Onimusha: Way of the Sword's release date has been pushed up to avoid the pre-GTA 6 scramble
Key takeaways
- The game will now arrive three weeks earlier on September 4.
- Capcom If you're a video game publisher with a game arriving in the second half of 2026, you're tossing it into a veritable bloodbath.
- The new release date is for all versions of the game, so PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, as well as the Switch 2.
The game will now arrive three weeks earlier on September 4.
Capcom If you're a video game publisher with a game arriving in the second half of 2026, you're tossing it into a veritable bloodbath. Nearly every publisher (other than perhaps Nintendo) has been doing everything in its power to keep out of the way of GTA 6. One of the many games due to be released in the comically over-crowded September-October window (GTA 6 arrives November 19) is Onimusha: Way of the Sword, which was supposed to launch on September 25. We're now getting it a bit earlier, with Capcom announcing a new release date of September 4.
The new release date is for all versions of the game, so PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, as well as the Switch 2. It was only a month ago that Capcom announced the original release date for the first new mainline entry in its historical fantasy action series since 2006's Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams. 2002's Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny was remastered for modern platforms last year.