October Games: review and survey

Several highly anticipated games were released in September. For example, we can highlight the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 event, the PlayStation exclusive Astro Bot, or the Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown race. But the story The Casting of Frank Stone from the studio Supermassive Games, the action-adventure The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom from Nintendo or the strategy Ara: History Untold and Frostpunk 2 also deserve mention.

The busy fall season is expected to continue into October, when first of all we will see the release of the new Call of Duty subtitle Black Ops 6 and the continuation of the Dragon Age series under the nickname The Veilguard. Three remakes of old games will also be released.

In particular, these will be remakes of the games Silent Hill 2 and Until Dawn, which will complement the remaster of the action adventure film Horizon Zero Dawn. Other news includes a new year for the NHL franchise, Diablo IV’s Vessel of Hatred expansion, story-driven adventure game Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, and Nintendo’s Super Mario Party Jamboree title.

NHL 25

• Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox series X/S
• Release date: October 4
• Location: Yes
• Price: 80 euros

Already at the beginning of the month, attention will be drawn to the new year of the NHL series from Electronic Arts. This year, the game will be released for the first time only on current generation consoles, from which a significant percentage of players are hoping for advances in graphics.

The developers themselves, in addition to the more modern technical aspect, also promise improvements to the gameplay. However, the licenses will remain an integral part of the game, led by the North American NHL, which will bring a new team from Utah into the game in addition to the existing teams.

Until Dawn remake

• Platform: PC, PlayStation 5
• Release date: October 8
• Location: No
• Price: 70 euros

Nine years after the release of the original version, the horror story Before Dawn will receive a full-fledged remake. It will be released on the PlayStation 5 console and computers, where the game will premiere.

If the original game was published by the now famous studio Supermassive Games, then the remake was developed by the British team Ballistic Moon. He decided to choose the proven Unreal Engine 5 as a basis. The result should be more modern graphics and improved gameplay.

Diablo IV: Vessel of Hate

• Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
• Release date: October 8
• Location: No
• Price: 40 euros

In early October, regular players of the fourth Diablo will also receive their money. In particular, Blizzard developers will release the first major expansion called Vessel of Hatred. It will offer a new story chapter that will take place after the events of the base game.

Players travel to the Nahantu region, which consists of the jungle-surrounded city of Kurast. Also noteworthy in news are mercenaries and a new class called Spiritborn.

Silent Hill 2 Remake

• Platform: PC, PlayStation 5
• Release date: October 8
• Location: No
• Price: 70 euros

Another solid remake of an old game will be released on the same day as the Until Dawn remake. This will be Survival Horror Silent Hill 2, which was originally released under the Team Silent studio brand in 2001.

The Japanese publisher Konami entrusted the expected remake to the Polish studio Bloober Team, which specializes directly in the horror genre. The game will be released on PlayStation 5 and PC.

Super Mario Party

• Platform: Nintendo Switch
• Release date: October 17
• Location: No
• Price: 60 euros

Nintendo fans will not be bored in October, for which the Japanese company has prepared the game Super Mario Party Jamboree. This is a packed collection containing 7 boards and over 110 mini-games.

The list of games includes everything from running to carousels to motion-controlled mini golf. All this with the participation of famous characters from Nintendo, led by the iconic Mario.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

• Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
• Release date: October 25
• Location: No
• Price: 80 euros

Even this year, players will not be deprived of a new part of the popular Call of Duty series. This year’s episode marks the return of the Black Ops brand, which will receive a sixth episode.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was developed under the direction of Treyarch, which features a story-driven campaign, traditional multiplayer game modes, and a zombie mode. As for the setting, the game will be dedicated to the Gulf War, which took place in the early 1990s.

Life is Strange: Double Exposure

• Platform: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
• Release date: October 29
• Location: No
• Price: 50 euros

At the end of the month, fans of story-driven adventures will be able to see a new part of the Life is Strange series. The continuation of the famous brand with the subtitle Double Exposure will bring the return of Max Caufield, who was already loved by players in the first part of 2015.

Max has moved from college to university, where she will be helping photography students during the winter break. However, even this time, at first glance, civil history degenerates into a journey along parallel time lines.

Dragon Age: Guardian of the Veil

• Platform: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
• Release date: October 31
• Location: No
• Price: 60 euros

Fans of the RPG genre will especially be looking forward to the continuation of the Dragon Age series under the moniker The Veilguard from the October offering, which will be released less than 10 years after the release of the last part, subtitled Inquisition.

From developer BioWare comes an impressive single-player fantasy RPG that should stand out with its story, diverse cast of characters, combat and imaginative environments.

Horizon Zero Dawn Update

• Platform: PC, PlayStation 5
• Release date: October 31
• Location: No
• Price: 50 euros

On the last day of October, Sony will send to the market an updated version of the action-adventure Horizon Zero Dawn, the original version of which was released by Guerrilla Games in 2017.

The improved version, intended for PlayStation 5 and PC, will offer more modern graphics, which, according to the authors, should be comparable to the more recent work with the subtitle Forbidden West. Owners of the old version will be able to upgrade to the remaster for 10 euros.

