I'm looking forward to an expansion for a game from 2015 more than I am for pretty much any new game coming up. The Songs of the Past add-on for The Witcher 3, which will be out next year, promises to let us explore a whole new region and get to know Dandelion better than ever. I'm more interested in a brand new chunk of world than intimate moments with the bard, but more Witcher 3 is more Witcher 3 even if the focus isn't on everyone's actual favorite character. (Johnny the Godling, of course.)

Songs of the Past was shown off at Gamescom, where our Joshua Wolens had a peek and said it looked real good. The rest of us will have to wait for other opportunities, like the one that's been announced as part of the PAX Australia schedule reveal. On Saturday, October 11, attendees will be able to join members of CD Projekt and DLC developer Fool's Theory for a behind-closed-doors live demo of Songs of the Past, and a panel discussion to follow.

Other events planned for the three-day event include Storytime with World of Warcraft executive producer Holly Longdale, Final Fantasy 14 veterans Koji Fox and Toshio 'Foxclon' Murouchi suffering through a hot-sauce interview in "A Realm Reburned", and Saros' creative director Gregory Louden talking about a career that's included work on games like Control and Returnal.

The tabletop side of gaming will also be well covered with Jasmine 'ThatBronzeGirl' Bhullar, Dungeon Master of the official Dungeons & Dragons liveplay and Dimension 20's Coffin Run, talking about the art of storytelling, and fellow Dimension 20 alumnus Ify Nwadiwe taking part in a D&D one-shot with Deerstalker Pictures.

Other guests include composer Mick Gordon and fantasy author Isobelle Carmody. PAX Australia runs from October 9–11 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, and the full schedule is online at the PAX website now.

Last week, in the wake of a rash of developer hardware thefts at this year's Gamescom, the event's organizers provoked a wave of outcry by publishing a statement that many perceived as callously placing the blame on exhibitors who hadn't adequately insured their equipment.

Today, Gamescom released an additional statement on X, admitting that its initial response was inadequate and committing to improving the rigor of its security procedures with input from affected exhibitors.

"Over the past few days, we have received a great deal of criticism for the way we communicated about the theft of hardware belonging to several indie developers. That criticism is justified," Gamescom said. "Our first response did not strike the right tone, and it did not show the people affected the empathy they deserved. We are sorry."

After acknowledging the emotional, financial, and professional cost of the hardware thefts, Gamescom said it has "been moved by" and is "grateful for" the outpouring of support for affected exhibitors, which "says a great deal" about the industry and its consumers.

However, that generosity does not, it said, "relieve us, as the organizers, of our own responsibility to work together with our exhibitors and partners to create the best possible environment for everyone. We are therefore committed to jointly reviewing and further improving security."

In addition to its standard post-event assessment of exhibitor feedback, Gamescom said it's committing to both "a dedicated review of security for indie exhibitors" and to hosting a roundtable with indie booth organizers "so that we can develop concrete measures together." Gamescom also urged any additional exhibitors who suffered thefts during this year's show to report those incidents to both the event organizers and to police.

What the statement doesn't mention is any possibility of compensation for affected exhibitors. PC Gamer contacted Gamescom's organizers at Koelnmesse GmbH to ask how many incidents had been reported, whether any compensation has been investigated or offered to exhibitors whose equipment was stolen, and what forms of vetting and oversight Gamescom security staff are subject to. Gamescom PR offered no response beyond referring PC Gamer to its two published statements about the incidents.

"Our commitment has always been to keep making Gamescom better—together with the community, not just when things go well," Gamescom said in today's statement on X. "That is exactly what we will do here."

The PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct is back September 20, and PC Gamer is happy to announce the fantastic Frankie Ward will be hosting, making it her second PC Gaming Show of the year.

Frankie is a host and presenter with years of experience. She won presenter of the year at the 2018 inaugural UK Esports Awards, and she's hosted our own shows more times than I can count.

"We've got a seriously stacked show for you—lots of world premieres, brand-new trailers, reports direct from Tokyo Game Show and a whole load of exclusive treats in store," Frankie says. "Join me on September 20 as we dive into it all!"

The reports from the show floor will be coming from PC Gamer's Wesley Fenlon, who will be in Tokyo interviewing developers at their booths. As well as boots on the ground journalism, you can expect new trailers from over 35 games, including Stronghold 4—which we announced during the June show—and Virtue and a Sledgehammer, which just looks divine. What's not to love about smashing up the robots invading your hometown while you also relive traumatic memories?

If all that isn't enough, we'll also be bringing you a deep dive on Tenebris Somnia, a retro survival horror adventure with live-action cutscenes, plus a bunch more super secret stuff I can't share with you just yet. Luckily you've only got a few weeks to wait.

Tune into the show on X, Steam, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook—basically anywhere you can host a video— Sunday, September 20, at 5 pm BST, 12 pm EDT, 9 am PDT. If you're a streamer who wants to get in on the action and co-stream the show, you can fill in this form.

If you want a refresher on some of the bangers we revealed back in June, check out our everything announced article.

The official end of the summer isn't back-to-school day. It's not Labor Day. Nope, it's Gamescom Opening Night Live day, the second Geoff Keighley-hosted world premieres showcase of each year that kicks off the gaming trade event in Cologne, Germany which signals the end of the Gregorian Calendar's videogame 'announcements season' and the beginning of traditional 'release season,' to those who observe the old ways. It's live during German hours, though, so here's when to watch Opening Night Live if you hail from some other slice of the globe.

How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live

Gamescom Opening Night Live premieres at 11 am Pacific / 8 pm CEST on Tuesday, August 25 on YouTube. Here's when Gamescom ONL premieres in other timezones:

• 11 am (Los Angeles)
• 2 pm EDT (New York)
• 3 pm BRT (São Paulo)
• 7 pm BST (London)
• 8 pm CEST (Cologne)
• 4 am, August 26 AEST (Sydney)
• 6 am, August 26 NZST (Auckland)

What's confirmed for Opening Night Live?

As always, ONL host Geoff Keighley has already confirmed (some of) the games that will be in the show. We don't always know what each one is planning to announce—though sometimes it's easy to guess—just who's on the call sheet. Here's what he's revealed ahead of time:

• The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past (the new DLC)
• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation (part three of the FF7 remake)
• Gears of War: E-Day (Gears prequel)
• Ananta (the "anime GTA" game)
• Tides of Annihilation (a sci-fi Arthurian legend Soulslike)
• Metro 2039 (the newest mainline Metro since Exodus)
• Game of Thrones: War for Westeros (GoT RTS)
• Warlock: Dungeons and Dragons (an open world action-adventure)

Great news, if you're a fan of cool horror-action protagonists with quippy one liners or Grace Ashcroft, who doesn't want to be in said horror-action games but is trying her very best: We've got both coming to the Future Games Show this month, as the voice actors for both Leon Kennedy and Grace will be presenting a feast of games for you to sink your teeth into.

Nick Apostolides and Angela Sant'Albano are known, most recently, for their roles in Resident Evil Requiem—and they'll be helping our friends at the FGS show off over 40 games from both AAA and indie studios, including Tides of Annihilation and Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

PC Gamer's own Morgan Park was particularly taken with the latter, calling Onimusha: Way of the Sword "the best thing I saw at Summer Game Fest" last year, and its penchant for style even cracked Wes Fenlon's parry-averse heart when he played it back in August of the same year. It's one to keep an eye on.

"I can't wait to share an incredible lineup of games with fans around the world," Apostolides says, "Whether you’re into pulse-pounding horror, samurai adventures or anything in between, we’ve got first looks, exciting reveals and plenty of surprises in store."

Sant'Albano, unlike the understandably-terrified Ashcroft, is also giddy with excitement: "We’re putting the zombie-dodging to one side to bring you world premieres, exclusive gameplay reveals and brand-new trailers for some of the most exciting upcoming games. Nick and I can't wait to share it all with you—see you there!"

You can tune in August 26 at 1 pm EDT/6 pm BST, though there'll be more after the main show with FGS Live at Gamescom, which'll have even more previews and news from the packed, excited floors of the Koelnmesse. There'll also be the Best of Gamescom on August 30 at 1 pm EDT/6 pm BST, for recaps, developer interviews, and more.

You can watch on Twitch and YouTube alongside other platforms—including a sister stream from our friends over at GamesRadar+.

Three videogame showcases from PC Gamer publisher Future will air at this year's Gamescom in August: "Future Games Show at Gamescom" and "FGS Live From Gamescom" on August 26, and "FGS Best Of Gamescom" when the convention wraps up on Sunday, August 30.

The first of the three shows "will bring viewers world premieres, exclusive trailers, developer deep dives and brand-new game demos from some of the industry's most creative studios," says Future. FGS Live will follow directly after with more trailers, news, and interviews.

Finally, the "Best Of" showcase will include "exclusive booth tours, developer interviews and a recap of Gamescom's most exciting announcements."

Gamescom is an enormous trade show that takes place in Cologne, Germany every August, and is also known for Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live showcase, which this year will air on August 25.

The Future Games Show has previously featured games such as Resident Evil Requiem, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Blue Prince.

In related news, we just announced that the PC Gaming Show will return to Japan this year for the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct on September 20, during Tokyo Game Show.

It's been over a month since the summer PC Gaming Show aired. I may be biased, but I loved it. We had more world premieres than ever before, some shadowdrops, and got deep dives into the mind-bending Control Resonant, galaxy-spanning Total War: Warhammer 40,000, and tactical PvP looter Arkheron. You can catch up on the entire show right here. But don't you just wish there was another show coming up soon, say, September 20? Well, there is. The PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct is coming back Sunday, September 20, 2026.

Last year we flew PC Gamer's own Midas Whittaker out to Tokyo for our first-ever Tokyo Direct, a smaller show nestled right between our summer PC Gaming Show and December's Most Wanted round-up. He had a blast and his merch became the envy of the office for the next month.

