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• Gaming's biggest changes since GTA V as GTA VI lands Nov. 19

  GTA VI is scheduled for release on November 19, marking 13 years since GTA V launched in September 2013. In that span the industry saw Fortnite emerge, a live-service boom and later crash, and E3 decline from its former prominence while Nintendo had just launched the Wii U. Major franchise movements include countless ports of Skyrim across modern consoles and VR, and Ubisoft releasing three Watch Dogs games set in Chicago, San Francisco, and London.

• Songs of the Past expansion puts Dandelion center stage; Witcher 3 remaster due Sept 29

  CD Projekt Red and Fool's Theory revealed Songs of the Past, a Dandelion‑centric third expansion for The Witcher 3 that sends Geralt to Dandelion's family estate in Letten (Lettenhove), a new region in northern Redania. The expansion opens with Dandelion missing and shifts the story focus to Geralt and the bard's relationship rather than Ciri or Triss. The developers also confirmed a full‑game remaster of the 2015 Witcher 3 intended to modernize the classic, scheduled for release on September 29.

• Metro 2039: Ukrainian-made sequel shaped by wartime realities and darker themes

  Publisher Deep Silver and developer 4A Studios published a blog outlining Metro 2039 as a darker entry focused on the "cost of silence, the horrors of tyranny, and the price of freedom." The game is being developed primarily in Ukraine amid the continued Russian invasion, and the team reports regular power outages, drone strikes and personal uncertainty. Those frontline conditions are informing the game's tone and are expected to shape the final product.

• Metro 2039 returns to Moscow with new hero and autocratic Hunter

  Metro 2039 brings the series back inside Moscow’s metro system with a new playable character, The Stranger, who is hunting Hunter — now the metro’s de facto authoritarian ruler. The playable demo blends Exodus-style open, above-ground exploration with the franchise’s traditional close-quarters, tactile survival mechanics. This shift signals a mix of political stakes and expanded level design that will shape player expectations for the full game.

• Ubisoft's Steam release of Heroes of Might & Magic III shipped without the game

  Ubisoft released the original Heroes of Might & Magic III Complete Edition on Steam but the package is missing the actual game files, so the $10 purchase installs as a 23.49 KB dummy executable that fails to launch. The Steam listing includes the Armageddon's Blade and The Shadow of Death expansions, yet user reviews have turned 80% negative. The missing files make the release unplayable for buyers and leave GOG's complete edition — currently half-price — as the working alternative.

• Odette and Arlecchino head Genshin Impact's 7.0 banner rotation

  Genshin Impact's current character banners feature Odette and Arlecchino, with Odette launching the game's 7.0 lineup set in Snezhnaya. New character banners rotate every few weeks, and the published schedule lists which banners are live now and which characters are expected next. This schedule matters for players planning primogem spending and team-building ahead of upcoming releases.

• MW4 Early Access Beta sparks calls to remove SBMM and nerf aim assist

  The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Early Access Beta ran Aug. 21–25 and gave players their first extended look at MW4 multiplayer. Players are urging developer Infinity Ward to remove skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) and to reduce controller aim assist ahead of the Open Beta. Infinity Ward pushed multiple updates during the Early Access, but matchmaking and aim assist remained the community's top complaints. These demands matter because changes before the Open Beta could alter competitive balance and player experience at launch.

• Solasta 2 adds 4-player co-op and a warlock class with two unique subclasses

  Early Access Update 1 for Solasta 2 will add co-op multiplayer and a new warlock class, plus a slate of gameplay and QoL features. The update launches on September 10 and includes stability and bug fixes. Multiplayer supports up to four players with join-in-progress, shared party control, and voting on major story/dialogue choices. The warlock comes with two subclasses—Timekeeper and Dreamer—that offer unique crowd-control and party-support abilities.

• Gamescom trailer reveals Ruby, Emerald and Ultima Weapon for Final Fantasy VII Revelation

  Square Enix premiered a second major trailer for Final Fantasy VII Revelation at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026, with director Naoki Hamaguchi introducing new designs for Ruby, Emerald and Ultima Weapon. The trailer shows these Weapons as powerful threats to Cloud and his party in the final installment of the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy. Ruby and Emerald return in roles similar to their original optional superboss status and will serve as particularly difficult endgame encounters and callbacks to the original game. The reveal signals a focus on classic superboss content in Revelation's endgame challenges.

• Showa American Story returns at gamescom Opening Night Live with new trailer and voice cast

  A new in-game trailer for Showa American Story premiered during gamescom Opening Night Live 2026, the first trailer since 2024. The trailer follows protagonist Chigusa Choko across California and introduces companions Michael Hero, Bubba, and Mutsuki Akitora, with narration by an anime-obsessed U.S. President. Gameplay footage highlights bloodier combat and new mechanics — swords, firearms, a drill arm, executions, counters, and improvised weapons — and the Japanese voice cast was revealed. This marks a major content update that emphasizes a grittier tone and expanded character-driven exploration.

