PS Plus Essential: October 2022​

• Hot Wheels Unleashed (PS5, PS4)
• Injustice 2 (PS4)
• Superhot (PS4)

The three games will be available to download on Tuesday, 4th October 2022, and...

A first-person horror mystery game, Charon's Staircase, is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch in late October.​

Developer Indigo Studios and publisher SOEDESCO have announced that first-person horror game Charon’s Staircase is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch on October 28.

Charon’s Staircase is a mystery game that tasks players—as an agent codenamed...

Originally available only in Japan, the turn-based RPG has been fully localized into English while sporting improved visuals and quality of life features.​

Falcom’s cult classic 2010 RPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero is finally available in North America and Europe on PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch. Set in Crossbell, it follows Lloyd Bannings, who joins the Special Support Section of the police department. Check out the...

The Pokemon Company has revealed another new Pokemon that will be introduced in the upcoming RPG duo, though details on it are scant.​

The marketing for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet continues to gather momentum as we approach the RPG duo’s launch in November, and The Pokemon Company and Nintendo have more to reveal, as you may have expected. Having recently revealed three new Pokemon that’ll be introduced with the Gen 9 titles...

Wider accessibility and QTE warnings, along with a new extended chapter for Man of Medan that adds new gameplay and deaths, are also available.​

Supermassive Games has released new updates for The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan and Little Hope, the first two chapters in Season 1 of its horror series. Along with improving the user interface and overall gameplay, they also add difficulty settings and warnings when a Quick...

Blizzard Entertainment reveals its infrastructure for identifying bad behavior and cheating, like tying one's account to their phone number.​

To prepare for Overwatch 2’s launch, Blizzard Entertainment has announced the Defense Matrix Initiative. It “encompasses our infrastructure of systems designed to help protect the integrity of gameplay and promote positive behavior.” The initiative’s goals are promoting a positive...

Omega Force also chose to maximize the performance of current-gen consoles instead of previous gen to make the world "more compelling"​

With all of the games that Koei Tecmo has in development, it’s interesting to see Omega Force teaming with Electronic Arts for a new hunting game. WILD HEARTS is set in a fantasy Feudal Japan region called Azuma, where players hunt the Kemono. To the surprise of very few, it’s not an open-world...

Motive Studio also "re-injected" all of the additional lore from Dead Space 2 and 3, and the comic books, into the upcoming remake.​

Insider and journalist Tom Henderson recently reported that new gameplay and details for Motive Studio’s remake of Dead Space would be coming in October. However, the development team has already begun detailing the process of remaking the classic and confirmed some new features.

As senior...

The arcade racer and superhero fighting game will also be joined by time-stopping first person shooter Superhot for the month,​

Looks like there isn’t going to be a PlayStation Plus leak this month, for once. Sony has officially announced what the lineup of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers for the month of October 2022 is going to be, and it’s safe to say that it’s a solid one.

Starting from October 4 until October...

The remake is currently available for PS5 with improved visuals, accessibility features, AI improvements, and more. A PC version is also in development.​

After The Last of Us HBO series received its first trailer and a 2023 release window, Naughty Dog has released a new accolades trailer for The Last of Us Part 1. A ground-up remake of the 2013 PS3 classic, it’s now available for PS5 and also in development for PC. Check out...