Xbox Game Pass adds 15 games from November 3 to November 17, 2026, including Football Manager 27, Warhammer Survivors, Thronefall and Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, according to the lineup Xbox Wire published on November 3. That post is its only Game Pass lineup for the month so far. Which games a member gets depends on the plan, so the tables below give the plans the post lists for each game.

Games added in November 2026

The dates and plans in this table are the ones in the November 3 lineup. The post listed Football Manager 27 and Pit of Goblin as available the day it was published.

The same post lists Football Manager 27 for PC only. Every other game in the table is listed for cloud, console and PC.

Two later Xbox Wire posts confirmed releases from the list. A November 10 post said Football Manager 27 was out on PC and Football Manager 27 Console was out on Xbox Series X|S, both with Game Pass. A second post that day said Warhammer Survivors was out on Xbox Series X|S and on Game Pass.

The November 3 post also notes that Gravhounds, a Game Preview title, was already available with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Separately, Xbox Wire's list of new games for November 9 to 13 marks 9 Kings, another Game Preview title dated November 12, as a Game Pass game.

Games joining Game Pass Essential on November 15

Game Pass Essential has its own library. The November 3 post lists eight games joining it on November 15:

• Banjo-Kazooie
• Banjo-Tooie
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
• Gears of War: Judgment
• Halo: Spartan Assault
• Perfect Dark
• Viva Piñata
• Viva Piñata: TIP

Games leaving Game Pass on November 15

Thirteen games leave the Game Pass library on November 15, according to the same post.

• 1000xResist
• Barbie Horse Trails
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
• Firefighting Simulator - The Squad
• GoldenEye 007
• Great God Grove
• Moonlighter
• Pigeon Simulator
• Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
• Relic Hunters Legend
• Total Chaos
• Winter Burrow
• Wreckfest

When the rest of the month is announced

The November 3 post does not give a date for a further lineup. It tells readers to "stay tuned to @XboxGamePass for what’s coming up next." As of November 12, the Xbox Wire front page showed no second Game Pass lineup post for November.

The PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for November 2026 are Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered and Monster Train 2, and PlayStation said all three are available to play from Tuesday, November 3, to Monday, November 30. A separate Game Catalog lineup for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium members includes Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and PlayStation said that lineup will be available from November 17 unless otherwise noted.

Monthly Games for November 2026

The Monthly Games post lists three games, available from November 3 to November 30.

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered is a collection of three games: Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider: Chronicles and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. Dead Island 2 supports online co-op for three players, and Monster Train 2 is a single player deckbuilding game.

The same post said members had until Monday, November 2, to add the October Monthly Games, which were F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896 and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, to their library.

Game Catalog for Extra and Premium

The Game Catalog post lists eight games for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. The lineup is available from November 17 unless the post gives a different date for a game, and those dates are in the table.

Added to PlayStation Plus Premium

Two more games join PlayStation Plus Premium, according to the same post, which gives no separate date for either, so the November 17 date applies.

Lineups can differ by region

PlayStation said in the Game Catalog post that the Game Catalog and the Premium and Deluxe lineups may differ by region, and it asked members to check PlayStation Store on release day.

The PlayStation Plus app on PC will be retired from December 10

The same post said PlayStation will retire the PlayStation Plus app on PC from December 10, and that the cloud streaming app on PC will no longer be available. PlayStation said fewer than 0.4 percent of eligible PlayStation Plus Premium members use the app, and that the change does not affect memberships or benefits on PS5 and PS4 consoles.

This page is updated at this address each month when PlayStation announces a new lineup.

Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) needs a minimum of 212 GB of free storage space on a PlayStation 5, according to the PlayStation Blog, which published the figure on November 3, 2026. "Get ready by clearing a minimum of 212GB of storage space on your PS5," the post said. PlayStation's page for the game repeats the 212 GB minimum, and its support page tells players to have 212 GB of storage space available.

GTA 6 storage and download dates on PlayStation 5

When the download can start

Pre-loading on PlayStation 5 opened at midnight local time on November 10, 2026, to people who had pre-ordered the game, according to PlayStation. The Rockstar Games page for the game carries a post dated November 10, 2026, with the headline "Pre-Load Grand Theft Auto VI Now".

Downloading ahead of time means a player is ready to start as soon as the game becomes available on November 19, PlayStation said. The release date and the consoles are covered in When does GTA 6 come out?.

The boxed version needs the same download

The physical version of Grand Theft Auto VI is sold as a code in a box. It contains a game download code and no disc, according to PlayStation's support page, so buying the boxed version does not reduce the storage space the game needs. Prices for each edition are in How much does GTA 6 cost?.

How to check and free up space on a PlayStation 5

PlayStation's support page gives these steps:

• To see how much free space the console has, go to the home screen and select Settings, then Storage.
• To free up space, delete existing data or move data to a different storage device.
• If the pre-load does not start on its own, select the option to download to start it manually, and check that there is enough storage space available.

Release date and consoles

Grand Theft Auto VI is listed as coming on November 19, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on the Rockstar Games page for the game. On PlayStation 5 the game releases at midnight local time on that date, according to PlayStation's support page.

No. The physical version of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) does not come on a disc, according to the Rockstar Store, which sells it under the heading "Physical (Code-in-Box) Version Available." The store page said: "A disc will not be included in the box." The box holds a download code that is used to download the game.

