Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026: World premieres, news, and trailers
Gamescom 2026 (Открывается в новой вкладке) | Event | Aug. 25, 2026
Welcome to our live coverage of Gamescom Opening Night Live, which is streaming direct from Cologne's massive Koelnmesse.
The annual kick-off for one of the biggest video game expos in the world is led by Geoff Keighley.
Here’s your guide to everything we saw during ONL 2026, from the trailers and world premieres to news and exclusives, custom-tailored for Epic Games Store players.
Aniimo, a free-to-play, creature-catching open-world role-playing game from the developers at Pawprint Studio got a musical trailer at ONL 2026, and it ended with a Sept. 16, 2026 launch date.
As a Pathfinder, you’ll traverse the continent of Idyll, discovering and capturing the mysterious creatures called Aniimo. Above the land is a sprawling, floating metropolis where you’ll meet and battle other Pathfinders., The trailer showcased the adorable animals, fantasy-tinged locations, and battles big and small that you’ll find in Aniimo.
Check out Aniimo in the Epic Games Store.
The action role-playing game from the developers at Genigods Lab got a combat-focused trailer during the ONL 2026 pre-show.
You’ll play as the trailer’s star, Spirit Pearl, who is the “first life forged by Nüwa, the Goddess of Life, from earth, water and fire,” and her in-game story is based on Chinese mythology. The trailer was filled with battles against colossi, in diverse and desolate landscapes.
Check out Genigods: Nezha in the Epic Games Store today.
Developer Duck Reaction’s psychological horror game is headed to the Epic Games Store in the spring of 2027, according to its ONL 2026 pre-show trailer.
Perceptum’s eerily silent trailer followed the protagonist through an immensely creepy house that serves as the game’s setting. The horror game is designed to make you feel uncomfortable, uncertain, and watched. Your only weapon is a mysterious mirror, and you can see it reveal otherworldly results in the trailer.
You can learn more about Perceptum in the Epic Games Store today.
Developer Capcom’s samurai-swordplay heavy action game is set for a Sept. 4, 2026 release, and its demo has been expanded, according to its pre-show ONL 2026 trailer.
You’ll play as Miyamoto Musashi, swordfighting through the Japanese capital of Edo-period Kyoto. Download and play the demo, which has you facing off against the Sasaki Ganryu boss, and you’ll bring Kubi Akari charm into the full game.
Pre-purchase Onimusha: Way of the Sword in the Epic Games Store, and you’ll receive the Lion Dog charm and the Sealed Curse sword appearance.
Mariachi Legends is headed to the Epic Games Store on April 27, 2027, according to its pre-show trailer.
In the side-scrolling action game from the developers at Halberd Studios, you’ll play as Detective Pablo Cruz, a warrior hand-picked by Lady Death. In a game that blends Mexican folklore with arcade gameplay, you’ll battle through the Realm of the Dead using the mighty La Sombra and wearing a Mariachi suit.
Add Mariachi Legends to your Epic Games Store wishlist today.
Rainbow Six Siege Tactics, a real-time strategy game from Ubisoft Paris, made its surprise debut tonight on the way to its 2027 release.
The game’s first trailer showed off gameplay that offered a mix of isometric views and over-the-shoulder, third-person action. The single-player game will put players on missions worldwide, commanding a squad of capable warriors. And you’ll have 15 operators to choose from, Keighley said, all of whom have special abilities, gadgets, and progression paths.
Check out Rainbow Six Siege Tactics in the Epic Games Store.
Silent Hill: Townfall’s ONL 2026 trailer hyped the upcoming release date with a terrifying overview of the game’s fundamental mysteries.
In developer Screen Burn Interactive’s Silent Hill: Townfall, you’ll play as Simon Ordell, who returns to a twisted town of St. Amelia, Scotland. It’s a standalone survival-horror adventure, and the cast of confusing characters (not to mention an enormous eldritch horror looming in the foggy distance) were all stars of the trailer.
You can pre-purchase Silent Hill: Townfall in the Epic Games Store today ahead of its Sept. 24, 2026 release.
Developer Asobo Studio’s prequel to A Plague Tale: Innocence and A Plague Tale: Requiem got a trailer during ONL 2026, focusing on the main character’s desire to escape a mysterious island.
It’s set 15 years before A Plague Tale: Requiem, and you play as Sophia, who’s on the run and searching for the secrets that surround her past. The trailer shows off the emotional story, the combat, and the Minotaur Island setting.
Set for an Aug. 27, 2026 release, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is available for pre-purchase in the Epic Games Store with the Heritage Pack DLC, the Minoan Sword, the Alec’s Pendant on offer as pre-order bonuses.
Sea of Remnants is the stylized action role-playing game that puts you in the role of a memory-starved puppetfolk sailor who scours the seas battling monsters, building a fleet, and bonding with your companions.
Its Gamescom ONL 2026 trailer showed off the magical nautical setting, which included sailing, exploring, treasure hunting, and fighting on the land and the sea.
Check out Sea of Remnants in the Epic Games Store.
Crimson Desert is getting its first sale, as the free Enhanced update heads to the Epic Games Store.
