New Releases: October 3rd-9th, 2024

This week, Silent Hill 2 and Until Dawn receive Unreal Engine-powered revivals, NHL 25 decisively moves to now-gen systems, while Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream lets online teams tackle gigantic bosses. Meanwhile, Putrika 1st.cut: The Reason She Must Perish (pictured) delivers delight along with a bit of discomfort. Here’s the full list of what’s arriving on PC and consoles:

PlayStation 4

Camp Sunshine (digital, $6.99)
Cryptmaster (digital, $24.99)
Kill Knight (digital, $14.99)
Rogue Sentry (digital, $7.99)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (digital, $39.99)
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (digital, $5.99)

PlayStation 5

Max Mustard (digital, $29.99)
Metal: Hellsinger VR (digital, $29.99)
Necro Story (digital, $14.99)
NHL 25 (physical & digital, $69.99)
Silent Hill 2 (digital, $69.99)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (physical & digital, $39.99)
Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream (digital, $59.99)
To the Moon (digital, $TBA)
Until Dawn (digital, $59.99)

Switch

1000 Questions Quiz! National Flag (digital, $6.99)
All You Need is Help (digital, $19.99)
Block & Shot (digital, $4.19)
Camp Sunshine (digital, $6.99)
Circus of TimTim (digital, $9.99)
Cyberpunk Hacker (digital, $7.99)
Dawngrown (digital, $5.99)
EGGCONSOLE Sliver Ghost PC-8801mkIISR (digital, $6.49)
Flight Simulator Delivery: Cargo Business (digital, $9.99)
Golf Club Nostalgia & The Cub Bundle (digital, $22.49)
Grand Gardens (digital, $4.99)
Hidden in my Paradise (digital, $8.49)
Hide ‘N Seek! (digital, $4.99)
I*CHU: Chibi Edition (digital, $26.99)
Kill The Crows (digital, $3.69)
Korean Drone Flying Tour Jeju Island-2 (digital, $4.49)
Macho Shot (digital, $5.00)
Mark of the Deep (digital, $24.99)
Massi (digital, $4.99)
Meiji Tokyo Renka Full Moon (digital, $41.98)
Necro Story (digital, $14.99)
Nekograms (digital, $5.99)
Offroad Quest Simulator (digital, $6.99)
Picross Records of The Shield Hero (digital, $10.99)
Pour Cappuccino 1000 (digital, $3.59)
Rogue Sentry (digital, $7.99)
Rolling Football Player (digital, $2.88)
Skautfold: Into the Fray (digital, $11.99)
Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire (digital, $24.99)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (digital, $39.99)
Spy Guy: Detective Games Bundle (digital, $19.99)
Submarine Bubble (digital, $4.99)
Survival Float Simulator (digital, $11.99)
Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream (digital, $59.99)
Tower Hover (digital, $5.99)
Urban Skater – Skateboard Delivery City Challenge (digital, $9.99)
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (digital, $5.99)
Zombie Derby: Pixel Survival (digital, $3.74)

Xbox One

Cryptmaster (digital, $24.99)
Johnny Trigger (digital, $4.99)
Kill Knight (digital, $14.99)
Skautfold: Into the Fray (digital, $11.99)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (digital, $39.99)
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (digital, $5.99)

Xbox Series S/X

NHL 25 (physical & digital, $69.99)

PC

Animal Trainer Simulator ($TBA)
Conbat Complex ($TBA)
Grunn ($TBA)
Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau ($TBA)
LEGO Harry Potter Collection ($TBA)
Parcel Corps ($31.49)
Putrika 1st.cut:The Reason She Must Perish ($TBA)
Silent Hill 2 ($69.99)
SkyBrew: Entropic Strategist ($TBA)
Son and Bone ($29.99)
Spin Hero ($TBA)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game ($39.99)
Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream ($59.99)
The Black Masses ($9.99)
The Hallways ($3.19)
Until Dawn ($59.99)
Victory Heat Rally ($16.99)
Wizard of Legend 2 ($22.49)

Rob’s Pick: Doesn’t everyone love Tony Hawk-style stunting while taking down the establishment? Before you answer that, take a look at Parcel Corps. In Billy Goat Entertainment (Her Majesty’s SPIFFING)’s latest effort you serve as a bike courier. But it’s more than just a blend of Jet Set Radio’s cell-shading with hectic Crazy Taxi-style duties. There’s also storytelling that skewers everything from the tech industry to influencer culture. The industry needs more punk and less product.

As a big fan of Resogun and Nex Machina, I’m always looking for tense arcade action, taut controls, with a side of trippy visuals. This week, the console release of Kill Knight seems to have most of those criteria covered. If you’re a fan of intense isometric shooters give this crimson-soaked title a look. Ryan and Matt, you guys are making me wish I could appreciate horror games.

Ryan’s pick: I’ve never been known to shy away from horror or psychological thriller games, so the clear winner this week is the remake of Silent Hill 2. I completely missed this one when it was first released in fall 2001, so I can’t think of a better way to start off my October and to tide me over until the Diablo IV expansion hits next week. I absolutely cannot wait to see what Pyramid Head looks like in the remake, so count me in.

SAO still has a place in my heart as it was my first isekai anime series. While many fans out there swear their allegiance to Asuna, I personally like Leafa the most and I’m happy to see that she’s one of the 21 playable characters in Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream. I’m definitely curious to see how the raid encounters will work as the game allows up to 20 players to join for online co-op. My fingers are crossed that the mechanics and online connectivity portion are good, which should hopefully keep the playerbase interested and active.

Matt S’ pick (editor, DigitallyDownloaded): I have no idea if Bloober Team is up to remaking Silent Hill 2. This is one of the all-time great horror games, with one of the most intensely intelligent narratives. I enjoy their games more than many, but still, this is a big, big task. But whether it’s brilliant or terrible I just have to know for myself, so Silent Hill 2 is my pick of the week.

Otherwise, I’m a big fan of rhythm games, and I*CHU: Chibi Edition looks like a good one. Blending rhythm games and visual novels together is a natural fit.