The Launch Line-Up Of The Next-Gen Consoles

What can we find on the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S from day one? Here’s a list.

 

PlayStation 5 – the retail games (in brackets, the yes/no after the publisher shows if the PlayStation 4 > PlayStation 5 upgrade is free if we talk about a cross-gen title):

  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft – yes)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard – no; launches on November 13)
  • Demon’s Souls (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • DIRT 5 (Codemasters – yes)
  • Fortnite Last Laugh Bundle (Epic Games – as the battle royale is free-to-play, the free upgrade per se doesn’t exist; launches on November 17)
  • Godfall (Gearbox Publishing)
  • Maneater (Deep Silver – yes)
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Sony Interactive Entertainment – yes)
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition (Sony Interactive Entertainment – due to Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered, NO)
  • Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – yes; launches on November 17)
  • Overcooked! All You Can Eat (Team17)
  • Planet Coaster: Console Edition (Frontier Developments – yes)
  • Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Sony Interactive Entertainment – yes)

 

PlayStation 5 – the digital games or games with next-gen (in brackets, the yes/no after the publisher shows if the PlayStation 4 > PlayStation 5 upgrade is free if we talk about a cross-gen title):

  • Astro’s Playroom (Sony Interactive Entertainment – pre-installed on each PlayStation 5)
  • Borderlands 3 (Take-Two – yes)
  • Bugsnax (Young Horses – yes; free for PlayStation Plus subscribers until January, retail version arrives in Q1 2021)
  • Dead By Daylight (Behaviour Interactive – yes)
  • Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (Capcom – yes; retail version available from December 1)
  • Fortnite (Epic Games – it’s still a free-to-play game)
  • Goonya Fighter: Puru Puru Shokkan Edition (Mutan – Japan only)
  • King Oddball (10tons – yes)
  • No Man’s Sky (Hello Games – yes)
  • Observer: System Redux (Bloober Team – no)
  • The Pathless (Annapurna Interactive – yes; retail version from December 8)
  • PlayStation Plus Collection (Sony Interactive Entertainment, plus other third-party publishers – only for PlayStation Plus subscribers)
  • Poker Club (Ripstone Games – yes; launches on November 19)
  • War Thunder (Gaijin Entertainment – yes)
  • Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer Edition (Nacon – no; retail version launches on December 8)
  • Watch Dogs: Legion (Ubisoft – yes; retail version from November 24)
  • WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship (Nacon – yes; retail version from December 8)

 

Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S – the retail games (brackets have the publisher, then the first yes/no is for the Smart Delivery, and the second one is whether the game is on [Xbox] Game Pass or not):

  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft – yes, yes)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision Blizzard – no, no; launches on November 13)
  • DIRT 5 (Codemasters – yes, no)
  • The Falconeer (Wired Productions – yes, no)
  • Fortnite Last Laugh Bundle (Epic Games – yes, no; launches on November 17)
  • Gears Tactics (Microsoft – yes, yes)
  • Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft – yes, no)
  • Maneater (Deep Silver – yes, no)
  • Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – yes, no)
  • NBA 2K21 (Take-Two – no, no)
  • Planet Coaster: Console Edition (Frontier Developments – yes, no)
  • Watch Dogs: Legion (Ubisoft – yes, no)
  • WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship (Nacon – yes, no)
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon       (Sega – yes, no)

 

Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S – the digital games/next-gen upgrades (brackets have the publisher, then the first yes/no is for the Smart Delivery, and the second one is whether the game is on [Xbox] Game Pass or not):

  • Borderlands 3 (2K Games – yes, no)
  • Bright Memory (Playism – not on Xbox Game Pass)
  • Concept Destruction (Ratalaika Games – yes, no)
  • Cuisine Royale (Gaijin Entertainment – yes, no)
  • Dead By Daylight (Behaviour Interactive – yes, yes)
  • Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (Capcom – no, no; retail version launches on December 1)
  • Enlisted (Gaijin Entertainment – not on Xbox Game Pass)
  • Evergate (PQube – yes, no)
  • Fortnite (Epic Games – not on Xbox Game Pass)
  • Forza Horizon 4 (Microsoft – yes, yes)
  • Gears 5 (Microsoft – yes, yes)
  • Grounded (Microsoft – yes, yes)
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Microsoft – yes, yes; launches on November 17)
  • King Oddball (10tons – yes, no)
  • Manifold Garden (William Chyr Studio – yes, no)
  • No Man’s Sky (Hello Games – yes, yes)
  • Observer: System Redux (Bloober Team – no, no)
  • Poker Club (Ripstone Games – yes, no; launches on November 19)
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Microsoft – yes, yes)
  • Sea of Thieves (Microsoft – yes, yes)
  • Tetris Effect: Connected (Enhance Games – yes, yes)
  • The Touryst (Shin’en Multimedia – igen. igen)
  • Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer Edition (Nacon – no, no; retail version from December 8)
  • War Thunder (Gaijin Entertainment – yes, no)
  • Yes, Your Grace (No More Robots – yes, no)

 

The PlayStation 5 launches on November 12/19 depending on the region. The Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S is available from November 10 worldwide.

Source: Gematsu

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