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Gamescom 2025: Your one-stop hub for ONL, news, hands-on, interviews, and showcases
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Brian Crecente
August is all about one of the world’s largest video game expos, a massive celebration of all things video games that takes in the picturesque city of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Each year, the gathering somehow manages to absolutely pack the 284,000 square-meter Koelnmesse, filling the city’s hotels and even establishing a temporary tent city along the nearby Rhine.
If you aren’t planning on attending the week-long party, we’ve got the next best thing right here: a one-stop hub for all things Gamescom and gaming. Bookmark this page (or whatever the kids do nowadays) and check back for our round-ups, hands-ons, and interviews. We'll add links to new stories to this page as they go live.
And don’t forget about our Gamescom landing page!
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The Gamescom show floor
The Gamescom show floor is big, like big big. The hallways between the aircraft-hanger-sized halls look like enclosed roadways, and there are many of them. All of this—the halls, the hallways, and the surrounding area—is packed with an international mix of gaming fans standing in lines to get their hands on games, roaming the halls to check out the booths, eating, drinking, playing volleyball, you name it.
Even if you can make it to the show, it’s likely you’re not going to be able to get your mitts on everything that’s there. Fortunately, we have packed our days with interviews, hands-on, and the like. Check out the wealth of coverage below, and remember to check back as we update it throughout the remaining month.
007 First Light’s first mission wows with explosive charm and edge-of-your-seat action
How a four-week delay improved Dying Light: The Beast
Netmarble Monster’s CEO talks about the creation of its upcoming monster-taming game, Mongil: Star Dive
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II shows that playing as the undead baddies can be fun
Don’t let Escape from Duckov’s cute characters trick you out of a tough looter-shooter
Full Circle’s evolved take on Skate. is flipping brilliant
Hands-on as a reawakened robot tasked with saving humanity in The Last Caretaker
Listen out for the unexpected in Train Sim World 6
Wizordum Is A Delightful, ‘90s-style FPS Game That Lets You Build Your Own Levels
Hands-on with Tropico 7 at Gamescom 2025
John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando May Be Your Next Fave Zombie Game
Beyond These Stars is a sustainable city-builder where you survive on the back of a sentient celestial whale
Super Meat Boy 3D takes hardcore platforming to another dimension
Causal Loop is a mind-bending narrative puzzler where your past echoes help your present
Hands-on Industria 2 at Gamescom, a taut FPS about surviving murderous AI
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn delivers echoes of Mass Effect on the back of a memorable piece of fiction
Vexlands Is A Delightfully Cozy Crafting Game With A Fun Twist
Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy Puts You In The Boots Of An Imperial Inquisitor Ready To Get Their Hands Dirty
Sudden Strike 5 shows how Kite Games is modernizing a WWII classic at Gamescom 2025
Double jumping Rafa’s way through Borderlands 4 at Gamescom
Cronos: The New Dawn Gamescom hands-on is a love letter To The Thing, Dead Space
Going Full Celt With Anno 117: Pax Romana at Gamescom
Transport Fever 3 promises an impressive attention to detail
Lords of the Fallen 2’s developers know where the sequel needs to improve
Hands-on with Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2’s incredible Gamescom
Gamescom awesome indies
Gamescom continues to expand, now offering a dedicated stream for indie titles for those of you who are more into the small, artful, esoteric creations of small teams of devs. As with the other livestreams, we were on hand to capture all of the highlights. You can read the roundup of the show right here.
Future Games Show
While not an official part of Gamescom, The Future Games Show that took place during Gamescom 2025 was packed with plenty of news and trailers. We've rounded up all of the big news from the show right here.
Opening Night Live
Geoff Keighley! Don’t worry, this isn’t the Summer Game Fest, it’s Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, where Keighley makes another appearance as grand emcee. He’ll walk you through all of the big news of the show, which promises to feature plenty of splashy names and exciting trailers. If you missed it, we have a handy roundup of all of the big stories as well.
Check out all of the big news from the big Opening Night Live show right here.
Gamecom full schedule
It’s one big show, but Gamescom has a lot going on over its five days. Here’s the full schedule of everything you can watch during Gamescom and where to watch it