Everything announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
Opening Night Live 2025 is officially over, but the real showcase was inside our hearts all along

And with that, Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 has concluded! There's still the entire actual Gamescom event itself over the rest of the week, so there's plenty more to come, but host Geoff Keighley has already given two hours and change worth of reveals, trailers, updates, and announcements.
Much of what might be considered the bigger announcements had been teased, rumored, and leaked ahead of time, but that didn't stop me from standing up and cheering with the new Lego Batman game got revealed anyway. And Fallout season 2 has a premiere date! Keep reading for everything announced of note from ONL this year, and beyond that is a live (and lively) recap of the blow-by-blow from the event itself.
Everything announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
- Fallout season 2 trailer takes us to New Vegas, teases the Ghoul's tragic backstory, and sees Walton Goggins fight off a Deathclaw
- Geoff Keighley breaks straight through the bottom of the barrel, shows 30 seconds of Hollow Knight Silksong gameplay at Gamescom ONL before re-announcing the Team Cherry reveal we already knew about
- Yes, those leaks were true: Black Ops 7 is out this November, it's still coming to PS4 and Xbox One, and there's an open beta right around the corner
- Black Myth: Wukong dev announces new action RPG Black Myth: Zhong Kui, admits it's "little more than an empty folder at this stage" and it has "absolutely no idea" when it's coming out, then teases more Wukong to come
- Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is coming in 2026 and Matt Berry voicing Bane is something I never knew I needed
- The Ghostrunner devs have cooked up a first-person Soulslike that looks like BioShock meets Bloodborne, and oh yeah, it's set in fictional 19th century Europe during the Napoleonic Wars
- With "over one million" customization combos, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's second story DLC will turn the RPG into a city builder that looks like the Sims Medieval remake I'll never get
- The new CRPG from the Disco Elysium studio actually looks kind of cool, but after a biblically messy breakup with the original devs it's hard to get invested
- The best-worst Soulslike of 2023 is getting a sequel: Lords of the Fallen 2 announced for 2026, and it sure looks like an Epic exclusive on PC
- Sekiro: No Defeat is the FromSoftware anime that's been rumored for years, and it's coming to Crunchyroll as a crimson-soaked trailer details "a tale of loyalty and blood"
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 is real, and the devs seem keen to wash the bad taste of the last RTS out of everyone's mouths "with classic Dawn of War gameplay"
- They let me play as a radical frog wizard in a roguelike fusion of Golden Axe and Capcom's classic D&D brawlers, and suddenly its October launch is even more exciting
- The best part of Ghost of Tsushima is back: Sony confirms Ghost of Yotei Legends DLC is coming next year with 4 classes and new co-op missions
- New Bloober game trailer at Gamescom seems to include a secret Silent Hill 2 cameo, unless I'm as confused as James Sunderland
- Cult of the Lamb's new DLC is cooling us down in the snowy mountains after the roguelike's steamy "sex update" from last year
- Monkey Island designer and point-and-click legend Ron Gilbert moving to the roguelike mines feels like my personal hell, but the trailer looks fun enough that I'm trying to keep an open mind
- The Outer Worlds 2 shows off its roster of companions and ruins the day of many a RPG fan by immediately saying "no, you can't sleep with them"
- After 21 years and various delays, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 finally gets a solid release date during Gamescom Opening Night Live
- I guess we're riding Chocobos now: Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy 14 reveal huge crossover with some of the action RPG and MMO's best boss battles and characters changing games
- You know and hated Bubsy 3D, now get ready for Bubsy 4D from Atari: a bit of '90s "platforming purrfection" that might signal the End Times
Most importantly, here's everything you'll need to actually watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 when it kicks off proper:
YouTube and Twitch are your best bets for actually watching, and be sure to tune in at 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm BST/8pm CEST – and 30 minutes prior to that if you want the pre-show and everything.
So, what do we actually know is going to make an appearance? Quite a bit, actually! While specifics are hard to come by, Geoff Keighley regularly teases what sort of appearances to expect ahead of Gamescom Opening Night Live – and has done so for years at this point.
