New Release: September 10-16, 2026

Crossbell, Claws, and FMV Crushes

This week, Marvel’s Wolverine unleashes its claws for some brutal, bloody action, while The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero and The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure bring the complete Crossbell saga to PS5 and Switch 2. Meanwhile, HimaNatsu: Of Churches, Sunflowers, and Long Summers (pictured) delivers a bittersweet visual novel about childhood friends, old promises, and one final summer together. Here’s the full list of what’s arriving on PC and consoles:

PlayStation 4

Roman Sands RE:Build (digtial, $14.99)
TCG Card Shop Simulator (digital, $19.99)

PlayStation 5

AKIBA LOST (digtial, $24.99)
Aniimo (free to play)
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE (digtial, $15.99)
Drop Dead: The Cabin (digital, $TBA)
Dumb Ways to Build (digtial, $7.99)
Hazard Pay (digtial, $16.99)
Hot Wheels Infinite Rush (physical & digtial, $49.99)
Marvel’s Wolverine (physical & digtial, $69.99)
NHL 27 (physical & digtial, $69.99)
RuneScape: Dragonwilds (digtial, $29.99)
The Alighieri Circle: Dante’s Bloodline (digtial, $19.99)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero / The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure – Deluxe Edition (physical, $69.99)
Train Sim World 7 (digtial, $49.99)
Woodo (digtial, $19.99)

Switch

2048 Battles – Sylvan Sirens (digital, $2.49)
Black Flower (digital, $6.99)
Business Simulator Collection (digital, $14.99)
Flamecraft (digital, $17.99)
Hockey Beasts (digital, $3.99)
How True Is This Rumor? Urban Legend Mystery (digital, $2.99)
Learn English with World Ghost Stories (digital, $3.59)
Nightmare Roulette Pack (digital, $9.99)
Party Fun! 8-Player Common Sense Battle (digital, $7.99)
Play & Learn: My First Hiragana (digital, $4.49)
Strays & Wild West Collection (digital, $14.99)
The Truth of the Empty Room (digital, $2.99)
Tiny Dino Learning Academy (digital, $TBA)
Woodo (digital, $15.99)
Zumba – Magical Marble Saga (digital, $2.49)

Switch 2

AKIBA LOST (digital, $22.49)
Woodo (digital, $15.99)

Xbox One

Liquid Cats (digital, $3.99)
RIN: The Last Child (digital, $19.99)
Roman Sands RE:Build
TCG Card Shop Simulator (digital, $19.99)
Woodo (digtial, $19.99)

Xbox Series S/X

5 in 1 Arcade Vault
Aniimo (digital, free to play)
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE
Deconstruction Simulator (digital, $19.99)
Dumb Ways to Build (digital, $7.99)
Fresh Tracks (digital, $24.99)
Hot Wheels Infinite Rush (physical & digital, $49.99)
Liquid Cats (digital, $3.99)
NHL 27 (physical & digtial, $69.99)
RuneScape: Dragonwilds (physical & digital, $29.99)
The Alighieri Circle: Dante’s Bloodline (digital, $19.99)
Train Sim World 7 (digital, $49.99)
Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection (digital, $39.99)
Woodo (digital, $19.99)

PC

Active Matter ($29.99)
AKIBA LOST ($24.99)
Aniimo (Free)
Animaly Bar: NO HUMANITY! ($TBA)
Anime Shop Simulator ($TBA)
Another Eden Begins ($39.99)
Batomon Showdown ($TBA)
Black Gold: Oil Drilling Simulator ($14.99)
BLACKWOOD ($24.99)
Blood Lily: Killers Can’t Sink a Yuri Ship ($TBA)
BloomKeeper ($19.99)
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE ($15.99)
Cloudscrapers ($TBA)
Creator Chronicles ($TBA)
Deep Sheol ($TBA)
DIG Raiders: Anomaly Extraction ($9.99)
Dimraeth ($TBA)
Dumb Ways to Build ($7.99)
Dunebound Tactics ($19.99)
Duo Quest ($TBA)
Ex Sanguis ($19.99)
Fish Lab ($TBA)
Fleetbreakers ($TBA)
Forsworn ($TBA)
Fright Train ($TBA)
Frontier: Path of Shadows ($14.99)
Garden Ink ($TBA)
Good Heavens! ($TBA)
Gunman Contracts – Stand Alone ($TBA)
Hazard Pay ($16.99)
HimaNatsu: Of Churches, Sunflowers, and Long Summers ($34.99)
HOPE 01 ($TBA)
HOT WHEELS Infinite Rush ($49.99)
I.T.C.B – Interstellar Trade Compliance Bureau ($TBA)
Infinity: HexaDome Tactics ($TBA)
Knuckle Jet ($14.99)
Magical Blush ($14.99)
Mixed Spirits: Bartender ($TBA)
MONOWAVE ($TBA)
Monster Alchemy ($18.99)
Moon Garden ($TBA)
Neat! ($TBA)
Old Market Restored ($TBA)
Paratopic: Overdub ($TBA)
PATLABOR the Case Files ($34.99)
PawMart Tiny Market
Peacemaker: Bloody Emperor
Pibcremental
Professional Ship Simulator
Rehaunted
RIG Riot
Roguecraft DX
Rollout Inline ($11.99)
Roman Sands RE:Build
Runeomicon
SCREENSIDE FISHER (Free)
Shady job ($7.99)
Shroom and Gloom
Sigilfarer: A Dice-Rolling Roguelite
Spiritus Sancti
Sublight
The Alighieri Circle: Dante’s Bloodline ($19.99)
The Headlands
The Loopler
The Plant Shop
Tinker Shot
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter ($59.99)
Train Sim World 7 ($49.99)
WARDOGS ($39.99)
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027
Welcome to Elderfield ($17.99)
Woodo ($19.99)

