Your video game backlog is about to get very crowded. Fall is always a busy season for new video games, but this year feels different (just check out our full fall preview). That’s largely thanks to Grand Theft Auto 6, which is set to take over the world come November. It’s so intimidating that virtually every video game has moved out of its way to make for an unusually loaded September and October. There are going to be a lot of promising games to play, and not much time to play them.
There are 15 games at the center of our radar, including new Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Silent Hill, and Gears of War games. Those franchise institutions will go up against some promising new IP like Phantom Blade Zero, which could make a huge impact in October. There are even more games coming, but consider this list a cheat sheet of all the major releases landing this fall.
Release date: Sept. 15
Where to play: PS5
Insomniac has been the MVP of the PlayStation 5 generation, delivering two great Spider-Man games and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Now, the studio is going for another hit with Marvel’s Wolverine. The long-awaited superhero game finds Insomniac at its most brutal, as this version of Logan cuts through enemies like several knives through butter. If all goes well, we could be looking at the start of a new X-Men empire on PlayStation.
Release date: Sept. 17
Where to play: Switch 2
So far in the Switch 2 era, Nintendo has been happy with kicking out niche treats for its most bought-in fans. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is about to change that. The strategy game looks to be the Switch 2’s biggest statement since Donkey Kong Bananza, giving players a long, meaty RPG that could be a console-defining exclusive. There’s a real chance that Fortune’s Weave could wind up being Nintendo’s true Game of the Year contender come December, even over The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. That’s saying a lot.
Release date: Sept. 24
Where to play: MacOS, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X
For its sequel to 2019’s hit Control, Remedy is taking a big left turn. Control Resonant isn’t another telekinetic third-person shooter, but a hack-and-slash action game that’s closer to Devil May Cry than anything Remedy has done before. That creative swing makes it one of the fall’s most exciting wildcards. All I know is that you can never count out Remedy’s ability to deliver, especially when its games look as atmospheric and haunting as this.
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