• Humankind 2 trailer filmed with actors and practical sets; PC release slated for 2027

  Amplitude Studios unveiled Humankind 2 at Gamescom Opening Night Live and released a live-action announcement trailer that drew online claims it was AI-generated. The studio confirmed the trailer was shot at Nu Boyana Film Studios in Sofia using real actors, practical sets, and custom-made props, and behind-the-scenes photos show a sound stage with a blue compositing backdrop. The developer says the sequel will add new progression systems, enhanced visuals, a modernized UI and gameplay improvements, and it is scheduled to launch on PC in 2027 with a Steam page already live. The studio did not explicitly state whether any generative AI was used for the trailer's special effects.

• Metro 2039 trailer shows photoreal visuals and raises PC performance concerns

  4A Games released a new Metro 2039 gameplay trailer that highlights photoreal graphics and return-to-form mechanics like gun customization, mask wiping, and stealth kills. The visuals show high-frequency detail and soft lighting that make outdoor scenes look photographic, prompting concerns about whether typical PCs can run the game smoothly amid ongoing hardware shortages. Metro 2039 will be a console title running on Xbox Series S, uses 4A’s proprietary engine, has no release date yet, and a playable demo is available at Gamescom in Germany this week.

• BESTIA parts ways with Argentinian rifler tomaszin ahead of expected move to MIBR

  BESTIA has released Argentinian rifler tomaszin. He is expected to transfer to Brazilian organization MIBR. The departure creates an open roster spot at BESTIA and would add a South American rifler to MIBR's active lineup.

• HLTV posts Week 34 Counter-Strike short-news roundup

  HLTV published its Week 34 Short News, a bite-sized roundup of Counter-Strike developments. The brief compiles short updates so fans and industry members can catch up quickly without reading longer features. It centralizes recent CS headlines into a concise, easy-to-scan format.

• The Witcher 3 Remastered launches Sept. 29; Songs of the Past expansion shown

  CD Projekt Red revealed a remastered version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and premiered footage of its third expansion, Songs of the Past, at gamescom. The remaster launches on Sept. 29 as a free upgrade for existing owners on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and will also release natively on Nintendo Switch 2 the same day. The update delivers visual and performance upgrades plus gameplay changes across combat, movement, traversal, Signs, Roach handling, monster behavior and the skill tree. New cosmetic and presentation features include transmogrification, additional finishers and an expanded photo mode.

• Tarae: The Unbound — Eastern dark-fantasy ARPG from Boundary with elemental and karma systems

  A trailer for Tarae: The Unbound premiered during Gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live. The game is an action RPG developed by Boundary and published by Krafton that reimagines Eastern myth, folklore and traditional aesthetics in its enemies, environments and character art. Progression and combat are shaped by systems based on the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, karma and reincarnation, and classes include a matchlock-gun wielder who fires explosive rapid shots. The design aims to offer a distinct visual and mechanical alternative to Western Diablo-style ARPGs.

• Paradox reveals Afterworld, a post-apocalyptic grand strategy set in North America

  Paradox Development Studio unveiled Afterworld during Gamescom's Opening Night Live after a leak the day before. Players lead a tribe of survivors across a ruined North America, starting from scratch and scavenging food and water to survive. The game adds new systems including immortal pre‑collapse leaders called Ancients, an exploration-driven ideas (tech) tree, convoy-based trade and options to migrate, become nomads, or turn to raiding. Players can rebuild civilization by founding religions and laws and by recovering pre‑Fall technology.

• Frictional Games' Ontos trailer shows rat-powered 'RAM' and brain interfaces

  Frictional Games released a trailer for its next game, Ontos, depicting a future where hardware shortages drive extreme computing experiments. The trailer shows a lunar hotel, humans strapped with electrodes and DisplayPort cables into their heads, and a wall-sized rig that uses 60 rats as a memory array. The trailer frames a player choice to follow, subvert, or sabotage the rodent machine and states there is "no right or wrong solution," highlighting the game's moral and technological stakes.

• Gears of War: E-Day demo nails linear bridge fight, falters in open-city mission

  A two-mission campaign demo for Gears of War: E-Day delivers one standout linear set-piece and a less-polished open-area trial. In the first mission Bravo Squad must lower a bridge to evacuate Kolona and fight through a locust hive in a large urban choke point that supports both long-range Breechshot play and close-quarters lancer/shotgun combat. The second mission opens into Kolona City with a map and optional objectives, showing The Coalition experimenting with more open-ended mission design that feels weaker than the franchise’s traditional spectacle. The demo highlights the returning Breechshot as a bolt-action, high-damage rifle and suggests the game’s classic linear moments will be its strongest offering.

• The Witcher 3 final expansion 'Songs of the Past' revealed — Letten, chain whip

  CD Projekt Red revealed Songs of the Past, the final expansion for The Witcher 3, during Gamescom Opening Night Live and released a trailer. The expansion introduces a new region called Letten and a new weapon type for Geralt, the chain whip, and is slated to arrive "next year." The studio also announced a "Remastered" patch for the base game that will deploy on September 29, extending major post-launch support 12 years after the game's release.