We also had a nose around the famous Tokyo Game Show floor to get a closer look at all the wonderful videogames on offer. What are we doing this year? Well, you'll have to stay tuned to learn more about what we have in store for you with this next iteration of the show.

What I can say for certain is that we'll have more awesome games for you to see. I can't let you know what any of them are because that would ruin the surprise, so you'll have to catch the show for yourself to find out. You'll be able to watch it in all the usual places, such as Steam, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and X. There will undoubtedly be a bunch of streamers who you can watch along with, too, if you like chatting about everything as it's announced. We'll reveal the full list of places you can go to gawk at the games closer to showtime.

In the meantime, catch up on everything revealed during our 2025 Tokyo Direct.

The PC Gaming Show 2026 has wrapped up, and it was a corker. Over 60 games, more than 20 world premieres, and some fantastic interviews and behind the scenes sneak peeks. What was your favourite moment? I can't answer that because it would be like picking a favourite child, but you can let us know down in the comments.

If you couldn't keep up with the slew of games or you just want a handy recap of everything we saw in one place, then this is the article for you. Read on to see every single thing in the show in the order it appeared. You can also see every game on our Steam page.

Wielders of the Essence

Wielders of the Essence kicked off the Pre-Show. It's a roguelite with survivors-like gameplay and base-building. You play as frogs, which is pretty cool, not enough games let you do that. It's launching November 5, but there's a demo available to play right now, you can grab it on Steam.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Skitarii Class

The Skitarii skitter into Warhammer 40,000: Darktide June 23. You'll be fighting for the glory of the Machine God Omnissiah in this gory co-op FPS. Remember, the flesh is weak, but the metal is strong. You can wishlist the DLC now on Steam.

Spellsided

Out: deck-builders. In: dice-builders. That's right, in Spellsided, you play as a magical die. Gosh, I love videogames. Customise each one of your six faces so that they each cast a different spell and roll your way through this RPG. There's a demo out now on Steam.

Star Trek: Outposts Unknown

Hack '95

Company of Heroes: Definitive Edition

Red Kiss

Arcane Eats

Next was Arcane Eats, a magical deck-builder where you combine ingredients to sate the hunger of your mythical guests. Featuring celebrity chefs such as Guy Fairy and Gorgon Ramsay, can you get the coveted three Mythril Stars? Download the demo on Steam now to find out.

Serious Sam: Shatterverse

Serious Sam is back, and he's brought a whole lot of himself in Serious Sam: Shatterverse. Play as a variety of Sams from over the years in this co-op shooter, and you can sign up for the playtest on Steam if you want to get in on the action early.

Control Resonant

We went to Finland to bring you a deep dive into Control Resonant. This time, you're out of the Oldest House and in Manhattan. It's been warped by mystical paranatural energy, and it's up to Dylan to figure out what's going on. It's out September 24, and you can pre-order it now on Steam.

Sated

Gone Feral

Abiotic Factor - Entropic Break DLC

There Are No Ghosts at the Grand

Yes there are, that name is a bald-faced lie. Meet police officer Adam Watson in this new musical trailer for There Are No Ghosts at the Grand. Too bad he's going to die in 30 days. There are mysteries to uncover and a town to decorate in this genre-blending adventure. You can play the demo and wishlist it on Steam now.

Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions

Time for some co-op planetary exploration in Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions. Hang out in an upgradeable space station and then undertake missions planet-side with your friends. Fight aliens, look for loot, and deform the landscapes around you when the game launches into early access June 11. You can wishlist it on Steam now.

Virtue and a Sledgehammer

Go back to your hometown and bash in the heads of your now-android neighbours. There's both introspection and destruction on offer in this stylish action game. Download the demo on Steam.

Happy Bastards

Happy Bastards is a tactical RPG about, well, a bunch of happy folks. They just love getting into scraps. Build up a band of mercenaries and seek fame and fortune as you take advantage of terrain and kill a load of monsters. There's a combat demo for you to try out right now, download it on Steam.

Another Door

AfterQuest

Next we had a retro pixel RPG, AfterQuest. Make a party of three and venture out into the wilderness to slay foes. It's a roguelite, so defeat only makes you stronger. As you progress you get to choose which loot to take to power up each of your characters' classes. You can wishlist it on Steam now.

SlashZero

Contrary to what the name SlashZero suggests, you actually slash quite a lot. You'll also be shooting and using elemental powers in this timeline hopping action roguelite. Step into the shoes of a Timehacker and try to save the world from nefarious forces. You can wishlist the game and sign up for the playtest on Steam .

Cassette Beasts 2002

Void/Breaker

What's the opposite of turn-based combat? Well that would be Void/Breaker, an FPS where you run on walls, grind on rails, and blast walls to pieces with deadly weaponry. There's a major new update for the early access game that adds new mods, weapons, levels, and enemies, available now on Steam.

2 Fights 2 Tight Spaces

Stronghold 4

Wind Runners

I'm not allowed to be a pilot in real life on account of my colour blindness, but Wind Runners is vibrant enough that even I can get in the cockpit. It's a gorgeous, anime-infused bullet hell where you dart around colossal mechanised war machines. Play the demo on Steam now.

Wardens of Avalon

Planet Zoo 2

Planet Zoo 2 was next up, and the addition of aquariums and aviaries in the management sim absolutely delighted me. Not only do you get to build enclosures for animals, but you can release them into nature preserves. You can pre-order the game on Steam.

Empulse

We never got a Titanfall 3, but we are getting Empulse, a wall running, mech piloting, frenetic shooter that'll delight fans of Titanfall 2. The kinetic movement and high-speed combat harken back to shooters of old, and you don't have to wait long to play it. It's launching in early access June 24, but you can dive into it during Steam Next Fest, June 15. Wishlist it on Steam now.

Arkheron

We flew all the way to the West Coast to get a behind-the-scenes look at Arkheron, an isometric Diablo-like battle royale where you ascend a tower. Proper teamwork is going to be essential if you want to be the last ones standing and make it to the top. You can sign up for the playtest on the game's website.

ReVamp

Rule as Dracula himself and create the most confounding castle layout possible to deter all those who would try to put a stake through your heart. You can sign up for the playtest for this castle-defense roguelite on Discord or by scanning the QR code in the trailer. And you can wishlist it on Steam.

Wardogs

Wardogs is a shooter that blends a persistent economy with 100-player strong firefights. Duke it out with guns and vehicles and earn in-game cash as you play. You can spend it when you die or in a future game, and we're interested to see how it shapes up. You can wishlist it on Steam and sign up for the playtests by scanning the QR code in the trailer.

Shroom and Gloom

We're just over halfway through the announcements here, is that why you're so gloomy? Sorry, couldn't resist. Shroom and Gloom is a deck-building roguelite with not one, but two decks: one is for exploration and the other is for combat. It's got a new demo out now, so you can see how it all works.

Maximum Thunderness

Rivage

We first revealed this game during the 2025 Most Wanted show, and it's back with a new gameplay trailer and a demo you can try out. It's an atmospheric sci-fi puzzle game set on board a space station stuck in a timeloop. Or, in other words, exactly the kind of game I love.

Time Strike

Signet City

Mr Magpie’s Harmless Card Game

Another deckbuilder, Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game really isn't all that harmless. You're trapped in an elevator and have to flip over cards that help you and avoid the ones that hinder you. If you don't, a puppet will shoot you. Wild. Wishlist the game on Steam if you ever hope to escape that dastardly lift.

Ascenders: Beyond the Peak

Ascenders: Beyond the Peak is a tactical single-player roguelite in which you have to guide a team of three up deadly mountains. Everyone is tied together by a single rope, limiting movement options, and as you ascend, Lovecraftian horrors await you. Check out its demo on Steam.

Outward 2

Outward 2 combines survival mechanics like hunger, thirst, and crafting, with an open world and action RPG combat. Do you reckon you can survive in its harsh wilderness? Well, prove you can by playing the beta, available now. Right now.

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered

Exo Rally Championship

You know what I thought to myself when I played Exo One? "Man, I wish I could race on these planets." Well, now I can, and you can too. Exo Rally Championship shadowdropped during the show, so head on over to Steam to play "the galaxy’s most dangerous off-road racing event."

Duskers 2.0

El Paso, Elsewhere 2

Beast of Reincarnation

Game Freak continues its themes of nature and decay in this action RPG. We sent a crew to Japan to get some answers about what's in store for us when the game launches August 3. Pre-order it on Steam now.

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent

Terrinoth: Heroes of Descent marks the first time the board game has made its way over to PC. Battle through dungeons with your friends in a co-op campaign or go solo as you try to aid a world facing relentless darkness. Best of all, this was another shadow drop, so you can go and play it right now.

To Kill a God

To Kill a God turns your map into your skill tree, making the trek into part of your progression. It's an action RPG with a survivors-like aesthetic, and you can try the demo out for yourself.

Pipes.exe

Sunset Summit

Clowntown

Armatus

Paris is burning in this roguelite shooter and only an ancient knight plucked out of his time can save it from the demons running rampant. It's launching this winter, so wishlist it now to remind yourself to get it as a stocking filler.

Dave the Diver In the Jungle DLC

To shake things up, we had a live-action trailer in the show too. This one adds some hilairous context to Dave the Diver's upcoming In the Jungle DLC, which adds a whole new body of water to explore, a new restaurant, and a drum minigame that I'm sure I'll be terrible at. You can wishlist it on Steam.

Carcass Clad

Total War: Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer 40,000 finally gets the Total War treatment in this grand strategy game. It looks like it truly captures the scales of the hostile 40K universe, and will let you play as four iconic factions. Keep an eye on the Creative Assembly and Sega social channels for upcoming beta opportunities. You can also wishlist the game on Steam.

About Fishing

Y'know, a lot of the games in this showcase are telling fibs in their titles. About Fishing is a mystery game set in a small, eerie town, and while you do do some impressive physics-based fishing, there's a lot more going on, too. Download the demo on Steam if you want to cast your line and try it out.

Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers

Valheim 1.0

Valheim is finally leaving early access and launching its 1.0 version September 9, 2026. It'll also be releasing its Deep North update which adds a frozen biome and new enemies to fight and lands to explore. You can grab the game on Steam now if you don't already have it.

P.O.N

P.O.N is a crime simulator like no other. Rather than going up against cops, guards, or even other criminals, you're in a world full of superheroes. This co-op first-person horror experience isn't one for the faint of heart. Wishlist it on Steam if you reckon you can beat a superhero.

Locator: The Search for Abigail Lidari

Put a narrative into Geoguessr and set it on an alien world and you've got yourself Locator: The Search for Abigail Lidari, a puzzle game that'll put your sleuthing skills to the test. You can wishlist it on Steam now.

Exodus

We aired a highlight reel of all the coolest moments from the Exodus Future Games Show Summer Showcase extended gameplay reveal. Catch a glimpse of the combat, exploration, companions, and effects of time dilation. Since you can't time travel, wishlist Exodus on Steam and wait until it launches.

Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy

This was the penultimate game, so please don't run away, even if the pregnant nuns are really terrifying. Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy is the third instalment in the cult horror series, and it really dials the weirdness up to 11. Search an abandoned villa for clues to unravel the strange past of the Red Nun. Wishlist it on Steam.

Into the Wind

And that's all, folks. I hope you enjoyed this instalment of the PC Gaming Show as much as we enjoyed making it for you. Don't forget to head on over to our Steam page to check out every single game that featured.

We're a few days into the nonstop livestreams of Summer Game Fest 2026, and still have a couple of shows left to close out the weekend. The Xbox Games Showcase takes today's first slot, then a Gears of War: E-Day Direct follows up immediately after with a closer look at the Marcus Fenix origin story.

When is the Xbox Games Showcase for SGF 2026?

The Xbox Games Showcase airs Sunday, June 7, at 10 am Pacific. You can check this full list of timezone conversions for calculating what time that is in your region, but here are a few for quick reference:

• 10 am PDT, June 5 (Los Angeles)
• 1 pm EDT (New York)
• 2 pm ART (Buenos Aires)
• 6 pm BST (London)
• 7 pm CEST (Berlin)
• 3 am AEST, June 6 (Sydney)

While Xbox hasn't confirmed today's exact runtime, previous Xbox livestreams were around two hours long. Developer Directs, like today's Gears feature, are included in that and average around 45 minutes long.

How to watch the Xbox Games Showcase

Today's Xbox livestream already has a placeholder on YouTube, so you can pop in now and wait for the show to start, or just visit one of its official channels directly:

• YouTube
• YouTube (BSL)
• Twitch
• Twitch (ASL)

What to expect from the Xbox Games Showcase

Xbox is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, so Summer Game Fest seems like the perfect place to make some noise around the occasion. We know Gears is there, and the recently announced Halo: Campaign Evolved seems like a safe bet, but what else is there?

State of Decay 3, probably. The apocalyptic survival crafting game just wrapped up a round of alpha testing in May. I'm assuming Fable 4 will show a little something too, considering it was just delayed into 2027. Then there's The Elder Scrolls 6, which I figure won't be there, but I do foresee a million "Elder Scrolls 6??" comments in every livestream chat for the next several years.

We've also put together a longer list of Summer Game Fest predictions, so maybe you'll find something to look forward to there if you haven't seen your most anticipated game yet.

The month of gaming showcases has already begun, and that means the usual Summer Game Fest 2026 livestream with Geoff Keighley is just around the corner. Outside of major publisher streams from the likes of Sony and Microsoft, the SGF showcase is often where we'll see some of June's biggest announcements.

When is the SGF 2026 livestream?

The Summer Game Fest 2026 livestream airs Friday, June 5, at 2 pm Pacific and is expected to be about two hours long. You can check this full list of timezone conversions, but here are a few for quick reference:

• 2 pm PDT, June 5 (Los Angeles)
• 5 pm EDT (New York)
• 6 pm ART (Buenos Aires)
• 10 pm BST (London)
• 11 pm CEST (Berlin)
• 7 am AEST, June 6 (Sydney)

How to watch the SGF 2026 livestream

You can watch the Summer Game Fest livestream using the embedded video above, or head over to one of its official channels on YouTube or Twitch.

Those same channels often host other partnered livestreams, but you can check out our full Summer Game Fest 2026 schedule for more showcase timings and available platforms.

What to expect from SGF announcements this year

The Sony State of Play already kicked off the week of summer game announcements for more singleplayer story-driven games that likely won't be available on PC, like Until Dawn 2 and God of War Laufey. That's a bit of a bummer note to start on, so what else is there to look forward to?

We know Star Wars: Zero Company is confirmed for an appearance during the Summer Game Fest livestream, along with whatever sus business Among Us is up to. There's also some alleged Persona 6 leaks making the rounds, and Arena Net is teasing something that fans suspect could be Guild Wars 3.

Even if your favorite doesn't make an appearance during Keighley's big kickoff event, there's always another stream. We've also put together a longer list of Summer Game Fest predictions to take you through the rest of the show, so maybe you'll find something to look forward to there.

Time was, you used to have to go places to see videogame events. I've been through it myself—a sweltering period in Los Angeles where I spent approximately $6,000 on Ubers and lived off Famous Amos cookies from the hotel vending machine.

But it's the 21st century, and you don't have to deal with all that. When the Future Games Show Summer Showcase airs from LA this June 6 at 12 noon PT / 3 pm ET / 8 pm BST, you'll be able to catch over 40 upcoming games—and 10 world premieres—all from the comfort of your home. Or elsewhere; there's nothing stopping you from going to LA to watch it on your iPad or something, I suppose.

Anyway, things are all lined up for a doozy of a show presented by Alex Wilton Regan (who you've heard/will hear in Tomb Raider, Cyberpunk 2077, Dragon Age, and a whole lot else) and Troy Baker (Indiana Jones, The Last of Us, and most importantly Persona 4's Kanji Tatsumi).

I am under a strict oath of secrecy when it comes to what's on-show at the event, but I can tell you a few of the things that have been pre-revealed. You're gonna see stuff from Halloween: The Game, Wardogs, Aniimo, Don't Fret, The Pines, Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, and The Lift (which I've checked out and enjoyed before). You'll also get a big dollop of gameplay from Exodus, the upcoming sci-fi RPG from a bunch of former Mass Effect devs.

So if you fancy tuning in—which, I assure you, you do—you'll be able to find The Future Games Show Summer Showcase on Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok on (that date again) June 6 at 12 noon PT / 3 pm ET / 8 pm BST. Be there or, well, don't. You can watch it from anywhere, as we established earlier.

Sit down and settle in: today is the official airdate of the BitSummit Punch Mixtape Presented by GamesRadar+ (they had to bolt on an extra five minutes to give the hosts time to say the name*), and believe me: you want to tune in.

BitSummit is Japan's longest-lived indie festival—scholars believe it began some time in the Sengoku era**—and this year our pals at GamesRadar are bringing you a recap of the whole thing, featuring trailers, world premieres, and other goodies.

How can you tune in? Thanks for asking. The show goes live today, May 26 at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 5 pm BST / 6 pm CET / 1 am JST (May 27) / 2 am AEST (May 27). You can catch it all over, whether you want to watch on the GamesRadar website, its YouTube channel, or Twitch.

It's a jam-packed 60 minutes coming to you straight from Kyoto, and it's a doozy. I know this for a fact, owing to my 'working in the same office as GamesRadar' privileges. You'll wanna tune in, folks, especially for [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDACTED]. I thought Japanese broadcast law meant you couldn't do that on television!

And if anything catches your eye from the show, you can head right on over to the BitSummit Punch Steam page to find out more, add stuff to your wishlist, and generally do all the things you can do with videogames on Steam. See you there? See you there.

*This is not actually true.

**Neither's this.

Warhammer Skulls 2026 is imminent, bringing us the yearly roundup of Warhammer videogame reveals in both the Grimdark far future, plus Age of Sigmar and the Old World. Though these showcases usually include a few too many mobile games for my liking, this year, the tenth anniversary, is properly stacked.

We've got Total War: Warhammer 40k, Dawn of War 4, and Dark Heresy all on the horizon, plus Mechanicus 2 and Total War: Warhammer 3's Bhashiva character pack both releasing the same day as the showcase. We've also got Total War: Warhammer's Lord of the End Times expansion set for this summer.

That's not even mentioning the Warhammer games already out that might have reveals in-store, such as Space Marine 2, Darktide, or Rogue Trader. So, if you're a Warhammer fan, it's definitely a good year to tune in to the stream.

Warhammer Skulls 2026 watch times

The Warhammer Skulls 2026 showcase takes place on Thursday, May 21st, though this will be the 22nd in some timezones, like if you choose to tune in at 2 am from Australia (I salute your commitment). Here are the times to watch the showcase:

• West Coast North America: 9 am PDT (May 21)
• East Coast North America 12 pm EDT (May 21)
• United Kingdom: 5 pm BST (May 21)
• Europe: 6 pm CEST (May 21)
• Japan: 1 am JST (May 22)
• Australia: 2 am AEST (May 22)

You can watch it on both the official YouTube or Twitch channels, or you could even watch it right here with us, since the stream is embedded at the top of the article.

What to expect from Warhammer Skulls 2026?

As mentioned in the intro, there are a lot of big Warhammer games on the way, but the week of Warhammer Skulls (May 21st - 28th) also features all sorts of deals on Warhammer videogames, so it's well worth buying any you've had your eye on then. The promo image features:

• Space Marine 2
• Battlesector
• Dark Heresy
• Darktide
• Boltgun 2
• Survivors
• Total War: Warhammer 3
• Rogue Trader
• Dawn of War 4

And I wouldn't be surprised if there are even more secret announcements in the stream, too. Sadly, I don't think we'll get to see anything more of Total War: Warhammer 40k, though, since in the last stream it was mentioned that there wouldn't be any more news until June. Fingers crossed, though.

