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October is here, and that means we’ll soon have a new selection of free PlayStation Plus games to download. Sony has announced the lineup for next month, and it’s an impressive one thanks to the headliner, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

Plus subscribers with a PS4 will be able to grab Phantom Pain during the month of October, following its predecessor, Ground Zeroes, which was a Plus freebie back in June 2015. Appropriately enough for Halloween month, PS4 owners will also get Amnesia Collection, a compilation of horror games Amnesia: The Dark Descent and A Machine for Pigs.

Thanks to Cross-Buy, those on PS4 will get a total of four games: Both Vita titles, Hue and Sky Force Anniversary, can be played on the handheld or PS4. And even PS3 owners get a bonus, as Sky Force supports Cross-Buy with the older console as well. That joins Hustle Kings and Monster Jam Battlegrounds as the standard PS3 games for the month.

All six of these games will be available beginning on Tuesday, October 3. You’ll have until November 7 to claim them, but time is running out to grab September’s free PS Plus games, which return to their regular prices on October 3. Additionally, if you haven’t already grabbed the bonus game That’s You, it leaves PS Plus on October 24. PSVR game RIGS also remains free until November 7.

Another bonus offer will be introduced in October for Plus members, as they’ll get closed beta access to Hand of the Gods, the spin-off of Smite. Until November 14, they’re also entitled to a free Plus Pack that consists of a special Galactic Invader Leader skin for Ah Puch, a card back, a player icon, and five Core Packs.

October 2017 Free PlayStation Plus Games

PS4

• Amnesia Collection
• Hue
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Sky Force Anniversary

PS3

• Hustle Kings
• Monster Jam Battlegrounds
• Sky Force Anniversary

Vita

• Hue
• Sky Force Anniversary

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Sony has announced a new model of its PSVR virtual reality headset. It doesn’t have many headline new features, but it does contain a number of small enhancements to help improve the overall experience of playing in VR.

Firstly, Sony says the new model features “an updated design that enables the stereo headphone cables to be integrated with the VR headset and a slimmer, streamlined connection cable.” In addition, the headset’s processor unit now supports HDR pass-through, meaning you don’t need to disconnect the unit–which lies between the PS4 and your TV–to enjoy HDR-enabled content on your TV. Sony notes that this feature can only be used when the VR headset is switched off.

Sony has not yet shared a release date for the new CUH-ZVR2 model, but it has confirmed pricing will remain the same. It also said PSVR’s packaging would change to allow customers to distinguish between the new version and the old CUH-ZVR1 model. All PSVR games will be playable on both versions.

It’s not yet clear whether the new model will come to Europe and Australia; Sony’s announcement blog only mentions North America and no such announcement has been made on Sony’s European or Australian channels. We’ll keep you updated should those regions receive the new edition.

The original PSVR model launched in October 2016. Sony cut the device’s price by $50 in the US earlier this year, at the same time as revealing a new bundle that includes the PlayStation Camera. In our verdict of the first model, we said “it trips up too many times to wholeheartedly recommend at this point.” For more, check out our PSVR review.

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FIFA 18 has finished top of the UK physical chart in its first week on sale, sending sci-fi shooter Destiny 2 down to No.2. EA’s football sim is consistently popular in the UK, and this year looks to be no different with another No.1 in the bag for the week ending September 30.

However, according to GamesIndustry.biz–which cites sales monitor Chart-Track–physical sales are down 25% compared to FIFA 17‘s launch. This follows a trend we’ve seen over the past year with games like Call of Duty: Advance Warfare, Watch Dogs 2, and Dishonored 2 all selling less than their respective predecessors. It should of course be noted that FIFA 18 launched on a Friday as opposed to the series’ usual Tuesday slot, meaning this year’s title had less time in which to rack up sales.

Chart-Track also reports that only 1% of FIFA 18’s sales came on Nintendo Switch, with 60% going to PS4 and 37% Xbox One. The Switch version has seemingly suffered low stock at many retailers, however, which no doubt hindered the port’s chances.

