October is the scariest (and busiest) month in gaming | Kaser Focus

I’ve returned from my small staycation, and my first revelation is that apparently everybody is terrified of the extremely crowded October coming this yr. In fast succession, each Assassin’s Creed Mirage and Alan Wake 2 shifted their launch dates to keep away from the center of the month, the place Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros Wonder and Lords of the Fallen battle for dominance. All this is to say … this has been an incredible yr for video games thus far and I can’t consider we’re solely half-done.

Microsoft additionally introduced just lately that it’s shutting down the Xbox 360 market simply shy of its twentieth birthday. While the firm seems desirous to reassure everybody this gained’t current an issue for recreation homeowners, I can’t assist however assume that one thing shall be misplaced. An evaluation from VGC means that over 200 video games may very well be misplaced when the market shuts down, and that peeves me to no finish. But if nothing else, hopefully it gained’t really feel as melancholy as the 3DS eShop closure.

In the meantime, we now have a number of new bulletins this week, together with the addition of an 8-strike system to Xbox. Baldur’s Gate 3 seems to be hovering excessive whereas Overwatch 2 appears to be floundering considerably. Activision dropped a trailer for Modern Warfare 3 that has me questioning who’s going to die this time. It’s been a enjoyable week to come back again from day without work — sufficient occurred this week to maintain me .

In private information, I can verify that I’m enjoying Starfield for evaluate, which can hopefully be completed on August 31! That’s assuming I don’t get hopelessly misplaced — and after enjoying three different RPGs in fast succession, that’s a definite risk. I’ll need to wrap up my Baldur’s Gate 3 playthrough in brief order, or I’m actually going tax what few mind cells stay functioning after so many wonderful video games.

What to play this week

What’s new:

• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
• Madden NFL 24
• The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
• Wayfinder
• Moving Out 2
• Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
• Desynced
• Hammerwatch II
• Book of Hours
• Gord

New on subscription providers:

• Everspace 2 (Xbox Game Pass)
• Firewatch (Xbox Game Pass)
• Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• Lost Judgment (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• Destroy All Humans 2 Reprobed (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• Two Point Hospital: Jumbo Edition (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• Source of Madness (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• Cursed to Golf (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• Dreams (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• Spellforce III Reforced (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• Midnight Fight Express (PlayStation Plus Extra+Premium)
• MediEvil: Resurrection (PlayStation Plus Premium)
• Ape Escape: On the Loose (PlayStation Plus Premium)
• Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice (PlayStation Plus Premium)
• Age of Wonders 4 (GeForce Now)
• Amnesia: The Bunker (GeForce Now)
• Darkest Dungeon II (GeForce Now)
• F1 Manager 2023 (GeForce Now)
• The Great War: Western Front (GeForce Now)
• Inkbound (GeForce Now)
• Kovaak’s FPS Trainer (GeForce Now)
• The Outlast Trials (GeForce Now)
• Project Highrise (GeForce Now)
• Regiments (GeForce Now)
• Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga (GeForce Now)
• System Shock (GeForce Now)
• Kingdoms: Merge & Build (Apple Arcade)

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