During the keynote at the Final Fantasy XIV Online’s Fan Festival event in London, Square Enix revealed the first of its two new classes coming to the upcoming expansion Dawntrail and it’s a melee DPS Job called the Viper, wielding dual swords that can fuse and become a single blade.

Sonic Superstars drop-dashed straight out of the gate and busted open the Act-ending Roboticizer coating my cold, bitter heart to free my bright-eyed, bushy-tailed inner child and put a big smile on his face.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is now out in the wild and if you’re waiting patiently for the launch patch to finish downloading or plan to play the game in the near future, here are some spoiler-free beginner tips and tricks to help you in your adventure as Spider-Man.

Insomniac Games suggests players eager to play Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on day one with a physical copy of the game download the launch patch as it comes with “noticeable enhancements”. Without the patch or any use of internet connection, the game will still be playable from start to finish straight from the disc.

Genvid’s upcoming interactive series Silent Hill Ascension will debut on October 31, 9 PM ET, and has been picked up by Sony Pictures Entertainment to bring the series’ weekly episodes on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, the Bravia Core app for Bravia TVs, and select Xperia smartphones through the Xperia app.

Microsoft has revealed the games coming to their subscription service PC and Xbox Games during the second half of October 2023. Headliners are the 2023 Dead Space remake and city builder Cities: Skylines 2 which will be available on the service on day one of its PC release.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed the price of the lighter and slimmer PlayStation 5 model for Southeast Asia countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Horizon Chase 2 is a bit of a mixed bag. The great multiplayer, improved visuals, and incredible soundtrack make up for the relative lack of tracks and simplified challenges, but one can’t shake the feeling that this sequel, which originated on iOS, was made to appeal to casual players rather than the hardcore arcade racer crowd that embraced the original game.

You can’t go wrong with Spider-Man 2 if you were sold on the original game - it’s a fantastic use of the source material, and I think the studio has found its new specialty as they’ve delivered a superhero video game that might not only make one a fan of Spider-Man but a fan of Insomniac Games as a studio.

The upcoming action game Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will launch this November without an English dub as the studio plans to add it in a post-release patch.

If you’re a masochist or enjoy glitch-fests, you might find something salvageable in the Switch version of Mortal Kombat 1, but I strongly implore you to reconsider, and to warn your friends. Buy a new console if you must, but do not spend your hard-earned money on this travesty.

Crytek has revealed that the next Twitch Drops campaign for Hunt: Showdown will begin on October 25, 3 PM and will run until November 1, 3 PM UTC. This campaign will feature one legendary skin for the weapon Terminus, a legendary hunter, a weapon charm, event points for the ongoing battle pass, and supply crates.