Gamescom 2025: Announcements and News

This year, the Gamescom 2025 event took place in Cologne, Germany, at the Koelnmesse venue. Its Opening Night Live was held on August 19, and the rest of the event took place between the 20th and 24th, leaving us with an endless number of announcements and really interesting news. Among other things, Geoff Keighley himself highlighted this year’s numbers, emphasizing that the event broke its record for visitors and its Opening Night Live reached more than 72 million views, 80% more than ONL 2024, which had over 40 million. This has been the most-watched opening in the seven years of ONL, which Keighley called “a powerful reminder of what happens when the industry comes together to celebrate the future of games”.

This year, 1,568 international exhibitors received 357,000 visitors from 128 different countries, surpassing the numbers of the previous event, which had 1,462 exhibitors and 335,000 visitors from 120 countries. “Gamescom 2025 sets new standards: bigger, more diverse, and more international than ever” stated Felix Falk, managing director of the German Games Industry Association. For our part, as a community we definitely have reasons to feel proud, this time not for a cause we are fighting for, but for a mega-event in which our passion and devotion to the world of video games has been clearly demonstrated.

Main Announcements from Gamescom 2025

• Denshattack! – The Spanish studio Undercoders has presented its original adventure that mixes train driving and skate-style stunts in a futuristic Japan, with a train as the main character! It’s called Denshattack! and it will arrive in 2026 on PC and consoles.
• Outlaws Remaster – Announced by Nightdive Studios, Outlaws Remaster is an updated version of the classic 1997 Wild West shooter from LucasArts. This new version will soon arrive in high definition to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Switch and PC.
• Valor Mortis – Also announced during Opening Night Live, One More Level, the well-known creators of the popular Ghostrunner invite us this time to a first-person soulslike set in an alternative Eastern Europe post-Napoleonic invasion. Valor Mortis will arrive in 2026 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series, and you can see more information in our article about the game by tapping THIS LINK.
• Absolum – This attractive roguelite beat ‘em up, featured in an article we published a few months ago that you can read by CLICKING HERE, now has an official release date. Developed by Guard Crush, Supaamonks and Dotemu, it will arrive on PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch and PC this coming October 9, and it was announced with a new trailer.
• Bubsy 4D – Almost three decades later, the classic 90s cat, Bubsy 3D, will have a sequel. This new 3D platform adventure will feature Woolies, BaaBots and other old acquaintances from the saga. It will soon arrive on PS5, PS4, Xbox, Switch and PC, from Atari and the indie studio Fabraz.
• Hollow Knight Silksong – During Geoff Keighley’s speech that kicked off the official conference, it was confirmed that Hollow Knight Silksong, developed by Team Cherry, will finally launch this year, and a very brief gameplay of this long-awaited sequel to the popular 2017 Hollow Knight was shown.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – One of the first big shocks of Opening Night Live came from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, showing for the first time a spectacular gameplay trailer, and confirming its release date for this coming November 14, when it will be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC. In addition, several details of the game were revealed, which among other things will have a single-player campaign, and 4-player co-op. Its multiplayer will consist of sixteen 6v6 maps, two large scenarios for 40 players, a new Skirmish mode, and 30 initial weapons, along with the return of the classic zombies mode which this time will feature the biggest map in the saga. Its open beta will take place between October 2 and 8.
• Lords of the Fallen 2 – The sequel to the acclaimed 2023 soulslike will arrive next year on PS5, Xbox Series and PC, and an impressive new trailer was shown.
• Sekiro: No Defeat – The highly anticipated anime adaptation of FromSoftware’s acclaimed game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has revealed its trailer to the world, and it will be called Sekiro: No Defeat. It will premiere exclusively on Crunchyroll.
• LEGO Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight – A new open-world action and platforming adventure was announced, part of the LEGO universe, narrating the origin of Bruce Wayne, mixing decades of Batman stories with the classic humor of the saga. LEGO Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight will arrive in 2026 on PC and consoles, and it was announced with its first trailer.

• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV – Another surprise of the event was the announcement of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, which proposes a return to its roots with four playable factions, including the debut of Adeptus Mechanicus. It will feature more than 70 missions, replayable modes, multiplayer, and will arrive in 2026 on Steam.
• Collaboration between Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy XIV – The spectacular action RPG Monster Hunter Wilds, available for a few months now, announced a collaboration with Square Enix’s successful MMO, Final Fantasy XIV Online, in the form of new content coming to the Capcom game in October alongside update 3.
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword – A new trailer was shown for the long-awaited return of Capcom’s popular saga. Onimusha: Way of the Sword will arrive next year on PS5, Xbox Series and PC, but it doesn’t yet have an official release date.
• Second Season of the Fallout Series – After sweeping with its first season, the trailer for the new season of the Amazon series Fallout was revealed, and it will premiere on December 17. Ella Purnell and Aaron Moten, actors from the series, as well as showrunner Jonathan Nolan, were present during Opening Night Live.
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – The latest adventure of our beloved Indy, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, will see its first DLC, The Order of the Giants, in just a few days, on September 4, and as an extra surprise it was confirmed that it will arrive on Nintendo Switch 2 at some point in 2026.

