Following all of the Wii U news in September, it’d be expected that gamers across the world have started saving their pennies. But until the console’s November 18th release date, October comes packed with a myriad of high profile titles, aiming to drain out Wii U funds.
October starts off strong with Resident Evil 6, which is followed closely by XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Dishonored – both of which drop on the 9th. Meanwhile, both the Vita and Xbox 360 are looking to have strong months, with Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation and Zero Escape Virtue’s Last Reward releasing on the former, and Forza Horizon and Fable: The Journey for the latter. Of course, we can’t forget about Assassin’s Creed 3, which drops just before Halloween.
October 2012 Release List
Note: Based off North American Releases, Dates And Platforms Subject To Change
Week of October 1st, 2012
- Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! (3DS; October 1st, 2012)
- Crosswords Plus (3DS; October 1st, 2012)
- Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (PS3; October 2nd, 2012)
- NBA 2K13 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, PSP; October 2nd, 2012)
- New Little King’s Story (Vita; October 2nd, 2012)
- NiGHTS Into Dreams (PS3, Xbox 360; October 2nd, 2o12)
- Resident Evil 6 (PS3, Xbox 360; October 2nd, 2012)
- Ruff Trigger: The Vanocore Conspiracy (PS3; October 2nd, 2012)
- Sonic Adventure 2 (PS3, Xbox 360; October 2nd, 2012)
- War of the Roses (PC; October 2nd, 2012)
- Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit (PC; October 3rd, 2012)
- Cave Story (3DS; October 4th, 2012)
- Pokemon Black/White 2 (DS; October 7th, 2012)
Week of October 8th, 2012
- Code of Princess (3DS; October 9th, 2012)
- Derrick the Deathfin (PS3; October 9th, 2012)
- Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock (Vita; October 9th, 2012)
- Dishonored (PS3, Xbox 360, PC; October 9th, 2012)
- Fable: The Journey (Xbox 360; October 9th, 2012)
- Joe Danger 2: The Movie (PS3; October 9th, 2012)
- Just Dance 4 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii; October 9th, 2012)
- Machinarium (PS3; October 9th, 2012)
- Naughty Bear: Panic In Paradise (PS3, Xbox 360; October 9th, 2012)
- Port Royale 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC; October 9th, 2012)
- Retro City Rampage (PS3, Vita, PC; October 9th, 2012)
- Sunflowers (Vita; October 9th, 2012)
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PS3, Xbox 360, PC; October 9th, 2012)
Week of October 15th, 2012
- Dance Central 3 (Xbox 360; October 16th, 2012)
- DOOM 3 BFG Edition (PS3, Xbox 360, PC; October 16th, 2012)
- James Bond 007 Legends (PS3, Xbox 360; October 16th, 2012)
- Jet Set Radio (Vita; October 16th, 2012)
- Mugen Souls (PS3; October 16th, 2012)
- Rocksmith Guitar And Bass (PS3, Xbox 360,PC; October 16th, 2012)
- Silent Hill: Book of Memories (Vita; October 16th, 2012)
- Zumba Fitness Core (Xbox 360, Wii; October 16th, 2012)
Week of October 22nd, 2012
- Cabela’s Hunting Expeditions (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii; October 23rd, 2012)
- Forza Horizon (Xbox 360; October 23rd, 2012)
- Just Dance: Disney (Xbox 360, Wii; October 23rd, 2012)
- Medal of Honor: Warfighter (PS3, Xbox 360, PC; October 23rd, 2012)
- Street Fighter x Tekken (Vita; October 23rd, 2012)
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz (Vita; October 23rd, 2012)
- The Unfinished Swan PS3; October 23rd, 2012)
- Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward (Vita, 3DS; October 23rd, 2012)
Week of October 29th, 2012
- Assassin’s Creed 3 (PS3, Xbox 360; October 30th, 2012)
- Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation (Vita; October 30th, 2012)
- Lalaloopsy Carnival of Friends (3DS, DS; Oct 30th)
- Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth (360; October 30th, 2012)
- Moshi Monters Moshlings Theme Park (3DS, DS; October 30th, 2012)
- Need for Speed Most Wanted (PS3, Xbox 360; October 30th, 2012)
- Nike + Kinect Training (Xbox 360; October 30th, 2012)
- Sports Champions 2 (PS3; October 30th, 2012)
- Toy Story Mania (PS3, Xbox 360; October 30th, 2012)
- Transformers Prime (Wii, 3DS, DS; October 30th, 2012)
- Wreck it Ralph (Wii, 3DS, DS; October 30th, 2012)
- WWE 13 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii; October 30th, 2012)
- Zone of Enders HD Collection (October 30th, 2012)
What games are you looking forward to the most this month? Let us know by leaving a comment down below!
