I hope you kept your bank account funds stocked, locked, and ready to roll, because October is the month in which apparently everything hits the gaming calendar. Q4 has officially kicked off, and this month alone is packing some heavy-hitters that’ll be looking to deliver some hard knocks to your precious time. EA’s annual FIFA franchise is out already, and in the days to come you can expect indie delights such as Jett: The Far Shore, Book of Travels, and They Always Run.
On the main event side, there’s going to be a lot of games. Alan Wake returns with a shiny remastered package, Ubisoft’s Far Cry 6 is looking to cause some chaos, and Back 4 Blood is dropping zombie multiplayer madness on anyone brave enough to give it a spin. But wait, there’s more! The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is ready to deliver jump scares, Age of Empires 4 looks set to be a strategic delight, and Marvel represents with Guardians of the Galaxy.
For Nintendo fans, October delivers a one-two bonanza with not only a new Metroid game, but also a revised version of the Nintendo Switch console that packs an OLED screen into its mega-popular frame. Whatever your taste, there’s bound to be a game that suits it this month.
October 1
- FIFA 22 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
October 5
- Exophobia (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Jett: The Far Shore (PC, PS4, PS5)
- Vagrus: The Riven Realms (PC)
- Hell Let Loose (PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- BPM: Bullets Per Minute (PS4, Xbox One)
- Alan Wake Remastered (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
October 7
- Far Cry 6 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia, Luna)
October 8
- Metroid Dread (Switch)
- Tetris Effect: Connected (Switch)
- Nintendo Switch OLED console launch
October 11
- Book of Travels – Steam Early Access (PC)
October 12
- Back 4 Blood (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
October 14
- The Riftbreaker (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
- Aeon Must Die (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
October 15
- The Good Life (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – October 15
- Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
- NHL 2022 (PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
- Crysis Remastered Trilogy (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
October 19
- Into The Pit (PC, Xbox One)
- Inscryption (PC)
October 20
- They Always Run (PC)
October 21
- Sands of Aura – Early Access (PC)
- Echo Generation (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
- Resident Evil 4 VR (Quest 2)
- Tandem: A Tale of Shadows (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
October 22
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
October 26
- Guardians of the Galaxy (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
- Darkest Dungeon 2 – Early Access (PC)
- Solar Ash (PC, PS4, PS5)
- The Unliving – Steam Early Access (PC)
October 28
- Riders Republic (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia)
- Age of Empires 4 (PC)
- Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars (PC, PS4, Switch)
- Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
- Mario Party Superstars (Switch)