A retailer has updated the release date for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, suggesting that Capcom will be next to move out of the way of the late-September rush.
If you paid attention to Summer Game Fest's myriad showcases, you'll have no doubt picked up that September is an absolute nightmare. Marvel's Wolverine, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, and Velheim 1.0 already make the middle of the month pretty jam-packed. But then for the last week of the month publishers are going ham with Silent Hill: Townfall, Hot Wheels Infinite Rush, Control Resonant, and Switch 2 editions of Dragon Quest 11 and Shinobi Art of Vengeance all releasing on the 24th, then Onimusha: Way of the Sword drops a day later on the 25th (and that's not even mentioning how much comes out in the first week of October).
What started as games getting out of the incoming GTA 6-shaped behemoth has turned into a massive mosh pit, and we've already seen first-person soulslike Valor Mortis moving out of the week to mid-October. And now it looks like Capcom may be next to shift.
As spotted by Cheap Ass Gamer, retailer PNP Games has listed Onimusha: Way of the Sword with a release date of September 4, 2026 – 21 days before its announced release date. This, in turn, has caused speculation that Capcom will be moving the release date of its samurai hack-and-slash in order to avoid the flood.
There is precedent for this, after all, as earlier this year, Capcom moved the release date of Pragmata up from April 24 to April 17, presumably to avoid another major sci-fi shooter in PlayStation's Saros (even if it certainly feels like Pragmata ended up being the more popular of the two). If anything, this is the best case scenario, because Onimusha is the most interesting release of September, so giving it room to breathe so I can enjoy the likes of Control Resonant later in the month. Plus, Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen is also in early October, giving it less competition, and a quieter end to September is probably a good move too.
