BODY: Subscription game libraries usually trade in filler. October's PlayStation Plus Game Catalog is not that — Sony Interactive Entertainment's October 15 announcement is stacked with titles still carrying near-full retail prices in Japan.
The headline addition is Horizon Forbidden West (PS5/PS4, ¥6,980), Guerrilla Games' open-world sequel, joining the catalog on October 20 alongside Mafia: The Old Country (PS5, ¥6,930) — Hangar 13's Sicilian prequel arriving just over a year after launch — and the co-op shooter Mycopunk. Also on the 20th: nothing else, but the 15th brings The Midnight Walk (PS5, ¥4,510), the stop-motion-styled dark fantasy adventure built from hand-sculpted clay models.
The following week widens the spread. On October 27, Bandai Namco's Tales of Arise – Beyond the Dawn Edition (PS5/PS4, ¥6,930) lands with its full expansion bundled in, joined by Poppy Playtime Chapter Two (¥1,100) and Monster Energy Supercross 25 (PS5, ¥7,700) — the most expensive single item on the list.
Premium subscribers get the month's deeper cut. The Classics Catalog adds Dino Crisis 2, Capcom's 2000 PlayStation action-horror follow-up, plus RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition for PS5 and PS4.
The insider take
The ¥7,000 framing in AUTOMATON's headline lands differently in Japan than it would abroad. New first-party and major third-party releases here sit in the ¥7,000–¥9,000 band, and after the 2023 PS Plus price revision, two of October's additions at list price would roughly cover a year of Extra — which is exactly the arithmetic Japanese players run on social media each month. The Dino Crisis 2 entry is the one that will move conversation locally, though. Capcom has never given the series a proper modern reissue, and the Regina-shaped hole in Capcom's revival strategy — while Resident Evil and Onimusha get remakes and sequels — is a running sore point among Japanese fans. A Classics Catalog drop is not a remake announcement, but it keeps the title in circulation and the speculation alive.
Originally reported by AUTOMATON (Japanese).