Everything Announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live

While the showcase itself actually began a few days ago for most developers and some industry personnel, today marked the official public opening of Gamescom. Coinciding with the official start of attendees being able to peruse the show floor and try out demos for new and upcoming titles, Gamescom held its Opening Night Live ceremony, hosted by The Game Awards’ Geoff Keighley. As is typically the case, there were a staggering number of exciting announcements that arrived during the more than 2-hour opening event, so let’s take a look at everything that was revealed or given an update.

• Release Date — TBA 2025
• Developer — Team Cherry
• Publisher — Team Cherry
• Genre — Metroidvania
• Platforms — PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Wasting no time, Keighley kicked off Opening Night Live with the confirmation that Hollow Knight: Silksong is indeed real, is playable at Gamescom for attendees, and will 100% be arriving before the end of 2025. Expect an official release date announcement from Team Cherry on August 21 based on the studio’s recent comments.

• Release Date — November 14, 2025
• Developer — Treyarch, Raven Software
• Publisher — Activision
• Genre — FPS
• Platforms — PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

After the Silksong bombshell, players were treated to more footage of this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, with an extended look at the campaign and how it ties together locations and eras from throughout the Black Ops series.

• Release Date — TBA 2026
• Developer — CI Games
• Publisher — CI Games
• Genre — Action RPG, Soulslike
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

As promised by developer CI Games, Lords of the Fallen II got its debut trailer during Gamescom Opening Night Live. Set 100 years after the events of 2023’s Lords of the Fallen, the sequel will be getting its first gameplay reveal later this year ahead of its 2026 launch.

• Release Date — TBA 2026

Out of the handful of non-game-related announcements during One Night Live, one of the most exciting was the debut trailer for the anime based on FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Dubbed Sekiro: No Defeat, the series will be streaming exclusively on Crunchyroll when it arrives in 2026.

• Release Date — TBA 2026
• Developer — Traveller’s Tales
• Publisher — Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Genre — Action-Adventure
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S

Traveller’s Tales is taking a similar approach to LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga with its next game in the LEGO Batman series, with Legacy of the Dark Knight tying together multiple different Batman stories from across the comics, films, and animated series, and featuring some combat that looks strikingly similar to the Batman: Arkham games.

• Release Date — TBA 2026
• Developer — KING Art
• Publisher — Deep Silver
• Genre — RTS
• Platforms — PC

The next announcement at the showcase was one to get both Warhammer and RTS fans excited, with the long-awaited Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV arriving sometime next year. Given the Warhammer series’ recent boost in popularity, it’s great to see the franchise return to a line of games as beloved as the Dawn of War titles.

• Release Date — October 2025
• Developer — Capcom, Square Enix
• Publisher — Capcom, Square Enix
• Genre — Action RPG
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Just like the two companies did with Monster Hunter World, Capcom and Square Enix are working together on a Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy XIV crossover set to arrive this October. Players can get excited for new mounts, new monsters, and even new content in Final Fantasy XIV to commemorate the collaboration.

• Release Date — TBA 2026
• Developer — Capcom
• Publisher — Capcom
• Genre — Survival Horror, Action
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Capcom’s next game in the Onimusha series continues to look incredible, with the title getting a new trailer and an extended look at its gameplay during Gamescom Opening Night Live. From what was shown off, Onimusha: Way of the Sword is already shaping up to be one of 2026’s highlights.

• Release Date — TBA
• Developer — Hypergryph
• Publisher — Gryphline
• Genre — Action-Adventure
• Platforms — Android, iOS, PC, PlayStation 5

There were quite a few action RPG/gacha games shown off during Opening Night Live, with the first of them being Arknights: Endfield. What’s interesting about this one, though, is that it contains an automation/factory management gameplay loop similar to games like Satisfactory or Factorio. It’s unique genre territory for a gacha game.

• Release Date — November 4, 2025
• Developer — Paradox Tinto
• Publisher — Paradox Interactive
• Genre — Grand Strategy, RTS
• Platforms — PC

Paradox Interactive finally dropped the reveal trailer for the next game in the popular grand strategy series, Europa Universalis, with Europa Universalis V arriving later this year on November 4.

• Release Date — September 5, 2025
• Developer — Marvelous
• Publisher — XSEED Games, Marvelous USA
• Genre — Action, Shooter
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S

The sequel to Daemon X Machina, Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion, got a new trailer and an extended look at its gameplay as part of the Opening Night Live showcase, and it continues to look like it’ll be a must-play for both fans of the original and the Armored Core series. Best of all, the game is coming to all platforms this go around, not just PC and Nintendo Switch.

