5 big new PlayStation Store releases you need to check out this week

A week of epic adventure and high octane thrills awaits on PlayStation Store, from snow-encrusted mountains to the icy cold of the deep blue sea. Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy returns in the massive expansion The Frozen Wilds, while EA is looking for Payback in its latest Need for Speed sequel. Elsewhere Sonic is joined by a cast of your making, and you can oversea a battlefield of laser-firing fish in Ace of Seafood.

What a week, and that’s only our choice picks. As usual, you can get the full list of this week’s releases below.

1. Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds

Aloy’s adventure continues as the machine hunter heads north to an all-new, snow-covered region known as the Cut. Expect even your finely-honed skills to be tested as you encounter new mysteries and cross paths with one of Horizon Zero Dawn’s most dangerous machines, the Scorcher.

Why you should play it: The Frozen Wilds is 15 hours of brand new content with new characters, enemies and a compelling new story in a beautiful but unforgiving area.
More info: New Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds video shows how Guerrilla created the Banuk tribe
Releases: 7th November

2. Need For Speed: Payback

Ghost Games roars back onto the open road with its latest entry into the Need for Speed series. Explore Fortune Valley at breakneck speed as you battle cops and criminals in an event and spectacle heavy single player campaign, and challenge your friends’ best scores on the road – and off it.

Why you should play it: Turn a wreck into your dream supercar, then test it out in a multi-region racing tour across an expansive open world that offers plenty of opportunity for vehicular mayhem.
More info: Explore the massive open world of Need for Speed Payback in new trailer
Releases: 7th November

3. Sonic Forces

Sonic Team takes the blue hedgehog through a new supersonic journey across 2D and 3D dimensions. But this time, alongside playing as the Modern and Classic versions of Sonic, you can join the fight against Eggman by creating your own character.

Why you should play it: For Sonic fans, this is the first time you’ll be able to design a custom character that’ll join Sonic in his fight against evil. Let your imagination run wild!
Releases: 7th November

4. League of War: VR Arena

Wage war across a holographic board as chess-like strategy meets the futuristic battlefield. Pick your chosen unit to deploy, then pick it up and place it on the board to add another attacking force to your army as you try to take out your opponent’s base.

Why you should play it: You can mix things up by stepping aside from the single player campaign to try out the custom armies of arcade mode and play head to play on the social screen.
More info: Chess strategies mix with military might in PS VR’s League of War: VR Arena, out this autumn
Releases: 7th November

5. Ace of Seafood

There are many experiences to savor on this list. But only one will allow you to control laser-firing aquatic life that battle it out amidst plastic warships. You’ll likely not play a game quite like Ace of Seafood this year. Or ever.