Other games coming out in October:

• Master Detective: Rain Code+ Archives (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 1
• Throne and Freedom (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 1
• Predator: Hunting Grounds (PS5, XSX) – October 1
• Throne and Freedom (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 1
• Cryptmaster (PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 3
• I*CHU: Chibi Edition (NS) – October 3
• Kill Knight (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 3
• MechWarrior 5: Clans (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 3
• Meiji Tokyo Renka: Full Moon (Victory, NS) – October 3
• Parcel Corps (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 3
• “Find Yourself: Identity Verification Game” (NS) – October 3
• Rally “Victory Heat” (Win, iOS, Android) – October 3
• Skautfold: Into the Fray (NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 4
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Patrick Star’s Game (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 4
• Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream (Win, NS, PS5, XSX) – October 4
• Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 4
• Disney Pixel RPG (iOS, Android) – October 7
• Kill The Crows (NS) – October 7
• Kind Words 2 (Vin, Mak, Lin) – October 7
• LEGO Harry Potter Collection (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 8
• To the Moon (PS5, XSX) – October 8
• Heavy Load – The Truck Simulator (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 9
• PopSlinger Vol. 2: Loveless (Pobeda, NS) – October 9
• Amber Island (Victory) – October 10
• Bloodless (NS) – October 10
• Last Time I Saw You (Win, NS, PS5, XSX) – October 10
• Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire (Win, NS, PS5, XSX) – October 10
• Robot Grendizer UFO: Festival of the Wolves (NS) – October 10
• Dragon Ball: Spark! Zero (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 11
• Europe (Pobeda, NS) – October 11
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (Win, PS4, PS5, XSX) – October 11
• Starship Troopers: Extermination (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 11
• Transformers: Galactic Challenges (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 11
• Undisputed (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 11
• Wingspan (PS4, PS5) – October 11.
• 9 RIP (NS) – October 15
• Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition (PS5, XSX) – October 15
• DayZ Frostline (Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 15
• Firewood: Forsaken Kin (Win, Lin, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 15
• Just Dance 2025 Edition (NS, PS5, XSX) – October 15
• Neva (Win, NS, PS5, XSX) – October 15
• New World: Aeternum (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 15
• Nicoderico: The Magic World (NS, PS5, XSX) – October 15
• Squirrel with a Gun (PS5, XSX) – October 15
• 8-Bit Adventures 2 (NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 16
• Age of Empires Mobile (iOS, Android) – October 17
• Arsene Lupine: Once a Thief (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 17
• A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 17
• Blazing Strike (Victory, NS, PS4, PS5) – October 17
• Eternal Nights (NS) – October 17
• Kimi ga Nozomu Eien: Enhanced Edition (Victory) – October 17
• Recolit (NS) – October 17
• Tinkertown (XBO, XSX) – October 17
• Tintin Reporter: Pharaoh’s Cigars (NS) – October 17
• RetroRealms: Halloween (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 18
• RetroRealms: Ash vs Evil Dead (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 18
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 18
• Unknown 9: Awakening (Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 18
• Factorio: Space Age (Victory) – October 21
• AWAKENING: Astral Blade (Victory, PS5) – October 22
• Batman: Arkham Shadow (Meta Quest 3) – October 22
• Fairy Farm (PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 22
• Fear the Attention (Win, Mac, Lin, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 22
• No More Room in Hell 2 (Victory) – October 22
• Potiononomics: Masterwork Edition (NS, PS5, XSX) – October 22
• Wildermyth (NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 22
• BAN: Prologue GUCHA GUCHA (Victory) – October 23
• Rivals of Aether II (Victory) – October 23
• Wilmot works (Win, Mac) – October 23
• The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication (NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 24
• Card-en-Ciel (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 24
• Date All (Win, NS, PS5, XSX) – October 24.
• Flint: Treasure of Oblivion (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 24
• Rabi-Ribi Platinum Edition (NS, PS4) – October 24
• Remake of Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 (Win, NS, PS4, PS5) – October 24
• Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven (Win, NS, PS4, PS5) – October 24
• Shin-chan: Shiro and Coal Town (Victory, NC) – October 24
• Slay the Princess – The Pristine Cut (Win, Mac, Lin, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 24
• “The Smurfs: Dreams” (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 24
• Telebbit (Win, NS, PS5, XSX) – October 24
• Voidwrought (Pobeda, NS) – October 24
• Yakuza Kiwami (NS) – October 24
• Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Expanded Edition (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 25
• The Coma 2B: Catacomb (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 25
• Goblin Slayer: Another Adventurer: Nightmare Feast (Victory, NS) – October 25
• Sonic X Shadow Generations (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 25
• Ys X: Nordics (Win, NS, PS4, PS5) – October 25
• Fruitbus (Victory) – October 28
• Reel Fishing: Days of Summer (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 28
• Clock Tower Rewind (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 29
• Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution (XSX) – October 29
• Post Trauma (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 29
• Pokemon Pocket Trading Card Game (iOS, Android) – October 30
• Raiden NOVA (Victory, NS, PS4, PS5) – October 31
• [REDACTED] (Win, PS5, XSX) – October 31.
• Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered (Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX) – October 31
• Alan Wake 2: The Lake House DLC – October 2024 (Win, PS5, XSX)