This month’s games have a running theme since most additions are coming from the Assassin’s Creed and Dragon Quest franchises. Alongside the additions for Extra and Premium tier members, the Essential tier members’ free monthly games have already been released. If you would like to hear more click here.
October’s PlayStation Plus Game additions to the catalog
PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Tier Additions
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Definitive Edition (PS4/PS5)
The classic genre-defining open-world action game, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, updated from its previous generation, comes to PS Plus’s game catalog. The Definitive edition comes with new lighting, environmental upgrades, high-resolution textures, increased draw distances, a control scheme and targeting similar to Grand Theft Auto V, and much more.
Revisit Vice City and enjoy the familiar sights with updated controls and textures.
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (PS4)
The last entry to the legendary RPG series from creator Yuji Horii, character designer Akira Toriyama and composer Koichi Sugiyama. Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age, is a completely standalone title that features new characters, a beautifully detailed world, finely tuned turn-based combat, and an immersive story that will appeal to longtime fans and franchise newcomers alike.
The Definitive Edition comes with all the content from the original game and adds extra character-specific scenarios, the choice of playing with the original soundtrack or a grand orchestral version of the music, the ability to switch between 2D and 3D graphic modes, a Japanese voice-acting option, and much more.
Embark on an epic RPG adventure with PlayStation Plus.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (PS4)
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey takes players to gorgeous Ancient Greece as not one but two possible playable characters, Alexios or Kassandra. With the choice of character, comes multiple paths in the story, allowing players to make decisions that will impact how your Odyssey unfolds. Sentenced to death by your family, embark on a journey from outcast mercenary to legendary Greek hero and uncover the truth about your past. Customise your gear, ship, and special abilities to become a legend.
Fight your way across Greece, engaging in visceral battles both on land and sea, to become a legend.
Dragon Quest Builders (PS4)
Become a legendary builder in the spin-off to the Dragon Quest series in Dragon Quest Builders. The realm of Alefgard has been plunged into darkness by the treacherous Dragonlord. Mankind was robbed of the power to build and forced to wander the ruins of their former home, scrounging and scavenging in the dust to survive. Embark on a tale of epic proportions in a sandbox world full of interesting characters and dangerous monsters.
Gather materials, craft items, and build everything imaginable!
Dragon Quest Builders 2 (PS4)
The sequel to the critically acclaimed block-building RPG comes to PlayStation Plus. Dragon Quest Builders 2 brings in new characters, an expansive world, unlimited building combinations, and a storyline to satisfy both new and old fans. Customize your character and set off to revive a forsaken world alongside a mysterious companion named Malroth. Afterwards, take your builder online and join your friends to collaborate and create anything you desire.
Embark on an epic journey and became the master Builder!
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below (PS4)
In the peaceful kingdom of Arba, man and monster live in harmony. However, suddenly the monsters snap and go berserk and only your group of heroes can fight back against their former friends. Choose between either the hero Luceus or the heroine Aurora and team up with past characters from the Dragon Quest franchise.
Bring the rampaging hordes of monsters to their senses and restore order to the kingdom.
Dragon Quest Heroes II: Explorer’s Edition (PS4)
Plunge into the hack-and-slash action RPG of Dragon Quest Heroes 2, where players embark on adventures to restore order in a once peaceful world. Dragon Quest Heroes 2 features a cast of playable characters each with unique moves and abilities. See familiar faces from the Dragon Quest series alongside four brand-new heroes. Team up with three of your friends for a 4-player cooperative multiplayer to conquer swarms of enemies and defeat challenging boss monsters.
Take on the story mode alone and then fight swarms of enemies in cooperative multiplayer.
Inside (PS4)
Inside is a platformer in a dark narrative combined with intense action and challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the centre of a dark project.
The Medium (PS5)
One of the few PlayStation 5 games joining the game catalog is the third-person psychological horror, The Medium. Explore the real world and the spirit world at the same time, thanks to the innovative dual-reality feature that displays the character’s abilities. Use your psychic abilities to solve puzzles spanning both worlds, uncover deeply disturbing secrets, and survive encounters with unspeakable horrors.
Enter a dark reality inspired by Zdzisław Beksiński’s grim and unsettling paintings.
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker (PS4)
Battle as a team of four ninjas from the Naruto franchise in the latest entry, Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker. Built from the ground up in a completely new graphic style, lead your team and fight online to see who the best ninjas are!
Play as iconic characters from Naruto, Naruto Shippuden and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles (PS4)
The 2.5D stealth collection of three Assassin’s Creed games comes to the PS Plus game catalog. Assassin’s Creed Chronicles takes players to China, India, and Russia as three different Assassins. In China, play as Shao Jun in the 16th century, as she takes her vengeance on the Chinese emperor. Take on the role of Arbaaz in his quest for retribution through a colourful Colonial India. Lastly, dive into the aftermath of the Red October revolution reimagining as Nikolaï Orelov or Anastasia set in 1918 Russia.
Explore three games in three different locations through the eyes of three different assassins.