Rob’s pick: Few RPG settings are as interesting as Crossbell, which makes The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero / The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure an easy choice this week. Trails from Zero introduces detective Lloyd Bannings and the Special Support Section through some fairly standard police work. Exploring districts and residents provides plot as well as intrigue. And yes, it can be just a bit slow.

Largely, Trails to Azure rewards your patience by escalating local corruption into a conflict of nations, complete with plenty of clandestine plans, and some revelatory moments. Yes, they’re dialogue-heavy games, but experiencing them together allows you to relish the connections and ultimately, some of the emotional payoffs can hit a bit harder. Thankfully, the turn-based combat has aged gracefully from the PSP days, tasking you with everything from positioning and turn order with nuances like Quartz, potent Arts, and dramatic Crafts providing advantages.

Outside of Crossbell, I’ll also be spending time in Akihabara, thanks to the six missing maidens in AKIBA LOST. Sweet Hamster Days recently reminded me that some FMV games might resemble harem romps, but they can also hide an unexpectedly absorbing storytelling beneath the mild flirtation. Lastly, Another Eden Begins is providing a lot of retro JRPG enjoyment. I’m happy that the title was pulled from mobile-game purgatory.

Ryan’s pick: I’ve been thoroughly enjoying Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls lately and honestly it’s been a really good way to reconnect with the X-Men series. Marvel’s Wolverine gets the official seal this week as the trailer for it was pretty impressive with the combat and in general looks pretty intense. Like most kids in the 90s’ Wolverine was my favorite, so being able to play a current-gen game with him in the spotlight is pretty much ideal in my book. In terms of violence some of the attacks you can perform can be quite graphic, but after playing Onimusha: Way of the Sword lately I don’t think it will be too jarring of a transition.

Staying with the theme of violence, over the past couple of years a friend and I have been playing FPS PSVR2 games and really had a great time playing Arizona Sunshine 2. The VR game Gunman Contracts is absolutely something I can see us taking turns playing. It reminds me a bit of a John Wick style FPS action-movie game with cinematic slowdowns and intense shootouts. If you are a VR fan I think this one is worth a quick look.

Matt S’ pick (editor, DigitallyDownloaded): I’m very interested in Akiba Lost. I’ve only played one of the developer’s other titles (Death Come True), but I utterly loved that, and it looks like Akiba Lost will build on the experience from making that game, as far as interactive FMV titles go. Also the cast is pretty damn impressive. This could be a real iconic example of what can be achieved with a “big budget FMV title”

I’m also really, REALLY excited for Flamecraft, the latest digital board game adaptation by the studio that gave us Wingspan. I’ve heard really good things about Flamecraft as a board game, and Wingspan… well, I’ve played more than 2000 hours of Wingspan now. This developer really knows its stuff. I’m hoping that Flamecraft can broaden the game night rotation a little bit.

Robert Allen

Since being a toddler, Robert Allen has been immersed in video games, anime, and tokusatsu. Currently, his days are spent teaching at two southern California colleges. But his evenings and weekends are filled with STGs, RPGs, and action titles and well at writing for Tech-Gaming since 2007.

One Comment

  1. The kind of art I expect. Robert with his JRPG fanaticism. Ryan choosing violence. Matt praising a board game. Everything as it should be.

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