{"id":1984908,"date":"2026-06-11T16:53:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1984908"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:53:31","slug":"as-games-pile-into-september-to-avoid-gta-6-ghostrunner-studios-promising-soulslike-valor-mortis-is-shifting-its-release-to-escape-the-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1984908","title":{"rendered":"As games pile into September to avoid GTA 6, Ghostrunner studio&#8217;s promising Soulslike Valor Mortis is shifting its release to escape the rush"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" 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class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/valor-mortis-bearer.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A Napoleonic soldier with mutated arms and a massive stature prepares to attack the player.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"valor-mortis-bearer.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>One More Level<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1521645425.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Matt Wales avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1521645425.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/matt-wales\">Matt Wales<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-11T16:53:31+00:00\">June 11, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valor-mortis-new-release-date?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          8 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"44e16ebb-0885-4a78-9a00-45161feee328\" data-name=\"Valor Mortis\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Valor Mortis\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Valor Mortis\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Valor Mortis\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Valor Mortis\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Valor Mortis\" title=\"Follow Valor Mortis\"><br \/>\n  Follow Valor Mortis<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It didn&#8217;t much of this year&#8217;s Summer Game Fest to realise that, in racing to escape the orbit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">GTA 6<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-release-date-black-hole\">games industry has created a new problem<\/a>: a September 2026 so packed with releases that it&#8217;s going to take some dedication &#8211; not to mention time and money &#8211; for players to get through even a fraction of them all. So it was only a matter of time before someone blinked. Which brings us to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ghostrunner\">Ghostrunner<\/a> studio One More Level, perhaps the first of many to announce it&#8217;s shifting out of the scrum, with its promising Napoleonic first-person Soulslike Valor Mortis now set to release this October.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, Valor Mortis has now jettisoned its original 24th September launch date in favour of a 13th October arrival on Xbox Series X\/S, PS5, and PC &#8211; placing it in the current comparative void (until everyone else decides on a calendar rejig too, that is) between September&#8217;s crush and GTA 6&#8217;s all-consuming 19th November release. Announcing the date change, One More Level explained, &#8220;September has become absolutely stacked with incredible looking games. We knew this was a possibility, but when you are in a partner showcase as we were, dates get locked weeks in advance. We want to give Valor Mortis (and your wallet) some room to breathe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Valor Mortis - Official Release Date Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KWvEiX6sHEE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/KWvEiX6sHEE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Valor Mortis &#8211; Official Release Date Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s Valor Mortis&#8217; release date trailer until it wasn&#8217;t.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KWvEiX6sHEE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, the studio says it&#8217;ll be using the extra time before release to act on feedback generated by <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2828710\/Valor_Mortis\/\">Valor Mortis&#8217; newly released Steam demo.<\/a> That demo, if you&#8217;re curious, includes two chapters: one taking place on a grim battlefield and introducing the game&#8217;s core combat system, while the second is a mid-game level that sees players using protagonist William&#8217;s transmutation powers to traverse a destroyed bridge to the Lighthouse. This, it notes, features a steeper difficulty curve, offering a taste of the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Valor Mortis was unveiled last August and whisks players to an alternate-history version of the 19th century. Here, the Napoleonic Wars are raging and you &#8211; a soldier in Bonaparte&#8217;s Grande Arm\u00e9e &#8211; are regrettably dead. Until, that is, you awaken on a battlefield ravaged by a mysterious supernatural plague, only to find your former friends and foes have been twisted into awful abominations.<\/p>\n<p>Eurogamer&#8217;s Dom Peppiatt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valor-mortis-more-dishonored-than-dark-souls\">spent some time with Valor Mortis at last year&#8217;s Gamescom<\/a> and liked what they saw. &#8220;It&#8217;s compelling, gratifying, and it will get its hooks into your brain and make you think &#8216;OK, I&#8217;m not putting this pad down until I&#8217;ve beaten this monster&#8217;,&#8221; Dom wrote. &#8220;One More Level, indeed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It didn&#8217;t much of this year&#8217;s Summer Game Fest to realise that, in racing to escape the orbit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">GTA 6<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-release-date-black-hole\">games industry has created a new problem<\/a>: a September 2026 so packed with releases that it&#8217;s going to take some dedication &#8211; not to mention time and money &#8211; for players to get through even a fraction of them all. So it was only a matter of time before someone blinked. Which brings us to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ghostrunner\">Ghostrunner<\/a> studio One More Level, perhaps the first of many to announce it&#8217;s shifting out of the scrum, with its promising Napoleonic first-person Soulslike Valor Mortis now set to release this October.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, Valor Mortis has now jettisoned its original 24th September launch date in favour of a 13th October arrival on Xbox Series X\/S, PS5, and PC &#8211; placing it in the current comparative void (until everyone else decides on a calendar rejig too, that is) between September&#8217;s crush and GTA 6&#8217;s all-consuming 19th November release. Announcing the date change, One More Level explained, &#8220;September has become absolutely stacked with incredible looking games. We knew this was a possibility, but when you are in a partner showcase as we were, dates get locked weeks in advance. We want to give Valor Mortis (and your wallet) some room to breathe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Valor Mortis - Official Release Date Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KWvEiX6sHEE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/KWvEiX6sHEE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Valor Mortis &#8211; Official Release Date Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s Valor Mortis&#8217; release date trailer until it wasn&#8217;t.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KWvEiX6sHEE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, the studio says it&#8217;ll be using the extra time before release to act on feedback generated by <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2828710\/Valor_Mortis\/\">Valor Mortis&#8217; newly released Steam demo.<\/a> That demo, if you&#8217;re curious, includes two chapters: one taking place on a grim battlefield and introducing the game&#8217;s core combat system, while the second is a mid-game level that sees players using protagonist William&#8217;s transmutation powers to traverse a destroyed bridge to the Lighthouse. This, it notes, features a steeper difficulty curve, offering a taste of the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Valor Mortis was unveiled last August and whisks players to an alternate-history version of the 19th century. Here, the Napoleonic Wars are raging and you &#8211; a soldier in Bonaparte&#8217;s Grande Arm\u00e9e &#8211; are regrettably dead. Until, that is, you awaken on a battlefield ravaged by a mysterious supernatural plague, only to find your former friends and foes have been twisted into awful abominations.<\/p>\n<p>Eurogamer&#8217;s Dom Peppiatt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/valor-mortis-more-dishonored-than-dark-souls\">spent some time with Valor Mortis at last year&#8217;s Gamescom<\/a> and liked what they saw. &#8220;It&#8217;s compelling, gratifying, and it will get its hooks into your brain and make you think &#8216;OK, I&#8217;m not putting this pad down until I&#8217;ve beaten this monster&#8217;,&#8221; Dom wrote. &#8220;One More Level, indeed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Valor Mortis As games pile into September to avoid GTA 6, Ghostrunner studio&#8217;s promising Soulslike Valor Mortis is shifting its release to escape the rush And there&#8217;s a new demo while you wait. 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