Assassin’s Creed III Remastered (PS4)
Return to the heart of the American Revolution in Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered. Take on the role of native American assassin, Connor, as he fights for liberty for his people and nation. From bustling city streets to chaotic battlefields, assassinate your foes in a variety of deadly ways with a vast array of weaponry. The remaster also comes with all story DLC for Assassin’s Creed 3 and as a bonus, Assassin’s Creed Liberation is included and remastered.
Play as both Connor and Aveline as they track down Templars in Colonial America and use new tools to take them down.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (PS4)
Assassin’s Creed delves into 18th-century London where the Templars have full control of the city. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate presents two playable protagonists Jacob and Evie Frye, as they take back the city from the Templars. Use the new zipline grappling hook tool to quickly climb up buildings in seconds. Traditional weapons can’t be used in the streets of London, adapt by using cane swords, knuckledusters, and the occasional firearm. Band together and recruit members of the London populace to form The Rooks, your own personal army on the streets.
Play as the brother and sister assassin duo, Jacob and Evie Frye as they take over London.
Hohokum (PS4)
In Hohokum, become a curious flying kite-like being as you travel to extraordinary worlds just waiting to be explored. Interact with eclectic characters, wacky toys and peculiar environments to uncover some very strange secrets. If you don’t fancy uncovering the lore, you can simply roam at your own pace and be totally amazed and amused at the surprises that unfold in front of your eyes.
Hohokum lets players interact with a world that resembles a gigantic playground, a place to get gloriously lost in.
PlayStation Plus Premium Tier Only Additions
Yakuza 3 Remastered (PS4)
Ripped from his retired new life as a caretaker of an orphanage, Kazuma Kiryu returns to the world of Yakuza politics. Adventure through the sleepless city of Kamurocho, Tokyo and the tropical lands of Okinawa to help rescue his new wards. Yakuza 3 comes to the PS4 for the first time with restored content in 1080p and 60fps.
Can Kiryu rescue the orphanage and escape his past for good?
Yakuza 4 Remastered (PS4)
For the first time ever in the series, play as multiple protagonists throughout the story. After a murder takes place in Tojo territory, a loan shark, a death-row inmate, a corrupt cop and a legendary former yakuza’s fates intertwine to solve the murder. Unravel a hidden battle over money, power, status, and honour and a mysterious woman at the centre of it all. With underground forces readily willing to kill to protect their secrets, the search seems to lead to more questions than answers. Yakuza 4 comes to the PS4 for the first time with restored content in 1080p and 60fps.
Play as four different protagonists with their own different fighting styles.
Yakuza 5 Remastered (PS4)
Yakuza 5 continues the story of the Dragon of Dojima. Forced to reckon with his past once more, Kazama Kiryu returns to the criminal underworld to protect those he holds dear. His life as a cab driver suddenly ends as the standing peace between the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance disintegrates. Their lives interwoven, follow Kiryu and his allies in their quest to navigate the corrupt underbelly and prevent an all-out turf war. Yakuza 5 comes to the PS4 for the first time with restored content in 1080p and 60fps.
Play as five playable protagonists across five major cities in the biggest Yakuza adventure yet!
Limbo (PS4)
In an unsettling, 2D puzzle platformer, a young boy enters Limbo to discover the fate of his sister. Avoid deadly obstacles and horrifying creatures in a dark and grim world. PlayDead, the studio behind the equally critically acclaimed Inside, is also included in the Game Catalog this month for Extra tier members and above.
Can you take on the challenging trials ahead?
Ultra Street Fighter IV (PS4)
With a hulking roster of 44 world warriors, including legendary street fighters Ryu, Ken and Blanka, and five newcomers, Elena, Hugo, Poison and Rolento from Street Fighter X Tekken, along with the notorious Russian assassin, Decapre. Train hard and learn devastating moves and combos to expertly inflict a Tiger Knee, Sumo Smash or Whip of Love on your friends, enemies and online foes. Enjoy smoother gameplay, refined through PlayStation 3 fan feedback. Battle in classic Street Fighter arenas across the world, including six new stages.
Get over 100 different costumes for your fighters previously released as DLC on PlayStation 3.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (PS3)
In the reimagining of the Castlevania series, Lord of Shadows goes third-person as well as changing the mythology of the series. At the end of days, ungodly powers isolate the Earth. Gabriel Belmont, a member of the Brotherhood of Light, takes on the task of defeating the mysterious Lords of Shadow.
Across this shattered land, the souls of the dead wander unable to find peace, whilst creatures of evil wreak chaos and death upon the living. Explore gothic ruins, dark castles, old forests and frozen wastelands. Discover a whole world to investigate with many routes and hidden secret places that contain items to aid Gabriel on his quest.
Immerse yourself into the alternate Lords of Shadow timeline, meet classic characters and experience tangential side stories. Discover Gabriel’s ultimate fate.
Everyday Shooter (PS3)
Everyday Shooter is an album of games exploring the expressive power of abstract shooters. Play through different levels each with a completely unique musical, graphical, and gameplay style. Shoot to trigger musical sounds and riffs that combine to form the final soundscape of the game. Use points earned in the game to unlock extra lives, shuffle mode, and different visual filters.
Explore the different abstract shooters through different styles and adapt to the changes of each level.
SOURCE: PlayStation Blog
