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" September may have kicked off the autumn release season, but October practically owns it. It starts and ends with two heavy hitters - Resident Evil 6 and Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed 3 - and also features the likes of Dishonored, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Forza Horizon. Wallets at the ready! Resident Evil 6 Release date: October 2 (worldwide) Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC (November 25) The long-awaited sequel in the long-running zombie franchise features three diverse campaigns - where the likes of Chris Redfield and Leon Kennedy are playable - that take elements of its classic survival-horror past and action-packed present. &amp;gt; Hands-on preview with &amp;#039;Resident Evil 6&amp;#039;  Dishonored Release date: October 12 (Europe), October 9 (North America) Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC Taking cues from Thief and Half-Life 2, this first-person adventure follows a supernatural assassin driven by revenge after being wrongly accused of killing the empress he was once sworn to protect. It will feature a flexible combat system, enabling players to use a combination of stealth tactics and direct attacks. The outcome of each mission is said to vary depending on choices made by the player. &amp;gt; Read our hands-on preview with &amp;#039;Dishonored&amp;#039;  Fable: The Journey Release date: October 12 (Europe), October 9 (North America) Platforms: Xbox 360 Fable: The Journey is a new direction for Microsoft&amp;#039;s celebrated role-playing series, swapping out melee-based combat and third-person dungeon exploration for a Kinect-controlled adventure directed from the first person. &amp;gt; Read our hands-on impressions of &amp;#039;Fable: The Journey&amp;#039;  Pok\u00E9mon Black and White 2 Release date: October 12 (Europe), October 7 (North America) Platforms: DS Pok\u00E9mon Black 2 and White 2 are the first direct sequels in the series. Nintendo traditionally denotes new additions to the franchise by colour, rather than numerically. The games are set two years after their predecessors and see players return to the region of Unova. The world has undergone numerous changes since the previous games, and will play host to new characters. &amp;gt; Early &amp;#039;Pokemon Black and White 2&amp;#039; users to receive free rare Pokemon  XCOM: Enemy Unknown Release date: October 12 (Europe), October 9 (North America) Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC XCOM is back, bringing the cult classic, tactical strategy game from the 1990s. Retaining the same B-movie sci-fi atmosphere but refreshing the turn-based gameplay for a new audience, it provides streamlined but equally deep and difficult decision-making, and multiplayer that allows players to mix human and alien units. &amp;gt; Read our hands-on preview of &amp;#039;XCOM: Enemy Unknown&amp;#039;  007 Legends Release date: October 19 (Europe), October 16 (North America) Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC This year&amp;#039;s James Bond game features missions spanning six different movies from the franchise&amp;#039;s history, including upcoming release Skyfall, and ties them together in a new overarching story. It also contains four-person and split-screen multiplayer, and sees the return of the MI6 Ops missions, which made their debut in Goldeneye 007: Reloaded. &amp;gt; Roger Moore on &amp;#039;007 Legends&amp;#039;: &amp;#039;Daniel Craig will help sell more copies&amp;#039;  Skylanders Giants Release date: October 19 (Europe), October 21 (North America) Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, 3DS The follow-up to the best-selling toy-collecting Skylanders: Spyro&amp;#039;s Adventure, developer Toys for Bob are introducing a variety of brand new characters, eight of whom are &amp;#039;Giants&amp;#039; that are more than twice the normal size. Furthermore, 24 of the original Skylanders will be re-released as &amp;#039;series two&amp;#039; editions. &amp;gt; Our interview with the creators of &amp;#039;Skylanders Giants&amp;#039;  Forza Horizon Release date: October 26 (Europe), October 23 (North America) Platforms: Xbox 360 Forza Horizon sees the acclaimed simulation racer move from closed circuits into an open-world setting, where players can showcase cars and undergo races against the backdrop of a festival that sees racers compete to be the best. &amp;gt; Read our hands-on with Forza Horizon  Medal of Honor: Warfighter Release date: October 26 (Europe), October 23 (North America) Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC Medal of Honor continues the reboot of EA&amp;#039;s famous first-person shooter series to modern conflicts, harnessing the expertise of the world&amp;#039;s elite military operators to tell the &amp;#039;soldier&amp;#039;s story&amp;#039;. Meanwhile, multiplayer pits special forces from around the world against one another to truly see who&amp;#039;s the best of the best. &amp;gt; Read our first-look preview at &amp;#039;Medal of Honor: Warfighter&amp;#039;  Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed 3 Release date: October 31 (Europe), October 30 (North America) Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii U (November 30) One of the most anticipated releases of the year arrives on the last day of the month. After several Ezio-led iterations, we finally get our hands on a new assassin - the Native American Connor - as well as a later period of history and vastly different environments to explore. &amp;gt; Read our extensive three hour preview of &amp;#039;Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed 3&amp;#039;  Other gaming releases this month: War of the Roses (PC) - October 2 Just Dance 4 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) - October 5 NBA 2K13 (Xbox 360, PS3) - October 5 Harry Potter for Kinect (Xbox 360) - October 12 Jet Set Radio HD (PS Vita) - October 16 Dance Central 3 (Xbox 360) - October 19 Doom 3: BFG Edition (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) - October 19 Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition (Xbox 360, PS3) - October 26 Professor Layton and The Miracle Mask (3DS) - October 26 Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz (Vita) - October 26 Sports Champions 2 (PS3) - October 31 What are you buying this month? Add your comment to the space below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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