At No.3 this week is Forza Horizon 3, which Chart-Track notes was helped by retailer bundles containing FIFA 18. The other big football title, PES 2018, drops out of the top 10 for the first time since launch, now down in No.12. The only other new game this week, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, debuts at No.36.

“It’s off the pitch that EA excels,” we said in our FIFA 18 review. “From the variety of game modes on offer and how everything’s presented, to the constant updates in FUT’s Team of the Week, Daily Objectives, and discussion of real-world happenings in commentary, FIFA 18 captures the world of football and confidently translates it into a video game. On the pitch, however, EA’s soccer series is still lagging far behind PES 2018’s more fluid, satisfying football. This year’s improvements are welcome, but more needs to be done in the coming years if FIFA is to be a world-beater once again.” For more on this year’s football games, check out our in-depth comparison of FIFA 18 vs PES 2018.

You can read the full top 10 sales chart below, courtesy of Chart-Track. Note this table does not include digital sales data, and so should not be considered representative of all UK game sales.

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Stranger Things fans will be delighted, and so will anyone who loves a good scary movie at Halloween. Netflix has released all its new arrivals for October, as well as all the shows and movies that are going away next month.

Stranger Things 2 premieres October 27, giving you just enough time to binge your way through it before Halloween, when it’s time to watch some scary movies like Cult of Chucky. For something a little lighter, there are comedies like Tommy Boy, Miss Congeniality, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, and Talladega Nights.

A heads up, all seasons of 30 Rock are leaving Netflix on October 1, giving you just a little bit longer to get your Tina Fey fix. Check out the full list below.

Arriving on Netflix, October 2017

October 1

• 88 Minutes
• A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
• Before Midnight
• Blood Diamond
• Boogie Nights
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Cleverman: Season 2
• Death Sentence
• Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
• Eagle vs. Shark
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Generation Iron 2
• Ghost Patrol
• I Love You, Man
• Ice Guardians
• Lockup: Disturbing the Peace: Collection 1
• Made of Honor
• Miss Congeniality
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
• Must Love Dogs
• Never Let Me Go
• No Reservations
• Penelope
• PJ Masks: Season 1
• Set Up
• The Reaping
• Tokyo Idols
• Tommy Boy
• Vanished
• Veronica

October 2

• Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
• Sleeping with Other People

October 3

• 13 Demons
• Rodney Carrington: Here Comes The Truth (Netflix Original)
• Cult of Chucky
• The Survivalist

October 4

• Raw

October 5

• Bonus Family (Bonusfamiljen): Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Schitt’s Creek: Season 3
• The Fosters: Season 5

October 6

• ID-0: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Skylanders Academy: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
• Suburra: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Netflix Original)
• Word Party: Season 3 (Netflix Original)

October 7

• Chris Brown: Welcome To My Life
• Middle Man

October 10

• Christina P: Mother Inferior (Netflix Original)
• The Skyjacker’s Tale

October 11

• Donnie Darko

October 12

• Fe de etarras (Netflix Original Film)

October 13

• El Especial de Alex Fernández, el Especial (Netflix Original)
• Kingdom of Us (Netflix Original)
• Mindhunter: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Super Monsters: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• The Babysitter (Netflix Original Film)
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (Netflix Original Film)
• Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 4 (Netflix Original)

October 15

• Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses
• LEGO: City: Season 1
• Money
• OtherLife
• She Makes Comics
• West Coast Customs: Season 6

October 17

• Patton Oswalt: Annihilation (Netflix Original)
• Slasher: Guilty Party (Netflix Original)

October 19

• Wedding Unplanned

October 20

• 1922 (Netflix Original)
• Haters Back Off: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
• One of Us (Netflix Original)
• Smurfs: The Lost Village
• The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story (Netflix Original)
• Wheelman (Netflix Original Film)

October 23

• Meet the Robinsons
• While We’re Young

October 24

• Wanted: Season 1 (Netflix Original)
• Wanted: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
• The Mist: Season 1

October 25

• The Hateful Eight
• The Final Master
• La Querida del Centauro: Season 2

October 26

• Strange Weather

October 27

• Stranger Things 2 (Netflix Original)
• Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (Netflix Original)

