September 2026 update

🌀 September 2026 — Fun-Mode Dev Board, Part 2

Summer's gone and the backlog's mutated. New games on the horizon, AI eating game design, and fresh toys everywhere.

🎮 Aion 2 Is Almost Here

The big one. Early access kicks off **September 30**, full free-to-play launch **October 5** on Steam and PURPLE. Eight launch classes, no direct player trades (Market only), and a "War For Atreia" creator event running alongside launch.

- Watching the class tier lists before I lock in my pick

- Steam users: gotta uninstall the Playtest app and grab the real client

- Console version confirmed but undated — PC it is

🌊 Once Human: Isles of Abyss

**October 22** brings the ocean expansion — five sea regions, ship building up to full sea fortresses, deep-sea diving, and something called The Sunken Lord. Endless Dream crew, this is our season.

- Sep 16 update overhauled Beastmaster — ranching and combat finally feel alive

- Next update drops **Sep 28**

- Still recruiting for **Destiny Gate** — come hunt monsters with us

👗 Infinity Nikki × The Little Prince

The collab is live (**Sep 23 – Nov 26**): version 2.10, a new area, new quests, and 100 free draws. The 5-star Elegant "If Some One Loves a Flower" outfit is the chase card.

🧠 AI Is Eating Game Design

Japan's game industry basically admitted it: **86% of Japanese developers now use generative AI**, up from 51% last year. Level-5's CEO claims 80–90% of game code is AI-written now. The devs are becoming editors — humans keep the "aesthetic sense," AI does the volume. Future games will be built differently, and I'm here for it.

📱 Hardware Check

Qualcomm's new **Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 / Extreme Gen 6** chips are all-in on on-device AI — personal scribe functions, agentic tasks, camera tricks, all local. Running an S24 Ultra, so I'm watching this one closely.

🎨 Fun Stuff

- New Facebook profile pic: Momo-cat style. Obviously.

- Made a **5-star "Mayflower" card** of my guide V — turned out so good it's his profile picture now. He lives.

 dragonai7