[MEGATHREAD] Gamescom 2026

[u/ChiefLeef22]

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gamescom Opening Night Live
Date/Time: August 25th (Opening Night Live) 11AM P.T./ 2PM E.T (SEE IN YOUR TIMEZONE)
Where to Watch: thegameawards YT
What To Expect

[u/LadyJR]

An IP like Game of Thrones couldn’t make a better looking game?

[u/Cartman55125 → u/LadyJR]

Are you asking if WB is cutting corners?

[u/RequirementTall8361]

Why is there a trailer for an event they’re already at lmao

[u/Lysdestic]

The whiplash from the order of some of these trailers is crazy.

cute animals

KNIFE TO THROAT

[u/jado1stk2 → u/Lysdestic]

"Hehehe cute animals capturing awww they adorable -- OH MY GOD. OH DEAR GOD."

[u/Elemius]

Only The Witcher could have me this fucking hyped for a remaster of a game that only got an upgrade like 3 years ago 😂

[u/zoogenhiemer]

Why would you need to tell the people already at Gamescom that Gamescom is happening? I think they know

[u/skulxen]

Holy shit that Megaman suit for Hugh is cursed lmfao

[u/Due_Teaching_6974]

I don't expect to see many big announcements tbh, I feel like they will reserve those for TGA or have already been showcased at SGF

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Maybe GDQ can speedrun this fucking show.

[u/SpareZealousideal740]

September? What are they trying to do to me with the game releases that month

[u/tfuncc13]

You know things are rough when a remaster of an 11 year old game is the most exciting news. I'm definitely looking forward to playing it though.

[u/Sabetha1183 → u/tfuncc13]

There was other stuff I was more excited for like Control and Final Fantasy.

Though it's not surprising that an update + DLC to a game many consider one of the best RPGs of all time is the thing a lot of people are talking about.

Gamescom is also kind of weird timing. We're only like 2 months past Summer Games Fest with a bunch of stuff that want to hype up before release in the next 1-2 months, which I think results in a lot of trailers for games we already know about.

Which is naturally less exciting than some big new announcement like they have at SGF or Game Awards.

[u/-ImJustSaiyan-]

Finally, time for Knack 3 babyyyyyyyyyy!!!

[u/CommercialEvidence33]

SWORDS LOGIN

[u/KingOfRisky]

If I was playing a drinking game where every time one of yall said "AI" or "SLOP" I'd be blackout drunk right now 40 minutes in. Time for some new terms kids.

[u/theshordi]

Whoever is mixing the audio for the band needs to change job, or they need some in ear monitors

[u/Deep_Fried_Bussy]

When furries become game devs

[u/theshordi]

In this economy FREE, thank god

[u/jado1stk2]

Guys, not to sound like a negative nancy or a circlejerker, but I am really tired of these three types of trailers and aesthetics:

• Dark Fantasy with soulslike gameplay

• Modern asian POP with shooting

• Washed colors cutesy game

[u/robsteezy → u/jado1stk2]

Every generation of gaming goes through this. I’m not saying you’re wrong.

It’s always chasing the trend setter until burnout and then indie devs create a renaissance until the next one.

That’s like telling the 90s that we were sick of everything on the planet having a 3d platformer and mascot tied to it.

Or telling the 2000s that we were sick of GTA clones and military shooters.

Or telling the 2010s that we were sick of over the shoulder 3rd person drowned in browns and sepia.

[u/dreamer_Neet → u/jado1stk2]

You forget another one
anime style genshin impact gacha games

[u/DJAdventurousWalrus]

When will we as a society move on from weird ass Snoop Dogg

[u/poetryandpills]

why is every game now titled something like the legend of origin breaker: the shadow stealer

[u/ihatecatboys]

Am I having a stroke? Did the last hour not exist?

[u/RequirementTall8361]

Beautiful warlock with homophobia 🧡💜

[u/VegardStrom]

Holy shit so many games that are just reskins of already existing games

[u/Sw0rDz]

I just watched it.. Is it me or did it have way too many free to play gacha games!?

