Vampyr and Need for Speed are October’s PS+ titles

Each month, Sony offers two PlayStation 4 games for free to all those who are subscribed to the console manufacturer’s PlayStation Plus online service. For the month of October, players can get their hands on the choice-based action RPG Vampyr, as well as the open-world racing title Need for Speed: Payback.

Vampyr is a narrative focused choice-based action RPG developed by DONTNOD Entertainment. Known best for the Life is Strange franchise, Vampyr “challenges you to embrace the darkness” as you “Play a doctor turned vampire ghosting through a London gripped by violence and fear. Use your supernatural abilities, as well as man-made tools and weapons to fight or flee the forces of evil and vampire hunters”. Vampyr received mixed reviews upon its release in 2018.

Need for Speed: Payback is the second most recent entry in the long running racing franchise. Developed by Ghost Games, who now exist as a support studio for EA’s other developers, Need for Speed: Payback is “set in the fictional, corrupt gambler’s paradise of Fortune Valley” where you’ll “choose from three different characters – each with their own unique skills – customise your rides and take on an open world’s worth of events as you seek revenge on those who wronged you”. Need for Speed: Payback received mixed-to-unfavourable reviews, due largely to the game’s implementation of loot boxes, which came at a time when the mechanic started to see greater backlash.

Both Vampyr and Need for Speed: Payback will be available to download for free from Tuesday the 6th of October until the 2nd of November.

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KitGuru says: What do you think of this month’s offerings? Do you think PlayStation needs to compete harder with Game Pass? What’s your favourite Need for Speed game? Let us know down below.

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