October 28

• Pup Star: Better 2Gether

October 30

• Judah Friedlander: America Is The Greatest Country In The United States (Netflix Original)

October 31

• Zumbo’s Just Desserts: Season 1 (Netflix Original)

Leaving Netflix, September 2017

October 1

• 30 Rock: Seasons 1 – 7
• A Love in Times of Selfies
• Across the Universe
• Barton Fink
• Bella
• Big Daddy
• Carousel
• Cradle 2 the Grave
• Crafting a Nation
• Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest
• Daddy’s Little Girls
• Dark Was the Night
• David Attenborough’s Rise of the Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates: Season 1
• Day of the Kamikaze
• Death Beach
• Dowry Law
• Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
• Friday Night Lights: Seasons 1 – 5
• Happy Feet
• Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
• Hellboy
• Kagemusha
• Laura
• Love Actually
• Malcolm in the Middle: Seasons 1 – 7
• Max Dugan Returns
• Millennium
• Million Dollar Baby
• Mortal Kombat
• Mr. 3000
• Mulholland Dr.
• My Father the Hero
• My Name Is Earl: Seasons 1 – 4
• One Tree Hill: Seasons 1 – 9
• Patton
• Picture This
• Prison Break: Seasons 1 – 4
• The Bernie Mac Show: Seasons 1 – 5
• The Shining
• The Wonder Years: Seasons 1 – 6
• Titanic

October 19

• The Cleveland Show: Seasons 1 – 4

October 21

• Bones: Seasons 5 – 11

October 27

• Lie to Me: Seasons 2 – 3
• Louie: Seasons 1 – 5
• Hotel Transylvania 2

October 29

• Family Guy: Seasons 9 – 14

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Video streaming giant Hulu has announced all of the TV shows and movies coming to the platform and leaving it in October. As usual, there are a variety new movies and shows.

Among the notable additions include the Oscar-winning movie Philadelphia and the Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore comedy 50 First Dates. The Michael Crichton movie Congo, the Matthew Broderick comedy classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and the Stephen King horror film Carrie are also coming to Hulu in October. Additionally, Adventure Time‘s ninth season hits on October 21 and the excellent sci-fi movie Arrival lands on October 28.

As for what’s leaving Hulu in October, now is your last chance to watch Apocalypse Now, Big Fish, Kingpin, Hitch, Joe Dirt, Sahara, Shooter, and Surf’s Up, as they’re all leaving the service in October. A full list of everything follows at the bottom of this post.

We’ve also learned what’s coming to Netflix in October and what’s new on Amazon Prime in October. You can check out our full lists to see what subscribers of those services will be able to watch soon.

What’s Coming To Hulu On October 1

60 Days In: Complete Seasons 1-2 (A&E)

Alone: Complete Seasons 1-2 (History)

American Pickers: Complete Seasons 1 & 11 (History)

Ancient Aliens: Complete Season 11 (History)

Ax Men: Complete Seasons 1 & 9 (History)

Born this Way: Complete Seasons 1-2 (A&E)

Bring It!: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Lifetime)

Chopped: Complete Seasons 14-16 (Food Network)

Counting Cars: Complete Season 1 (History)

The Curse of Oak Island: Complete Season 1 (History)

Dance Moms: Complete Seasons 1 & 6 (Lifetime)

Escaping Polygamy: Complete Seasons 1-2 (A&E)

The First 48: Complete Seasons 6, 16-17 (A&E)

Forged in Fire: Complete Seasons 1-3 (History)

Hoarders: Complete Season 4 (A&E)

House Hunters: Complete Season 7 (HGTV)

Hunting Hitler: Complete Seasons 1-2 (History)

Prison Break: Complete Seasons 1-5 (FOX)

Property Brothers: Complete Season 5 (HGTV)

The Rap Game: Complete Seasons 1-2 (Lifetime)

Saving Hope: Complete Season 5 (eOne)

Tiny House Hunters: Complete Seasons 1-2 (HGTV)

Worst Cooks in America: Complete Season 4 (Food Network)

