This Week In Video Games 8/31/26 — 9/4/26

A lot has gone on this week in video games. Here is a recap of what we covered in the world of #videogames on the site this week

Well, this happened to be one massive week for all of those video games out there. Even as we came on the tail end of #gamescom wrapping up, and gearing up for the big releases on the way to us in the coming weeks. #HalloweenTVG certainly went extremely hard to get ready for the launch, then we had a bunch from the #ResidentEvilMovie, #UntilDawn2, and #Warlock to keep the hype going. That is also ignoring the fact that we had the surprise of #Maneater2 getting announced, along with various other big video games getting more out there. We also did not have a chance to get to everything that came out this week as well, so saying it was massive is an understatement to say the least.

 

Street Fighter Kicks Us In The Face With Some Of The Game’s Silliness

One new trailer for the Street Fighter movie is out there, and it brings all of the weirdness of the #StreetFighter IP

After having so many serious movies out there as of late based on video games, it is almost time for us all to have some silly fun with #StreetFighterMovie. Well, after we have to wait another month for it to hit theaters on October 16th, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun right now. In fact, we have a new trailer for the movie out there in the wild, and it is showing off how the cast and crew are going to be taking the whole IP closer to the absurdity of the Street Fighter games rather than trying to make something truly serious. This is a game that has a guy with stretchy arms, another with a foot-tall buzz cut, and another green monster fighting real fighters out there, so it’s aimed to be a little absurd. Which is just what we have to look at here in the latest trailer out for us.

 

SPINE Is Getting Installed On Us All In The Summer Of 2027

The release window for SPINE is now set down, and we will be able to play with this new #SPINE next summer

It feels like SPINE lands in the zeitgeist and then falls off so often, but that does not mean the game is still not coming. In fact, during #gamescom, we had a small announcement pop up from Nekki in the middle of it all, so it could bring out more for the game. Not just in the way of a new video to look at, which we have below, but also in the way of when we can expect the Gun Fu title to hit the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC. It is not any time truly soon, but still something to mark down and get further excited for SPINE out there. As long as you can hold out to attach this game to yourself in the Summer of 2027. That is the current release window after all of this time, so let us all start to get further excited.

 

Progress All Of Our Way Towards The Launch Of Halloween: The Game

A new look at the progression in Halloween: The Game is here, just before we launch into the matches of death this #Halloween

It is the season as of now, and we all need to get ready for #HalloweenTVG to launch on the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC this coming September 8th. Just in time to miss the holiday weekend, unless you shelled out for the early access version of the game from IllFonic and Gun Interactive out there. Then, the launch would be today, September 4th, so you can get your slaying on. So, it is technically also the launch day right now. So much is going on, and we have yet to get close to the actual Halloween out there. I will gladly take it, run with it, and slice up so many civilians with it. All to perfectly progress through the game. Which, oddly enough, is one of the last updates we have for the game to show off how you will be able to upgrade and dress up the various aspects of the world.

 

Until Dawn 2 Shows Off Some Of the Choices & Consequences We Will Experience

The pre-orders are open for Until Dawn 2, and we have a little look at the choices we are going to make in #UntilDawn2

It’s time to start making some choices out there for #UntilDawn 2, as the game is coming to us all on January 28th, 2027, for the PS5. The choice isn’t specifically whether we’re going to want to play the game, or whether we want to see where Firesprite is going to take the IP, but that is part of it. No. In this instance, we have to make the choice on if we are going to pre-order Until Dawn 2 now, and which bundle of the game we are going to shell out our cash for. The regular or the Deluxe that will come with a whole lot of visual extras to experience in the game. Not the best selling point to spend more, but it lets us all feel like we are characters in the game. Even if their choices and consequences are going to be vastly different out there.

 

Maneater 2 Is Swimming Its Way Back Into All Of Our Hearts

The next entry to the Maneater IP is on the way, with the recent reveal we just had for #Maneater2

Just when you thought a fun IP was going to be a one-off with a few bits of DLC, we have the official announcement that #Maneater 2 is swimming its way out there to the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC. This would be that amazing little shaRkPG title that Tripwire Interactive gave us all a few years back, and now with the help of Demiurge Studios, we are getting another full entry into the IP. All of the fun that we had in Maneater the first time around swimming as a shark, eating various tourists, doing a bit of parkour, and then fighting so many other things in the sea will be on display again. This time, though, it looks as if our little bull shark will have found their way into a whole different land and with a whole different goal to keep. Not that devouring various humans in the world and causing all manner of chaos was not fun already. This is a true sequel, though, and it does look as if we are going to have to go insanely hard on it all to keep the reality show going for just a little bit longer.

 

Resident Evil Drops A Lot Of New Gore & Lore For The Upcoming Film

An exclusive look at the upcoming Resident Evil movie is here, just a little ahead of us all getting to see #ResidentEvil in theaters

The dead are starting to rise up as we get closer to September 18th, when the #ResidentEvilMovie will be hitting theaters. We have seen quite a bit of the film at all of the conventions and showcases out there, and it looks as if we have one more bit to look at for it all. A longer look at a scene that we have seen in the previous trailers, and this one shows off just how our new protagonist is going to learn some of the Resident Evil lore out there. All while giving us the feeling we once had when we were playing the game the first time. A very interesting take, and we are going to have that look at all of it right now. Also, a word to the wise: this does not seem to spoil anything major of the film, but it does show off a little bit of the action we are going to get along with the horror.