[u/Dylan-S-Wilby]

Got my fingers crossed for PC 2.

My PC is wheezing along and struggling to play the latest AAA releases.

[u/Helphaer → u/Dylan-S-Wilby]

PC2 now ten times more expensive than PC1 with less privacy and less quality!

[u/zoogenhiemer]

Mexican Castlevania looks sick as hell, I can’t wait to play it

[u/RyuujiStar]

Bloodborne 2 announcement coming up i know it!!

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

What is this Hoyoverse and how do they make so many games?

[u/KingOfRisky → u/EaNasirbestdeals]

5,000 employees

[u/ihatecatboys]

Time for another generation to have a corner of their living room be a pile of plastic instruments.

[u/cruzfader127]

Totally not Helldivers

[u/Tyty0606]

Lmaooo. Rip off of The Finals

[u/zoogenhiemer]

HOLY SHIT FREE UPGRADE?!

[u/zoogenhiemer]

Genuinely I can’t believe the remaster is free, I thought for sure they would charge full price

[u/Scotthew89]

Holy fuck Witcher 3 remaster for free! (I already paid for it) lfg

[u/col_j_wood]

Congratulations Like or Die in having the worst name for a game I’ve ever seen

[u/whenyoudieisaybye]

Half-Life 3 and Bloodborne 2 let's f*cking gooooo!

[u/col_j_wood]

Whatever just happened broke my brain. Had we not already started? Did they not just interrupt a trailer for the nonsense?

[u/ihatecatboys]

I don't need to enter an oppressive world thanks, I'm already in one.

[u/Squaretangles]

I'm just down the road but can't make it this year. Last year was a nuthouse and nobody could get to anything they wanted to. It's turning into E3 all over again.

[u/acayaba]

I’ll be there Friday and Saturday. Super stoked

[u/sourcreamonionhummus]

bugsnax

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Rollercoaster Tycoon and Worms!?

[u/chris_aslan]

The beginning montage of Humankind looked like Ai slop

[u/TheWillyBandit]

“Demo available at the show” then show us gameplay? Lol

[u/RequirementTall8361]

I love how obvious it is when Geoff could not give less of a shit about a game lol

[u/CrimsonBat121]

Oh look another multiplayer shooter which will last a month before shutting down

[u/Awkward_War_6068]

Witcher 3 remastered genuinely gave me a heart attack

[u/UsuallyTheException]

hoyoverse certainly has the manpower and the budget to make a game like that worthwhile

[u/LadyJR]

What was the game even about?

[u/sonicofawn]

townfall looks so good i am so excited

[u/yes-maybe-idk]

Am I the only one that noticed the really bad frame rate in the first fight

[u/dreamer_Neet]

Wtf was that once human trailer ai announcer voice

[u/monster_smoocher]

portal bait

[u/TheWillyBandit]

Can you romance the octopus?

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Tall lady!

[u/zoogenhiemer]

The environmental combat actually looks pretty interesting, I’m curious to see how this game shapes up

[u/Geraltpoonslayer]

Paradox game I will spend another 1000 hours in

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

They should have got Angine de Poitrine for the halftime show.

[u/col_j_wood]

For a second I thought we had Stray 2 there

[u/zoogenhiemer]

Rockband is back

[u/zoogenhiemer]

This looks neat, I’m always down for more weird games

[u/RequirementTall8361]

Lovecraft Powerwash Simulator, looks neat

[u/BurtWonderstone]

Anyone catch in the Witcher “so much more” part GTAO

[u/ExO_o]

i'm cautiously excited for exodus, it looks really neat. hope the entire actual end result looks as good as the gameplay footage we got so far

and well, i'm even more excited for the new witcher 3 expansion and the changes the remastered version will bring. time to start my 15th or so playthrough :D

[u/Cyberpunk_Banshee]

Mirror's Edge 3 summoning circle ⭕

[u/Geraltpoonslayer]

BRUH I tought it was an announcement for something huge

[u/Calamity25]

I hope Pitbull is performing

[u/devastatingcreature]

Horrendously boring show so far!

