Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced October’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and Classics Catalog titles. This month’s additions, which are listed in full below, include Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition, Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age,Assassin’s Creed Odyssey,The Medium, Dragon Quest Builders and Dragon Quest Heroes. PlayStation Plus Premium also offers a selection of PS1,PS2andPSPgames to download, andPS3games via cloud streaming. October’s additions to the Classics Catalog include severalYakuzaremasters, UltraStreet FighterIV and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow....

Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will now be released one week earlier, Sega has announced. The game, which was originally planned for release on February 28, will now be released on May 24, 2025. The latest trailer for the game has shown off ship-to-ship combat. The trailer, which debuted as part ofXbox‘s Partner Preview, shows the player boarding an enemy ship and attacking enemy pirates using third-person hack-and-slash combat. The game is an action-adventure title – not an RPG like recent spin-offs – starring the popular recurring character, Goro Majima, in a story that appears to follow directly from Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth....

Sony has announced that it has acquired Housemarque as the latest addition to its PlayStation Studios group. In a new post on theofficial PlayStation Blog,PlayStationStudios headHermen Hulstrevealed that theReturnaldeveloper was now part of theSonyfamily. “I have been a fan ofHousemarquesince the studio’s early days when they introduced Super Stardust HD to PlayStation fans,” Hulst said in a statement. “Housemarque’s recent release of Returnal proves the studio is one with incredible vision, capable of creating memorable new games that resonate with our community....

Japan Studio has been officially removed from Sony’s list of studios. ThePlayStationwebsitehas a pagethat lists each of Sony’s studios, including the likes ofInsomniac Games,Naughty DogandGuerrilla. As of last month (as spotted byPushSquareand captured by theInternet Archive), the page includedJapan Studioin the list, referring to it as “the long-standing talent behind some of PlayStation’s most original titles”. As the page stands now, however, Japan Studio is no longer present. In its place isTeam Asobi, the studio behind the pre-installedPS5gameAstro’s Playroom....

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s latest DLC features a new version of the game’s Ed Sheeran song, remixed by Undertale developer Toby Fox. The song, which is a remix of Celestial, Sheeran’s theme for Scarlet and Violet, is played during the game’s credits. Fox worked on some of the music for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, but this remix is credited exclusively to him. Sheeran, a lifelong Pokemon fan, appeared in a Pokemon-themed music video at the launch of Scarlet and Violet....

Stellar Blade is reportedly coming to Nintendo Switch 2. That’s according to a new report, which claims thatStellar BladedeveloperShift Upis currently developing aNintendo Switch 2port of the game, following its massiveSteamsuccess. According toPlayForum(translated from Korean), the popular action game is currently in development forNintendo‘s new console. This comes as developer Shift Up gifted hundreds of Nintendo Switch 2 systems to its employees. Developer Shift Up told PlayForum that “nothing is confirmed” regarding the development of aSwitch2 version, but that it was “reviewing various possibilities internally....

Rebellion has acquired fellow British games firm The Bitmap Brothers. The Bitmap Brothers is perhaps best known for its late 1980s and early 90s games including Xenon, Speedball and Chaos Engine. Sniper Elite makerRebellionsaid it intends to release classic The Bitmap Brothers games on new platforms and create new titles based on its popular licenses. “We’re delighted with the addition of The Bitmap Brothers to the ever-growing Rebellion portfolio,” said Rebellion CEO and co-founder Jason Kingsley OBE....

We could’ve spent months reviewing Elden Ring. Not because we needed that time to beat a particular boss, and not because it was so mentally taxing that we could only play it in short bursts, but because the game feels so incredibly massive and dense with mystery, that it feels like the public will only get a true sense of the magic of the game after it’s been out for a very long time....

There are moments during Tears of the Kingdom where I wondered aloud if it were the best game I’d ever played. A confluence of incredible new mechanics, over-achieving visuals, and best-in-class music come together in such harmony that you feel like you’re playing the apex of the medium. They can’t have done it again, can they? Well, yes and no. Let’s establish this early:The Legend of ZeldaTears of the Kingdom is easily one of the very best games onNintendo Switch....

The European Commission has begun seeking feedback from Microsoft’s and Activision Blizzard’s rivals on the companies’ proposed $68.7 billion merger. According to a leaked document obtained byReuters, EU antitrust regulators have sent out a questionnaire, with about 100 questions, to game developers, publishers and distributors who would be impacted by the deal should it be approved. Microsoftofficially filed its case for theActivision Blizzarddeal with the EU last Friday and the Commissionhas set a provisional deadline of November 8to clear the transaction or choose to enter a second, more detailed investigation phase,like the UK competition watchdog recently chose to do....

A mobile game based on the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series appears to have been revealed early. AFacebook pagefor a game calledYakuzaWars has been spotted, as reported by X userKnoebel. The page, which appears to be aimed at Chinese players, includes a brief description of the game along with new artwork. “Sega‘s first officially licensed Like a Dragon mobile game is a brand new, classic gangster-themed masterpiece for mobile phones, creating innovative strategic war gameplay,” it reads....

SNK has announced that it will collaborate with ARIKA to revive one of its classic franchises. The revival will be for a non-fighting game franchise inSNK‘s back catalogue, it said in an announcement on Tuesday. “The company owns over 200 SNK-branded game contents, including Neo Geo, and is currently promoting revamping to revive and revive past IPs. “As part of this effort, we have decided to collaborate withARIKA, which has excellent game development capabilities and is familiar with our IP....

Sony has rolled out a major PlayStation 5 system software update globally. It introduces a number of new features which havebeen in beta testing in some countries since late July. The update adds support for Dolby Atmos HDMI devices like soundbars, TVs or home theatre systems. This enables the console to pass the PS5’s 3D Audio feature to Atmos devices by rendering the 3D Audio channels (including overhead ones) to Atmos speakers....