To put it mildly, September's video game release calendar has become overcrowded as almost every studio in the world desperately tries to avoid breathing the same November air as GTA 6. It's a problem, but the 24th, in particular, has quickly become the eye of the September storm.
Sega revealed on Thursday that Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is finally coming to Nintendo Switch 2. Fantastic, as it's a great game that feels like it was made to be played on that console. Then I saw the release date, September 24, and after remembering why that date sounds familiar, my heart sank.
Nintendo's November is currently empty, with two big first-party games releasing in 2026 still lacking release dates.
While September is stacked from top to bottom, September 24 is the busiest day of that incredibly busy month. Now that Shinobi has joined the party, there are six big games all releasing on that same day. Control: Resonant and Silent Hill Townfall are the biggest of the bunch. Even those two alone sharing the same release date feels like something that really needs to change.
Remedy has already made it very clear that it has no intention of moving...