If you could travel close to the speed of light, you could effectively nip forward into the future and skip the next couple of weeks. It's all thanks to relativity and some complicated laws of physics, but why would you even want to, you ask? Well, Exodus, the upcoming sci-fi space exploration and time dilation game developed by Archetype Entertainment and published by Wizards of the Coast, is getting an extended gameplay look right after the Future Games Show Summer Showcase on June 6, and there'll be a highlights trailer for it in June 7's PC Gaming Show, too.

The Future Games Show Summer Showcase airs Saturday, June 6, 12 pm PT, 3 pm ET and 8 pm BST. Stick around after to learn more about the third-person space opera starring Matthew McConaughey himself. You'll also be able to catch a glimpse of the game during the PC Gaming Show, airing Sunday, June 7, 12 pm PDT, 3 pm EDT, 8 pm BST.

Exodus sees you playing as the Traveller, an apt name for a protagonist thousands of lightyears away from Earth who has to journey to distant worlds and gather mystical MacGuffins known as Celestial Remnants. But, unlike some sci-fi, Exodus takes a stance on interstellar travel more akin to something like, well, Interstellar.

As you get closer to the speed of light or space-time warps around you due to ultra-high gravity, time gets all weird—that's the super-scientific way to explain it, honest. Remember when Interstellar's Cooper went down to a planet close to a black hole and a few hours there was decades back on Earth and up in space? Well, when you undertake a mission in Exodus, you'll be dealing with those same ramifications. Days or hours for the Traveller and their crew could be many, many years for the people they leave behind. Thankfully McConaughey is back to help us through it all.

Summer's a'coming and that means the internet tube is about to extrude hundreds of videogame "world premiere" announcements in a variety of highly curated showcases—yes, PC Gaming Show included. So that you don't have to wander through June saying "wait, that was today?" every time your group chat starts dropping hot new trailers, I've got the full schedule of what to watch and when down below.

Summer Game Fest schedule and showcases

Okay so who's going to show GTA 6?

GTA 6 is launching this year so surely it has to show up during the summer showcases with a big gameplay reveal, right? You'd sure think so. But last year Rockstar posted the second trailer for GTA 6 in early May, preempting the showcase season entirely. It hasn't done that this year (so far) but I've got the feeling that big ol' R* may consider it beneath itself to show up to someone else's showcase, SGF and Xbox included. I'm betting that Rockstar goes for a quick turnaround type deal, announcing a big GTA 6 gameplay reveal show within a week of it happening.

As you should all know by now, the PC Gaming Show returns June 7. And if you didn't know before reading that sentence, now you do—glad we're all caught up. We've got a fantastic lineup of games on the way for you, and that means we need an even more fantastic lineup of hosts to reveal them and revel in all their glory. So, please do a nice drumroll in your head and read on to find out who will be presenting this year's show.

Of course, it just wouldn't be the PC Gaming Show without Sean "Day[9]" Plott. He's been hosting the show since its very first run all the way in the distant past of 2015. That was back when we used to film it on a big stage in front of a live audience. Back when I still had hair. Everything was so different… But despite the ravages of time, former esports pro-turned host and presenter Sean has been a pillar of the show.

Accompanying him in the main show is the wonderful Mica Burton. A show staple since 2021, she's had a long and successful career as a gaming host, and she's in Star Trek: Picard, where she plays the fictional daughter of her real-life father LeVar Burton. Mica and Sean are a great pair, and they're sure to bring heaps of energy to Sunday's show.

For the pre-show, we're bringing back another longtime host, the fabulous Frankie Ward. Known for her work as an esports presenter, Frankie's passion for games couldn't be more apparent than when she's explaining the latest trend or introducing a world premiere.

And finally, we have a surprise in store for you all, so do another drumroll up in that noggin of yours. Joining Frankie for the pre-show is gaming and radio icon Elz the Witch. Elz may be new to the show, but she's no stranger to gaming, having recently hosted the BAFTA game awards. We're excited to watch the dynamic between this duo develop during the pre-show where they'll be interviewing some great guests and showing off some cool upcoming games.

If you want to see all our brilliant hosts in their element, alongside over 50 games, be sure to tune into the PC Gaming Show Sunday, June 7 at 12 pm PDT, 3 pm EDT, and 8 pm BST via Steam, YouTube, Twitch, X, anywhere you can watch a video.

Recently, the sun has been peeking its warm rays through the clouds, offering a hopeful glimpse at the summer soon to come. It's tempting me to come outside, breathe in the fresh air, frolic in the grass amongst the flowers. I feel a warm, gentle breeze squeak through the open window and caress my cheek. I get up from behind my desk, stand at the back door, and pull the curtains tightly closed to stop the glare on my monitor. I've got games to play, and when the Future Games Show Summer Showcase and FGS Live From Los Angeles hit our screens June 6, and the PC Gaming Show airs June 7, I'll have a whole lot more to add to my wishlist. I don't have time for distractions.

Tune in at 12 pm PDT, 3 pm EDT, and 8 pm BST, Sunday, June 7 on Twitch, X, YouTube, Steam, basically anywhere you can stream a video, because this next PC Gaming Show is going to be a doozy—I would know, I work on it.

This summer, we're bringing the heat with over 50 PC games. You can expect a mix of world premieres such as [REDACTED], [CONFIDENTIAL], and [TOP SECRET], a closer look at already announced games, DLC news, and maybe even a shadowdrop or two. We're also packing the show with our signature minidocumentaries, so you can get a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most hotly anticipated PC games of the year. Don't say we don't spoil you.

At our last show, 2025's Most Wanted, we revealed samurai space opera SOL Shogunate from developers who worked on The Witcher and Horizon Zero Dawn, learned how High on Life 2's skateboard became a core part of the game's design, and debuted a new Dawn of War 4 story trailer that showed off Primarch Lion El'Jonson.

To stay up to date with the latest information about the show, head to pcgamingshow.com, or keep an eye out right here on PC Gamer, or our X, Bluesky, TikTok, and Instagram pages.

And for anyone who likes to game on consoles, too, there's also the Future Games Show Summer Showcase and FGS Live From Los Angeles to look forward to. The Summer Showcase airs Saturday, June 6 at 12 pm PDT, 3 pm EDT, and 8 pm BST, and the Live From Los Angeles stream starts right after, so there's an awful lot of games for you to get excited about.

Birds chirp, the sun lingers, the Earth rocks back on its axis. Spring is springing, and it can only mean one thing: a rising tempo of videogame showcases. The Future Games Show Spring Showcase returns this Thursday, March 12, and it's a doozy. The dooz is off the charts.

Hosted by Devora Wilde (forever Baldur's Gate 3's Lae'zel in my heart, but also Clea in Clair Obscur and plenty else besides) and Shai Matheson (Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Wuthering Waves and Dragon Quest XI), the FGS Spring Showcase comes at you from the hot streets of San Francisco—actually an air conditioned building—at this year's Game Developers' Conference.

There are a heck of a lot of games lined up already. The show clocks in at a touch over 90 minutes and, don't tell anyone I told you, it'll feature over 40 games. That's a high game-per-hour concentration! Maybe! I'm famously bad with numbers!

What games, you ask? A delectable mix of big-budget whoppers and intriguing indies. Fancy a survival mystery game? We've got one: Hello Sunshine. Sci-fi horror? Check out Directive 8020, from Supermassive. Want to renovate a crumbling English hotel while also fighting ghosts? How remarkably specific, and also a pitch-perfect description of There Are No Ghosts At The Grand.

Truly, the show has it all, including plenty of surprises that even I don't know about. You should tune in, simply put, and you can do just that on Twitch, YouTube, Steam, X, TikTok, GamesRadar, PC Gamer, Gamespot, GinxTV, ESR Network, bilibili, SOOP, NicoNico, Kuaishou, and KICK. Things kick off at 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET / 8 pm GMT.

There are also over 250 co-streamers set to take part in the show, should you want to watch alongside your faves like IlloJuan, GRONKH, sodapoppin, EsfandTV, DizzyKitten, elBokeron and DieHardDiva.

The show will also air on BIGO Live (UK, Vietnam, US, Philippines, Taiwan and Hong Kong) and IGN (Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Spain and Latin America), for global audiences. Hola a todos ustedes, as they say in Croydon.

The Future Games Show is shortly to become the right-now games show (metaphorically, various trademark lawyers instruct me to inform you). The event from PC Gamer's publisher, Future, returns on March 12 for its spring showcase of world premieres, trailers, and stealth drops. What's more, it's just revealed its hosts (not me, despite my numerous and vivid emails to our CEO).

This year's Future Games Show Spring Showcase will be hosted by none other than Devora Wilde (Clair Obscur's Clea, Split Fiction's Habschi and, of course, Baldur's Gate 3's Lae'zel) and Shai Matheson (Batman in the upcoming LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight).

The showcase is set to be jampacked, featuring over 40 upcoming games from studios big and small. A new game from the creators of Just Cause? It's got that. A weird metroidvania set in small-town America? It's got that too. The opportunity to finally play a mudcrab? You better believe that's all queued up and ready to go when the show airs on March 12.

Where can you watch? Buddy, where can't you watch? The show goes out Thursday, March 12, 2026, kicking off at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET and 8 pm GMT, on more platforms than you can shake a digital stick at.

Find it on Twitch, YouTube, Steam, X, TikTok, GamesRadar, and PC Gamer, with even more platforms yet to come if those somehow aren't enough for you. It'll be co-streamed, too, in the fashion of this, our 21st century. If you'd like to be one of those co-streamers, here's the sign-up form.