Case in point: we already know to expect something from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Resident Evil Requiem, and Amazon's Prime Video's Fallout Season 2.
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...I was about to say that Hollow Knight: Silksong's appearance during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 seemed like it was up in the air after a noncommittal Keighley tease, but it's just been announced that there's going to be a "special announcement" early on Thursday, August 21.
I just can't decide whether that means we'll definitely see some kind of teaser for the announcement today or we definitely won't. There's still plenty of time to apply clown makeup.
OK, well, assuming there's some kind of Hollow Knight: Silksong news today, what's the one thing you hope to see that isn't that? The absolute longshot that would have you jumping out of your seat?
As always, for me, it's a Valkyria Chronicles remake or massive remaster. Or even just bringing Valkyria Chronicles 2 and 3 out of PSP jail and an actual English localization for the latter. Sega, are you out there? It's me, Rollin.
In more likely news, there has to be a Fallout season 2 trailer of some kind during Gamescom Opening Night Live, right? After all the teasing with the Fallout season 2 poster last week and the first look images just yesterday? The timing just screams a full-on trailer. We know it's coming in December already, so maybe... an actual release date as well? Not long now until we all collectively find out.
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Just an hour to go until Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 proper and around 30 minutes for the pre-show! Still plenty of time to get some snacks, a drink, and settle in for a lengthy series of reveals and announcements.
And if you're already up anyway, I wouldn't mind a Topo Chico. Cheers.
An absolutely massive audio jump scare there from a tab buried deep in my browser indicates that the placeholder video has actually begun! It's really real, folks. (And also, a handy little bug in the upper right informs that the pre-show really will start in about 28 minutes as expected.)
With just 15 minutes left (give or take) before the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 pre-show begins in earnest, this is one of your absolute last chances for a called shot. What do you think will make a surprise appearance tonight that isn't already expected to some degree?
All right, here we go for the pre-show...
Kyle Bosman is back once again. Reminding us this is not the main show. This is the waiting room. "It's good itself," Bosman says. OK.
...immediately leading into something about Bubsy. Kyle, you just said the pre-show was good.
Bubsy 4D! 3D platformer, orange cat(?) character. No pants. Coming to basically all consoles and PC. Up for wishlisting now.
As with all Keighley-produced shows, no waiting around. Immediately into something that kind of looks a bit like a Telltale-style Battlestar Galactica game? Stylized art, lots of shots of ships. Gameplay now! Looks less Telltale and more tactical like Stellaris or something. Battlestar Galactica: Shattered Hopes coming early 2026.
Ah, trailer for a LucasArts classic remastered by Nightdive! This has to be Outlaws, which was rumored this week after a Steam update to the original. Bit of Doom in the West with some LucasArts flavor and animation. "Pre-order now," no date associated.
Moving right along! Colorful... Tony Hawk on-rails skater but with a train? Some real Katamari meets Crazy Taxi meets Hi-Fi Rush style going on here. And probably more Subway Surfers than I'd like to admit.
Denshattack! Coming Spring 2026.
Lee Petty, creative director on Keeper at Double Fine, is here to talk about the game. Discussing how the bird and lighthouse in game work together and what sort of relationship they have. "The bird becomes, I think, the emotional heart of the game," Petty says. Cites The Dark Crystal as inspiration.
Keeper releases October 17! That's it! Bosman once again hypes up the pre-show, which... I guess.
And now, a He-Man game. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction coming to all platforms. Looks like a beat-'em-up in classic arcade fashion with He-Man characters. The trailer is even framed as old school with toys and a CRT.
New Absolum trailer! Stylized animation here of rescuing a frog (?) kid. Dodging arrows only to have a shield ability stop them thanks to a frog (?) wizard. Yeah, this looks great. A bit like Cuphead meets beat-'em-up rather than a side-scrolling shooter.
Brand-new look at Long gone. Pixel art apocalypse game. Zombie at the gate struggles to try and bite our protagonist. Not well, though. Narrative adventure about rummaging in ruins. Some fun perspective shifts around the diorama-like pixel environments, though. "Wishlist now!"
