There are quite a few games coming out this month, here is a short summary of the ones I think are most notable:
The biggest game this month is technically Marvel's Wolverine. This a PS5 exclusive from the same company that makes the Spiderman games, although apparently it is not an open world game like those are. Without a swinging mechanic, this makes sense, but it is still causing a lot of backlash online. Combined with some anti-consumer moves by Sony (ending all physical media, canceling all future PC ports) and almost all I see about this game right now is negative. Still, it's a big enough property that it's hard to imagine it not doing at least somewhat well.
Wolverine's closest competitor this month is probably Control Resonant. This is a sequel to Control, a supernatural third person shooter about a secret government organization that monitored and controlled supernatural and otherworldly artifacts and entities. Well some of those threats escaped containment, and this new game has a new character combatting them. The game shifts from shooter to melee action and will feature an open world, so provides an alternative for people disappointed with Wolverine. A big theme of the first game was warps in reality and this game seems to amplify it.
Both of these games might end up getting dwarfed by a free update. CD Projekt Red announced a new DLC for The Witcher 3, and as part of this announcement they are also releasing an overhaul of the base game. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered will be a free update, comes with the previous expansions, overhauls the graphics engine, the combat, the movement system, etc etc. The actual DLC they announced won't be out until next year though and is probably meant to bridge the gap to the Witcher 4.
We have a few other major games as well. Onimusha: Way of the Sword is an upcoming action game from Capcom that blends historical fiction with supernatural entities, not unusual for games of this genre from Japan. This one is notable because it is a reboot of a cult classic franchise using modern systems and controls. Capcom has been on a roll with their RE engine and early previews have been glowing. I don't really expect this to break out into the mainstream, but it already seems like combat fanatics are going to love it.
Another niche game that might be interesting is The Blood of the Dawnwalker. This is a vampire rpg from developers that worked on the Witcher 3. This game features heavy narrative choices as well as a time management system. In this game time passes based on actions you take rather than the entire world just being held in stasis while you run all the side quests you want like most rpgs let you do. The prominent story based countdown that I see advertised is a 30 day time limit to save your family, but the story can continue even if you fail or ignore this (supposedly). In addition to choosing how to spend your limited time, you choose how much you want to give in to vampiric corruption, either playing as a weak human or unlocking a host of vampire abilities at the cost of losing control and killing other characters whether you intend to or not. Notably reviews are already out for this one, with the main criticisms I've seen being weak combat and general jankiness.
For a game that may appeal to younger players we have Minecraft Dungeons II. This is essentially a Diablo style game using the Minecraft IP. It sort of seems to me like Roblox is what currently fascinates most kids these days, but Minecraft games still seem to do well so it's worth mentioning.
Finally, Nintendo has a few exclusives of their own this month. The big one is Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. This is the latest in a long running strategy rpg series, with each one changing the formula slightly. You typically recruit characters in a fantasy army and then dictate how they grow into various classes, bows are good vs fliers, cavalry moves fast, heavy armor is defensive, etc. This one has four primary character campaigns you can switch between at any time, all culminating in a final challenge that occurs after a time skip. This game also seems to have dungeons you can explore that don't use the typical tactics grid gameplay, which is something I've only ever seen in one other game in this series.
The other Nintendo exclusive this month is Orbitals. It's a sci-fi co-op adventure for two players about two teenagers (I think?) trying to survive in outer space. The biggest draw to me seems to be the 90s anime aesthetic, but honestly if it wasn't an exclusive in an age where exclusives are rare it wouldn't stand out that much (in my opinion). We will see if I'm wrong.
Spoiler for September releases:
ultiplatform
Control Resonant (September) - action rpg
Minecraft Dungeons II (September) - action rpg
The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt - Remastered (September) - action rpg
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (September) - action rpg/roguelike
The Blood of the Dawnwalker (September) - action rpg
Onimusha: Way of the Sword (September) - action adventure
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (September) - strategy/tactics rpg
Orbitals (September) - adventure
August 31st, 2026, 11:29 PM
Wool
Re: September '26 Release Thread
Is anyone looking forward to any of this month's games? Is there anything cool I missed?
For me, The Blood of the Dawnwalker sounds the most mechanically interesting to me. This is a game that has been very easy for me to continually overlook, but its (apparently) doing things I've wanted more rpgs to try for years. We've had npcs with schedules for two or three decades now, but very few rpgs have quests on schedules, with events that happen whether you are there to witness them or not. I think it sounds cool.
Not about to pay $70 for it though. I've been spoiled by a backlog I can never finish and sales that drop games to $30 within a year. I will probably get Fire Emblem at that price, but only because it's one of the few games I've been looking forward to that I don't have a previously unplayed game in its franchise to play first.
As an aside, I still haven't played more than 5 or 10 minutes of The Witcher 3. I put it off for years because I was a snob and wanted a PC that could run it at 60 fps instead of 40, but even after finally upgrading I just haven't made the time for it. As someone who always wanted to experience the original version, it bemuses me to no end that not just one, but two major overhauls will have come out by the time I finally play the dang thing.
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Sniper Elite: Resistance | PS5, PS4
MLB The Show 26 | PS5
Wobbly Life | PS5, PS4
Chained Echoes | PS4
