Operation Backlog Completion 2026

Village in the Shade Will Be Out on October 27!

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Aug 102026
 

When Village in the Shade was announced for localization earlier this year, I wondered if its fall release window meant it would be out in time for Halloween.

And it will be!

NIS America announced that Village in the Shade will be out on October 27 for Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, and PC.

As you might recall, Village in the Shade is a farming sim from the developers of the Yomawari series. The village has specific rules you must follow… or you’ll see what makes it not only a farming sim, but also a horror game.

In short, it’s great for Halloween!

There is also a special mode that prevents you from breaking the rules, if you just want to enjoy the farming part without the horror, which is an interesting touch.

They even gave it its own trailer.

I’m not much of a farming game fan, but this is one I’m pretty interested in, for obvious reasons.

Now, October 27 is the same release date as the 9 RIP Sequel, which is a higher priority for me, so I doubt I’ll be playing Village in the Shade at launch. Nevertheless, I’m happy to see this game will be out in time for Halloween!

The Warrior Cats Series is Getting a Turn-Based RPG

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Aug 072026
 

Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest is a newly-announced turn-based RPG based on the Warriors series by Erin Hunter, and that’s a sequence of words I never thought I’d write.

I was obsessed with Warriors as a kid… and past being a kid. It was pretty much the only children’s series I continued reading as I got older (and I really only stopped because of a personal matter).

So seeing the announcement of a Warriors game was startling, especially when I saw it was a turn-based RPG, my favorite genre!

(Better yet, I mistakenly thought the headline said it was turn-based strategy when I first saw it, so when I kept reading and realized it was a regular turn-based RPG instead, it made it even more of a pleasant surprise.)

According to the description, you’ll customize a cat, choose your clan (each with its own story campaign), and influence the story through your choices. On top of that… it actually looks promising.

I’m really intrigued by this, for nostalgia’s sake if nothing else.

Now, the last time I felt this sort of nostalgia was when the Neopets mini-game collection was announced, and I very nearly bought it, only to learn the fan consensus is that you’d be better off just playing the originals on the site, so I’m a little cautious. Everything about this looks good, though. (Meanwhile, I never got around to playing the Redwall games on Steam, either…)

Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest will be out this fall for Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Whether you’re a Warriors fan or not, what do you think about it so far?

The Fortune’s Weave Direct Got Me Excited for the Game

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Aug 052026
 

You know, I wasn’t planning to write this post.

When I posted about the upcoming Direct on Monday, I thought that would cover it. I’d tune in, get a better idea of the game, and leave it at that.

But the Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct actually got me much more excited than I was before, so I decided to cover it after all. Be sure to check out the full Direct if you want all the details, since I’ll be covering the highlights for me.

(And if you want to go into the game completely unspoiled, stop reading now.)

First off, we got a much better idea of the game’s structure… although there are still some unclear aspects.

Up until now, it was a little confusing, because they showed that you could pick one of the four lords’ stories and that you’d play directly as the lord, but what appeared to be an avatar character had also been spotted. Now it’s a bit clearer. The player’s character, Eshmel, exists five years in the future and is facing a climactic battle. They then travel back in time to change the fates of the four lords.

It’s still not certain if you’ll play as the lords first, then get a timeskip, and then go back to change things as Eshmel, or if you’ll actually start the game in the future and head back into the past to experience each story.

Either way, another interesting thing revealed in the Direct is that you can switch between the lords’ stories whenever you want and even play them in parallel! That’ll do a lot toward getting me to actually see them all this time…

Now, Free Time is the main thing I wanted to learn about, and we got a lot of new information. In addition to things like the arena and recruiting characters, you can also travel across the world map to visit towns and dungeons, with movement costing time that passes in between battles. The most unexpected part is that dungeons feature turn-based combat like in a JRPG, instead of the usual strategy RPG combat used in the rest of the game.

I still have questions about the game’s structure and how the parallel playthroughs work, but I’m excited. I’m more interested than ever in Fortune’s Weave, and I’m looking forward to playing it next month!

Be sure to check out the full Direct for the rest of the new information shared. What are you looking forward to the most from Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave?

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