• CD Projekt Red releases The Witcher 3 Remastered on Sept 29 — free update with expansions included

  CD Projekt Red will release The Witcher 3 Remastered as a free update for all owners on September 29. The update adds major graphical upgrades (new textures, updated rendering and advanced path tracing), gameplay overhauls to combat, movement, Roach riding and monster behavior, a revamped ability/skill tree, and an updated photo mode. Owners who don’t already have the expansions will receive Blood and Wine and Hearts of Stone for free, and the expansions will be bundled with the remaster for new buyers; the remaster arrives ahead of the next expansion, Songs of the Past, due next year.

• Lego Skylines announced — Paradox and Iceflake build a Lego city-builder

  Paradox Interactive unveiled Lego Skylines at Gamescom, a Lego-branded city-building game developed by Iceflake Studios. The game promises open-ended construction with 'No instructions' and 'Unlimited space' and includes typical city systems such as hospitals, wheat production, garbage collection and sewage. Iceflake Studios previously took over development of Cities: Skylines 2 from Colossal Order in late 2025, signaling experience with large-scale city sims. A Steam store page is live but no release date has been announced.

• Path of Exile 2 adds swords; full 1.0 free-to-play launch set for Dec 11, 2026

  Path of Exile 2 leaves early access and reaches its 1.0 free-to-play release on December 11, 2026. The launch includes a sword-using class called the Duelist and a new sword weapon type that introduces fresh skills usable by every class because weapons are class-agnostic. A balance-focused mini‑league update (0.5.5) is planned within the next month, and the developer will stream more full-release and mini‑league details on Thursday. The reveal trailer shows new sword skills, including a cone-of-icicles slam borrowed from a campaign boss.

• Paradox unveils Afterworld, a post-apocalyptic grand strategy

  Paradox has announced Afterworld, a new grand strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. It is the studio’s first grand strategy with an original setting in over a decade. The reveal follows a run of sequel releases such as Crusader Kings 3, Victoria 4 and Europa Universalis 5, signaling a shift from exclusively historical sequels to new IP.

• Gravhounds is a co-op sci-fi colony-builder launching early access Nov 2

  Indie studio Octopus Panic revealed Gravhounds at Gamescom Opening Night Live: a sci-fi action-builder where genetically engineered, doglike humanoids colonize hostile alien worlds. The game supports 1–4 players with both solo and co-op campaigns focused on resource building, upgrades, and combat against alien forces. Gravhounds enters early access on November 2 for PC and Xbox Series X|S and will be available day one on Xbox Game Pass; the early-access period will run at least six months as the developer expands toward version 1.0.

• The Witcher 3 Remastered arrives Sept 29 with free upgrade, ray tracing and new expansion

  CD Projekt Red will release The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered on September 29 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, and owners of the original game receive the remaster for free. The remaster adds extensive visual and technical upgrades including ray tracing, path tracing, native DX12 support and modern upscaling tech (Nvidia DLSS 4.5, AMD FSR 4, Intel XESS 2.0), plus gameplay and UI changes such as a revamped skill tree, improved combat and expanded photo mode. A new third story expansion, Songs of the Past, is scheduled for next year and is described as similar in size and scope to the game's previous two expansions. These updates modernize a decade-old title for current consoles and high-end PC hardware while delivering free upgrades and additional story content to existing players.

• No Law: Neon Giant's cyberpunk FPS unveiled for 2027 on PC and consoles

  No Law debuted on Gamescom Opening Night Live as Neon Giant’s follow-up to The Ascent, showcasing a strong cyberpunk aesthetic. The game is a first-person shooter rather than an RPG and features chaotic combat that resembles moments from Cyberpunk 2077. No Law is scheduled for release in 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, giving players another high-profile cyberpunk-styled option before major sequels arrive.

• The Witcher 3 Remastered hits Sept 29 as a free upgrade; Songs of the Past trailer shown

  The Witcher 3 Remastered is a substantial overhaul of the game and will be offered as a free upgrade to all existing owners. The remaster launches on 29 September and will appear on Switch 2 and Battle.net for the first time. A debut trailer for the Songs of the Past expansion has been released; the expansion arrives 12 years after the base game's release.

• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Gamescom Trailer Focuses on Planetary Weapons

  A new trailer for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation premiered at Gamescom Opening Night Live and was introduced by director Naoki Hamaguchi. The cinematic footage centers on the planetary Weapons—showing Ultima and Emerald Weapon—and depicts Rufus Shinra addressing a world overrun by these kaiju-like guardians that view humans as an invasive species. The threequel, billed as the final chapter of the Remake trilogy, also highlights gameplay changes including a new FITS combat-role system and more optional minigames, which affect combat and pacing.

• Path of Exile 2 exits early access Dec. 11 and will be free-to-play on PC and consoles

  Path of Exile 2 will leave early access and launch as a full 1.0 release on December 11. Developer Grinding Gear Games will make the game free-to-play at launch on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. A Gamescom Opening Night Live trailer highlighted faster combat, a brief narrative setup, extensive class customization, and an endgame built around more than 100 maps and tough boss encounters. Early access began in December 2024 and required purchase; signing up to the game's official mailing list grants exclusive in-game rewards ahead of the full release.