{"id":839501,"date":"2026-09-07T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/839501\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:14:11","slug":"this-week-in-gaming-week-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/839501\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Gaming (Week 37)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter the second week of September, there are a lot of new releases, but all the more popular games are being released at more or less the same days, so we&#8217;re going to change things up a bit to cover the most popular new releases. We kick off with what&#8217;s easily the biggest release this week\u2014but it&#8217;s also an early access game\u2014which changes up the typical FPS war game by throwing in a third team in the mix. Next up we have a classic horror movie that has been turned into a game, although it seems to be launching over a month too early. If that&#8217;s not your thing, then we have some battle castles, a sci-fi survival\/base building game, followed by a horror RPG farming sim and we end the week with a first person shooter that comes with an optional VR mode for those that own a VR headset.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.team17.com\/games\/wardogs\" target=\"_blank\">Wardogs<\/a> \/ This week&#8217;s major release \/ Early access \/ Thursday 10 September<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWardogs is an All-Out Warfare FPS that combines tactical gunplay and combined arms combat with building and destruction mechanics in a large-scale, up to 100-player militaristic sandbox. The game mode &#8211; Inspired by &#8216;King of the Hill&#8217; &#8211; has three teams fight for control of randomized 2x2km &#8216;Control Zones&#8217; within larger maps. The team with the most players within the Control Zone earns points &#8211; the first team to reach 100 points wins the match. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1867240\/WARDOGS\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/halloweengame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween: The Game<\/a> \/ Tuesday 8 September<br \/>\nThe Boogeyman is out. Team up in a 1v4 asymmetrical horror showdown on everyone&#8217;s favorite night of the year. Choose to save the quiet town of Haddonfield from bloodshed as a Hero of Haddonfield or stalk and terrorize the residents as Michael Myers. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3219630\/Halloween_The_Game\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam link<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderburg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wanderburg<\/a> \/ Early access \/ Demo available \/ Tuesday 8 September<br \/>\nDrive your Castle on Wheels into battle in this minimalist medieval roguelike of roaming fortresses! Devour entire villages, build your modular arsenal of siege machinery and break the game as you grow with every stronghold you crush. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3624140\/Wanderburg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam link<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/honeycomb-game.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Honeycomb: The World Beyond<\/a> \/ Demo available \/ Tuesday 8 September<br \/>\nHoneycomb: The World Beyond is a sci-fi survival adventure set on the vibrant alien planet of Sota7. Adapt by building your base and crafting essential tools. Explore diverse biomes and use your bioengineering experience to uncover mysteries and secure humanity&#8217;s future. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1510440\/Honeycomb_The_World_Beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam link<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/welcome-to-elderfield.itch.io\/welcome-to-elderfield\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome to Elderfield<\/a> \/ Demo available \/ Thursday 10 September<br \/>\nWelcome to Elderfield, a cozy horror RPG with hand-drawn art and dark lofi music. Manage your farm, befriend or romance the locals, investigate mysteries, decorate your home, fight terrifying creatures, fish, cook, seek the Old Gods, die in your sleep, and more&#8230; There&#8217;s lots to do in Elderfield. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3195440\/Welcome_to_Elderfield\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam link<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.2080.games\/games\/gunman-contracts\" target=\"_blank\">Gunman Contracts &#8211; Stand Alone<\/a> \/ Early access \/ VR mode \/ Thursday 10 September<br \/>\nGunman Contracts &#8211; Stand Alone is an intense, action-movie inspired single player shooter created for VR and Non-VR. As a professional hitman, take on ruthless forces in the criminal underworld &#8211; one contract at a time. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2421750\/Gunman_Contracts__Stand_Alone\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam link<\/a>Also launching this week: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3748520\/SPRAWL_zero\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sprawl zero<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2397320\/Bus_Simulator_27\" target=\"_blank\">Bus Simulator 27<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3271280\/Shroom_and_Gloom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shroom and Gloom<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3393280\/Anime_Shop_Simulator\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anime Shop Simulator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we enter the second week of September, there are a lot of new releases, but all the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-839501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}