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

50 First Dates (2004)

6 Dead Souls (2010)

A Fistful of Dollars (1967)

A Long Walk Home (1990)

Abduction of Jennifer Grayson (2017)

Across the Great Divide (1976)

Across the Universe (2007)

The Adventures of Panda Warrior (2012)

Alice (1990)

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Another 9 ½ Weeks (1997)

Arlo: The Burping Pig (2016)

Arthur’s Missing Pal (2006)

Asylum of Darkness (2017)

Bananas (1971)

Bethany (2017)

Blood Ransom (2014)

Blue Chips (1994)

The Bounty (1984)

Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

Broken Mile (2016)

Brotherhood of Justice (1986)

Bubba the Redneck Werewolf (2014)

Butterfly Girl (2014)

Cabin Fear (2017)

Cabin Fever (2002)

Care Bears: Friends Forever (2004)

Care Bears: Magical Adventures (1998)

Carrie (2002)

Carrie 2: The Rage (1999)

Clueless (1995)

The Confession (1999)

Congo (1995)

Covenant (2017)

The Creature Below (2016)

The Crying Game (1992)

Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest (2013)

The Cutting Edge (1992)

Deliver Us from Evil (2014)

Deuces Wild (2002)

The Devil’s Advocate (1997)

The Devil’s Double (2011)

The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)

The Disembodied (2011)

Election (1999)

Elephant Kingdom (2016)

End of a Gun (2016)

Enemy at the Gate (2001)

Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

Escape From L.A. (1996)

Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (2012)

The Faculty (1998)

Fall Time (1993)

Fargo (1996)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Fierce People (2007)

The Final Cut (2004)

Fire in the Sky (1993)

A Fistful of Dollars (1967)

Fly Me to the Moon (2008)

Frances (1982)

Frog Kingdom (2013)

From Dusk till Dawn (1996)

Gandhi (1982)

The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

Ghost World (2001)

Ghosts of Darkness (2017)

Ghoulies (1984)

Ghoulies II (1987)

The Glass Coffin (2017)

Godzilla (1998)

Godzilla 2000 (2000)

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2004)

Godzilla Vs. Destroyah (2000)

Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah (2000)

Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)

Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus: The G Annihilation Strategy (2003)

Godzilla Vs. Mothra (1998)

Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla (2000)

Godzilla, Mothra, And King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack(2003)

Godzilla: Final Wars (2005)

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2004)

Grease 2 (1982)

Guess Who (2005)

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

Hatchet (2006)

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Hellboy (2004)

Hemingway’s Garden of Eden (2008)

High Tension (2003)

The Holiday (2006)

Hostel (2005)

Hostel 2 (2007)

Hot Pursuit (1987)

The Human Stain (2003)

The Hunted (2003)

Hunting Grounds (2017)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Jesus’s Son (2000)

Kalifornia (1993)

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)

Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

A Long Walk Home (1990)

Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)

Love Hurts (1990)

The Maddening (1995)

The Madness of King George (1994)

March of the Penguins (2005)

Mousehunt (1997)

New Year’s Evil (1980)

Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

The One (2001)

Oogieloves: The Big Balloon Adventure (2012)

Out of Time (2003)

Paulie (1998)

Pet Sematary (1989)

Philadelphia (1993)

Pi (1998)

Pieces of April (2003)

Postcards from the Edge (1990)

Pride (2014)

The Punisher (2004)

Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman (2017)

Reds (1981)

Rent (2005)

Road House (1989)

Scream at the Devil (2016)

Snake Eyes (1998)

Southwest of Salem (2016)

Space Guardians (2017)

Species III (2004)

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

The Station Agent (2003)

Swingers (1996)

Teenage Ghost Punk (2017)

This Binary Universe (2012)

The Uninvited (2009)

Under Siege (1992)

U.S vs. John Lennon (2006)

The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)

Volver (2006)

Warpath (1951)

Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (2000)

What Lies Beneath (2000)

The Whistleblower (2011)

Yellowbird (2014)

Available October 2

Bob’s Burgers: Season 8 Premiere (FOX)

Family Guy: Season 16 Premiere (FOX)

Ghosted: Series Premiere (FOX)