The utterly vast, open-world action-adventure is set on the continent of Pywel. You play as Kliff as he rebuilds the decimated Greymane faction while saving the land from a looming threat. The Expanded version of the game includes “new story moments,” more voiceover and language support, in addition to all post-launch updates.
Check out Crimson Desert in the Epic Games Store, where you can get it for 20% off.
Tides of Annihilation’s trailer announced and focused on the protagonist’s voice actor: Angela Sant'Albano, the actor who played Grace in Resident Evil: Requiem.
The fantasy-action game is inspired by Arthurian legend and takes place in London, after an invasion from beyond fills London with evil hordes. You’ll play as Gwendolyn who commands a team of more than 10 spectral knights to repair the broken world.
Check out Tides of Annihilation in the Epic Games Store.
Developer Starry Studio’s Once Human is celebrating its two-year anniversary, and the post-apocalyptic open-world survival game is expanding to multiple platforms.
In the game, you’ll become a Meta-Human, powered by Stardust, facing off against mutated monsters as you build bases and learn of eldritch horrors. The cross-platform, co-op action game also scales down to single-player experiences.
You can get Once Human in the Epic Games Store today.
CONTROL Resonant, the sequel to developer Remedy Entertainment’s supernatural action game, arrived at ONL 2026 with a trailer that showed off the action, combat, and magical traversal in the upcoming game.
CONTROL Resonant brings players to New, where the supernatural powers have broken free from the Oldest House. Now the wider world is glitching—and the original protagonist’s brother, Dylan Faden, will take the fight to the streets of New York City after years in confinement at the hands of the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC).
Check out CONTROL Resonant in the Epic Games Store. You can also find the original Control, the co-op first-person shooter spinoff FBC: Firebreak, as well as Remedy's Alan Wake 2 where Jesse Faden appeared in DLC.
EXODUS, the sci-fi action-adventure RPG from developer Archetype Entertainment and publisher Wizards of the Coast, arrived with a trailer that showed off Salt, a valuable octopus bounty hunter and mercenary.
You play as Jun Aslan, the Traveler, leading humanity’s fight for survival against the Celestials 40,000 years in the future—journeying across worlds, confronting time, and shaping the fate of generations. Salt lives in a mech and, when she’s not fighting, an aquarium. Their agreement is simple: She hunts, and Jun pays. She said that she misses the ocean, and she misses its safety. But she’s willing to fight—for a price.
Check out EXODUS in the Epic Games Store ahead of its April 7, 2027 release.
Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons arrived at ONL 2026 with a trailer focused on gameplay and introduced by actor Maggie Robertson, who you may know as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village.
The open-world, single-player RPG from developer Invoke Studios made its debut at The Game Awards earlier this year. You’ll play as the warrior Kaatri as she wields magic to fight and defend her world. The ONL trailer was all about how she wields something magical called the Warlock’s Eye, both in and out of battle. Kaatri teleports through barriers, uses telekinesis to traverse the environment and toss enemies around, and zaps foes out of existence. She also carries a sword for up-close encounters, but Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons is clearly focused on splashy magical attacks first.
Check out Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons in the Epic Games Store.
Two developers of the first-person shooter at 4A Games took the stage and the story of making a game during a time of war. The story of the game, they said, takes inspiration from the real-world events surrounding the development.
According to Executive Producer Jon Block, Metro 2039 tells the story of war’s “consequences and what it takes to survive—the cost of silence, the horror of tyranny, and the price of freedom.”
In the single-player campaign, you’ll explore post-apocalyptic Moscow, 25 years after nuclear war left a wasteland and desperate survivors. A fanatical Spartan known as Hunter has united the resistance, as Hunter’s Novoreich regime rules through propaganda and fear. The ONL 2026 trailer focused on the game’s dark, first-person combat, delivered via the studio’s in-house engine.
Check out Metro 2039 in the Epic Games Store ahead of its Feb. 2027 release.
Silver Palace: House of Greed
A trailer for the upcoming action role-playing game from developer Silver Studio teased a game about making the dead speak, a relentless pursuit of the truth, and an action hero super comfortable wearing a fedora.
The trailer was full of action, shooting, and mystery. It ended with a tantalizing question: Greed comes at a cost. What price would you pay to bring back someone you love?
Check out Silver Palace in the Epic Games Store today.
Snoop Dogg is the latest celebrity to join HITMAN World of Assassination, starring in The Herbalist mission, which is available to play in the game for free From Aug. 27 - Sept. 26, 2026.
Following on the heels of Mads Mikkelsen’s appearance as Le Chiffre last year, Snoop arrives in the stealth game as Dr. Cyrus Cane, proprietor of an, uh, herbal supplement called LBC Morsizzles. And he’s come to the attention of Agent 47, who’s infiltrated a commercial shoot and a party where he’s identified a lot of potential targets.
You can buy HITMAN World of Assassination right now in the Epic Games Store.
Petit Planet’s final beta test is “coming soon,” according to its ONL 2026 trailer, which also said that it’s headed for a Winter 2026 release.