No time to linger! Now from the creators of Ghostrunner comes: a haunting-looking game. Firearms being held in the back of a wagon. Looks almost revolutionary times here. Bayonetsand snow and blood. But wait: some kind of mysterious vial is transforming a fallen soldier into an absolute beast.
Cut to a desolate battlefield and now actual gameplay. Running around the landscape with a sword, revolver, casting some kind of magic and using vials for yourself. There's a real "Revolutionary War BioShock" vibe here. And the monsters look gnarly.
Valor Mortis is the name! No date.
Bosman is now counting down 10 reasons to be excited while watching this. Did Geoff just not sell this slot?
This is a good time to sit back and ruminate on the fact that there's a whole additional two hours to go. Pray for Rollin.
And now, a new look at a Kepler Interactive game that I will not attempt to spell here. Looks a bit like a retrofuturistic Steel Battalion/Planetary Invaders? Summer 2026, wishlist on Steam. Really looked like a new style of Missile Command to me. Do want.
And now, a terrifying trailer pieced together of footage of abandoned quarantine areas in some game. Bad robot there doesn't look fun. Feels a bit Dead Space in presentation, but certainly no creepy crawlies just yet. Don't like the mysterious sounds emanating in this waterlogged hallway. Routine is the name. Coming Late 2025, wishlist now.
More trailers! Some dead person arrives in the underworld. But they have to go back to the mortal world! For some reason. Looks a bit like Black Myth Wukong to my eyes mixed with more humans. Big monster, ghost-like women, fiery dragon dancer, big guy with sword. Also there are apparently summons of some kind? And a whole entire house chasing you down to eat you. Yeah, all right, sold.
Swords of Legends is the name. No date or anything else!
Onto the next thing. Guy hauling a big rig... Something from Saber and Focus. Just so much time spent on the trucking aspect here that I have to imagine this is some kind of sim.
Severe weather's cropped up, and now they have to "get it done." Be the hero of the open road. Road Kings. Don't mind Stuntman: Trucking Edition.
Sonic Racing Crossworlds up now! Pac-Man's here. All right. That's it! It's over! The real Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 is up next. In the meantime, here's that Valor Mortis trailer:
Geoff Keighley takes the stage! Didn't really catch what shoes he's wearing, but I did look.
More than 1,500 exhibitors at Gamescom. "Turns out E3 didn't die, it just moved right here to Germany," says Keighley. Sure.
Peak has sold over 10 million copies. Cool and nice. Date Everything's sold an estimate half a million. "Small teams with big ideas can change the industry," says Keighley. This is a leadup to Hollow Knight: Silksong!
Hollow Knight: Silksong is 100%, actually launching this year, per Keighley. Gameplay showing the protagonist zooming around taking on various bugs. Keighley hypes up the Nintendo and Xbox booths, where you can play. It's real. Also flags the news coming on Thursday, August 21.
Opening cinematic of World of Warcraft Midnight from Blizzard on the way in addition to all the previous teases. Keighley says it's the biggest Opening Night Live they've ever done. I'll believe it when I see it.
Lights go out in Cologne here. Some kind of... haunting taunt. "You will know fear." Red light bathes everything. "They want you afraid." Mindbending visuals... Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Welcome back modern Deus Ex.
There's some kind of trickery happening here that sort of creates an unreal environment, roads twisting impossibly into the air. On top of the futuristic aspect here, it's hard to image how this even plays and what makes it Call of Duty? But maybe I'm out of the loop.
Concludes with a big huge person attacking. All right. Quick zombies tease here too... All right. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 releases November 14.
Treyarch's Myles Leslie and Natalie Podgorski from Raven take the stage to talk CoD. Myles says they're pushing the envelope again. Future that's just out of reach, but twisted. "It's a world of fear," Myles says. Pulling threads from Black Op 2 and 6.
David Mason returns, but he is not the same. "He's carrying deep scars," Myles says. Natalie adds that there's an organization called "The Guild" that's clashing in the game. Avalon is the central city, more than just a backdrop. Evolves with the player. Hm.
Co-op campaign! Can be played solo or up to four players. Every mission handcrafted for variety. Tone, pacing, location. Real and "human psyche" locations both. Natalie says the game is "all about innovation" both with gameplay, stories, and more. More about all of that at Call of Duty Next.