It's gonna be a doozy, folks. The dooziest yet, perhaps, at least until next year's event. Meet you back here for that one, when I'll surely be telling you that I am the host. I'll get my star on that walk of fame yet.

It's the dead of winter right now, but brighter days are coming. June 7, specifically, when the PC Gaming Show returns to bathe you all in its warm, comforting light.

Put your shades on so you don't damage your eyes when you bear witness to all the unannounced PC games, interviews with passionate developers, and updates on the videogames already at the top of your wishlist.

Of course, there will also be banter between our hosts, deep dives that take you behind the scenes of some of our most hotly anticipated games, and more world premieres than you can shake a stick at. Please don't actually shake any sticks at them, though, they're skittish.

In the crowded sea of summer showcases, the PC Gaming Show stands out from the pack as the only one made by PC Gamers, for PC gamers. FPS, RPG, RTS, any acronym you can think of, there will probably be a game of that genre in our line-up. And if there isn't, you can send a pigeon to our complaints department.

If you're a developer who wants a chance to show off an upcoming game, hit up Editorial Director Jake Tucker (jake.tucker@futurenet.com) and VP of Gaming Melissa Makhmaltchi (melissa.makhmaltchi@futurenet.com).

While we haven't pinned down an exact time for the broadcast, you can keep up with updates on the show's website. You'll be able to watch the show pretty much anywhere. From Twitch and YouTube to X, Facebook, Bilibili, and even more that we'll announce closer to the time.

While you wait, check out everything announced in our December 2025 Most Wanted show. We revealed the spectacular samurai space opera SOL Shogunate and also took a tour around the Mega Crit offices in Seattle to get a closer look at Slay the Spire 2.

Valve's publicly voted Steam Awards are announced early in the New Year, which is the most sensible time to announce annual awards while also guaranteeing hardly anybody actually cares about them. If you're not sick of hearing about how much other people like Clair Obscur by January, you must have the patience of a saint.

Fortunately, Clair Obscur didn't win Game of the Year in the Steam Awards, though it did take the Best Soundtrack Award. Overall Game of the Year went to Hollow Knight: Silksong, which also won the Best Game You Suck At Award. (Games can be nominated in multiple categories now, and also you no longer need to own a game on Steam to vote for it.)

Hades 2 took the Best Game on Steam Deck Award and Dispatch won the Outstanding Story-Rich Game Award. Though Larian was quite surprised to see Baldur's Gate 3 nominated for the Labor of Love Award, the 2013 CRPG won it anyway.

You can see all the finalists who were robbed at Steam's official Steam Awards page, but here are the winners in each category, all of which are currently discounted as part of the Winter Sale.

• Game of the Year: Hollow Knight: Silksong
• VR Game of the Year: The Midnight Walk
• Labor of Love: Baldur's Gate 3
• Best Game on Steam Deck: Hades 2
• Better With Friends: Peak
• Outstanding Visual Style: Silent Hill F
• Most Innovative Gameplay: Arc Raiders
• Best Game You Suck At: Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Best Soundtrack: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Outstanding Story-Rich Game: Dispatch
• Sit Back and Relax: RV There Yet?

The developers behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 prepared thoroughly for Thursday's Game Awards. In a tweet posted a few hours before the ceremony, they shared a screenshot of two image folders on a Windows desktop: "memes if we win GOTY" and "memes if we don't win GOTY." The latter turned out to come in clutch, as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was shut out of every category it was nominated for.

And it lost every single one of those to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

The French RPG took home Best RPG, Best Narrative, and Game of the Year, all major categories Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was nominated in. The loss of those first two elicited a 'This is fine' meme post, but Game of the Year followed with the killing blow.

Kingdom Come's social account responded to that disappointment with a perfect dialogue option from KCD1.

They really did have their memes prepared for the moment—I'm now wondering what they would've posted if Hollow Knight: Silksong had nabbed the top prize.

After GOTY was announced, Warhorse communications director Tobias Stolz-Zwilling tweeted "We have officially been robbed!" on his own account along with a picture of the Game Awards statue. The Warhorse devs who flew out to LA for the awards will be headed home empty-handed.

If the jokey post above didn't make it adequately clear, though, Warhorse took the loss with good humor. A few hours after the awards, Stolz-Zwilling snapped a selfie with some of the KCD2 team and a gaggle of beret-wearing Clair Obscur devs to show that there were no sour grapes.

There will be no war between Czechia and France this day—though perhaps the seven other games nominated in the Best Independent and Best Debut Indie categories will combine arms to battle Clair Obscur together after it took home the trophy for both.

You can read our roundup of all the Game Awards nominees and winners here.

Another year of The Game Awards is in the books with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 taking home the GOTY trophy, but we're not going to pretend the three-plus hour marathon isn't also totally about the world premieres. We've of course collected all of this year's Game Awards winners, and every announcement as it happened, but let's talk about the major trailers, shall we?

As usual, some of the biggest announcements leaked in the few days (or hours) before the show, but this year had several big announcements that we're actually excited about—not just re-releases of remasters. We got the reveal of Larian's next game, the Star Wars game we have been looking for, and a big new Total War announcement. Here are the biggest announcements you won't want to have missed from The Game Awards 2025:

Larian is making a new Divinity game

The leaks won out and now we know what Larian's next big RPG is going to be: Divinity. No, it isn't Divinity: Original Sin 3. No it isn't a remake of the first game in the series, which was actually called Divine Divinity. This one is Divinity—just Divinity.

We don't know a dang thing more about it aside from the fact that the reveal trailer is even more messed up than the first body horror-filled cinematic trailer for Baldur's Gate 3. Oh, and that big statue in the desert, appearing at the end of the trailer, is called the "hellstone." Geoff Keighley described it as Larian's biggest game ever, bigger even than BG3.

Last we heard from Larian Studios boss Swen Vincke, the team was "deep in the trenches" on its next game codenamed "Excalibur." The only other thing we knew was the nope, it's not Baldur's Gate 4 and that the studio was invested in working on its own original IPs. We suspected that meant it would be returning to the Divinity series in some fashion, not moving on to entirely new, original settings, and now we know for sure. Now to just wait for an indeterminate amount of time to hear more about it.

A new KotOR game is really happening

KotOR 3 is real and it's a "spiritual successor" by Arcanaut Studios called Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic. Former KotOR and Mass Effect leader Casey Hudson is returning to the helm for FotOR. Arcanaut says it's "a single-player narrative-driven action RPG" where "every decision shapes your path towards light or darkness."

While "spiritual successor" speaks to some kind of funny business with retcons, reboots, or what have you, that crashed ship in the trailer is unmistakably one of the Sith capitals from the Knights of the Old Republic games, implying that their events took place in this continuity, however long ago. It's up in the air when in the Star Wars timeline this might take place: There's basically thousands of years unaccounted for in between KotOR and The Old Republic MMO, then The Old Republic and the Star Wars movies.

Fate of the Old Republic is in "early development" at Arcanaut, a studio Hudson co-founded after leaving BioWare (again). One other interesting detail: Arcanaut describes this as an action RPG. I'd expect something like Mass Effect meets Jedi: Fallen Order, leaving feats, active pause, and D20 dice rolls firmly in the past.

Frictional Games' next freaky narrative thing is Ontos

The studio that brought us the Amnesia games is working on a spiritual sequel to the horrifying underwater existentialism of Soma. This one's called Ontos: "a sci-fi thriller taking you to the edge of existence," and it's coming in 2026 It's also got Stellan Skarsgård in it because why not?

"What begins as a search for answers quickly spirals into something far stranger," Frictional says in the reveal. "As you delve deeper, guided by fragments of your father's past, you must confront disturbing revelations about the nature of reality- and your place in it."

The reveal trailer's got the top half of some guy's head hooked up to wires, horrible exposed neck tendons, needles and knives—oh my! I'm just going to be tense the entire time waiting for the section where some terrible thing chases you down a hall.

Control 2 is called Control Resonant

It's called Control, but that's one of the few things Remedy's followup has in common with the first game. This one is an action-RPG instead of a third-person shooter, is set in an open-world Manhattan instead of The Oldest House, and stars Dylan Faden rather than original protagonist Jesse.

It still looks plenty surreal though, with New York City going full Inception mode folded in on itself. "Unleash the extraordinary powers of Dylan Faden as he fights for his humanity and survival against a reality-bending cosmic threat," Remedy says. Which it looks like he'll be doing with a magical pair of metal fragments that become, among other things, a big old walloping hammer.

This one is also coming in 2026.

Total War is doing Warhammer 40,000

As if Dawn of War 4 isn't enough, we're also getting Total War: Warhammer 40,000. It'll feature four factions: space marines, orks, Astra Militarum, and the space elf aeldari, though we sure can expect more to come as DLC post-launch. The scale seems massive, with the trailer showing orbital strikes, tanks, gigantic mechs, and huge numbers of enemies on screen, with a UI that seems substantially different to any other Total War game to keep track of them.

Not to discount the titanic amount of effort that went into Creative Assembly's last three games with the Games Workshop license, but it feels like Total War: Warhammer was a proving ground for honing the craft of simulating otherworldly combat. It's hard to imagine a better fit—nothing embodies "total war" like Warhammer 40K.

There's no release date, but there is a Steam page for some more information.

It's December again: time to pay for expedited shipping on presents, and time to watch The Game Awards celebrate another year crammed full of more videogames than any of us had time to play. Just in case that isn't overwhelming enough, the show always comes packed with announcements for even more upcoming games. Here's all the details on when and where to watch so you don't miss one of your faves getting to bring home a trophy.

For a tip on what to expect (or what to hope for) check out all of our Game Awards 2025 predictions, including the announcements that are already confirmed and what's been rumored.

What time is The Game Awards 2025?