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NBA2K13, Doom 3, MOH: Warfighter, and Assassins Creed 3. It will be a busy month for me.
And it begins!
I’m picking up XCOM: Enemy Unknown & Dishonored, followed by Silent Hill: Book of Memories and Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward.
I’ve also got my copy of Mugen Souls coming in soon, but I probably won’t get around to playing it until I finish Hyperdimension Neptunia, which I’ve been slowly making my way through since February.
If any of you are on the fence about Enemy Unknown, there’s demo up on Steam!
6 Vita releases in one month. Definitely purchasing AC3:L and thinking about New Little King Story as well as Silent Hill.
Dishonored and AC3 although I’ll wait till black friday to see if AC3 gets marked down
Absolutely pickibg up ac3
Possibly need for speed and I’m gonna wait for a review for resident evil.
Rob will u guys have a review for resident evil?
Yessir! Our man Curt is working away on it now. Should be up this week hopefully!
Sweet! Holding out on buying it till I read why you guys got. Lol trust this site more then any other.
Thanks man! Whoa, coming from ‘The Mighty Avenger,’ that’s high praise.
I think the number of serious Resident Evil fans willing to grasp the type of things the series has grappled with over the years is pretty slim. Not saying that reviewers aren’t capable, but…niche reviews are tricky.
Haha your welcome glad you noticed lol . Keep up all the great work guys!
Always enjoy your content and love the reviews on games.
It must be different reviewing games instead of movies or shows cuz the added factors games have but you guys do a great job.
Gonna download resident evil 1 tonight. That game scared the crap out of me when I was a child.
PS3 is getting a new Harvest Moon game? Or is it some HD edition for download? Hmmm.
Anyways, I’m looking forward to AC3 and I WAS planning on getting RE6 but I can’t get past the choppy gameplay from the demos and the overall changes they made. A real shame since I loved RE5.
It’s neither actually – just the original game re-released as a PS2 Classic.
I pre-ordered Most Wanted for PS3, so I’m pretty excited about it. Other than that I’m not planning on getting any October releases.
What’s the deal with Ruff Trigger: The Vanocore Corporation? I Googled it but I found stuff about Ruff Trigger: The Vanocore Conspiracy, a mediocre PS2 game. So did Mole accidentally misword the title? If so, does that mean it’s getting an HD re-release?
Never heard of Derrick the Deathfin, so I found a video about it and boy does it look odd. “PSN’s premier underwater papercraft action game?” I can’t see it selling well.
As with the Harvest Moon game, Ruff Trigger is a PS2 game that’s being re-released on PSN as a PS2 Classic. I’ll try to find some way of detailing what games are re-releases for next month’s guide.
Also, Derrick the Deathfin looks amazing!
Ah, okay. You should correct the title to Ruff Trigger: The Vanocore Conspiracy then.
Derrick the Deathfin just looks weird and simple and therefore not worth a purchase. I see a lot of swimming and not much else. You don’t even doing anything to get past enemies or traps, you just swim. Boring.
Bleh, I didn’t even see you pointed out that typo the first time around. Fixed.
As for Deathfin, the art style is what makes it stand out, and at $7.99 I can’t say no.
It does deserve credit for its papercraft art style.
I’m very hyped for back and white 2, N’s story is by far my favorite from the pokemon games and the massive amount of pokemon available from the get go has me gittery
I’m very hyped for back and white 2, N’s story is by far my favorite from the pokemon games and I can’t wait to see what he’s done. Also,the massive amount of pokemon available from the get go has me gittery
Also worth mentioning that Halo 4 is out the first week of November.
But this month, Dishonored, AC3 and maybe RE6 if I have the money.