There are juggernauts and indie gems aplenty for when the nights draw in, from an ingenious puzzle game to blockbusters such as Marvel’s Wolverine and Call of Duty
See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here
After 20 years away, Capcom’s hyper kinetic action adventure returns, pitting skilled samurai Miyamoto Musashi against hordes of warriors and demons in Edo-period Kyoto. Master the complex combat then prepare for flashing blades, disembodied limbs and geysers of spraying blood.
4 September; PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox
Billed as the first ever 5D platformer, Screenbound has you navigating a 3D landscape while simultaneously playing an on-screen handheld console, which contains a 2D mirror world. Everything you do in one affects the other in mind-bending ways. The most ingenious puzzle game we’ve seen in a long time.
10 September; PC, PS5, Xbox
The team behind the brilliant Marvel’s Spider-Man titles is back with a very different kind of hero. The open-world New York setting is gone in favour of a globe-trotting narrative following Logan on his quest to protect vulnerable mutants. The visuals are gorgeous, while the slick combat brings literal meaning to the term bleeding edge.
15 September; PS5
The tactical role-playing adventure series returns to the realm explored in the acclaimed Fire Emblem: Three Houses. This time, hopeful contestants arrive at the glorious city of Dagsion to compete in a contest where the winner is granted a single wish. Deep combat, lush settings and fraught relationships are guaranteed.
17 September; Switch 2
Silent Hill comes to the east coast of Scotland in a beautifully gloomy new horror adventure. You play as Simon Ordell, returning to a quiet harbour town with no memory of whatever catastrophe has taken place there. The place seems abandoned, but you are not alone for long …
24 September; PC, PS5
Remedy Entertainment sets out to disprove the notion that all video game sequels are more of the same. This follow-up to the successful 2019 sci-fi shooter has a new lead character with supernatural powers, a whole new role-playing adventure feel, and a fresh take on Manhattan, where a reality-bending monster awaits …
24 September; PC, PS5, Xbox
The latest gorgeously strange game from Patapon creator Hiroyuki Kotani is a rhythm action platformer set in a colourful world where enemies are defeated with songs and players can work together to produce devastating melodies. Imagine Dead Cells merged with PaRappa the Rapper and you’re getting close.
15 October; PC, PS, Switch, Xbox
The world-beating mega shooter packs its bags full of guns, grenades and macho dialogue and heads for Korea, in another Modern Warfare instalment. There will be epic battles, sanitised politically adjacent themes and rip-roaring online multiplayer – plus, moustached SAS figurehead Captain Price will be tagging along for the ride. Resistance is futile.
23 October; PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox
After a decade in development and several delays, Rockstar’s entertainment behemoth returns, following loved-up criminals Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos as they take on every scumbag Vice City has to offer. Already looking vibrant, expansive and lascivious, this is Bonnie and Clyde for the digital generation.
19 November; PS5, Xbox
Chris David has inherited a grand old hotel, but now there’s work to be done renovating the decrepit building during the day and then exorcising unwanted ghosts into the night. Like all old English buildings, this charming game is filled with secrets and puzzles, and of course there will be ancestral revelations aplenty.
TBC: PC, Xbox
