Fall’s Video Game Release Slate Is Intimidatingly Good And Completely Doomed

You know it, I know it, and everyone else knows it. The glut of games coming in Fall 2026 is intimidatingly good. But is that overwhelming wave of exciting titles actually hiding a more gruesome reality? I sure think so. Gaming audiences are no strangers to the rush of fall releases. Even during a slow year, there's almost always an uptick in blockbuster games that launch during this window to best capitalize on the end of the summer and the move toward the winter holidays. This fall is absolutely stuffed with exciting new games around every corner, but it feels more likely for the season to be a bloodbath than a celebration. In September alone, I suspect all manner of players will feel a bit spoiled. Early in the month, the co-op '80s anime adventure Orbitals will release exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2. On the same day, a very different kind of player will likely dig into The Blood of Dawnwalker, an ambitious vampire RPG with its sights set on dethroning The Witcher series and made by some of its veteran staff. That's some stiff competition just within the first three days of the month. Capcom will launch its return to Onimusha a day later, and yet another asymmetrical multipla…