Behind-the-scenes commentary here. Talk about letting solo players and multiplayer groups able to play through the same campaign and get something out of it. Pacing shifts between high-intensity combat and psychological sequences. Avalon is central, but there's plenty beyond that city geographically and otherwise.
There's also "The Endgame" which is a proving grounds of sorts? "Each run is a new step in your power journey." Sounds a bit... roguelike? Hard to say with what we've actually seen here.
Call of Duty Next on September 30 will have more all about Black Ops 7. Keighley hypes up more about Fallout season 2 and a new Ron Gilbert game.
Sjokz takes the stage. First new game announcement at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 proper!
Deep dark and bloody, consumptive. Knights with big sword absolutely tearing people apart. Angelic enemy demolishes the entrance to a castle. OK, yeah, this looks like a banger. The fight between the knight and angel is gnarly. Lords of the Fallen 2, coming 2026. Wishlist now.
Set 100 years after the last game. "Bloodier, faster, and more brutal than ever." Gameplay first look later this year.
Footage of what looks to be a Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice anime. Colorful, quick, bloody, gorgeous animation here. Sekiro: No Defeat, coming exclusive to Crunchyroll. "Looks awesome," says Keighley.
And now: a Batman Lego game of some kind! This was heavily rumored. Looks to replicate at least some of the Nolan movies? Gliding, sneaky, taking on minifig bad guys... delightful. "Build the legacy." We've got a Lego Batmobile! Joker! Catwoman! Mimes?
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. We've got Nolan Bane here doing the "adopted the dark" who then steps on a Lego brick... is that Matt Berry?
Jonathan Smith, head of development, here to talk about the game. "We are so thrilled to reveal this game," he says. But that's not all: at Gamescom, people can actually play. Keighley notes lots of references.
Smith says this is the definitive, essential Batman story. "From origin to legend." League of Shadows, crime in Gotham's street. Establish legacy as the Dark Knight. Iconic moments, deep cut references, from everything: comics, games, movies, shows. All of it. All brought together in the Lego world.
...looks a bit like Arkham combat here as gameplay is shown off? Dancing around combat. Playable partner allies like Alfred and Robin and Catwoman and so on. Joker, Bane, Penguin are enemies, and yes – that was Matt Berry voicing Bane. Open world Gotham.
While we wait for the next announcement, why not check out our Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 preview?
And now, something Warhammer. (I don't go here, I'm so sorry to all my UK colleagues." Looks like 40k, though, and a big sequel long in the making was teased... Dawn of War 4? Dawn of War 4.
A new RTS in the Warhammer 40k universe, coming 2026. All right. I'm excited for all of you that are excited.
Monster Hunter Wilds here with: a Final Fantasy 14 collaboration! You love to see it. Title Update 3 adds Omega Planetes in late September.
Yoshi-P for Square Enix and Ryozo Tsujimoto from Capcom take the stage. Ryozo says that after the collab for World, he spoke with Yoshi-P about being excited to do it again. This was just a glimpse, though. More coming next month.
Yoshi-P, for his part, says that it's a full-on crossover/collaboration. Final Fantasy 14 will also be having special collaboration content inside it. And now, a short trailer from the Final Fantasy 14 half of things.
Looks like the Monster Hunter Wilds mount, the little cat friends (I'm so sorry, their name escapes me) and some of the monsters from Monster Hunter Wilds are on the way. Early October! Not long to wait to find out more.
And now, a trailer that's not actual gameplay. Some kind of haunting trailer exploring abandoned areas. "Do you believe this is real? This isn't a game. It's a test."
Lots of surreal imagery for........ a trailer about Gamescom itself? OK.
Up next: a video game! Thanks, Geoff. Brand-new look at Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Coming 2026.
Lots of combat showing different enemies, environments, and brutal swordplay. A lightning beast of some kind as well as a strangely flexible and stretchy femme monster with a too-long neck. That's it!
Moving on! Arknights: Endfield, maybe? Lots of building and anime girls, which certainly seems to fit the bill. Yes, Arknights: Endfield. Some beautiful environments and buildings. High-tech gadgets and gear and manufacturing lines combined with action combat, looks like. No date or anything, didn't seem, but solid little trailer.