The Game Awards premiere time is 4:30 pm Pacific on Thursday, December 11, 2025. Remember that there's typically a 30 minute "opening act" before Geoff Keighley himself takes the stage, so expect the show to properly begin at 5 pm Pacific. Some of the awards do get handed out during that opening segment though, so if you're invested in seeing all the winners, tune in on time. Here is The Game Awards premiere time in other time zones around the world:

• 4:30 pm PDT (Los Angeles)
• 7:30 pm EDT (New York)
• 9:30 pm BRT (São Paulo)
• 12:30 am December 12 GMT (London)
• 1:30 am December 12 CEST (Berlin)
• 11:30 am December 12 AEDT (Sydney)
• 1:30 pm December 12 NZDT (Auckland)

The Game Awards will be live on a ton of different streaming platforms including YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and even the Steam app, so you'll have a hard time missing it if you're on the internet on Thursday.

How long is The Game Awards?

The Game Awards is a live show in Los Angeles, so there isn't an exact run time. In the past The Game Awards has run at least three hours and is often over three and a half including the opening act. So expect to grab some bathroom breaks during the musical interludes.

Acceptance speeches don't tend to run comically long anymore, and the stage crashing era seems to have been staunched, but you just never know what curveballs are getting thrown in a live event.

Buttons, levers, dials, switches. I want to press them all. The daunting control desk of Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant, or PVKK for short, is shown off impressively in the new teaser revealed to celebrate the game hitting the number 20 spot in this year's PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted.

PVKK places you as the sole inhabitant of a defense bunker. Your job is to defend the planet from an invasion by scanning the skies and firing on any target the autocratic regime you serve deems legitimate.

There's an air of Papers, Please to PVKK. Will you be a good soldier and do what you're told, or will you start to question your superiors when you interact with others who show you a different version of events? There are multiple endings to unlock depending on the choices you make.

When you're not busy flipping switches, managing power levels, and calculating firing trajectories, you'll be able to customise your bunker to make it a little more cosy. Because if you're going to spend all day and night somewhere, you should make it feel like home.

There are also escape-room style puzzles to complete, which will reveal hidden items and secrets about the outside world that those in the regime would rather you didn't see. Figuring out the truth will be up to you. Will you tow the party line or try to make informed decisions, even if they could get you in trouble?

PVKK is set to release summer 2026, and you can wishlist it on Steam to keep up with all the updates.

Now, be a good planetary defense cannon operator and check out everything announced during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Xbox Game Pass.

Buttons, levers, dials, switches. I want to press them all. The daunting control desk of Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant, or PVKK for short, is shown off impressively in the new trailer revealed to celebrate the game hitting our number 20 spot in the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. Oh, and Santa Claus is also blasted out of the sky by a huge planetary defense cannon.

PVKK places you as the sole inhabitant of a defense bunker. Your job is to defend the planet from an invasion by scanning the skies and firing on any target the autocratic regime you serve deems legitimate. Even if that target is a jolly old man delivering presents around the world.

There's an air of Papers, Please to PVKK. This new trailer shows the consequences of blindly following orders: Will you be a good soldier and do what you're told, or will you start to question your superiors when you interact with others who show you a different version of events? There are multiple endings to unlock depending on the choices you make.

When you're not busy flipping switches, managing power levels, and calculating firing trajectories, you'll be able to customise your bunker to make it a little more cosy. Because if you're going to spend all day and night somewhere, you should make it feel like home.

There are also escape-room style puzzles to complete, which will reveal hidden items and secrets about the outside world that those in the regime would rather you didn't see. Figuring out the truth will be up to you. Will you tow the party line or try to make informed decisions, even if they could get you in trouble?

PVKK is set to release summer 2026, and you can wishlist it on Steam to keep up with all the updates.

Now, be a good planetary defense cannon operator and check out everything announced during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted.

The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted has just wrapped up, and what a show it was. We counted down The Council's 25 Most Wanted games, saw over 15 world premieres, and got new trailers, updates, and announcements for dozens of upcoming titles.

Whether you didn't watch the show when it broadcast or you got too excited watching Commander Ward running around a spaceship and missed a couple of things, here's a breakdown of everything in the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2025.

The 25 Most Wanted PC games for 2026

#25: Reanimal

Developer: Tarsier Studios | Release Date: TBD

From the makers of Little Nightmares 1 and 2 comes another co-op horror game, and this one's even more unnerving than its predecessors. In Reanimal, a young brother and sister return to the island they were raised on, only now it's infested by horrifying chimera hellbent on chasing them through every decrepit corner of what once was home.

#24: Grave Seasons

Developer: Perfect Garbage | Release Date: 2026

Grave Seasons is a farming sim with a supernatural twist. You still explore a cute, cosy town while tending to your plants, but you also investigate a magical murder. Don't worry, though, you can still take time out of your sleuthing to date the gothic townsfolk. Yes, even the killer.

#23: Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

Developer: TT Games | Release Date: TBD

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight combines the slapstick humour of the Lego games with the simple and brutal combat of the Arkham series. In this open world adventure, you'll see young Bruce Wayne grow from a wee boy to the caped crusader, defender of Gotham. Watching his parents collapse into a pile of bricks is going to be brutal.

#22: Clockwork Revolution

Developer: inXile | Release Date: TBD

Travel into the past to change the future in Clockwork Revolution, a new RPG from inXile, the studio created by former Interplay Entertainment founder Brian Fargo. It's steampunk, it's witty, it's got a bunch of characters you absolutely want to shoot in the face. It's easy to see why this made it onto the Most Wanted list.

#21: Recur

Developer: kaleidoscube | Release Date: TBD

Move forward and time moves forward with you. Go backwards and you rewind the clock. It's a simple, intuitive premise that Recur delivers with a superb sense of style. Just don't go too far forward in time, or you'll hit the end of the world, which it's on you to prevent.

#20: PVKK

Developer: Bippinbits | Release Date: TBD

Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant, or, PVKK for short, puts you at the overwhelming controls of a planetary defense cannon. There are so many buttons, and we want to press them all. You remain in your bunker sipping tea while fending off an invasion. Just another day in the office. Make sure everything is oiled so you can carry out your superiors' orders post haste!

#19: Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core

Developer: Ghost Ship | Release Date: Q1 2026

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core is a roguelite variation of the co-op shooter we already know and love. Start each mission with basic gear and collect random upgrades as you descend deeper into the depths. Make sure you co-ordinate with your teammates to develop powerful synergies that will help you get farther and farther each run. Rock and Stone, baby!

#18: Thick As Thieves

Developer: OtherSide | Release Date: TBD

It's the turn of the century, and for a no-good thief such as yourself, there are riches aplenty to be found on the streets. But there are also other crooks and the old bill trying to relieve you of your hard-earned score.

Thick as Thieves drops you into a dark, wet, 1910s metropolis where the warm glow of a gas street lamp is something to be avoided, not basked in. Hide in the shadows, clamber up to the rooftops, and slink away into the alleys as you rob rich citizens for everything they're worth. Just make sure another thief isn't on your tail.

#17: Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival

Developer: Saber | Release Date: TBD

Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival isn't one for the faint of heart. This first-person horror game is filled to the brim with gore and grotesque body horror. Be sure you keep a sick bag nearby when you watch the trailer.

#16: Marvel's Blade

Developer: Arkane | Release Date: TBD

A Blade game made by Arkane? Yes please. It's been a while since we heard anything about Marvel's Blade, but putting the iconic leather-clad vampire hunter in the hands of the developers who gave us Dishonored is a slam dunk, so we'll just sit patiently and wait until we learn more.

#15: Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls

Developer: Arc System Works | Release Date: TBD

Who would win in a fight, Storm or Captain America? Could Spider-Man beat up Star-Lord? What about a match up between Doctor Doom and Ghost Rider? These are questions we've argued about in playgrounds since we were kids. Well, wonder no more, because you'll soon be able to put your theoretical match ups to the test and duke it out in Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls.

#14: Arma 4

Developer: Bohemia | Release Date: 2027

One bullet could be the difference between a perfectly executed plan and a quick death. No hit markers, no frills. Just you, your squad, and your map (maybe.) Arma 4 is the next instalment in one of the best military sim series out there, and lead producer Natalia Agafonova sets the tone for this sequel brilliantly in an underground bunker with an assault rifle in hand.

#13: Star Wars Zero Company

Developer: Bit Reactor | Release Date: TBD

What do you get when you combine Star Wars and XCOM? A whole bunch of excited gamers. Command an elite squad in the waning years of the Clone Wars in Star Wars Zero Company, a turn-based tactical game with an original story. If you loved the original Battlefront games, you'll know there are still many tales to tell and battles to fight from this era. The fate of the galaxy is in your hands. Are you up to the task?

#12: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4

Developer: Deep Silver | Release Date: TBD

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 aims to take everything that made the original RTS games shine and give them some modern polish. Introducing the Adeptus Mechanicus as a playable faction for the first time, to say we're excited to take these tech-priests and their mechanical monstrosities out for a spin would be an understatement.

#11: Light No Fire

Developer: Hello Games | Release Date: TBD

From the developer of No Man's Sky, which started controversially but has become one of the best space games ever made, comes a huge procedural fantasy world to explore. Light No Fire swaps a vast galaxy for a single planet the size of Earth, and once again Hello Games is teasing a monumental experience. Clearly, the turmoil that followed the launch of No Man's Sky hasn't dampened the studio's ambition.

#10: Nioh 3

Developer: Koei Tecmo | Release Date: TBD

Get ready for the clash of steel in Nioh 3, the next step in the action samurai series. You'll fight deadly yokai in this high-speed game, and you can seamlessly switch between the samurai and ninja styles to get the edge on your foes.

#9: Big Walk

Developer: Panic | Release Date: 2026

Sometimes, you just need to go on a Big Walk with your friends. But that can feel a little aimless, so this game is chock full of minigames and challenges designed to be completed with other people. Will you be able to discover and best them all or will you get lost in the forest and need to figure out a way to find your friends again?

