PS Plus October 2026 Games: F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896 and What Nigerian Players Should Know

PlayStation has confirmed F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896 and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 as the PS Plus October 2026 monthly games, available to all PlayStation Plus members from Tuesday, 6 October until Monday, 2 November. Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the lineup on 30 September in a PlayStation Blog post from Adam Michel, the company’s senior director of content acquisition and operations.

The lineup leans heavily on PS5, with only Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 also playable on PS4. For Nigerian players, most of whom use PlayStation accounts registered to other regions, the claiming window and a few account details matter as much as the games themselves.

F1 25 gives racing fans a full season to run

F1 25 is the official game of the 2025 Formula One season, and PlayStation is highlighting its Career and My Team 2.0 modes, where players take on the role of a team owner and build an outfit from the ground up. The game also includes a multiplayer squad racing mode. F1 25’s career mode doesn’t depend on online play, which makes it one of the more practical PS Plus picks for anyone whose internet connection isn’t reliable enough for long online sessions.

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the pick for squads with a stable connection

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is an extraction shooter in which players go in alone or with friends to hunt monstrous bosses while fighting rival teams of hunters. It supports solo, duo and trio play and is built around online matches, so latency will shape the experience for players in Nigeria. Anyone planning to squad up should look at our guide on lowering gaming ping on MTN, Airtel, Glo and T2 before jumping in.

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 brings couch co-op back to the lineup

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, the lightest of the three, is a voxel-styled squad action game in which players pick four teammates from the characters they have collected. It offers four-player online co-op and two-player local split screen, which makes it the easiest of the October games to enjoy with a friend on the same console, and it is the only one PS4 owners can play.

How Nigerian players can make sure they keep these games

PlayStation does not run a dedicated Nigerian PlayStation Store, so most players here use accounts set up in regions such as the UK or US and pay for PS Plus with gift cards or cards accepted in that region. Monthly games are generally the same across regions, but players should confirm the titles appear in their own store before planning around them. The games must be added to the library between 6 October and 2 November, and they remain playable for as long as the PS Plus subscription stays active.

Members also have until 5 October to claim September’s games, which are Sniper Elite: Resistance, MLB The Show 26, Wobbly Life and Chained Echoes. PlayStation is adding limited-edition Spider-Man: Brand New Day avatars for PS Plus members on 6 October through Sony Pictures Core, and PS Plus-exclusive HorrorFest packs run from 1 to 7 October for selected games. For a wider look at what is coming this month, NaijaGamer’s October 2026 game releases list covers Modern Warfare 4, Gears of War: E-Day and more, while anyone still shopping for a console can check current PS4 and PS5 prices in Nigeria.