We're onto something from Paradox right now but while that builds to a climax, peep the Lego Batman reveal trailer it's so good.
Paradox was Europa Universalis 5! Congratulations to everyone that loves those games.
Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion up now! Demo is out... right now. Seems very JRPG with a smidge of Armored Core. Not opposed.
And now: some kind of shooter that's Returnal-meets-Marathon vibes. Voidbreaker. All right. Come and gone though, because Fallout season 2 is up now!
Stars Ella Purnell and Aaron Moten take the stage alongside the EPs! Jonathan Nolan says they just wrapped and hopped on a plane to Gamescom. Nice.
Ella says her character's journey in season 2 is all about what her character, Lucy, will do when she finds her dad. Will The Ghoul transform Lucy? Or will Lucy transform The Ghoul?
Aaron says his involved with the Brotherhood of Steel is a real "careful what you wish for" moment.
Can we expect more Cooper Howard flashbacks in the new season? Yes, of course. (We've seen as much in the first-look images.)
With New Vegas, any more direct ties to the characters and locations from the video games? One particular character from New Vegas that Nolan wanted to be sure to include... "I heard you like world premieres," says Aaron.
World premiere of Fallout season 2 teaser trailer! Here we go.
Lucy is looking for "someone" with The Ghoul. Someone she cares about, or someone she hates? Wondering why her dad would go to Las Vegas. Per The Ghoul, the world ending started in Vegas with one man.
Sure enough, there's the man himself: Mr. House. Apparently he knows the bombs and war are coming. "I think you are actually quite a violent man, you just don't want to kill me... yet." Lots of Power Armor shots, including Cooper Howard in one. The hotel from New Vegas where you find Boone? And finally, a deathclaw tease. "I defer to you about what to do in this situation," says Lucy.
December 17. And Fallout season 2 posters.
Indiana Jones DLC gameplay from The Order of Giants. Some background on "the legend of the nameless warrior," tall like a giant. Indy's got his work cut out for him as he immediately accidentally drops something he promises not to drop. Giant guardians with roots going way back. "I can't believe you dare to investigate this," someone says.
Environmental puzzles with statues. "Not dead. He's not in a tomb." Uh oh.
The Order of Giants DLC releases on September 4. Small tease at the end: it's coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.
And next: new trailer for Deadpool VR revealing more villains and the release date. Mojo, Omega Red, Lady Deathstrike, Ultimo, Mephisto. Deadpool is sent to grab them for Mojo, seems like? Lady Deadpool teased, November 18 release date. John Leguizamo voices Mojo!
No time to dwell, however; onto the next world premiere. Tanks running through swamps and snow and sand and... is this World of Tanks?
Look, I'll say this, these World of Tanks trailers are genuinely very much hype. 2.0 releases in early September. Biggest update in the game's history. Cool.
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando up now! Gameplay premiere. From Saber and Focus, there's a real Left 4 Dead But Stranger Things Turned to 11 aspect to this. Zombies, gross giant tendrils. First-person shooting, zooming around in vehicles. Early 2026 release date. Also? Some kind of... animated something or other coming soon?
Ron Gilbert game up next! Death by Scrolling. Roguelike, vertically scrolling RPG about staying ahead of the Grim Reaper in Purgatory. Oh no, this pixel art is charming. A bit like a reverse Downwell? Run, fight, loot, and don't stop because the Reaper is waiting.
And now, a new look at what (the current version of) ZA/UM is up to. An espionage thriller of some kind. "I once knew a spy. Brilliant. Relentless. Magnetic." A very Blade Runner presentation here with a grimy retrofuturistic design. Same kind of slightly isometric CRPG. Zero Parades is the name of the game. Coming to Steam.
And now, a Gamescom Cares bit about The Darkest Files – based on real events. Shows how quickly a constitutional state can become unjust. Quick look at two other games that also engage with "our concerns, our fears, our hopes, and what preoccupies us." Notes that games have power to engage with serious topics while democracy is under attack and minority rights are being violated.
