Andrew Webster

There are far too many video games launching in October, as my colleague Ash has helpfully pointed out here. It’ll be impossible to play everything. Which raises the important question: what are you going to be spending time with this month? I know I’ll be digging into Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Spider-Man 2 (which come out on the exact same day!!), but I’m also pretty curious about the new Hellboy game. How about you?

Lionel Messi may not be playing much lately, but the Apple TV Plus promotional machine keeps chugging along. Today we have the first trailer for Messi Meets America, a six-part docuseries about the Argentina superstar’s arrival in MLS — which has been a big deal for Apple’s ambitions as a streamer. The show premieres on October 11th.

This week’s new entertainment releases cover a lot of ground. To start, there’s plenty on Netflix: the dark animated series Castlevania: Nocturne, the crime thriller Reptile, and Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.

Analogue’s slick, retro-styled transparent version of the Pocket handheld goes on sale very soon: you can buy it starting at 11AM ET on the company’s site. It’s a limited edition, so you’ll want to move quickly.

Martin Jonassan, the developer behind games like Holedown and Rymdkapsel, just announced his next project. It’s called Subpar Pool, and it looks like a combination of pool and golf, but with procedurally-generated levels and some cute little blobs. It launches October 12th on mobile, Steam, and the Switch.

We already knew that the upcoming PS5 game Spider-Man 2 was getting clever features like the ability to slow down the action, but now Sony has released a more detailed list of the accessibility options players can expect. This kind of focus on accessibility has become a welcome trend for big PlayStation releases — and looks like it will continue when Spider-Man 2 launches on October 20th.