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With GTA 6 launching in November, developers are trying to line up their releases in the months before and after it, and that's made September 2026 very busy. One September release is now shifting to October due to the pileup of September games. Developer One More Level has announced that Valor Mortis is being delayed from September 24 to October 13 because "September has become absolutely stacked with incredible-looking games." "We want to give Valor Mortis (and your wallet) some room to breathe," the statement went on. The developer said it knew Valor Mortis could be delayed some time ago. H

Arc Raiders is evolving its matchmaking behaviour yet again. The game's latest update introduced a feature players have long requested. Patch 1.36.0, available now across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox allows the game to track your playstyle separately for its different matchmaking pools: Solo, Duo, and Trio. Read more

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The ongoing collapse of the crypto gaming industry claimed another victim this week, with blockchain startup Proof of Play announcing its demise roughly one year after shutting down its flagship game, Pirate Nation. Founded by FarmVille co-creator Amitt Mahajan, Proof of Play was one of the many companies that attempted to pair familiar, casual gameplay with crypto token incentives and player-owned assets in the form of NFTs--a premise that most gamers never warmed up to. “When we started out, we believed games using blockchain tech had the potential to usher in a new, decentralized internet,”