The Last Man on Earth: Season 4 Premiere (FOX)

Shark Tank: Season 9 Premiere (ABC)

The Simpsons: Season 29 Premiere (FOX)

Ten Days in the Valley: Series Premiere (ABC)

The Toy Box: Season 2 Premiere (ABC)

Available October 3

American Horror Story: Complete Season 6 (FX)

The Gifted: Series Premiere (FOX)

Lucifer: Season 3 Premiere (FOX)

Available October 4

Black-ish: Season 4 Premiere (ABC)

Fresh off the Boat: Season 4 Premiere (ABC)

Kevin (Probably) Saves the World: Series Premiere (ABC)

The Mayor: Series Premiere (ABC)

The Middle: Season 9 Premiere (ABC)

Bad Frank (2017)

Colossal (2017)

Frontera (2014)

Rapture-Palooza (2013)

The Reagan Show (2017)

Available October 5

The Fog (2005)

Available October 6

Scandal: Season 7 Premiere (ABC)

Available October 7

Once Upon a Time: Season 7 Premiere (ABC)

Blair Witch (2016)

Available October 9

America’s Funniest Home Videos: Season 28 Premiere (ABC)

A Long Way Down (2014)

Available October 10

Brotherhood of Blades (2014)

Available October 11

Chance: Season 2 Premiere (Hulu Original)

Folk Hero & Funny Guy (2016)

The Lookalike (2014)

Available October 12

I Love You, America: Series Premiere (Hulu Original)

Blind (2017)

I Love You Both (2016)

Available October 14

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

Available October 15

Bounce (2000)

Cruel and Unusual (2017)

The Crying Game (1992)

The Fly Room (2014)

Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2005)

Jersey Girl (2004)

Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

Mamaboy (2016)

The Other Dream Team (2012)

Orthodox (2015)

The Other Dream Team (2012)

This is Meg (2017)

Undisputed (2002)

Unzipped (1995)

The Whole Truth (2016)

Available October 18

Freakish: Complete Season 2 (Hulu Original)

Arctic Adventure: On Frozen Pond (2017)

In the Radiant City (2016)

Isolation (2017)

No Way to Live (2016)

Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

Skating to New York (2013)

Available October 21

Adventure Time: Complete Season 9 (Cartoon Network)

Too Funny To Fail (Hulu Original Documentary)

Available October 26

Neon Joe: Complete Season 2 (Adult Swim)

2:22 (2017)

Available October 28

Blindspot: Season 3 Premiere (NBC)

Arrival (2016)

Available October 29

Catfish: Complete Season 6 (MTV)

Priceless (2016)

That Sugar Film (2014)

Available October 31

Midnight Express (1978)

What’s Leaving Hulu In October

October 30

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

Among Friends (2013)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

Arthur (1981)

Bad News Bears (2005)

Bandits (2001)

Benny & Joon (1993)

Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)

Big Fish (2003)

Bill Durham (1988)

The Blob (1988)

Delta Force (1986)

Dream a Little Dream (1988)

Eight Men Out (1988)

Encino Man (1992)

Fall Time (1993)

Get Well Soon (2002)

Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)

Kingpin (1996)

Hammett (1982)

Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)

Hitch (2005)

Joe Dirt (2001)

Killing Zoe (1994)

Outbreak (1995)

Poseidon (2006)

Sacred Ground (1983)

Sahara (2005)

Shooter (2007)

Surf’s Up (2007)

Teen Witch (1989)

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The open beta for space-age VR shooter From Other Suns is now live on Oculus Rift. Gather your friends and get ready for a joyride through the Milky Way.

From Other Suns pits you as a pilot destined to save humanity…or, uh, let it die. You’ll have to manage your ship as robots, aliens, and pirates come to destroy you. Do so with up to two friends, or all on your own.

The title is procedurally generated, so every playthrough should feel unique and fresh. The randomization doesn’t just apply to enemies, it extends to weapons, level design, and characters; no two games should ever be the same.

From Other Sun’s open beta is only open until October 1 at 11:59pm PT. The title is expected to launch fully later this fall.

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