Silent Hill: Ascension listing reveals late October launch

If you're looking for a spooky experience but would prefer to avoid the usual mascot horror tropes this Halloween, then you're in for a treat: World of Horror is now finally out of early access.

The release date for the slimmer and lighter mid-gen refresh of the PS5 has seemingly leaked online, alongside details about its first bundle. As per reliable tipster Billbil-kun — notorious for accurately leaking monthly PS Plus games ahead of time — the new PlayStation consoles with smaller form factor will go on sale November 10 in the US before spreading out to other regions; both disc and digital versions. A bit before that, on November 8, Sony would be bundling it with the newly launched Marvel's Spider-Man 2 at $559.99, which is the same amount as the existing standard edition bundle. While not explicitly mentioned, the content should be the same, with a digital voucher for the game, alongside a themed controller.

Idol Mahjong Final Romance 4 Remaster, a remastered version of the 1998 arcade mahjong game from Video System, will launch for Switch via Nintendo eShop on October 26 in Japan for 2,480 yen, publisher City Connection announced. Pre-orders are available now at a 2,232 yen discount price.

SEGA has released the launch trailer and screenshots for Sonic Superstars, which is available today for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will launch with only Japanese voice acting at first, with English dubbing expected to be added after release.

Japanese graphics card maker, Sycom, is offering the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 & RTX 4060 Ti GPUs with Noctua cooling. Both cards are based on a custom cooler that features dual Noctua PWM fans for improved thermal performance while producing less noise than traditional coolers.

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R Season Pass 2 downloadable content character Yuya Fungami will launch on October 20, publisher Bandai Namco and developer CyberConnect2 announced.

Side-scrolling adventure game Makoto Wakaido’s Case Files Deluxe Trilogy will launch for Switch and PC via Steam on October 19 for 1,564 yen, publisher room6 and developer Hakaba Bunko announced. It will support English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese language options. A PC demo is available now.

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has announced plans to launch its cloud streaming service on PS5 later this month.

Earlier this year, Sony promised they would launch PS5 cloud streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium members sometime this year, and now they’ve revealed the new feature will be arriving this month. Streaming games to PS4 or PC won’t be supported yet, so some may question the utility, but it will allow you to keep SDD space clear while testing out PS Plus titles. The streaming tech also sounds fairly advanced, allowing you to play at up to 4K and 60fps with HDR. Here’s a rundown of key features…

Sony has announced that PS5 cloud streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium goes live on October 17th in Japan, October 23rd in Europe and October 30th in North America. There will be several titles from the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog to stream, with “hundreds” of PS5 titles to support the same later.

PlayStation 5 cloud streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers will launch on October 17 in Japan, October 23 in Europe, and October 30 in North America, allowing users to play PlayStation 5 games without having to download them, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced.