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If you work in games retail, you might want to take a deep breath before looking at the release schedule for the next month.
From next week onwards, there are multiple major launches every few days for the next five weeks.
And after that, there’s the onslaught of Black Friday, quickly followed by the arrival of Rainbow Six: Siege, Just Cause 3 and Xenoblade Chronicles X in early December.
Next Friday, October 23rd, alone marks the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Guitar Hero Live and The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes.
Less than five days later, on October 27th, Halo 5: Guardians arrives.
And a mere three days after that, October 30th, there’s the giant releases of Minecraft: Story Mode on disc and wrestling sports game WWE 2K16.
November kicks off with the release of Need for Speed on the 5th, followed the very next day by Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
On November 10th, the long-anticipated Fallout 4 hits shelves, while equally awaited StarCraft II expansion Legacy of the Void launches on PC the very same day.
At the end of that week, on November 13th, it’s time for Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Just six days later, on November 19th – which will seem like a long breather by then – Assassin’s Creed Syndicate comes to PC and will be joined by the AT-AT-sized launch of Star Wars Battlefront.
The day afterwards, Nintendo has a triple threat in Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival and a fresh new Style Boutique game. Meanwhile, Telltale’s Game of Thones series will come to retail.
Take a look at the exhaustive release schedule below, and find out every other upcoming release for 2015 and beyond by visiting’s MCV’s release schedule.
October 23rd
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers (Kalypso Media)
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft)
Ether One (SOEDESCO)
Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets (Ubisoft)
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns (NCSoft)
Guitar Hero Live (Activision Blizzard)
Jackbox Games Party Pack Volume 1 (Avanquest)
Just Dance 2016 (Ubisoft)
NOW That’s What I Call Sing: Single Mic Pack (Ravenscourt)
Space Hulk (Funbox Media)
Superbeat Xonic (Rising Star Games)
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (Nintendo)
October 27th
Darksiders 2 Deathinitive Edition (Nordic Games)
Divinity Original Sin: Enhanced Edition (Focus Home Interactive)
Halo 5: Guardians (Microsoft)
MX vs ATV Supercross Encore (Nordic Games)
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire (EA)
October 29th
Farming Simulator 15 Expansion Pack (Focus Home Interactive)
Farming Simulator 15 Gold Edition (Focus Home Interactive)
October 30th
Ceres (Iceberg Interactive)
Discover Australia and New Zealand – FSX and Steam (Excalibur)
London to Brighton – Stand Alone and Add-on for Train Simulator 2015/2016 (Dovetail Games)
Minecraft: Story Mode – A Telltale Game Series – Season Disc (Avanquest)
Professional Farmer 2016 (Bandai Namco)
Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water (Nintendo)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker (NIS America)
Shovel Knight (Avanquest)
Tower of Guns (SOEDESCO)
WWE 2K16 (2K Games)
November 3rd
Anno 2205 (Ubisoft)
November 5th
Need For Speed (EA)
November 6th
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations (Bandai Namco)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Activision Blizzard)
Chibi Robo! Zip Lash (Nintendo)
Hello Kitty and The Apron of Magic Rhythm Cooking (Rising Star Games)
Hello Kitty: Kruisers (Rising Star Games)
Persona 4: Dancing All Night (NIS America)
The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy’s Grand Adventure (Activision Blizzard)
Zombie Vikings: Ragnarok Edition (Rising Star Games)
November 10th
Fallout 4 (Bethesda)
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void (Activision Blizzard)
November 12th
Construction Simulator Gold (Excalibur)
November 13th
Football Manager 2016 (Sega)
Hello Kitty and Friends: Rocking World (Rising Star Games)
Horse Life 4 (Deep Silver)
Kromaia Omega (Rising Star games)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix)
Rodea: The Sky Soldier (NIS America)
Sword Art Online: Lost Song (Bandai Namco)
November 19th
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft)
Star Wars Battlefront (EA)
November 20th
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (Nintendo)
Barbie and Her Sisters Puppy Rescue (Bandai Namco)
Fireman Sam: To The Rescue (Avanquest)
Game of Thrones – A Telltale Games Series: Season Pass Disc (Alternative Software)
Mario Tennis Ultra Smash (Nintendo)
Nintendo Presents: New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward (Nintendo)