• Release Date — August 19, 2025
• Developer — Stubby Games
• Publisher — Playstack
• Genre — FPS, Action-Roguelike
• Platforms — PC

After wowing thousands of players with its Steam Next Fest demo, FPS roguelike game VOID/BREAKER debuted a new trailer and announced a shadow-drop at Gamescom, with the title available now on Steam in Early Access.

• Release Date — December 2025

After a teaser for the second season went live last week, showrunners and members of the cast for Amazon’s Fallout series took to the Gamescom Opening Night Live stage to talk a bit about Season 2 and provide the world premiere of the trailer. Not only did we get to see where the characters’ story might take them, we finally got confirmation that the second season is going to cover some territory from Fallout: New Vegas (including introducing us to Mr. House!!).

• Release Date — September 4, 2025
• Developer — MachineGames
• Publisher — Bethesda Softworks
• Genre — Action-Adventure
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S

The upcoming Order of the Giants DLC for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle got an exciting new trailer as part of Gamescom, but that’s not all. At the end of the trailer, Bethesda dropped the bomb that both the base game and its DLC would be coming to Switch 2 in 2026.

• Release Date — November 18, 2025
• Developer — Twisted Pixel, Oculus Games
• Publisher — Marvel Games
• Genre — FPS, Action-Adventure, VR
• Platforms — Meta Quest 3/3S

We previously got a brief glimpse of Marvel and Twisted Pixel’s upcoming Deadpool VR game earlier this year, and at Opening Night Live, we got an extended look at the title’s rogue’s gallery, gameplay, and story. This may very well be the biggest VR release of the year.

• Release Date — September 3, 2025
• Developer — Wargaming Group Limited
• Publisher — Wargaming Group Limited
• Genre — Vehicle Combat, Shooter
• Platforms — Android, iOS, PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S

Massive free-to-play military vehicle game World of Tanks is getting its biggest update yet, announced today as World of Tanks 2.0 and arriving this September for all platforms.

• Release Date — TBA 2026
• Developer — Saber
• Publisher — Focus Interactive
• Genre — FPS
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

A longtime avid gamer, legendary director John Carpenter is finally venturing into the world of game development with his own take on the first-person shooter, and John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando finally gave players a glimpse of its gameplay in its newest trailer. It’s just as insane as you’d expect from the director of films like Escape From New York and Big Trouble in Little China.

• Release Date — TBA
• Developer — Terrible Toybox
• Publisher — MicroProse Software
• Genre — Action Roguelike
• Platforms — PC

Legendary game developer Ron Gilbert is back at it with Death By Scrolling, a top-down action RPG roguelike in which you have to stay on the move or face the Grim Reaper. No firm release date yet, but it already looks like it could be a hit among roguelike fans when it arrives.

• Release Date — TBA
• Developer — ZA/UM
• Publisher — ZA/UM
• Genre — RPG
• Platforms — PC

Following the release of the critically acclaimed and groundbreaking RPG Disco Elysium, developer ZA/UM was tangled up in legal issues stemming from its parent company and the departure of key staff. Thankfully, it seems like those issues have now been resolved, as we finally got the debut trailer for the studio’s follow-up, Zero Parades. Based on the trailer, this looks like another thought-provoking, narrative-led RPG experience with plenty of challenging themes and incredible art.

• Release Date — TBA
• Developer — Hotta Studio
• Publisher — Perfect World Games
• Genre — Action RPG, Gacha
• Platforms — Android, iOS, PC, PlayStation 5

Another of the gacha games revealed during Opening Night Live was Neverness to Everness, which blends on-foot action and combat with some very Grand Theft Auto-looking driving gameplay and an open-world map.

• Release Date — November 6, 2025
• Developer — D-Cell Games
• Publisher — Playstack
• Genre — Music/Rhythm, Action-Adventure
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Upcoming music/rhythm game Unbeatable got both a new trailer at Gamescom and the surprise drop of a playable demo on Steam, giving players the chance to check out this heartfelt title about a future in which music is illegal ahead of its November release.

• Release Date — TBA
• Developer — TiMi Studio
• Publisher — Tencent Games
• Genre — JRPG
• Platforms — TBA

TiMi Studio and Tencent are partnering up on what looks to be an exciting new open-world JRPG/action RPG with Honor of Kings: World, which also happens to feature some very Monster Hunter-esque combat.