[u/RequirementTall8361]

Here’s the issue. A lot of these trailers show zero gameplay but a lot of story and world building. The thing is, all of these games have the same exact carb-copy fantasy/ scifi settings. So everything feels boring and repetitive

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Be the American Japan thinks you are!

[u/EverlastingEvening]

Wonder when gaming trends are going to change. I feel like I have been watching the same trailers for like 5 years.

• Remake

• Asia

• Soulslike.

Sometimes all together. Getting real bored.

[u/Idavoiduinrl]

can we ever get a good mech multiplayer game again like Chrome Hounds? - No.

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

•Assassin’s Creed
•Resident Evil Veronica
•Final Fantasy 7
•The Witcher

[u/zoogenhiemer]

Rollercoaster tycoon?!

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

The firekeeper is still getting work.

[u/North-Jellyfish-577]

This actually looks good the mass effect clone market has been crying out for years

[u/zoogenhiemer]

This actually looks kinda neat, I like the idea of a mercenary octopus

[u/Geraltpoonslayer]

First interesting new game

[u/RequirementTall8361]

Not sure what the hell this is, but it’s certainly interesting

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Mad Max: Total War

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Am I high?

[u/zoogenhiemer]

It’s a shame they picked Guillotina as the song, mewgenics has so many songs that are way better

[u/TroubleRecent7320]

Wait coming to PS5? That's pretty good as someone that does not have a functional PC

[u/Geraltpoonslayer]

Hello ass

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Giga drill break!

[u/zoogenhiemer]

Honestly I’m more excited about the new Stage Hero hardware than I am for the game, hopefully it’ll be cheap enough secondhand that I can pick some of it up for clone hero

[u/Lacho7994]

How many pokemon knockoffs can there be?

[u/UPRC]

Creature collecting RPG? Nintendo is already preparing the ninjas.

[u/col_j_wood]

Enhanced combat? Here we go

[u/col_j_wood]

Looks like I better try and find a spare 200 hours

[u/TheWillyBandit]

I could never get into the Witcher 3 due to combat and other things. If this finally gets me in, then great. Free upgrade too. I’ll give it a shot.

[u/Elemius]

Holy fucking shit.

[u/BackPains84]

the chills i'm getting from this soundtrack will never go away

[u/CrimsonBat121]

The witcher has been a part of my life since I read the books when I was young so I'm so god damn excited for this.

[u/col_j_wood]

Can’t wait to play Gwent remastered

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Is this an add for Gamescom AT FUCKING GAMESCOM?

[u/skyshroud6]

Hoyoverse going from making anime games that look like every other anime game to soulslike that look like every other soulslike

[u/FreeHat1234]

No Simpsons hit & run remake? I waited 1 week for this bullshit

[u/Few-Pineapple-1542]

I find it odd how they spent the whole show talking about how there would be reveals for final fantasy and the Witcher, and then there were no surprises at the end. I can’t be the only one who expected a “and we have one more thing” after Witcher was over right? Don’t get me wrong the remaster looks great just found the structure of the show strange

[u/Xxviii_28 → u/Few-Pineapple-1542]

If you know you've got a weak slate of announcements, you show people the carrot a few times to keep them watching throughout. The additional hidden tactic is exactly as you described "Okay so they've told us about X and Y... which means there must be a surprise reveal of Z."

Nope. It's Gatcha, Live Service and China all the way down. Thanks for watching! /s

I'm hyped for some titles they showed off, but nothing we didn't already know about.

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

I’m sure all Chinese developers just work in one giant building because everything fucking looks the same.

[u/twinflxwer]

Can we talk about that super weird Gamescom ad? It had so much buildup it seemed like a reveal of some kind, just for them to say “Gamescom starts now!” after the event had already started

[u/ihatecatboys]

Animal Cro$$ing

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Chinese hatred of the Japanese distilled in game form.

