The 10 most notable video games of October

The release calendar is non-stop, and this October is packed with AAA titles, but also some independent gems.

A standalone sequel to Ghost of Tsushima (2020), also developed by Sucker Punch, and the most relevant PlayStation 5 exclusive title of the year. The new action-adventure game is part of an anthology series and in this case travels to Japan in 1603, where it tells the story of Atsu, a wandering mercenary seeking revenge for the murder of her family. Among the gameplay novelties of this new installment we find new weapons and combat styles, a much more vivid and captivating environment around Mount Yōtei, and a non-linear progression that seeks to enhance the player's curiosity and desire to explore. The studio has also already confirmed that a free multiplayer expansion similar to the first title will arrive next year, in which the darker side of Japanese mythology is explored.

Gamers who prefer Bandai Namco's digital monsters to Nintendo's pocket-sized creatures are also in luck this month. The seventh installment of the role-playing video game subseries Digimon Story It finally arrives this October, although it was first mentioned in December 2017, a delay that the team justifies by announcing that the project is being completely renewed. The company hopes the long-awaited return will delight fans and convince new players. On the other hand, there is already a rumor that the title will also arrive on the Switch 2 console in the future.

A new installment in this small saga of horror games that blends elements of adventure, puzzles, and platforming with a strong emphasis on the vulnerability of its young protagonists. It's worth noting that Little Nightmares III It wasn't developed by the Swedish Tarsier Studios, the original creators, but instead entrusted the development to Supermassive Games, a specialist in large-scale horror and suspense productions. The game is available on virtually all platforms and, as a major new feature, adds the option to play cooperatively, either online or locally.

Developed by Battlefield Studios and published by EA, the eighteenth installment of the first-person shooter war saga arrives. BattlefieldAs usual, the game features a single-player campaign and an entire online multiplayer mode, with a strong emphasis on environmental destruction and its involvement in gameplay. After the poor reception of Battlefield 2042 (2021), the studio decided to remedy this with a new installment with a more serious tone and, according to reports, a budget of 400 million dollars, making it one of the most expensive games to develop in history.

A few years later Pokémon Legends: Arceus (2022) the second installment of the series arrives spin-off of Pokémon, which, with its independent plot, experiments with new gameplay mechanics that differ from the series' usual ones. In this case, the focus is on real-time combat, where the trainer accompanies and moves with their Pokémon on the battlefield. The story takes players to the origins of the great city of Lumiose (Lumiose City) in the Kalos region, originally from the sixth generation, and revives the Mega Evolution mechanic, while introducing many new pocket monster variants.

From the hand of the creative Lee Petty and the Double Fine Productions studio (Psychonauts 2, Broken Age), now under the Microsoft umbrella, comes an experimental adventure. Keeper It's a story told without words, in which the protagonist is a long-forgotten lighthouse—yes, the building—now awakened and brought to life by the help of a feisty seabird. The unlikely pair's atmospheric adventure is filled with beautifully crafted dreamscapes, which help convey emotions as the player overcomes various puzzles and tries to understand the origins of everything.

This action role-playing video game draws from the world of tabletop role-playing games Vampire: The Masquerade It is a direct sequel to the first one Bloodlines (2004), now published by Paradox Interactive. The game was initially to be developed by Hardsuit Labs, but in 2021 the project was transferred to London-based The Chinese Room (Still Wakes the Deep). The player takes on the role of a veteran vampire from a clan of their choice, living in a fictional city of Seattle in the 21st century. With an immersive first-person camera and a wide array of vampiric abilities, the protagonist must feed on human blood and avoid detection to prevent the Masquerade from breaking.

The fourth installment (seventh overall if we count the classics) of the Koei Tecmo saga arrives, in the form of a direct sequel to Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012), and published under the Xbox Game Studios label. The game has been developed by the original creators of the Team Ninja saga (Nioh, Dead or Alive) but with the support of PlatinumGames, responsible for other titles in the genre hack and slash of quality like the saga Bayonetta either Nier: AutomataThe title, with a heavy emphasis on combat and a frenetic pace, tells the story of a new character named Yakum, although the original protagonist, Ryu Hayabusa, is also a playable character and has a relevant role in the plot.

American company Obsidian Entertainment keeps going. After releasing Avowed this February and early access of Grounded 2 This summer, a standalone sequel to The Outer Worlds (2019). The science fiction action role-playing game, also published under the umbrella of Xbox Game Studios, is set in the Arcadia star system, which has been colonized by megacorporations, companies with greater power than the government itself. The player assumes the role of an agent sent from Earth with the task of discovering the origin of spatial rifts that threaten to destroy the system, but the player will also have to survive a bitter war between factions for control of the territory.

The new game from Embark Studios, the Stockholm-based studio that debuted with The Finals in 2023 and now presents another first-person shooter and online multiplayer title. In this case, however, the subgenre ofArco Raiders It is known as an extraction shooter game, a type of tactical game in which players not only face each other, but also against machine-controlled enemies, while trying to flee the battlefield with loot through extraction points. In a future version of Earth, robots known as ARCs have taken over the surface and forced humanity to take refuge underground, and in this case the players, raiders, they go out to look for resources that they can take advantage of to make a profit.

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