• Release Date — August 19, 2025
• Developer — Team Jade
• Publisher — TiMi Games
• Genre — FPS, Extraction Shooter
• Platforms — PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Even though it was announced ahead of time, Team Jade and TiMi Games provided a release day trailer for Delta Force to celebrate the popular extraction shooter’s arrival on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S today.

• Release Date — October 21, 2025
• Developer — Team Ninja, PlatinumGames
• Publisher — Koei Tecmo
• Genre — Action
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Ahead of the game’s upcoming October release, we got our longest look at Ninja Gaiden 4 yet, complete with a deeper dive into the game’s story and a closer examination of the new playable character, Yakumo.

• Release Date — TBA
• Developer — Big Fire Games
• Publisher — NCSOFT
• Genre — Action, Tactical Shooter
• Platforms — PC

After the Ninja Gaiden 4 trailer, NCSOFT debuted two new upcoming projects, the first of them being the intriguing Cinder City. This MMO tactical shooter blends elements from a lot of different genres in its moment-to-moment gameplay and enemy types, and it’s already looking like the kind of game that could become a huge hit with fans of the genre.

• Release Date — TBA
• Developer — Mistil Games
• Publisher — NCSOFT
• Genre — Hero Shooter
• Platforms — PC

The second of NCSOFT’s new titles that it brought to Gamescom is Time Takers, a hero shooter in which a group of time-travelling rogues battle for supremacy by reclaiming — what else? — their time as a valuable, and expendable, resource.

• Release Date — September 25, 2025
• Developer — NeoBards Entertainment
• Publisher — Konami
• Genre — Survival Horror
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

With its release just around the corner, Silent Hill f got a new trailer at Opening Night Live that gave us a deeper look into the game’s story, the plight of protagonist Hinako, and the debut of the game’s English voice cast.

• Release Date — TBA
• Developer — Jyamma Games
• Publisher — Jyamma Games
• Genre — Action RPG, Soulslike
• Platforms — TBA

One of the more exciting reveals to come completely out of left field was the debut trailer for La Divina Comeddia, the next action RPG/Soulslike from Enotria developer Jyamma Games. No further info available on this one yet other than what was in the trailer, but it looks like it could be a strong follow-up to the studio’s previous Soulslike.

• Release Date — September 5, 2025
• Developer — Bloober Team
• Publisher — Bloober Team
• Genre — Survival Horror
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S

Bloober Team’s Cronos: The New Dawn is just a few weeks away now, which primed it for a new trailer highlighting both its story and gameplay at Gamescom. As per usual, Cronos continues to look like one of the most exciting upcoming horror games and a must for fans of Dead Space.

• Release Date — October 29, 2025
• Developer — Obsidian Entertainment
• Publisher — Xbox Game Studios
• Genre — Action RPG
• Platforms — PC, Xbox Series X/S

In another humorous trailer that even roped in some star power courtesy of Ben Schwartz, The Outer Wilds 2 confirmed its release date of October 29 and showed off some new gameplay that seems to suggest it’ll be a bigger and better version of Obsidian’s comedic sci-fi RPG.

• Release Date — August 20, 2025
• Developer — inZOI Studio
• Publisher — Krafton
• Genre — Simulation
• Platforms — PC

Simulation game inZOI is getting a free, tropical-themed DLC with Island Getaway, which launches tomorrow on Steam.

• Release Date — TBA 2026
• Developer — Saroasis Studios
• Publisher — Saroasis Studios
• Genre — Battle Royale
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

You’d be forgiven for thinking that Fate Trigger was a battle royale mode coming to an existing gacha game, but it’s actually a standalone title from Saroasis Studios that bears a striking resemblance to similar titles like Fortnite.

• Release Date — TBA 2025
• Developer — Netmarble
• Publisher — Netmarble
• Genre — Action RPG
• Platforms — PC

Popular anime The Seven Deadly Sins is getting a video game adaptation with The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, which appears to act as a prequel to the events of the series and is a lush-looking action RPG.

• Release Date — October 23, 2025
• Developer — Digital Sun
• Publisher — 11 bit studios
• Genre — Action Roguelike, RPG
• Platforms — PC

The upcoming sequel to Moonlighter, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, got a brand-new trailer highlighting more of the title’s gameplay while also showing it running on the soon-to-be-released Asus ROG Xbox Ally handheld. On top of that, we now have an official Early Access launch date for Moonlighter 2 of October 23.

