Xbox's running a free play weekend with four games up for grabs, Critical Role's voice cast is joining a new PlayStation RPG, and the trailer feed delivered twenty-seven launches, reveals and announcements across PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo.
Free games
Xbox's Free Play Days brings four games to try this weekend
Xbox's Free Play Days run from Thursday 8 October to Sunday 11 October, US time, so it carries into Monday morning here. Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members can play Screamer and Family Man free for the weekend, and ARC Raiders is free to try for every Xbox member, Game Pass or not. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Little Nightmares III, High On Life 2 and Rogue Waters are also in the lineup as timed trials.
Source: Xbox Wire
Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise goes free on the Epic Games Store
Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise is a spy-adventure game where you infiltrate secret agent Ruby La Rouge's hideaway to put a stop to her plans. It's free to keep on the Epic Games Store from Friday 16 October until it ends Friday 23 October, Sydney time.
Source: Epic Games Store
News
Critical Role actors join PlayStation's new band-management RPG Rockbeasts
Rockbeasts is a rock and roll band management RPG from developer Lichthund, due on PS5 in January 2027. Critical Role is attached for creative and publishing support, and actors Matthew Mercer and Sam Riegel have joined the voice cast. It's up to wishlist on the PlayStation Store now.
Source: PlayStation Blog
Trailers
Kingdom Hearts Collection I-III lands on Xbox
The bundle brings together Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and Kingdom Hearts III plus its Re Mind DLC. All three can also be bought separately. It's out now on Xbox.
Source: Xbox (YouTube), also reported by PlayStation (YouTube), Nintendo (YouTube)
Sesame Street: Friends & Fun launches on PlayStation
The new neighbours of Sesame Street are playable now in Sesame Street: Friends & Fun, out on PS5 and PS4.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox (YouTube)
Sulfur gets its release date
Sulfur is a chaotic FPS roguelike built around guns, gear, magic and cooking, with a heavy focus on weapon customisation. It launches on PS5 on 28 October 2026.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Jiaohun revealed, a first-person horror set in 1990s China
Jiaohun is a cinematic psychological horror game set in a small Chinese town in the 1990s. You play a wanderer piecing together a lost soul and the mystery behind the town's downfall. It's due in 2027.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Kingdom Two Crowns heads to Egypt in the Pharaoh Lands DLC
The new DLC for micro-strategy game Kingdom Two Crowns sends you into the Valley of Kings, chasing down the source of chaos sweeping an Egypt-inspired setting.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox (YouTube)
Spyder: Agent 8 gets a release date
From BAFTA award-winning studio Sumo Digital, Spyder: Agent 8 casts you as a robot spider superspy, crawling across walls and ceilings to solve puzzles in a family-friendly adventure. It's out on PS5 on 11 February 2027.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Valor Mortis launches, a soulslike from the Ghostrunner team
Valor Mortis is a first-person soulslike from the creators of Ghostrunner. You play a dead soldier from Napoleon's army, risen with supernatural powers to fight through a conspiracy threatening humanity. It's out on 13 October.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox (YouTube)
Silver Pines launches, a survival horror metroidvania
Silver Pines is a new survival horror metroidvania from Wych Elm Games and Team17, built around uncovering the mysteries of the title town. It's available now on PS5.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox (YouTube)
Dragon's Dogma 2 gets its Dark Arisen expansion
Dark Arisen adds new tales and encounters to Dragon's Dogma 2's fantasy world, and will also be sold separately as standalone DLC. It's on PS5.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox (YouTube)
The Witch's Bakery opens in a week
The Witch's Bakery is a 2D narrative adventure RPG where you live as a witch-baker in Paris, serving customers and mending hearts with croissants. It releases on PS5 in a week.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Order of the Sinking Star launches on Switch 2
Order of the Sinking Star packs in over a thousand interconnected puzzles alongside a cast of playable heroes and a grand mystery to decipher. It's out now on Nintendo Switch 2.
Source: Nintendo (YouTube), also reported by PlayStation (YouTube)
The Talos Principle 3 shows off gameplay
The Talos Principle 3 closes out the philosophical first-person puzzle series, taking players across more than a dozen worlds with new challenges along the way.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
The Escapists 3 announced
The prison-break series returns with The Escapists 3, letting you plan a breakout, craft items and pull off an escape your own way. It's due in 2027.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Aftergods revealed, a survival ARPG from the Tribes of Midgard team
Aftergods casts you as a god who survived Ragnarok, rebuilding a pantheon by recruiting followers, building temples and battling giant monsters solo or with friends in a handcrafted open world. It's coming to Xbox.
Source: Xbox (YouTube)
Risk of Rain 2 gets its Hallowed Concepts update
Hallowed Concepts digs deeper into the cult-like world of N'kuhana, adding new Trials, enemies and new playable survivors including Acolyte, across unexplored regions of Petrichor V. It's available now.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Bad Magpie demo lands on Xbox on PC
Bad Magpie drops you into one of the game's three areas chasing scattered meteorite shards, with a first look at the story behind the magpie's obsession with shiny trinkets. The demo is on Xbox on PC now; the full game follows in 2027.
Source: Xbox (YouTube)
Forza Horizon 6 heads to PlayStation in January
Forza Horizon 6 arrives on PS5 on 26 January, set in Japan with over 550 real-world cars to drive. Pre-ordering gets you a pre-tuned Ferrari J50, and the Premium Edition adds early access to the new expansion.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox Wire
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts launches on Xbox
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts lets you design and build realistic warships and lead them into naval battles across eras from 1890 to 1950, with ten different nations to play. It's out now on Xbox.
Source: Xbox (YouTube)
Dave the Diver crosses over with Subnautica 2
A free DLC sends Dave the Diver beyond the Blue Hole into Subnautica 2's waters, with new creatures, resources and dangers to find. It's coming in early 2027.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox (YouTube)
Prospice: Anomalous Logistics announced
Prospice: Anomalous Logistics has you driving a supply truck across an island warped by decaying gods, plotting routes through rivers and bogs while keeping remote outposts stocked and hunting occult artefacts on foot. It launches on PS5 in 2027.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Mafia III arrives natively on Xbox Series X|S
Mafia III is now native on Xbox Series X|S, free for existing owners of Mafia III and the Mafia: The Omertà Collection. The update marks ten years since Mafia III first launched, adding quality-of-life improvements alongside it.
Source: Xbox (YouTube)
Haunted Paws announced for PlayStation
Haunted Paws is a cosy co-op horror adventure where you play customisable puppies exploring a haunted mansion, solving puzzles and rescuing your missing owner. It's coming to PS5 and PS4.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Trainwatch announced, a horror set at a fogbound railway crossing
Trainwatch is a time-management psychological horror game where a simple one-month job as a railway gatekeeper turns into an exploration of occult grounds and unsettling locals.
Source: Xbox (YouTube)
Echo Weaver launches, a time-loop puzzle game
Echo Weaver has you mastering an unravelling time loop as the last Weaver, exploiting time anomalies and using what you learn to break the cycle. It's out now on PS5.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox Wire
K-Pop Rising: Dream to Shine gets a November release date
K-Pop Rising: Dream to Shine lets you customise a character and dance and sing your way through competition to stardom. It debuts on PS5 on 5 November.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Where Winds Meet adds the Qingzhou region
Where Winds Meet's first coastal-mountain realm, Qingzhou, launches on 15 October with a new region, fresh stories and Jianghu adventures to find.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Deck of Haunts revealed, where you play the haunted house
Deck of Haunts flips the haunted house script: by day you build your mansion's rooms and corridors, and by night you use a deck of fear-inducing cards against the visitors foolish enough to step inside.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
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