And now: a quick montage of footage for Neverness to Everness, which looks like Zenless Zone Zero meets GTA meets Honkai Star Rail. Interesting, albeit horny.
And now, a trailer for the musical game Unbeatable! November 6 release date! This montage is moving too fast to get accurate details on everything, so in the immortal words of Iwata, please understand.
Brief, flashy trailer for the upcoming Honor of Kings World. I actually think I played one of these boss fights earlier this year at GDC? Was a good time, but pretty hard.
Fortnite x Squid Games crossover. All right. Front Man arrives August 26.
And now, more shooter. Lots of gameplay from Delta Force, which launches today on PS5 and Xbox. Free to play, but you probably know that.
And now, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 musical performance! Composer and vocalist are both here to perform "Alicia" from the game. Beautiful music! And a nice time for me to catch my breath.
Absolutely no time to rest though (or use the bathroom) as the song is done nearly as quickly as it's begun. Now: a look at Ninja Gaiden 4 from Koei Tecmo and PlatinumGames. Absolutely bloody, brutal combat. Awkward dialogue, but that's not exactly what I play Ninja Gaiden so that's fine. October 21 release date, in case you missed it.
And now, a trailer for the open-world MMO tactical shooter from NCsoft which just got the real name of Cinder City. Looks a bit like if Division had way more anime inspiration and giant mechs. Bombastic firepower (and soundtrack in this footage) alongside some kind of strange beast teased for a moment.
But that's not all from NCsoft! First-ever look at the gameplay for Time Takers, a team-based third-person shooter. Apparently brings together a group of rogues from across time to fix their past somehow by... competing against each other? Fast-paced shooting and movement is very reminiscent of Apex Legends. Steam playtest coming soon.
Brand-new look at Silent Hill f from Konami! Suzie Yeung apparently provides the English voice of the main character? Footage shows the young woman waking up in a strange place before being attacked from stalking monsters. She wields a naginata to fend them off. The doors burn mysteriously after she's knocked down.
An injured woman wanders around with a pipe inside a warped version of her home. A phone rings. "It must be hard for you to bid farewell to childhood friends," a mysterious character with a fox mask says. Same.
No time to linger, though, as we're immediately onto the next thing! Starting with a quote from Dante isn't the way to convince me this isn't a Dante's Inferno remake, but the in-game footage currently being shown of the solid-looking swordplay against a metalbound monstrosity helps.
La Divina Commedia (if I read the font correctly?) is what that was. All right. Gonna wait on the press release for that one.
Bloober Team here physically as the Traveler from Cronos: The New Dawn takes the actual stage. Launching September 5, we move into an actual trailer showcasing the Polish locales from the game. Also, there's a kitty cat.
But of course, there are also horrifying creatures here. But not the Traveler! Who can seemingly pet the kitty. Abandoned train station, strange glowing orbs, gooey monsters set on fire... Yeah, that's a post-apocalyptic game, all right.
You're not alone, however. Which might be a good or bad thing as the trailer shows off other humans and Travelers. But moving right along: next up is Obsidian Entertainment (and specifically Ben Schwartz) to do Outer Worlds 2.
New Outer Worlds 2 trailer all about the companions! Niles, Valerie, Aza, Inez, Marisol, Tristan. Looks like they all have different abilities. (And no, you can't sleep with them.) Coming October 29.
And now, a look at inZOI's free DLC coming tomorrow. Sure looks like inZOI.
And now, more anime-style shooters! Fate Trigger early access coming Q1 2026. And then, more actual anime games! Seven Deadly Sins: Origin looks to be an RPG based on the popular manga and anime. Combat and exploration look to be a big part? But hard to say based on just this look.
And now something different: Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, looks like? Early access on October 23.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. More first-person gameplay mixed with what appear to be cutscenes. Coming October 21! A lot sooner than expected, honestly.
And now, a big chunky update for Enshrouded. "To find peace, we must brave the deep." Be prepared to go swimming, folks. Enshrouded: Wake of the Water is coming in October.
Age of Empires 4 comes to PlayStation 5, so congratulations to anyone that was waiting. New Dynasties of the East expansion also coming with. November 4, with five days of early access if you pre-order.