#8: Onimusha: Way of the Sword

Developer: Capcom | Release Date: TBD

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the first mainline entry in the Onimusha series in 20 years, and we can't wait to explore its version of a normally tranquil Kyoto that's been twisted by clouds of Malice. Get ready to slay some demons and cleanse the place.

#7: Resident Evil Requiem

Developer: Capcom | Release Date: February 27, 2026

Return to Raccoon City and uncover the many mysteries still left to unravel as you step into the shoes of FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft in Resident Evil Requiem, the latest in the long-running survival horror series.

Federal agents see their fair share of weird things, but will Grace be prepared for the horrors that await her? Will you?

#6: Control 2

Developer: Remedy | Release Date: TBD

Return to The Oldest House (maybe, details are sparse at the moment) when Control 2 comes out sometime in the future. The world of Control is connected to Remedy's other games, Alan Wake and FBC: Firebreak, so we could get even more intermingling as the story of the Hiss continues.

#5: Grand Theft Auto 6

Developer: Rockstar | Release Date: November 19, 2026

It's GTA 6, what more do we need to say? The upcoming story of Lucia and Jason is one of the most hotly anticipated games in history. It's been pushed back until November 19, 2026, and despite many leaks, there's still a lot we don't know about our return to Vice City, and what Rockstar is doing to build on the GTA formula.

#4: Stranger Than Heaven

Developer: Ryu Ga Gotoku | Release Date: TBD

From the creators of the Yazuka and Like a Dragon games comes Stranger Than Heaven, an action experience that will transport us to the streets of Osaka, Japan across three time periods: 1915, 1929, and 1943. Seeing the Kabukichō-inspired Kamurochō district evolve over the course of the Yakuza games has been a delight for many fans, so we're excited to see what RGG can do with a time-hopping story like this.

#3: Haunted Chocolatier

Developer: ConcernedApe | Release Date: TBD

Stardew Valley is going strong almost a decade after it released, but we're still hyped for developer ConcernedApe's upcoming game, Haunted Chocolatier. Rather than farming, you'll be making delicious chocolates. Oh, and living in a haunted castle, because videogames are cool like that. That's why Haunted Chocolatier picks up the bronze medal.

#2: 007 First Light

Developer: IO Interactive | Release Date: TBD

Who doesn't want to be James Bond? 007 First Light looks like the perfect blend of Uncharted and Hitman, made by the latter's IO Interactive, too. With stunning levels, slick bluffing mechanics, and gadgets galore, it's easy to see why this is The Council's number two pick.

#1: Slay the Spire 2

Developer: Megacrit | Release Date: March 2026

Slay the Spire inspired the modern deckbuilding roguelike trend, so of course the whole gaming world took notice when sequel Slay the Spire 2 was announced last year. We got a big behind the scenes look at how development is going and we simply cannot wait to play it. The Council voted it their number one Most Wanted game, and we stand behind that decision fully.

Every game featured in The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted

Night Swarm

Kicking off our pre-show is a game you can go and play right now: Night Swarm. This is a top-down "bullet heaven" roguelike aimed at fans of Vampire Survivors. Summon dark allies and tear through your foes. (But read on first, we've got loads of cool games you won't want to miss.)

Blood: Refreshed Supply

Next up is another game you can go and play right now: Blood: Refreshed Supply is out now! This is a rework of the classic 1997 FPS, which we first revealed during our Tokyo Direct back in September. The wait is over, go and get your hands dirty.

SOL Shogunate

Substructure

Carmageddon: Rogue Shift

Rogue Point

Plan, adapt, and overcome the odds in Rogue Point, a new PvE FPS game. This new trailer is hilarious and shows off just how fun and silly doing heists can be when your mates are determined to screw up your carefully laid out plans.

Nutmeg

Nutmeg sees the beautiful game reimagined as though you're a kid playing with trading cards in their bedroom. Matches all unfold as a series of card battles, but you still get an announcer cheering and screaming to hype you up. It's a unique spin on football for those who'd rather strategize than kick a ball about themselves.

MIO: Memories in Orbit

A metroidvania is only as good as its world, and MIO: Memories in Orbit has a fascinating one. Play as MIO, an android exploring a technological ark called the Vessel that's been reclaimed by nature. It looks absolutely stunning, and there's a demo you can play now.

Ferocious

You know what makes any FPS game better? That's right, dinosaurs. Especially dinosaurs you can befriend so they'll aid you in taking down enemy outposts by charging horn-first into them. Ferocious is available today for some prehistoric fun.

Animalkind

Animalkind is a reminder of why videogames are so awesome. Choose your cute critter from a selection of corgi, raccoon, and kitty, and then pilot a hulking mech to build an adorable town in the woods for you and your animal pals. Who needs opposable thumbs when you've got an EVA?

Ex Sanguis

Okay, cutesy time is over. Ex Sanguis is all about gothic, demonic mistresses raining blood onto the Earth. It's a real vibe shift. This is a roguelite where you'll warp time and space to save the dying world from the forces of Stasis. Happy hunting.

Neath

Dogpile

Merge small dogs. Make bigger dogs. Merge them again for even bigger dogs. That's what you'l be doing in Dogpile, a new deckbuilder where you can break the game with absolutely ludicrous combos and doggo powers like Barky and Sleepy. Not sure how that last one will help, but there's a demo out now, so you can find out for yourself.

Cairn

From the creators of Haven comes Cairn, a survival game about climbing a peak never before bested. You'll have to plan each step and handhold of your journey up Mount Kami if you want to survive the perilous ascent.

The cel shaded art style looks blissful, but the climb will be anything but. Your legs are looking a little shaky there. Better find a ledge to rest on before you hit your final resting place on the ground far below.

Lunar Strike

The Moon does not forgive, and you need to make sure it doesn't forget. Lunar Strike is a narrative-driven sci-fi game where you have to preserve the past to save the future. There's absolutely no combat in this game, so it's perfect for those who seek non-violent solutions to problems. (Next up, a game all about shooting monsters in the face.)

Killing Floor 3

What's that I hear? Oh, it's the sound of horrific Zed monstrosities trying to claw my face off. Killing Floor 3 Season 2: Operation Breakout is here. I mean here, right now, because it went live during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. Go play it and check out the reintroduced Stalker. Oh how we've missed its cloaking antics.

Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes

In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, you have to lead your fleet to salvation as you flee the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Part RTS, part roguelite, all Battlestar Galactica.

Eteo

Soulmask Shifting Sands DLC

Soulmask is finally launching into 1.0 spring, 2026, and it's getting a new Egyptian Gods-themed DLC to go along with it. The Shifting Sands DLC swaps the jungles of the Americas for harsh desert. Don new masks and create magnificent Solar Barques in the next chapter of this survival adventure. Don't forget to, uh, convince some new followers to join you so they can do all the grunt work, too.

Epoch Reset

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War

Queen's Domain

DarkSwitch

Oh my, what a pretty home tree you've got there. Sure would be a shame if it were attacked by monstrosities that lurk within the ever-encroaching fog. This is DarkSwitch, a tower defence-style strategy game where you have to defend your sanctuary from those that would try and take it from you. Will you build an Elvish utopia or succumb to the darkness?

Hello Sunshine

Corporate life is hell, and Hello Sunshine imagines a world that exists in the ruins of vast companies. It's also got giant robots and a jarringly cutesy UI. It's a strange experience, but one we can't wait to get stuck into when it finally launches. Stay in the shadow of your robo pal during the day to stay out of the boiling sun and huddle up next to them at night for warmth.

High on Life 2

And now we go behind-the-scenes of High on Life 2. This is one of the wackiest FPS games ever made and is somehow also a skateboarding game. Wondering how it all works? Take a peek behind the curtain and see just how the devs came up with all their weird and wonderful ideas.

Last Flag

We went to LA to film this documentary and learn more about Last Flag, which reimagines a childhood playground classic from a studio founded by Imagine Dragons manager Mac Reynolds and his brother, lead singer Dan.

The hero shooter they've come up with is fully focused on capture the flag, a mode we have a lot of love for at PC Gamer—there's more than one Tribes fan on the team. We've gone hands-on with Last Flag ourselves, and one feature we especially like is that each team gets to hide their flag somewhere on their side of the map before a match begins.

Witchspire

Time to get cosy with Witchspire, the creature tamer and building game that lets your magical self run wild and free. Use spells to chop trees down and make your perfect little cottage out in the woods. Watch out though, some nasty magic is going about turning your friendly critters into hulking monstrosities.

Tamer Town

Raising your critters isn't just about training and battling, they also need a good environment to thrive in. That's why in Tamer Town, not only do you catch and fight your Mokiton, but you build them a cosy place to call home. Attract other trainers and see whose little pals are the best.

Crimson Desert

Next up is Crimson Desert, the action RPG with mechs to pilot, dragons you can fly, and a slew of tough bosses to face off against. It looks like a hell of an adventure, and you'll be able to play it on March 19, 2026.

Spellcasters Chronicles

Spellcasters Chronicles, developed and published by Quantic Dream, is a 3v3 strategy action multiplayer where you fire off devastating spells at your foes and summon hordes of critters. Because why fight yourself when you've got minions who can battle for you? There's a closed beta you can sign up for right now.

When Sirens Fall Silent

Modulus

This is one for those of you who just love optimization. Modulus lets you build a beautiful and efficient assembly line that spans multiple floating islands. It seems like something else is going on, but the trailer only gives us a tease, so you'll have to play the demo to find out more.

Guild Wars: Reforged

Step back into the world of Tyria and re-experience the classic MMORPG with new and improved art and quality-of-life features. Guild Wars: Reforged is out now, just waiting for you to embark on adventures once again.

Wardrum

Den of Wolves

Next up is a look at upcoming cyberpunk FPS Den of Wolves. This video shows that you'll need good teamwork and a quick trigger finger to survive the heists on offer from the former Payday 2 developers. Don't be like the lucky guy who got to try it out for himself and was the first one to break stealth.

