Submitted 5 weeks ago by simple@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
https://www.polygon.com/september-2026-new-video-games/
September 2026 has become one of the busiest gaming months in years, between Wolverine, Control Resonant, and a bazillion more games.
I think I’ll be quite busy in September, but basically everything listed as releasing in September is a miss for me. I’ll be busy with the dozens of other games that came out this year, for sure.
You mean summer sale 2027.
Jesus can someone help out and give me just the text. I can’t get anything but ad ridden hell on that page in my iPhone
It’s been the biggest mystery of the year: What video game publisher will have the guts to go up against Grand Theft Auto this November? An empty fall release date schedule left some major questions as players waited to see where anticipated games like Marvel’s Wolverine and Control Resonant would land. After today’s PlayStation State of Play, we finally have our answer to that question: No one. November remains wide open for GTA 6 as it appears that every major holiday video game will instead try to launch in September. Good luck to anyone trying to make that work, because September just became a 200 car pile-up.
Prior to Tuesday’s State of Play stream, we knew that a handful of major games were already planting their flag in September. Blood of the Dawnwalker recently announced a Sept. 3 launch. (Phantom Blade Zero had Sept. 9 locked down for a while before it was delayed to October.) The heavy hitters will continue on Sept. 15, which Sony has now claimed for Marvel’s Wolverine. Things will really heat up the following week, though. Tuesday’s State of Play stream revealed that Control Resonant will launch on Sept. 24, the same day as Silent Hill Townfall. Onimusha: Way of the Sword will drop one day later on Sept. 25. That’s three of the year’s most anticipated games landing in a two-day span.
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve just narrowly avoided that disaster with an Oct. 2 release date, but it’s still flying too close for comfort. Deluxe Edition holders will get access to it on Sept. 28, so I’m counting that as a September release. The only game that seemed to get away from the dogpile was Rayman Legends Retold, but not by much: It will release on Oct. 1, which, look, if five bucks is eight bucks, that’s September.
That’s just scratching the surface, as a few other games are stuck in that crossfire, too. Dune: Awakening will come to PS5 on Sept. 22 with new content, and RPG-heads have Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter waiting for them on Sept. 17, and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 is on the menu for Sept. 17.
Keep in mind that today’s State of Play is only the beginning of what’s likely to be a busy week for release dates. A Summer Game Fest stream is scheduled for this Friday, which will most certainly fill out the rest of the fall release calendar. Considering how many games have steered clear of GTA 6’s Nov. 19 date already, you can assume that September is going to look a whole lot busier by the end of the week.
At this point, I’m starting to wonder if some of these games would stand a better chance in and around November. Does Silent Hill Townfall really have a significant enough audience crossover with Grand Theft Auto that it couldn’t launch a few weeks before it in time for Halloween? Would something like Rayman Legends Retold do just fine in early December considering that it’s targeting kids? Publishers are undoubtedly going to be asking questions like this when the dust clears this week. Don’t treat any September release dates that you learn about this week to be set in stone aside from those for the biggest games. This fall is going to be one messy game of musical chairs.
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Ok yeah. Why are some people compelled to shell out $150+ on day-1 AAA releases? Theyre generally imbalanced and bug ridden. Give them a few months so the issues are patched out and the price drops maybe 30%.
The idiot tax. I always have to imagine that one guy in a meeting once said: what if we let people play the game eary and use them as free pre release testers. And another guy goes: oh, so they work for free, nice. And then the guy leans forward and sais: No, they pay extra!
Victims of their own hubris. In their effort to minimize competition and maximize sales, they managed to create a situation where they both maximized competition and minimized sales collectively. Incredible.
Then Rockstar puts out a GTA demo in September just to be a dick lol
Wasn’t Rockstars last demo for gta2 back in 99?
Yeah that’s why it would be funny.
Most seem to be PS5 games. Don’t have one so meh for me. But I will say this: between all these autumn releases and GTA6 in november, PS people will be eating well this winter.
Don’t get me wrong, these are fine titles, but I won’t drop the money to play day one. And I actually never did hehe
I have never really loved any supercape game, but this one really looks good!
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Everyone except the people who doesn’t own a PS5? I think i’ll be fine with old game.
Aielman15@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
A lot of things that got announced will be playable on other consoles and on PC as well. I got Ace Combat to look forward to. It releases on my birthday as well!
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Woah, happy birthday in advance! That’s a really nice gift