As October draws closer it’s time yet again to claim some games from Sony at no extra cost, provided you’ve got an active PlayStation Plus or higher subscription.
Arriving on October 1, the new trio of games spans quite a few genres, kicking off with WWE 2K24. Holding a score of 80 on Opencritic, it seems to be one of the better entries in the series.
“A celebration of 40 years of WrestleMania, featuring iconic superstars past and present, playable across a vast array of game modes. Join the biggest superstars in sports entertainment as WWE 2K24 presents a retelling of WrestleMania’s greatest moments from the last 40 years. Take part in some of wrestling’s most unforgettable and career-defining matches, choosing from the likes of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Undertaker and Andre the Giant, alongside current contenders “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, John Cena, Rhea Ripley and Roman Reigns.”
That’s followed up by a suitably spooky game to match the October Halloween vibes in Dead Space, the 2023 remake of the horror classic.
“The sci-fi survival horror classic returns, rebuilt to offer a deeper and more immersive experience. Isaac Clarke is an everyman engineer on a mission to repair a vast Planet Cracker-class ship, the USG Ishimura, only to discover something has gone horribly wrong. The ship’s crew has been slaughtered and Isaac’s beloved partner, Nicole, is lost somewhere on board. Now alone and armed with only his engineering tools and skills, Isaac races to uncover the nightmarish mystery of what happened aboard the Ishimura in hopes of finding Nicole. Trapped with hostile creatures called Necromorphs, Isaac faces a battle for survival, not only against the escalating terrors of the ship but his own crumbling sanity.”
Finally, it’s time to join a club and work on your reading in Doki Doki Literature Club. I know nothing about this game except that it’s somehow secretly a psychological horror game in a cutesy disguise. I’ve been meaning to check it out, so this will be the perfect excuse.
“Enter the psychological horror experience of Doki Doki Literature Club. You play as the main character, who reluctantly joins the Literature Club in search of a romantic interest. With every poem you write and every choice you make, you’ll charm your crush and begin to unfold the horrors of school romance. Do you have what it takes to crack the code of dating sims and get the perfect ending? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.”