The latest batch of PS Plus Essential games is beginning to roll out on PS5 and PS4. Sony's subscription service gets a trio of PS5 and PS4 titles every month, available to all members and yours to enjoy while you're subscribed. October's batch of games is now here, available from today until 4th November.

The PlayStation 5 and other Sony gaming platforms can’t connect right now, and there’s no word on when the problem will be fixed.

Owners of PlayStation consoles enjoy a nice gift every month. Sony is offering several games free of charge to PlayStation plus subscribers. A good plan that has allowed us to (re)discover creations such as Trek to Yomi, Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition, Call of Duty Black OPS IV and NBA 2K24, all offered at some point by Sony to PS+ holders.

PlayStation took advantage of its newest State of Play presentation to reveal the next free games coming to PS Plus Essential for PS4 and PS5 in October.

Check out our comprehensive list of upcoming PS5 games and release dates coming to PlayStation consoles in 2025.

PlayStation Network appears to be suffering issues right now with users unable to sign-in or play PS5 games online.

Players are reporting that the PlayStation Network is finally starting to come back online after a lengthy eight-hour outage that has prevented users on PS5, PS4, and beyond from playing online multiplayer games.

If you've tried to go online on your PlayStation console and found yourself to be offline, you're not alone. Sony's PlayStation network is currently facing an outage globally, and the company has not yet revealed the reason behind it.