Sunday, September 6th 2026
This Week in Gaming (Week 37)
As we enter the second week of September, there are a lot of new releases, but all the more popular games are being released at more or less the same days, so we're going to change things up a bit to cover the most popular new releases. We kick off with what's easily the biggest release this week—but it's also an early access game—which changes up the typical FPS war game by throwing in a third team in the mix. Next up we have a classic horror movie that has been turned into a game, although it seems to be launching over a month too early. If that's not your thing, then we have some battle castles, a sci-fi survival/base building game, followed by a horror RPG farming sim and we end the week with a first person shooter that comes with an optional VR mode for those that own a VR headset.
Wardogs / This week's major release / Early access / Thursday 10 September
Wardogs is an All-Out Warfare FPS that combines tactical gunplay and combined arms combat with building and destruction mechanics in a large-scale, up to 100-player militaristic sandbox. The game mode - Inspired by 'King of the Hill' - has three teams fight for control of randomized 2x2km 'Control Zones' within larger maps. The team with the most players within the Control Zone earns points - the first team to reach 100 points wins the match. Steam link
Halloween: The Game / Tuesday 8 September
The Boogeyman is out. Team up in a 1v4 asymmetrical horror showdown on everyone's favorite night of the year. Choose to save the quiet town of Haddonfield from bloodshed as a Hero of Haddonfield or stalk and terrorize the residents as Michael Myers. Steam link
Wanderburg / Early access / Demo available / Tuesday 8 September
Drive your Castle on Wheels into battle in this minimalist medieval roguelike of roaming fortresses! Devour entire villages, build your modular arsenal of siege machinery and break the game as you grow with every stronghold you crush. Steam link
Honeycomb: The World Beyond / Demo available / Tuesday 8 September
Honeycomb: The World Beyond is a sci-fi survival adventure set on the vibrant alien planet of Sota7. Adapt by building your base and crafting essential tools. Explore diverse biomes and use your bioengineering experience to uncover mysteries and secure humanity's future. Steam link
Welcome to Elderfield / Demo available / Thursday 10 September
Welcome to Elderfield, a cozy horror RPG with hand-drawn art and dark lofi music. Manage your farm, befriend or romance the locals, investigate mysteries, decorate your home, fight terrifying creatures, fish, cook, seek the Old Gods, die in your sleep, and more... There's lots to do in Elderfield. Steam link
Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone / Early access / VR mode / Thursday 10 September
Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone is an intense, action-movie inspired single player shooter created for VR and Non-VR. As a professional hitman, take on ruthless forces in the criminal underworld - one contract at a time. Steam link
Also launching this week: Sprawl zero, Bus Simulator 27, Shroom and Gloom and Anime Shop Simulator.
Wardogs / This week's major release / Early access / Thursday 10 September
Wardogs is an All-Out Warfare FPS that combines tactical gunplay and combined arms combat with building and destruction mechanics in a large-scale, up to 100-player militaristic sandbox. The game mode - Inspired by 'King of the Hill' - has three teams fight for control of randomized 2x2km 'Control Zones' within larger maps. The team with the most players within the Control Zone earns points - the first team to reach 100 points wins the match. Steam link
The Boogeyman is out. Team up in a 1v4 asymmetrical horror showdown on everyone's favorite night of the year. Choose to save the quiet town of Haddonfield from bloodshed as a Hero of Haddonfield or stalk and terrorize the residents as Michael Myers. Steam link
Drive your Castle on Wheels into battle in this minimalist medieval roguelike of roaming fortresses! Devour entire villages, build your modular arsenal of siege machinery and break the game as you grow with every stronghold you crush. Steam link
Honeycomb: The World Beyond is a sci-fi survival adventure set on the vibrant alien planet of Sota7. Adapt by building your base and crafting essential tools. Explore diverse biomes and use your bioengineering experience to uncover mysteries and secure humanity's future. Steam link
Welcome to Elderfield, a cozy horror RPG with hand-drawn art and dark lofi music. Manage your farm, befriend or romance the locals, investigate mysteries, decorate your home, fight terrifying creatures, fish, cook, seek the Old Gods, die in your sleep, and more... There's lots to do in Elderfield. Steam link
Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone is an intense, action-movie inspired single player shooter created for VR and Non-VR. As a professional hitman, take on ruthless forces in the criminal underworld - one contract at a time. Steam link
17 Comments on This Week in Gaming (Week 37)
This Week in Gaming (Week 6) has 3 games in GoG :).
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I thought that Wardogs was interesting, and then I've read it's 1v1v1 not 1v1 and last team is there only for carnage ;)
Rest aint my cup of tea, maybe Sprawl Zero could be fun and it has a demo too so that I might check out later.
BTW, shouldn't this series/thread be called "Next Week in Gaming" or "Upcoming Week in Gaming"? Most countries start the week on a Monday and that's even standardized within ISO8601.
Very much looking forward to trying it in VR.
That dude's name has to be Chad, because that's a freaking PK or PKM with what I'll assume is a 100-round drum of 7.62×54mmR and there is a reason why they come from the factory with carry handles. :laugh:
That aside, the 500 vs. 500 matches – or 300 vs. 300 vs. 300 – are the real highlight. To me, 100-player matches feel like they did back in 2001, when Tribes 2 came out and people had already modded 100-player matches into the previous game, Tribes.
I doubt there’ll be a decent multiplayer first-person shooter in the foreseeable future that won’t be plagued by cheats in no time at all. To achieve that, you’d simply need to know a thing or two about good server and network code design. In that case, a run-of-the-mill server won’t be enough to properly separate the data and decide in real time who can a) hear, b) see and c) ‘hit’ what. I simply don’t understand why, for decades, more and more information has been sent to the client, only for attempts to be made to curb ‘cheats’ using a sledgehammer approach. That’s simply bad design.
There's nothing "milsim" about it like some people tend to say.
Gunplay feels worse than BF6, also isn't anywhere near what an actual "tactical" fps games feels like. To me it feels more like what I used to see in PUBG or Fortnite videos.
Graphics didn't wow me, looks really generic.
Granted, I only passed the tutorial but that was still like 30 mins of going through the motions and firing the guns, etc.
Also Orc Incremental gets a release:
store.steampowered.com/app/4047270/Orc_Incremental/
There were pages and pages full of servers most almost full too. It took a bit to get used to it, but the training is really not a reflection of what the game is like.Shame you never actually got to try it.
Additionally as far as graphics goes, I noticed there were a lot of options that were off - including better lighting etc.
I don't have a horse in the race, but I find it interesting the people passing judgement on the game didn't' actually play said game. :confused: :rolleyes: