to re-experience Guerrilla Video games’ Horizon Zero Daybreak in a brand new manner? Sure, except for the upcoming remaster. In that case, Studio Gobo’s LEGO Horizon Adventures has you lined. It carries the attraction and light-hearted environment that the Lego sequence is thought for, downplaying a few of Zero Daybreak’s darker parts within the course of.
You’ll nonetheless play as Aloy searching for her mom, solo or teaming with different characters like Varl in an action-adventure (and never a beat ’em up the place you’ll gather Studs like different Lego titles). It’s an odd ask, to make sure, however LEGO Horizon Adventures might shock us when it launches on November 14th for PS5, Nintendo Swap, and PC.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
With the breakout success of its 2020 flight sim, it was solely a matter of time earlier than Microsoft went again to the properly with Flight Simulator. Developed once more by Asobo Studio, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launches on November nineteenth for Xbox Sequence X/S and PC. To this point, it seems to be like a staggering effort that builds upon its predecessor whereas utterly blowing it out of the water.
A brand new Profession System the place you are taking assessments, be taught all the pieces there’s to know after which embark on totally different mission sorts, from industrial flights and rescue missions to escorting VIPs. There are new plane and avionics techniques to grasp, a brand new flight planner with IFR charts and route planning, over 150 hand-crafted airports (alongside 40,000 procedurally generated airports); and 27 biomes which you could discover on foot. The unique is without doubt one of the greatest video games in scale, however Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 might very properly dethrone it.
S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl
If one large console unique wasn’t sufficient for Microsoft, then maybe S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl will seal the deal. After a number of years of delays, to say nothing of the real-world challenges that GSC Sport World endured, it’s lastly launching on November twentieth for Xbox Sequence X/S and PC. As Skif, gamers enter the Zone and just about have full reign if they’ll survive.
They’ll encounter different factions, each pleasant and hostile, battle mutants, uncover Artifacts, and have one too many run-ins with environment-altering Anomalies. The world is seamless, totally hand-crafted and teeming with secrets and techniques, which the developer says will necessitate over 100 hours to find. There’s a whole lot of hype and expectations on S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2, and in just some weeks, we’ll see if it lastly delivers.
Tetris Perpetually
Why discover one golden yr of the Tetris franchise when you may expertise all of them? Digital Eclipse’s Tetris Perpetually collects over 15 titles from the puzzle sequence into one assortment, from recreating the very first Tetris launched in 1984 to Japan-only video games which might be playable for the primary time worldwide.
It even consists of Tetris Time Warp, a brand-new title the place gamers warp between totally different eras of Tetris in a single sport, playable solo and with three different individuals. If you happen to’re eager on historical past, there’s a museum with authentic advertisements and pictures on high of latest documentary featurettes detailing the unique sport’s growth. Tetris Perpetually launches on November twelfth for Xbox One, PS4, Xbox Sequence X/S, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Swap.
9 Sols
If the anticipate Hole Knight: Silksong has gone from despair to acceptance, Pink Candle Video games’ 9 Sols could present a worthy diversion. Accessible earlier this yr for PC, it’s coming to PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Swap on November twenty sixth.
Combining parts of platforming with hack-and-slash fight, together with a sturdy parry system impressed by Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, 9 Sols focuses on Yi, who embarks on a quest to slay the titular 9 Sols. Presenting glossy animated visuals, gamers be taught extra about Yi, the character of New Kunlun and unlock skills to entry new areas. If you happen to’re a fan of difficult fight or motion platforms basically, it’s price a glance.
Towers of Aghasba (Early Entry)
“Fantasy constructing with a mixture of open-world exploration and restoration” describes Towers of Aghasba, which enters early entry on November nineteenth for PS5 and PC. Impressed by movies like Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke, it sees gamers constructing a brand new metropolis for his or her individuals whereas venturing into the world to cleanse a mysterious corruption.
Early entry options three ecosystems and city sorts, greater than 40 creatures, over 120 vegetation, and 150 recipes for decorations. You possibly can go it alone or play with as much as three different gamers, participating in fight, farming, fishing or discovering historic ruins. If its gameplay can dwell as much as the beautiful aesthetic, then Towers of Aghasba might find yourself as one more hallmark open-world sandbox crafting title.
