While all eyes are currently on the PS Plus free games for October 2026 before their addition, it's worth noting that the first PS Plus Extra release for the month has already been confirmed. And it's a solid game, which may ease some of the pain points coming from PS Plus subscribers being unhappy with OCtober 2026's Essential lineup.
As previously announced for October 6, the PS Plus free games include F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896, and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2. To say nothing about each individual game in its own right, they are collectively a weak selection because of their hyper-specific niches and lack of broad, headlining capabilities. The good news is that PS Plus Extra is likely to save the day, once more, for those subscribers.
PlayStation Plus subscribers on PS5 have a bonus October 2026 freebie that they can claim for their libraries right now.
At the most recent State of Play, Sony confirmed a short list of games coming to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium, not least of which included the day-one addition of looter shooter Mycopunk. Mycopunk had no 1.0 release date at the time, as it...