The upcoming life simulation game takes place on small planets where you’ll explore, interact with inhabitants, and decorate everything from the coast to the land to the sky. The ONL 2026 trailer was full of smiling characters, pastoral landscapes, and an uplifting soundtrack to accompany the world building.
Check out Petit Planet in the Epic Games Store, where it joins other HoYoverse games including Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail.
1666: Amsterdam is available in early access right now, as its ONL 2026 trailer revealed.
In the game, a mysterious group known as The Originals is centuries old, and they’ve abused both time and power. 1666: Amsterdam follows Noa Brooklyn, The Collector, who was born to take the power back.
Get in on the 1666: Amsterdam early access release in the Epic Games Store today.
Transport Fever 3 is about building routes that transform the world, and its short ONL 2026 trailer announced its Sept. 29, 2026 release date.
Developer Urban Games takes the long view from horse-drawn wagons to steam trains, paddle-steamers, jet planes, supertankers, high-speed trains, and more. Build routes, connect the world, create an empire, and profit.
Check out Transport Fever 3 in the Epic Games Store, and add it to your wishlist today.
The ONL 2026 trailer for developer Behaviour Interactive’s co-op, third-person PvE shooter was all about showing that it’s like to use wild weapons to kill grotesque aliens.
You play as “the toughest crew on the contract, the last ones to leave the worksite, the only crew that gets paid for doing what others won’t,” according to the trailer’s narrator. Your job is simple and flashy: Exterminate and get paid, and there’s plenty of extermination on tap in the trailer.
Check out Exterminauts in the Epic Games Store.
Path of Exile 2 is getting its “full 1.0 release” on Dec. 11, 2026, according to its ONL 2026 trailer.
Grinding Gear Games’ free-to-play action RPG takes players back to Wraeclast where you’ll battle to end the spreading corruption. It supports up to six player co-op and sports a six-act campaign with 100 environments, 600 monsters, and 100 bosses.
Add Path of Exile 2 to your Epic Games Store wishlist, or start playing in early access today.
Heroes of Might and Magic III Remake
Developer New World Computing’s turn-based strategy game from 1999 is getting new life.
This differs from the 2015 HD Edition in that it’s a “faithful remake” delivered in 3D, not just an update of the storied original. According to the trailer, the game will include the entire Heroes of Might and Magic III, which includes Shadow of Death, Restoration of Erathia, and Armageddon’s Blade.
Learn more about Heroes of Might and Magic III Remake in the Epic Games Store.
In developer Neon Giant’s upcoming action game. you’ll play as Grey Harker, who explores a neo-noir city. As No Law begins, the ex-soldier is seeking a life of peace in the lawless city, but that’s difficult to square in a story that becomes about taking back what’s rightfully his.
At Gamescom ONL 2026, a trailer showed off the neon city, its corruption, weapons like a silenced pistol and an SMG, and the beefy forearms that Grey Harker wields against it.
Add No Law to your Epic Games Store wishlist today ahead of its 2027 release.
A first look at ONTOS gameplay focused on a twisted experiment involving dozens of lab rats and a man with multiple needles in his skull.
The sci-fi mystery from the developers of SOMA at Frictional Games takes place on the moon, in a repurposed hotel called Samsara. Exploration will uncover all manner of twisted horrors and truths, including your estranged father’s legacy.
Check out ONTOS in the Epic Games Store before it’s released in 2027.
Roco Kingdom is full of wild animals, which is entirely appropriate for an open-world, creature-collecting RPG. Its ONL 2026 trailer focused on the cuddly creatures and ended with the announcement of a closed beta test that starts on Oct. 27, 2026.
You can learn more about Roco Kingdom in the Epic Games Store.
TankRat
Developer Alpha Channel’s drone-controlled tank shooter, which launched in 2024 as TankHead, is heading for a multi-platform release on Jan. 15, 2027.
The goal of the renamed game remains the same. You play as Whitaker, and your goal is to reach the Highpoint. Between you and your goal is the Event Containment Area, where humans can’t survive. So Whitaker does what he has to do and transfers his mind into a drone and a tank and fights for supremacy.
Check out TankRat in the Epic Games Store.
At Gamescom ONL 2026, series director Naoki Hamaguchi took the stage to introduce a trailer and announce a Spring 2027 release date.
In the final chapter of the FINAL FANTASY VII remake project—following FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTEGRADE and FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH—the ultimate battle against Sephiroth begins. It will determine no less than the fate of the world.
Add FF7 Revelation to your Epic Games Store wishlist today.
The Witcher 3 is getting a remastered version, with updated visuals, improved traversal and movement, enhanced combat, new Witcher Signs FX, and updates to the skill tree, mount handling, finishers, and much more. It’ll be a free upgrade to everyone who already owns The Witcher 3 when it’s released on Sept. 29, 2026.
Songs of the Past, the third expansion to developer CDProjektRed’s 11-year-old RPG, made a quick debut at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 ahead of a playable demo at the show. It’s scheduled for a 2027 release. It’s in development at Fool’s Theory in a team filled with Witcher developers.
Check out The Witcher 3 in the Epic Games Store today.
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