Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition unlocks at midnight local time on November 5, 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo’s eShop listing shows the release date with no launch hour, confirming the standard Nintendo midnight-local rollout.
The Encore Edition is a Switch 2 exclusive version of Eidos-Montréal’s 2021 action-adventure game, optimized for the new hardware with a new set of 1980s glam rock outfits for Star-Lord, Drax, Gamora, Rocket, and Groot. The game includes the base story campaign plus all previously released cosmetic DLC. At $35.99 on the Nintendo eShop, it’s priced below the original launch price.
Eidos-Montréal is the Canadian studio behind Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The Encore Edition is exclusive to Switch 2 and includes the new Glam Rock outfit pack, the base game, and all post-launch cosmetic updates. The original game won Best Narrative at The Game Awards 2021.
The game unlocks at 12:00 a.m. local time on November 5, 2026 in each region. The United States rolls out at midnight Eastern Time for the whole country (9 p.m. PT on November 4 out west). The UK gets it at midnight GMT, Central Europe at midnight CET, Japan at midnight JST, and Sydney at midnight AEDT. New Zealand is first at midnight NZDT. The download size is 46.3 GB. There is no published pre-load time.
The Switch 2 version targets smooth performance in both docked and handheld modes with refined controls. Supported languages include English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, and Polish.
Our Switch 2 launch coverage has more on today’s releases, and the release calendar tracks every dated game. Will you be playing at midnight or waiting for the weekend?
Edited by Kerwin Stewart, Editor-in-Chief · How we report
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