It’s been a busy old week at Gamescom, and while the show is still rumbling on for consumers, all the announcements, press and secretive hands on and previews have now been and gone. So, let’s wrap up a bunch of the biggest announcements and features that we’ve had through the week!
In the News This Week
Opening Night Live was a funny on this year. I felt it was a little bit too drawn out and padded, but there were still some great announcements.
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 revealed at Gamescom
- Bats is back! – Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight revealed for 2026
- Hell Let Loose: Vietnam revealed for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launch set for 14th November – Dead Ops Arcade and Co-op Campaign revealed
- Team Jade reveal Project Spectrum, a PvEvP horror shooter
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 October launch date confirmed
- Routine is now set to launch in late 2025 for Xbox and PC
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 October launch date confirmed
- Lords of the Fallen 2 announced for 2026
- Ghost of Yotei Legends is coming in 2026 as a free update
- ZA/UM reveal Zero Parades, a spy thriller CRPG
- Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault enters early access on October 23rd
- PlayStation 5 console prices to rise in the US
Games in Review & Featured Articles
We had just a couple reviews this week, with the main focus on some early Gamescom previews.
- Tiny Bookshop – NSW2, NSW, PC – 9/10
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown – XSX|S, NSW, PC – 7/10
I got to go hands on with some huge up and coming games, though, including Resident Evil Requiem, which sees Grace Ashcroft hunted by a creepy oversized monster in classic Resi fashion.
As well as Onimusha: Way of the Sword, which is shaping up to be a fantastic series revival after two decades.
I also got to share previews for the musical number There Are No Ghosts at the Grand, a hands on with the opening hours of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, and the intriguing tactical shooter roguelite Rogue Point. Oh, and a little game called Borderlands 4 as well…
Rounding out the week, What We Played featured Story of Season, Tiny Bookshop and… well, just Gamescom!
Trailer Park
Silent Hill f has a new story trailer
The Outer Worlds 2 trailer introduces you to all the companions you can’t sleep with
Fallout Season 2 will be released weekly, brand new trailer revealed!
The first trailer for John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando is here!
Your Achievements
What have you played this week?
- Andrewww finished off the story of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, enjoying the fan pleasing touches at the end of the story, but won’t be able to go back and fully explore everything since he was playing via PS Plus. But he wanted more Star Wars, so he’s been watching Andor, and went back to the not-quite-as-good Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
That’s the round up for this week’s round up, enjoy the bank holiday weekend, and check in as I work through a whole host of Gamescom previews.
