The Future Games Show will return in 2025 with three exciting shows: FGS Spring Showcase (March), FGS Summer Showcase (June) and FGS @Gamescom (August).
The Future Games Show is one of the best way to discover new games, with our 2024 shows reaching over 200 million total views. We debuted exclusive trailers from AAA blockbusters including Black Myth: Wukong and Civilisation VII, as well as giving you advance notice of some of the year's greatest indie breakouts, such as Tiny Glade, Hauntii and Tenbris Somnia.
Read on to find out everything you need to know about the Future Games Show, including how to apply for the Future Games Show Spring Showcase on March 20, 2025.
- Visit the Future Games Show Steam sale page
- Follow Future Games Show on X / Twitter
- Follow Future Games Show on YouTube
- Follow Future Games Show on TikTok
How to watch
Watch the Future Games Show at gamescom 2024
The Future Games Show at gamescom Presented by Civilization VII, our unmissable preview of 2024's most exciting Fall / Autumn games and beyond, took place on Wednesday, Aug 21. Here's how to re-watch the event, which debuted 10 world premieres and shared new videos from Retrieval, Caravan SandWitch, Nightmare House, Lost Skies and more.
Our gamescom event was hosted by Ned Luke (Michael De Santa, GTA5) and Alex McKenna (Sadie Adler, Red Dead Redemption 2). Read on to find out more about the Future Games Show at gamescom, which was broadcast at 1pm PT, 4pm ET and 10pm CEST on Wednesday Aug 21.
You can watch the Future Games Show at gamescom Presented by Civilization VII on Aug 21, 2024 by subscribing to FGS's YouTube channel, GamesRadar's Twitch channel, our Facebook page, Twitter, and the website, GamesRadar.com.
Watch:
Wednesday, August 21
1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm BST / 10pm CEST
You can also watch a selection of translated (via captions) feeds in Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Portugese, Thai and English, by selecting your choice of live captions from our YouTube Live page. Simply choose the International Feed and make your choice of language.
We'll also add feeds for ASL and BSL translation which will be found on the FGS YouTube page on the Live tab.
What games did we see during Future Games Show at gamescom?
Future Games Show at gamescom showcased over 50 games on PS5, Xbox, PC and Switch, plus revealed a handful of new Steam demo drops.
Ttitles included Black Myth: Wukong, Rebellion's hotly-anticipated BioShock-meets-Fallout-style Atomfall, and open-world RPG Greedfall 2.
FGS loves to help viewers discover something new, so look out for some dazzling indies and AA titles such as Caravan: SandWitch, Bionic Bay and PVKK.
In addition to these amazing games, we are excited to announce that Prime Video will be sharing an exclusive look at The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 during the show.
Who will host the Future Games Show at gamescom showcase?
The FGS @ gamescom will be hosted by Ned Luke (Michael De Santa, GTA5) and Alex McKenna (Sadie Adler, Red Dead Redemption 2).
You can follow Ned Luke and Alex McKenna on X / Twitter for more updates.
How to co-stream the Future Games Show
We're thrilled to welcome new streamers and creators to our FGS Co-Streamer program and all you need to do is sign up via this short form. We give all partners an exclusive asset pack, and the occasional bonus, including game codes subject to the titles in each show.
Take Part
How to take part in the Future Games Show
Working on an exciting new game? Join a roster of exciting titles that debuted in the Future Games Show, including Immortality, En Garde,, The Case of The Golden Idol, Dustborn,, LEGO Bricktales and many more.
If you're interested in being part of the show, you can fill out our updated FGS Game Nomination form or contact the FGS team directly via email:
Please note, nominations have now closed for our FGS @Gamescom event on Aug 21 but you can share submissions for our Spring Showcase event in March 2025.
For editorial inquiries:
James Jarvis, Executive Producer (james.jarvis@futurenet.com)
Ben Malley, Producer (ben.malley@futurenet.com)
For sponsorship Inquiries:
Melissa Makhmaltchi, Commercial Lead (US), melissa.makhmaltchi@futurenet.com
Kevin Stoddart, Commercial Lead (UK) kevin.stoddart@futurenet.com
No title is too big – or too small – to take part: we're looking for cool, interesting games that will delight our audience.