And now, something Kingdom Come Deliverance 2! Legacy of the Forge coming September 9. Second story expansion about acquiring and repairing a legendary burnt-down forge.
New expansion coming to Cult of the Lamb! Animated trailer leads way to gameplay with Woolhaven expansion coming in 2026. Looks the exact right amount of gross!
World of Warcraft Midnight up now! Holly Longdale, EP and VP, takes the stage. Hypes the new housing feature. "On the horizon, there's a looming darkness." Says the expansion is about hope and light also and about the bonds that tie us together. "It all starts at the Sunwell." Cinematic intro premiere now.
I've not gone here since Wrath of the Lich King, so the lore implications here are lost on me, but WoW cinematics remain very good. Looks like the Blood Elves are defending the Sunwell while monsters invade. "Little elves, I can see you grow weary. How much longer can you hold out? Flee, and save yourselves." Nice.
But she's not fleeing! The Sunwell is instead being used to... power her up? "I know that I am unworthy. I don't know if I deserve your help, but I know my people do." Right on.
The Blood Elves are pushed to the brink, but there in the end: the light has come. Allies rise from the Sunwell (?) to defend. There's nothing quite like a good World of Warcraft cinematic, if I'm being honest. Part Two of the Worldsoul Saga, coming 2026. "What a great cinematic," says Keighley.
No time to dwell! New game from the Delta Force folks. Geoff said a whole lot of different letters that I didn't catch in sequence, but short version is it seems to be some kind of PvPvE psychological horror game? Lots of gunplay, but haunting atmosphere with creepy dool-like enemies and rundown buildings.
"Sometimes loss can birth beasts, and bury truths." What if you're the beast? I don't know, man. What if I am? And now we repeat the same scenario as before... but slightly differently? Hm. So, Dead by Daylight-style asymmetrical psychological horror? Sure sounds like it.
Project Spectrum! "Let's go back to the start." All right, will do.
And now something different from the World of Tanks Wargaming folks. Geoff teased that we'd never seen them do anything like this, but it's literally opened up with more tanks. Maybe slightly more fantastical and cartoonish physics, but still tanks. World of Tanks Heat. Looks kind of like Twisted Metal But Tanks?
Ah, finally some good food. More on Ghost of Yotei! We see our protagonist thinking back to her history while she enters a room. Flash to riding across fields, walking ropes, climbs, fighting in the snow with blood everywhere. Her desire to live and kill her enemies is what drives her on.
Beautiful vistas, bloody swordplay. "Ruthless spirits, wandering the land, driven by vengeance. Sometimes I feel like that is what I am."
Ghost of Yotei Legends also coming in 2026! Seems like a take on the co-op multiplayer as presented in Ghost of Tsushima?
And now, Resident Evil Requiem. Looks like this might be the capstone here given the timing. Brand-new look that explores the backstory of Grace Ashcroft.
Grace types on her computer, answers a mysterious phone call confirming it's "Ms. Ashcroft" before hanging up. There go the lights... "They're coming."
Her mom immediately says they need to go and starts trying to grab stuff to leave. "Tell me what's going on!" "Now is not the time." I have a sneaking suspicion there will not be time as it transfers to actual gameplay here seamlessly. The two make their way to leave before running into an older gentleman who apologizes for the power outage.... before being attacked and killed from behind.
"I promise you, I will explain this all to you one of these days." Yeah, that's a red flag right there. They share how much they love each other, before a sudden gasp from Grace – which certainly seems to spell doom for Grace's mom. Resident Evil Requiem releases February 27, 2026.
...but there's one last surprise! Global announcement from the Black Myth Wukong folks. Maybe the rumored Black Myth: Zhongkui?
Two characters who are down on their luck hide as monstrous beings carrying what looks like a giant sword walk by. A massive tiger being ridden by another character pads to the side. Black Myth Zhongkui it is! New title in the series. The ghost-catching god that wanders between hell and Earth. Geoff teases the journey doesn't end here either.
And that's it! It's over! Thank you to anyone that stuck it out here with me. See you at The Game Awards, huh?