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.

Paradox Interactive and developer Colossal Order announced that they are delaying the release of Cities: Skylines 2 on consoles, pushing back the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of the game to Spring 2024. The PC version will still be released on October 24, as planned.

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.

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.

Xbox was present at the 2023 Tokyo Game Show as they hosted an Xbox Tokyo Game Show broadcast to announce updates to Japanese games coming to Xbox and Game Pass in the near future. Here’s a rundown of everything announced at the show.

During the 2023 Xbox Tokyo Game Show broadcast, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced that their upcoming game Like a Dragon Gaiden: Man Who Erased His Name, is coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one.

Sega has released new details for their upcoming tactical RPG Persona 5 Tactica, covering the new enemies you can respect in this spin-off, how Sub-Personas work, weapon forging, and more.

Sega and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced that Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will launch on January 26, 2024. A lengthy story-focused trailer was released, giving us a good idea of what’s happening in the next big mainline entry in the long-running Yakuza series.

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a hell of a mic drop. While it’s no reinvention of the wheel, it’s definitely a more compelling and accessible take on the formula that has a lot to recommend it, both for fans of those titles and younger gamers in search of something new.