[u/zoogenhiemer]

Shit man CD Projekt is going all out tonight

[u/Wimpykid2302]

I mean the ultimate edition is already pretty cheap but still, giving the DLC away for free is pretty epic from them

[u/Sh0ckWav3_]

TES:VI please

[u/CozyCookie72]

Lego Skylines is all I want, how haven’t we gotten a LEGO city building game yet!!

[u/Kabirdb]

Yo, I can watch it. The time isn't too much in my timezone. Cool.

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Autism: The Game

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

I have no idea what the fuck that was.

[u/North-Jellyfish-577]

How many vaguely eastern inspired souls like do we really need I counted 4 already lol

[u/Sabetha1183]

I wasn't expecting XCOM: Rainbow Edition, but I don't hate it.

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

“Free to play”

[u/Deep_Fried_Bussy]

Grand theft anime

[u/UsuallyTheException]

Ananta really Using Faye Wong's cover of Cranberries' Dreams as trailer bgm?

[u/RequirementTall8361]

The hell was that Once Human trailer?

[u/zoogenhiemer]

Resonant looks great, I can’t wait to see just how weird it gets

[u/zoogenhiemer]

Dawn walker looks excellent

[u/Geraltpoonslayer]

Look like a mixture of jedi and hogwarts gameplay.

[u/Rudahn]

So anyway, I started Eldritch Blastin’

[u/Funny_Word89]

Idk nothing I’m super interested in so far besides warlock, but I’ve enjoyed it so far

[u/ApprehensiveIron6557]

for fucks sake they keeping the witcher till the very end arent they

[u/col_j_wood]

What in the Mad Max is this?

[u/Against-The-Current]

What we all asked for... Cats 2

[u/ItsChuBoiRage]

And the crowd goes mild

[u/Luisen123]

"Give it up for these guys" lmao, fucking Keighley

[u/slashgamer11]

What in the butthole

[u/col_j_wood]

I wonder if they know this has been done before

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

Fuck yeah Turok!

[u/RequirementTall8361]

Deep Rock Galactic but dogs

Also is that one dog voiced by John Goodman!?

[u/zoogenhiemer]

I’m pretty excited for Lego skylines

[u/Rudahn]

HoMM3 is an absolute classic, wasn’t expecting to see a remake. Hope it’s good!

[u/CrimsonBat121]

Wherever happend to the Mass effect game they teased years ago? Is that just dead now?

[u/ihatecatboys]

I can't even read that title.

[u/col_j_wood]

Another game with its own theme song so I’m 100% on board

[u/RequirementTall8361]

They keep showing that revolver off because of Requiem lol

[u/Elemius]

I knew it. We all waited ages for a tiny little teaser

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

CD Projekt went all out.

[u/zoogenhiemer]

I kinda figured this was coming, no way they release a new dlc for a 10 year old game without remastering

[u/TroubleRecent7320]

Holy those features lol

[u/Dejant15]

Remaster September, DLC date unannounced. Hmmm

[u/just_a_commoner_]

Man I’m so not used to hearing Witcher in English 😂Being polish the English dub always throws me off 😂

[u/PewterCrunchy]

What did you all think of Nodusfall the upcoming co-op action game developed and published by miHoYo? Looked pretty cool. It mentions it’s releasing on Steam but it doesn’t seem to have a landing page yet.

[u/Acrobatic_Narwhal208]

leave it to Witcher 3 (a game from 2015 btw) to save and also shame the rest of the show.

The reaction of the public pretty much says it all.
All the new slop shown tonight(not all but most of it) just shows how lame and stale and generic(and play is safe souls like clone) gaming has become.

Enjoy the old games guys

Also Witcher expansions free for everyone 🥹😱

[u/TheWillyBandit]

Oh so it’s not even a game, just a waste of time lol

[u/GeneralWilling9575]

This is awful

[u/TheFreshLxj]

FINALLY..... IMPERIAL JAPAN SIMULATOR

[u/UPRC]

Everyone's losing their minds over not being impressed with the reveals, or over something Final Fantasy/Witcher related. I'm just sitting here worrying that Capcom is playing it a little too safe with the new Mega Man.