• World of Tanks 2.0 – The popular f2p game from Wargaming, World of Tanks, will receive a major update next month with version 2.0, available starting September 3. Among other things, level XI tanks, a new map and an updated matchmaking system will be included.
• World of Tanks: Heat – As an extension of the previous announcement, Wargaming also announced a new game, World of Tanks: Heat, a free-to-play PvP shooter with customizable tanks and special abilities. As shown in its trailer, it will offer intense 10v10 online battles, in which tactical strategy will be combined with the action of an FPS.
• Toxic Commando – This cooperative action adventure based on John Carpenter’s film franchise is being developed by Saber Interactive, and showed a new gameplay trailer full of action and gore, also confirming that it will arrive in 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series and PC.
• Zero Parades – The acclaimed narrative RPG Disco Elysium will receive several “spiritual successors” in the coming years, and one of them will undoubtedly be Zero Parades, which had its first trailer shown during this event.
• Death by Scrolling – Ron Gilbert, the legendary creator of Monkey Island, showed the first trailer for his Death by Scrolling, a retro pixel-art style action RPG and a spiritual successor to Vampire Survivors that promises to be great fun.

• UNBEATABLE – This innovative rhythm action game, half musical game, half narrative adventure, now has a release date. UNBEATABLE will be available for PS5, Xbox Series and PC on November 6.
• Ninja Gaiden 4 – The hack ‘n slash Ninja Gaiden 4, developed this time by PlatinumGames, will hit the market on October 21 of this year, and showed its new trailer, this time focused on the story.
• Silent Hill f – The next installment of Konami’s popular horror saga, Silent Hill f, will hit the market very soon, on September 25. During this year’s Gamescom event, a new and impressive trailer was shown, and it offered a glimpse of its innovative gameplay.
• La Divina Commedia – Based on Dante Alighieri’s mythical poem, La Divina Commedia will be an action RPG soulslike developed by Jyamma Games, creators of Enotria: The Last Song.
• Cronos: The New Dawn – Bloober Team, developers of the acclaimed Silent Hill Remake, showed the new trailer of their upcoming game, the terrifying sci-fi survival horror Cronos: The New Dawn.
• The Outer Worlds 2 – The new action RPG from Obsidian, sequel to the popular game The Outer Worlds, will launch on October 29, and during Opening Night Live, its new trailer was shown, this time focused on the adventure companions we will meet during this sci-fi story.

• Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault – This Spanish roguelike announced its early access release date, being available on Steam starting October 23. Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, developed and produced by Digital Sun and 11 bit Studios, shared the news during the event showing its new trailer.
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 – After many delays and development problems, and a complete change of team, finally the RPG Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 announced that it will officially launch on October 21, and it’s already available for pre-order!
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – It was one of the most acclaimed games of the year, and now it announced that its expansion will launch on September 9: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Legacy of The Forge showed its new trailer, in which Henry runs a legendary forge in Kuttenberg.
• Cult of the Lamb – During the event, the successful indie game Cult of the Lamb announced a new expansion: Woolhaven, which will have a winter setting and will release at the beginning of 2026 for consoles and PC.
• Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition – The Anniversary Edition for PS5 of the legendary Age of Empires IV, originally launched for PC in 2021, will go on sale on November 4.

• World of Warcraft – Blizzard’s successful and veteran MMO, World of Warcraft, showed a cinematic trailer for its next expansion, Midnight, which will arrive in 2026. In addition, a new trailer presenting some of the features of this expansion has just been released.
• Project Spectrum – From the creators of Delta Force, Project Spectrum was announced, a captivating and spectacular first-person horror shooter in which players take on the role of a soldier with the ability to transform into a monster.
• Ghost of Yotei – The highly anticipated sequel to the impressive open-world action game Ghost of Tsushima by Sucker Punch, Ghost of Yotei, also set in Feudal Japan, will launch this coming October 2, and a new trailer was presented, also revealing that it will feature multiplayer mode: Ghost of Yotei Legends.
• Resident Evil Requiem – Almost at the end of the ceremony a new trailer was shown for Resident Evil Requiem, the next installment of Capcom’s action and horror saga, which will go on sale on February 27, 2026. Despite rumors and community expectations, this new trailer did not reveal new playable characters.
• Black Myth: Wukong – Perhaps the biggest surprise of the event was left for the end: the official announcement of Black Myth: Zhong Kui. We’re talking about the second title in the saga started in 2024 by Black Myth: Wukong, developed by Chinese studio Game Science. Inspired by the Chinese folklore figure from which it takes its name, Zhong Kui will be a single-player action RPG, currently in its early development phase, but it still showed a first cinematic trailer.

So…

Gamescom 2025, kicked off by the classic Opening Night Live hosted by Geoff Keighley, was packed with very interesting announcements and news. There was something for everyone, since without a doubt each of us found two or more titles among those mentioned above that we won’t want to take our eyes off, right? While some of these titles will arrive soon, for others we’ll have to wait at least until next year, and for a few even longer. In addition to making us happy as a community about the level of presence we had at the event, surpassing numbers from previous events as we mentioned at the beginning, all this waiting tells us that we’ll have enough time to… Yes! Exactly! To drop by the comments and talk about what caught our attention the most from everything shown during the event! So what are we waiting for? You know gamer, we’ll be reading you! 😉

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