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Control Resonant gets new 'Altered State' trailer featuring The Prodigy's song 'Omen'
Remedy showcases a new trailer for Control Resonant at gamescom Opening Night Live.
Switch 2 Footage Is Coming Out Of Gamescom, And It's Looking Tasty
Gamescomfort. Gamescom 2026 is underway following yesterday's Opening Night Live show, and footage from the various Switch 2 games playable at the show is starting to surface online. There are plenty of outlets putting out videos, including direct and off-screen capture — Alex from our video team...
Baldur's Gate 3 is "a great game," but Warlock devs say their own virtual D&D experience is "very different" from Larian's RPG
Yesterday, the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 showcase graced us with a neat, nearly ten-minute-long look at Warlock, the next big Dungeons & Dragons-inspired video game to come after Larian Studios' own Baldur's Gate 3 back in 2023. Warlock was first unveiled last year when D&D publisher Wizards...
Gamescom 2026: Dune Awakening confirms crossplay, DLC collab with Villeneuve’s movies
While Funcom didn’t bring a new trailer to Opening Night Live yesterday, it’s still been vocal about its journey to Gamescom this year, so you had to figure the company would be doing something big for Dune Awakening, which is on deck for a console launch this fall. And as of this morning, we’ve...
The Witcher 3: Songs Of The Past Is A Mystery Centered On Dandelion
CD Projekt Red has showcased the first look at Songs of the Past, which serves as the third expansion for The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. This expansion was briefly highlighted during Gamescom Opening Night Live, and GameSpot was also able to attend a hands-off presentation, where we learned all...
There are No Ghosts at the Grand announces Billy Boyd casting at Gamescom
Friday Sundae announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live that There Are No Ghosts at the Grand will star Billy Boyd (The Lord of the Rings) as MacBrushy, described in a press release as a “talking and singing Scottish power tool.” Also announced was the launch to Early Access for PC in December...
Showa American Story Spotlights Zaniness, Minigames, & More in New gamescom 2026 Trailer
2P Games and Nekcom Entertainment have unveiled a new trailer — the first in a while — for Showa American Story, their upcoming alternate-history RPG in which Japan took over the U.S. in the 1980s. The trailer debuted at the gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 presentation, mixing footage of...
The Witcher 3’s Remaster Didn’t Leak, And That Made The Reveal “Hit Different,” Dev Says
One of the big surprises from Gamescom's Opening Night Live event this week was the announcement of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered. Everyone was expecting news about The Witcher 3's Songs of the Past expansion, but no almost no one had The Witcher 3 Remastered on their bingo card. Marcin...
Gamescom 2026: NCsoft’s trailers for multiplayer Like or Die and Cinder City
At last night’s Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, we noted that NCsoft appeared to have splashed out on its appearance at the show – and we’re not even talking about Guild Wars 3 here. Nope, in fact, the South Korean gaming giant brought two of its other in-production multiplayer games and trailers to...
How Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons Is Expanding D&D’s Darkest Corner With New Monsters And Magic
The Dungeons & Dragons franchise has continued to evolve over the decades, and in the upcoming Warlock from Invoke Studios, players will get the opportunity to explore a darker corner of that popular tabletop fantasy IP. Following its gameplay reveal during Gamescom Opening Night Live, GameSpot had...
Fool's Theory explains where The Witcher 3's expansion region Letten actually is, and it's close to the setting of The Witcher 4
CD Projekt Red properly revealed new Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past yesterday during Opening Night Live, confirming the new playable location as Letten, the place Geralt's best friend bard pal Dandelion comes from. But where exactly is Letten on the map? It's bloody hard to find. Read more
Gamescom 2026: NetEase announces January launch for Ananta and December beta for Sea of Remnants
This year’s Opening Night Live event at Gamescom saw a couple of NetEase-managed games drop some news in our corner of the gaming world, and as is our duty, we’re pulling together those details in case you happened to have missed the liveblogging of the event. Specifically, we’ve got updates for...