Simply get in touch via our nomination form or through the email contacts above to be in consideration for our upcoming roster of digital showcase events.
Steam Page
Future Games Show Steam page
You can check out all the games from each Future Games Show broadcast by visiting our Future Games Show Steam sale page which is updated after each event.
Developers and partners can get in touch via the contact addresses above to discuss how you can appear in the Future Games Show and on the event's Steam page.
What is the Future Games Show?
A brief history of the Future Games Show
The Future Games Show has reached over 350 million viewers since its debut in June 2020 with a mission to celebrate the most exciting, unusual and innovative upcoming games across all formats.
With previous show partners including Warner Bros. Entertainment, Team17, Koch Media, Konami, Sega and many, many more, you can expect diverse game genres - from puzzlers, to shooters, and beaver-led post-apocalyptic strategy games - with a focus on new gameplay footage and fresh developer insight.
The Future Games Show runs three shows a year, the Spring Showcase in March, a summer showcase event in June, and a Gamescom show in August.
2024 is shaping up as our most ambitious - and potentially surprising - year yet, with some tweaks to the show format, perhaps a new section or two, and lots more to reveal as we head nearer the summer.
We can't wait to partner with even more publishers and developers to share their exciting new games with the Future Games Show audience.
Here's everything you need to know about the Future Games Show so far, including previous hosts, contact details for how to pitch and appear in the show, plus more on how how to wishlist and play games from our event, via the Future Games Show Steam page.
Future Games Show: Game Announcements Recap
If you want to dig into all of the reveals across the history of the Future Games Show, you can check out a list of our ‘everything announced’ articles below:
- Everything announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2023
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2023
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2023
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2022
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2022
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2022
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2021
- Everything Announced at the Future Game Show Summer Showcase 2021
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2021
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2020
- Everything Announced a the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2020
What is the Future Games Show?
GamesRadar Presents: Future Games Show (FGS) is our premier digital showcase event, which debuted in June 2020 at E3, originally hosted by Nolan North and Emily Rose from the Uncharted series. Our truly multiformat showcase has now debuted its ninth event - spanning PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X / S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC and mobile platforms - focusing on the most exciting, quirky and original games of 2022 and beyond.
The Future Games Show's mission is to help fans discover something new with our carefully curated selection of games. We focus on bringing you gameplay clips, developer walkthroughs, and world premieres. The Future Games Spring Showcase 2022 featured a Virtual Show Floor exhibition, containing games that will have playable Steam demos available right after the event. Also returning was the 'Ones to Watch' montage of exciting upcoming games and quirky indies.
Future Games Show previous hosts
The God of War stars Christopher Judge and Danielle Bisutti, aka Kratos and Freya, hosted the Future Games Show Powered by Mana on Wednesday, Aug 24.
The Future Games Show in June 2022 was hosted by Denise Gough and Doug Cockle from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Our Spring Showcase event was broadcast in March 2022 and hosted by Ashly Burch (Aloy, Horizon Zero Dawn and Tina, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands) and John MacMillan (Varl, Horizon Zero Dawn).
In our Gamescom 2020 event, the hosts were the iconic pairing David Hayter and Debi Mae West, who voiced Solid Snake and Meryl Silverburgh respectively.
Hayter told GamesRadar: "Games… have changed. They’re no longer 8-bit side-scrollers, played under synthesized, electric-piano theme songs, but massive worlds of fantasy into which players can escape and explore for months at a time. In this era of the Foxdie Virus, we need these games more than ever. Which is why I’m teaming with my favourite former rookie, Meryl Silverburgh, to host the next episode of the Future Games Show. So grab your cardboard box, put on your stealth camo, and make sure that safety’s off… It’s showtime."
GamesRadar will bring you all the news and videos from the Future Games Show as the next-generation consoles enter their second wave of exciting new titles.