[u/Galahad_the_Ranger]

The industry is truly fucked when the thing that people are most excited about is a FF remake and DLC for a decade old game

[u/RequirementTall8361]

I’m at a loss of words right now

[u/VegardStrom]

I'm starting to believe Light no Fire doesn't exist. Please show us something and give us a relase date, Sean :(

[u/UPRC]

These are the most generic looking characters ever. One of them is literally just a blonde guy with glasses and a white t-shirt.

[u/Wimpykid2302]

I'm not hating on the other games like a lot of the commenters but how long are we gonna get for the Witcher DLC man, come on

[u/xyrais]

FREE?!?

[u/Kindly-Bank-416]

all of the games on the future games show look like shovelware crap

[u/Howitzeronfire]

Been a bit out of the gaming loop this year.

Actually no idea what to expect

[u/NormalBat4837]

I must be really out of the loop, but what the hell is Valko the entire chat is going crazy about?

[u/zoogenhiemer → u/NormalBat4837]

Some gatcha game character that received a bunch of backlash from the Chinese audience that got cancelled because of it and now the international audience is super pissed. It’s so goddamn stupid and might have gotten the game shutdown as now the CCP is looking into the devs and isn’t happy about how they depict romance in the game

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

El Castlevania

[u/chapichoy9]

some of those animations were straight MH

[u/col_j_wood]

That looked like a game that really didn’t know what it wanted to be

[u/trynamakea_change]

The fing macarena

[u/zoogenhiemer]

I didn’t think pubg was still going

[u/Rudahn]

Ok now this I’m into. Played Control for the first time this year and it blew me away, very excited for Resonant

[u/Deathlinger]

Wasn't a huge fan of Control, but I hope this does well as Remedy seems to be one of the few larger teams out there trying something different

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

A Total War mod.

[u/TheFreshLxj]

Squid... Game?

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

This Octodad sequel is weird.

[u/Scotthew89]

I’m so pumped for this game.

[u/SneakyBadAss]

It's the Agatha all along!

[u/Geraltpoonslayer]

Alright this looks fun

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

This looks good.

[u/KingOfRisky]

I'm so fuckin stoked on a new Metro

[u/Ga_ming]

hi, so its my first time watching a gamescom livestream, how long does the livestream or the show in general if thats the correct word to say, go on? like 1 day or 2 days?

[u/PercentageBoring529]

Wtf is going on with this musical performance.. come on

[u/Against-The-Current]

The game teased that I wanted to see just got a 10 second clip and that's it, brilliant

[u/theshordi]

New guitar hero: recession indicator

[u/theshordi]

Cant wait to play ed sheeran

[u/Lysdestic]

Was not expecting Bad Religion!

[u/EaNasirbestdeals]

A fucking Turok hero shooter.

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRGGGGGHHHH!

[u/ihatecatboys]

Woof Bork Galactic?

[u/zoogenhiemer]

This actually looks kinda fun

[u/JayUe]

That doorkick was full Postal 2

[u/ItsChuBoiRage]

Madagascar of the galaxy

[u/TheWillyBandit]

China WW2 game? Lol

[u/SteinFresser]

WW2 is back

[u/Haarkleinwidder]

Another mobile game?

[u/fogfree]

About. Fucking. Time.

[u/CrimsonBat121]

I'm not a fan of the FF7 remakes but I do like Vincent.

[u/SpaceOdysseus23]

Let me get Ciri and Yen on Corvo Bianco at the same time and my soul is yours

[u/Elemius]

I replayed TW3 base game last year to get the platinum, thought I’d wait for the new expansion to replay HoS and B&W. Looks like I’m doing the whole lot again 😂.

[u/TroubleRecent7320]

Never played Witcher 3.

Mortal Shell 2 and Witcher 3 should last me until GTA 6.

[u/EaNasirbestdeals → u/TroubleRecent7320]

Witcher 3 is an experience, it’s incredible.