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Over the past two weeks, we\u2019ve gotten a metric ton of fall video game release dates. Almost none of those games will land in November, though. Publishers are steering clear of Grand Theft Auto 6<\/em>\u2019s Nov. 19 release date, slotting their games into a very crowded September and even more-crowded October instead. It\u2019s going to take a specific breed of monster to take on GTA, but Atari knows just the guy for the job: Godzilla.<\/p>\n

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In this year\u2019s best bit of counter programming, Atari will release Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered<\/em> on Nov. 3. It\u2019s currently one of the only games with a November 2026 release date, and you know what? Hell yeah, brother. I went hands-on with the remaster at Summer Game Fest and rediscovered a forgotten game that kicks all kinds of ass. Who cares about exploring a photorealistic city when you can reduce one to rubble while piledriving King Ghidorah into the ground instead?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not familiar with it \u2014 and I can\u2019t blame you if you aren\u2019t \u2014 Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee <\/em>was a GameCube-exclusive kaiju fighting game released in 2002. It wasn\u2019t a critical hit at the time, but it became a bit of a cult hit. Atari\u2019s Remastered <\/em>edition is looking to give the brawler a second wind, with developer Pipeworks Studios (who recently worked as a support studio on Marathon<\/em>) returning to rebuild the game in Unreal Engine 5.<\/p>\n

The new facelift is bound to be a little polarizing. Pipeworks trades in the rubbery charm of its original game for a glossy modern look, but it does still feel like you\u2019re playing with big toys on city playsets. Aside from that, the changes here are tasteful. The levels have been expanded out a bit so they aren\u2019t just square arenas, there\u2019s online multiplayer, and Mechagodzilla has gotten a Showa-era makeover at the request of fans.<\/p>\n

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All that really matters, though, is that monsters go smash and cities go boom. While it\u2019s not the deepest fighting game, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee <\/em>is still ridiculously fun as a casual competitive game. The beat downs are big and silly, like you\u2019re playing an exaggerated professional wrestling game. You\u2019re out here benchpressing Godzilla and tossing his crusty ass into a skyscraper. Eat bricks, moron. Everything feels intuitive on a modern gamepad, retaining the pick-up-and-play nature of the original.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s just enough nuance to master for those who crave depth. By the end of my demo, I had gotten pretty good at chucking a monster far enough away to safely set up my atomic breath attack from a distance. Maybe modern fighting game fans can find some untapped potential in an underrated gem. I won\u2019t lose much sleep if they don\u2019t; all I care about is Mechagodzilla hoisting Megalon above its head and blasting him so hard with laser breath that the bastard levitates in midair. That, to me, is video games.<\/p>\n

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In general, Atari seems to be the only publisher that knows how to deal with GTA 6<\/em>. Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered<\/em> is targeting a very specific kind of nostalgia that doesn\u2019t cross over with Rockstar\u2019s glitzy new game. Perhaps Atari\u2019s even smarter, and more daring, move is releasing Barbie: Rewind<\/em>, a collection of classic Barbie games, on Nov. 12 \u2014 just one week ahead of GTA 6<\/em>. Atari is banking on the idea that there won\u2019t be much crossover between nostalgic kids who grew up loving retro Barbie games and GTA fans. (I\u2019m psyched about both, frankly.)<\/p>\n

More publishers could stand to follow Atari\u2019s lead as September stacks up into a battle royale. Would Minecraft Dungeons 2<\/em>, a children\u2019s game, <\/em>really suffer much if it dropped two weeks before an ultraviolet crime simulator? Will horror fans not show up for Silent Hill: Townfall <\/em>if it\u2019s too close to GTA 6<\/em>? There\u2019s an art to counter-programming and Godzilla is showing everyone else how it’s done.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\tSeptember 2026 has way too many new video games trying to escape GTA 6<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n

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