• Release Date — October 21, 2025
• Developer — The Chinese Room
• Publisher — Paradox Interactive
• Genre — Action RPG
• Platforms — PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

The next announcement at Gamescom Opening Night Live was something many players thought would never happen: an official, confirmed release date for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. The long-awaited vampire action RPG arrives on October 21 for PC and modern consoles.

• Release Date — October 2025
• Developer — Keen Games
• Publisher — Keen Games
• Genre — Survival, Crafting
• Platforms — PC

The next major update to survival game Enshrouded is indeed bringing water to the title, as many players have theorized for the last few months. Dubbed the “Wake of the Water” update, players can expect to dive into its new content this October.

• Release Date — November 4, 2025
• Developer — World’s Edge, Relic Entertainment, Forgotten Worlds, Climax Studios
• Publisher — Xbox Game Studios
• Genre — RTS, City-Builder
• Platforms — PlayStation 5

The next formerly Xbox-exclusive franchise to make its way to the PlayStation 5 is Age of Empires, with Age of Empires IV getting a special edition optimized for consoles and controller on November 4.

• Release Date — September 9, 2025
• Developer — Warhorse
• Publisher — Deep Silver
• Genre — Action RPG
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

The next major DLC update for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, The Legacy of the Forge, got a reveal trailer and a confirmed release date of September 9, and will apparently focus on Henry taking up his original role as a blacksmith.

• Release Date — TBA 2026
• Developer — Massive Monster
• Publisher — Devolver Digital
• Genre — Action Roguelike, Management Sim
• Platforms — PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Smash-hit roguelike Cult of the Lamb is getting a massive new DLC in the form of Woolhaven sometime next year, and it appears to contain everything players love about the base game — insane bosses, frantic hack-and-slash gameplay, and plenty of gallows humor as you care for and sacrifice the members of your cult to an eldritch deity.

• Release Date — TBA 2026
• Developer — Blizzard Entertainment
• Publisher — Blizzard Entertainment
• Genre — MMORPG
• Platforms — PC

We still don’t have a concrete release date for it yet or any official gameplay, but Blizzard debuted one of its classically impressive cinematics to shed more light on the story for World of Warcraft‘s upcoming Midnight expansion.

• Release Date — TBA 2026
• Developer — Team Jade
• Publisher — Team Jade
• Genre — Tactical Shooter, Horror
• Platforms — TBA

In addition to continually working on Delta Force and porting it to consoles, Team Jade has a new title in the works with Project Spectrum. This PvEvP tactical shooter is heavily influenced by survival horror, and its debut trailer showed off plenty of story and gameplay to make it seem like an interesting combination worth keeping an eye on.

• Release Date — TBA
• Developer — Wargaming Group Ltd
• Publisher — Wargaming Group Ltd
• Genre — Vehicle Combat, Shooter
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

Not only is World of Tanks about to drop its biggest update yet with the release of WoT 2.0, it also has a new spin-off game in the works with World of Tanks: HEAT. This 10-player free-for-all is like a cross between World of Tanks and Twisted Metal that focuses on speed and action more than historical accuracy and realism.

• Release Date — October 2, 2025
• Developer — Sucker Punch Productions
• Publisher — Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Genre — Action-Adventure
• Platforms — PlayStation 5

The final leg of Gamescom’s Opening Night Live celebration was host to a trio of trailers for some of the most anticipated upcoming releases, the first of which was a new extended look at Ghost of Yotei. This trailer focused more on story than gameplay, and it seems like it’ll contain every bit the compelling narrative as its predecessor.

• Release Date — February 27, 2026
• Developer — Capcom
• Publisher — Capcom
• Genre — Survival Horror
• Platforms — PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

After an initial teaser trailer at Summer Game Fest, Resident Evil Requiem revealed its first gameplay in a new clip that focused on protagonist Grace Ashcroft and her backstory as she attempts to escape capture with her mother. We already can’t wait to find out more after this newest footage.

• Release Date — TBA
• Developer — Game Science
• Publisher — Game Science
• Genre — Action RPG
• Platforms — TBA

In typical Geoff Keighley fashion, Gamescom Opening Night Live saved one of the biggest and most unexpected reveals for last, closing things out with the debut trailer for Game Science’s Black Myth: Zhong Kui. This is another action RPG that focuses on a popular myth from Chinese folklore, but Game Science also assured attendees that Sun Wukong’s story is not done, meaning Zhong Kui could be a spin-off to tide fans over before Wukong‘s sequel.