It’s Halloween month! Dead by Daylight’s Shrine of Secrets refreshes every week as it gives players (either the Killer or Survivor side) a chance to get perks exclusive to specific characters they might not own or have yet to prestige to unlock the perks. If you’re looking for a specific perk, come back each week as we break down what becomes available in October 2023.

Developer GSC Game World is partnering with Singapore-based publisher 4Divinity to bring their upcoming shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl to Southeast Asian regions, co-publishing digital and physical copies of the game.

Techland is not done with their 2022 open-world zombie game Dying Light 2 Stay Human, as they’ve updated the game’s 2023 roadmap showing what to expect from the game for the rest of this year and early 2024. Features such as cross-save, the ability to repair your weapons, new weapon types, new co-op missions, events, and more were mentioned.

As Crytek gears up for their next big event for Hunt: Showdown in October, a new roadmap video was released to give players a good idea of what to expect from the game for the rest of 2023 and 2024.

The roguelike first-person shooter The Foglands is releasing on PlayStation 5 with PS VR 2 support on October 31 alongside it’s release on PC with Quest 2 support. Developer Well Told Entertainment announced that the game will launch with an FPS mode, making the VR headset not required to play the game with this mode.

Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that their free-to-play online game My Hero Ultra Rumble is now available on PS5, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (via Steam).

SNK will host a third open beta test for King of Fighters XIII: Global Match on October 3 at 10 PM ET and run until October 9. This new version of the 2010 fighting game features rollback netcode and an overhauled online system.

Sega released a cute 5-minute animated short for their upcoming platformer Sonic Superstars, which is scheduled to release on October 17, 2023, for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.

Valve has officially launched Counter-Strike 2, the successor to the overly popular online shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Steam. The game simply replaces CS:GO with various improvements and map overhauls.

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition, a package that compiles the original game and the recently released DLC called Burning Shores, and is coming to the PS5 on October 6 and on PC in early 2024.

Starfield isn’t as groundbreaking as one would expect it to be, but the developers held true in delivering the game fans have come to expect from Bethesda Game Studios, and in that regard, they succeeded, as this game has the potential to be relevant to players years after it was released, similar to what The Elder Scroll V: Skyrim is to this day.

Bethesda Game Studios patched Starfield with the 1.7.33 update, effectively removing the famous puddle loot glitch that was showering players with free loot since the game officially launched.