The Pokémon Company is counting down to 2pm UTC on 30 November on its Japanese X account, using 30th anniversary icons. Here is what the numbers show so far.

The Board Game has raised $1.3 million from 7,049 Kickstarter backers, with pledges from £40 to £175 closing Thursday, Nov. 5.

Borderlands has passed 100 million units sold, and 2K has launched a limited-time franchise sale while Gearbox readies more Borderlands 4 content for 2027.

Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi's studio was dissolved on Oct. 31 after NetEase pulled its funding, leaving Gang of Dragon with no developer or release date.

A leaked 3,519-item list suggests the Xbox Black Friday sale begins November 19, with 007 First Light and Ace Combat 8 among the games named in it so far.

Soulframe's free Open Preludes alpha opens to all PC players on Nov. 6, with mounts, Veilands and a new Pact due in Verse of the Veilands later i.

Fortnite Treasure Hunters chests can drop Pirate Shop Access, two 14-day windows to claim Item Shop cosmetics for free. See how the 2026 and 2027 tokens work.

Modiphius takes its Discworld RPG to Lancre and Überwald, with a standalone core book, witches, vampires and Pictsies set for a Gamefound launch on 3 November.

Battlefront shooter over Mass Effect: Universe, sources say, with $18 billion in buyout debt shaping the call.

Nintendo declared Nov. 1 Pikmin Day and released a free Pikmin 4 Switch 2 Edition demo with save transfer ahead of the Nov. 12 launch and a $9.99 Upgrade Pack.

Blizzard's Holly Longdale cited Project Helix while discussing WoW: Forever's future, as the PC and Mac release adds a full controller interface for launch.

Report: The Elder Scrolls VI is called Sentinel and set in Hammerfell, with Bethesda tipped to reveal only the name in November, when Skyrim turns 15 years old.