Rockstar Games described the physical version the same way in its pre-order announcement on June 24, 2026, published on the Take-Two Interactive investor site, which said the box contains a download code. The announcement describes Rockstar Games as a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive.

What is in the GTA 6 box

What a buyer needs to use the code

An internet connection and a platform account are required to download the game, the Rockstar Store said in its answer to the question "What is a code-in-box?"

The same answer said PlayStation codes are locked to a region. A code shipped to the United States or Canada works only with an account for PlayStation registered in those countries, and a code shipped to the United Kingdom works only with an account for PlayStation in that country, according to the Rockstar Store.

When the boxed version ships

The Rockstar Store lists an estimated shipping date of November 12, 2026, for the code-in-box version. After the game launches, physical orders ship in an estimated 1 to 7 days, depending on the shipping option chosen, the store said. The store ships to 20 countries, including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Rockstar Games said in its June announcement that the physical version would be available starting November 12, 2026.

Can the code be used before release day?

Yes. Players who pre-ordered the code-in-box version can activate their code and begin pre-loading as soon as they receive it, Rockstar Games said in a Newswire post.

The Rockstar Store lists the release date as November 19, 2026. The full schedule is on the page When does GTA 6 come out?

Price and editions

The Rockstar Store page for the game also carries this line for people who have bought it: "Upgrade to the Ultimate Edition on PlayStation Store at any time." Prices for each edition are on the page How much does GTA 6 cost?

The Game Awards 2026 stream live on Thursday, December 10, 2026, from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, according to the show's official FAQ. The opening act starts at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, which is 4:30 p.m. Pacific, and the same page says the show is free to stream on all major streaming services.

Key dates for The Game Awards 2026

Every date and time in this table is stated in the show's FAQ and rules.

The eligibility cutoff is the date by which a game must be commercially available to customers. The Players' Voice category has a later cutoff: its games must ship on or before November 30, 2026.

The show's home page says the 2026 nominees are coming in mid-November and does not give a day.

How to watch and attend

The show is available to stream for free across all major streaming services, the FAQ says, and it says the show welcomes co-streaming and asks co-streamers to sign up. The home page links to the show's own channels on YouTube and Twitch.

The show can also be attended in person. The Game Awards said in its date announcement on August 10, 2026, that limited public tickets would go on sale on October 29 at AXS. The FAQ says a limited number of public tickets are sold and directs readers to the Peacock Theater box office for details.

How the winners are chosen

Winners are decided by a blended vote in which the voting jury counts for 90 percent and public fan voting counts for 10 percent, according to the FAQ. Fans vote on the show's website, and that voting closes on Wednesday, December 9, at 6 p.m. Pacific, the day before the show.

Nominees in most categories are chosen by an international jury of more than 100 media and influencer outlets, the same page says. Each outlet lists its top five choices in a category, and the five games that appear on the most ballots become the nominees. A tie can produce six or more nominees in a category.

What happened at the last show

The 2025 show took place on December 11, 2025, also at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The Game Awards said that show drew an estimated 171 million global livestreams of the full broadcast, up 11 percent from 154 million in 2024.

Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) costs $79.99 in the United States for the standard edition, the price Take-Two Interactive gave in its pre-order announcement on June 24, 2026. The same announcement set the price of the Grand Theft Auto VI: Ultimate Edition at $99.99. The announcement describes Rockstar Games as a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive.

GTA 6 prices by edition

The Xbox store shows the two editions for Xbox Series X|S as "$79.99+" and "$99.99+".

What the Ultimate Edition adds

Take-Two said the Ultimate Edition adds "an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action" to the game. The Xbox store sells that content separately as the Ultimate Edition Upgrade for $20.00, which equals the difference between the two edition prices.

What comes with a pre-order

Take-Two said that all pre-orders and purchases made before November 20, 2026, include the Vintage Vice City Pack. The announcement said pre-orders would begin on June 25, 2026, and Rockstar Games takes them on its Grand Theft Auto VI page.

The boxed version holds a download code

The physical version of the game contains a download code inside the box, according to the Take-Two announcement.

When GTA 6 comes out and on what consoles

Grand Theft Auto VI is scheduled for release on November 19, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, according to Take-Two. The Rockstar Games page for the game shows the same date.

Grand Theft Auto VI, known as GTA 6, comes out on November 19, 2026, according to the game's official page from Rockstar Games. The same page lists the game for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Key dates

The pre-order date comes from a Take-Two Interactive press release dated June 24, 2026, which said pre-orders would begin on June 25, 2026, at midnight local time. Rockstar Games is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, according to that release. The other two dates are on Rockstar's page for the game.

Which consoles GTA 6 is coming to

Rockstar's page lists two platforms, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The Take-Two release names the same two and says the game launches for them on November 19, 2026. Neither page names any other platform.

Can the game be downloaded before release day?

Yes, for people who have pre-ordered. "Grand Theft Auto VI pre-loading is now available for everyone who has pre-ordered," Rockstar Games said in a post dated November 10, 2026, on its page for the game. Pre-loading means downloading the game files ahead of time, so the game is ready to start once it is released.

This page will be updated at this address if Rockstar Games changes the date.