Metro 2039 Reveals More on Its Main Character, and You Can Buy His Spartan Helmet
Learn more about main character The Stranger. Metro 2039 rocked up to Gamescom Opening Night Live with a fresh gameplay trailer focusing on its new protagonist, The Stranger, and news that you can own his Spartan Helmet if you buy the PS5 game's Collector's Edition. You get two minutes of metro...
Final Fantasy VII Revelation Gamescom Trailer Showcases the Weapons, Typhon, and Job-Inspired FITS
Square Enix brought Final Fantasy VII Revelation back to the stage during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026, unveiling a new gameplay trailer for the third and final entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy. While the game was formally revealed at Summer Game Fest earlier this year, the new...
Rainbow Six Tactics Announced at Gamescom 2026 as a Single-Player Turn-Based Spin-Off
Ubisoft announced Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Tactics during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026. Developed by Ubisoft Paris, the new single-player game trades the franchise’s familiar real-time shooting for turn-based squad combat built around planning, coordinated breaches, operator abilities, and...
D&D, LEGO, and mounting ennui: Our biggest games from Gamescom 2026
This week, RPS took the downright heroic step of declining to live report on the latest Geoff Keighley trailer bonanza at Gamescom 2026's Opening Night Live. Under the wise guidance of editor-in-chief Julian "Walks Away From Omelas" Benson – and with the honourable exception of Oisin "Looking At...
Crimson Desert Enhanced is a free upgrade that's out now and revamps the story, adds new skills and comes with all previously-released updates
Crimson Desert Enhanced was among the more surprising reveals of Gamescom Opening Night Live. Not because it was a trailer for a game that's already available, but that it was justified when the trailer ran through the new additions in Enhanced. Read more
Italian Team Leaves Its Mark in Debut PS5 Game Lofsong
An art-driven exploration puzzler. Lofsong, one of the few brand new game announcements at Gamescom Opening Night Live yesterday, was a standout thanks to its unique art-driven trailer, which you can watch above. It comes from Unrelated Studio, based in Turin, Italy, and Lofsong is its debut...
The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past is set in Dandelion's home of Letten, a "fully realized open world" with quests and NPCs "that live up to our signature mature story," CDPR confirms
The actual location of the new The Witcher 3 expansion, Songs of the Past, was revealed as part of Gamescom's Opening Night Live, and it's going to be a gargantuan adventure. Launching 12 years after the RPG's first release, the added gameplay is headed to the bard Dandelion's homeland. Yes, we're...
Xbox Play Anywhere is spreading like wildfire, and this impressive Dungeons & Dragons action-RPG is its latest beneficiary
Wizards of the Coast unveiled the first gameplay trailer for Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons during Gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live. If you're into dark action-RPGs or enjoy the Warlock class in Dungeons & Dragons, you may want to keep this Xbox/PC title on your wishlist.
Path of Exile 2 finally has its 1.0 release date and it's coming this year
Grinding Gear Games made a surprise Path of Exile 2 announcement at Gamescom Opening Night Live yesterday. The developer confirmed when the game's long-awaited 1.0 release will be. Read more
The Witcher 3 Remastered tweaks combat "to be much more smooth and precise," as CD Projekt Red wants the 2015 RPG "to stand up to today's games"
Yesterday brought us Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026, which saw the reveal of various new games – and, perhaps most excitingly of all, a first look at The Witcher 3 Remastered as well as CD Projekt Red's new DLC for the RPG, Songs of the Past. In case you missed it, the showcase outlined some of...
Round Up: Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 - Every Switch 1 & 2 Announcement & Trailer
The Witcher 3! LEGO Skylines! Mewgenics! Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 has now wrapped up after roughly 2 hours' worth of new gaming announcements and updates. As expected, trailers for titles on Switch 1 and 2 were a little thin on the ground, but we still got a fair few nice surprises,...
Control Resonant gets new 'Altered State' trailer featuring The Prodigy's song 'Omen'
Remedy showcases a new trailer for Control Resonant at gamescom Opening Night Live.
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