Last Man Sitting

This isn't technically a world premiere, but it may as well be. Last Man Sitting has undergone a complete visual and gameplay transformation. Ride around the office on a spinny chair and shoot up robotic appliances that have come to life. If you've always hated that pesky printer on the third floor that jams and makes you late to meetings, now's your chance to get revenge and do a sick kickflip while you're at it.

About Fishing

Gods, Death & Reapers

What, you thought that was a game over screen? Death can't hold you back in Gods, Death & Reapers. Well, actually, it's trying to, but you're a Reaper who doesn't like to be told what to do. You can sign up for the alpha playtest now.

Down with the Ship

Now we've got a great montage for you. You know what they say, a true captain goes down with their ship, and in Down with the Ship, you'll have no choice, because it's pretty hard to escape when you've been blasted to smithereens in the vacuum of space.

Do your best to build the perfect vessel in this asynchronous auto battler that'll pit your designs against the designs of other players. Will you climb through the ranks or end up as a pile of scrap?

Unyverse

Sandwiched in the middle of this montage is Unyverse, an exciting Afrofuturist action RPG where you get to design a character and then face off against terrifying beasts with fighting game-style combat. There's a demo on Steam that you can try out for yourself.

Brightfall

Rounding out the montage is Brightfall, a dark, co-op survival roguelite. The very world around you is being warped and twisted by dark forces, changing before your eyes. Or maybe you just stayed out in the sun too long, can't be sure.

Let it Die: Inferno

Next up is the sequel nobody expected. Let it Die: Inferno flips the original on its head and sees us descending into the depths rather than scaling a high tower. With brutal melee and tense extraction matches, each match is sure to be a nail-biter.

Halloween

Do you hear those hauntingly familiar notes, too? Michael Myers is back to terrorize another quaint little suburb. Only this time, you could be Mike! Halloween is a new asymmetric multiplayer game coming September 8, 2026, so sharpen your kitchen knife and get ready to raise hell.

Streets of Fortuna

Live out your own rags to riches story in Streets of Fortuna, a new sandbox game set in a procedurally generated city. There's no class system, just go and live however you want to secure the life you deserve. Steal, persuade, bribe, your story is yours to tell.

Luna Abyss

Now that's a bullet hell, baby. You just saw the trailer for Luna Abyss, an upcoming narrative FPS set in a megastructure on an imposter moon. Play as Fawkes, a prisoner condemned to spend the rest of their life imprisoned there. Will you lay down and accept your fate or fight for freedom?

Remnant Protocol

Capital under siege. An unknown enemy. The blessed mother possibly dead. Things aren't looking hopeful in Remnant Protocol, an upcoming flight sim and space strategy game. It has stunning sci-fi visuals and sound effects, and puts you right into the cockpit so you can get at the heart of the action.

Rivage

Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times

Get ready to combine spell after spell after spell in Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times. This delightful game will challenge your out of the box thinking skills. You can combine all sorts of magical effects to create weird and wonderful combinations, like turning a clone of yourself into a puddle so its weight can keep a button pressed down. Isn't magic wonderful?

Be My Horde

You know what's better than fighting off hordes of undead baddies? Raising your own legion of zombified minions to surround you and do all the dirty work for you. In Be My Horde, out now, you'll become the necromancer and turn your fallen foes against their former allies. It's deliciously wicked.

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator

Regions of Ruin: Runegate

Regions of Ruin: Runegate is a 2D pixelated side scroller that's both adorably charming and incredibly violent. A perfect combination. Rebuild a home for your Dwarven brethren and have a lot of fun slaying goblins while you're at it.

Starsand Island

Next up is a game that will have you wanting to throw your laptop into the ocean so you can go and live on a gorgeous island instead of working a nine-to-five. Starsand Island is all about farming, building, and even some creature capturing. Ditch the grind and go and live a wholesome life.

Esoteric Ebb

Tabletop adventures are great, but what do you do when you've got the itch to play but your friends aren't available? Enter Esoteric Ebb, a CRPG that's perfect for fans of roleplay. You roll dice, have a goblin sidekick, and unravel a political conspiracy. You play as a government goon, the world's worst cleric, so don't despair at any bad rolls—lean into them and embrace failure.

Dungeons of Dusk

The House of Hikmah

Samson

The Relic: First Guardian

This new trailer for The Relic: First Guardian is less combat focused than the one we showed during the PC Gaming Show: Tokyo Direct. Instead, you get to revel in the tragedy that can befall a small village in this world and learn more about one of the action game's many sorrowful bosses. They each have a story to tell so that you feel really bad when you inevitably have to slay them.

Splitgate: Arena Reloaded

Developer 1047 Games has been listening to player feedback and is relaunching Splitgate 2 as Splitgate: Arena Reloaded. No more classes, no more abilities, just you, your guns, and your portals. The aim is to emphasize everything that made Splitgate stand out. It's launching December 17, still free-to-play.

Springs, Eternal

Inkblood

Away From Home

Perhaps one of the strangest games in today's show, Away From Home is an RPG set in a chaotic dreamland. Fights are all rhythm game segments, and you can transform into a muscled out beast. Oh, and there's an enemy that looks just like Johnny Bravo. Like we said, wild.

Damon and Baby

Okay, scratch that. This is one of the strangest games we've seen today. Damon and Baby combines top down shooting, exploration, and pairs up a demon and a small baby. This is exactly the kind of thing that makes videogames so great.

Windrose

We have one more pirate game to show you, because, let's be honest, you can never have enough of them. Reintroducing Windrose, formerly Crosswind. Explore a procedural open world and survive the fact that everyone wants your loot for themselves. If you crave the freedom of the seven seas and don't mind getting some sand in your boots, this may be the swashbuckling adventure for you.

And that's all folks! We hope you enjoyed the Most Wanted list, the world premieres, and all the awesome updates, demos, and game launches. Head to the show's Steam page to fill up your wishlist with your favorites.

"It's incredibly humbling and awesome that we're number one," says Anthony Giovannetti, co-founder of Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit Games. That's right, folks: Slay the Spire 2 is The Council's Most Wanted game, carefully chosen from the 100-strong long list. We went to Seattle to get a peek behind the curtain and learn all we could about the upcoming deckbuilder.

It's been 1,000 years since the events of the first game, and the titular Spire has been dormant for all that time. But no longer. It's reopened, and a lot has changed.

"One of the big differences between Slay the Spire 1 and 2 is we have grown our team up so we can make a bigger game overall," Giovannetti says. "The art is way more polished, there's more animations, more visual effects, more characters, more events, more relics, more cards, returning characters have totally different card pools with the new cards as well ... everything is bigger than it was in Slay the Spire 1."

You can see just how flashy the effects look in the gameplay above. The aesthetic blends "grimdark with whimsy in it," art director Marlow Dobbe says.

"You're trying to make a serious fantasy world but have some fun with it and have some weirdness injected into it ... You'll meet these really horrifying monsters or Eldritch horrors and then you'll also do an event where there's a goblin there wearing a suit that wants to spin a wheel with you."

So, while the look will be familiar to returning players, there are changes that run deep. You can now apply enchantments to your cards, and "enemies can mess with your cards in ways they couldn't before," Giovannetti warns, so watch out.

There's even a quest system now, and a timeline mechanic that works alongside the game's lore. "It's gonna give the players way more information about the game world, the actors in it, just everything about it," teases Giovannetti.

As for the cards themselves, each character has a pool of around 60 to pull from, but they started with way more—100-200 per character. Giovannetti doesn't seem concerned with how much had to be cut, though.

"It's kind of like you're a butcher," he explains. "You generate thousands, tens of thousands of different ideas and then you look at them all and you go, 'these are bad,' and you just cut them all away. There's this constant culling process. Very rarely is there this golden idea you keep from start to finish. Most of it is this incredibly destructive process."

Out of the ashes of the forest grow fresh saplings, like the new Necrobinder. "The Necrobinder is supposed to be a more complex character," explains co-founder Casey Yano. "She has a pet hand named Osty. Osty gets bigger and bigger the more HP it has, which is very funny, so I highly recommend making Osty huge."

As well as the Necrobinder, "There are a lot of bosses already, a lot of enemies, a lot of events—probably more than the first game just on early access launch," Yano continues.

Slay the Spire 2 will also be launching into early access in March, and you can wishlist it on Steam right now.

While Yano is clearly proud of what the team has achieved, he's also a little baffled by The Council's vote of confidence in the game.

"Voted number one is an honour and a surprise," he says. "I feel like Slay the Spire is the chicken noodle soup of videogames. It's not exciting, but I hope people like our soup."

Well, I like chicken noodle soup Yano, and it seems The Council does, too. Now, check out everything announced during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Xbox Game Pass.

This multiplayer, base-building, sea-battling survival crafter (previously known as Crosswind) has a new trailer that just aired during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. Windrose is chock full of swashbuckling combat and intrepid exploration that'll leave pirate fans staring out toward the horizon with a wanderlust most palpable.

Previous trailers showed off the character creation menus, along with some combat, building, and farming, but this is a more distilled look at the kind of combat we can expect in game.

It begins as we make off from our shuttered island sanctuary, complete with a grandfather clock, brimming bookshelf, and gorgeous marble planters decorating the terrace. My eyes are on the writing desk by the window that's buried beneath a mass of what I can only assume to be tasty, tasty treasure maps. Moving toward a small armada docked at the quay, we zoom in for a quick closeup shot of a tricorn-wearing player character, hands caked in tattoos and eyebrows out to the brim of his hat.

The remainder is a montage of quick bouts of melee and ranged combat, all expertly cut to an epic, vibrant guitar riff that really captures the hectic Pirates of the Caribbean vibe of the game. Out in the wild, it looks like we're going to be taking aggro from giant arachnids; bright blue, dodo-looking flightless birds; human musketeers with a thirst for blood; and even gargantuan, vine-covered monsters in some super heated boss battles.

And no pirate game is complete without hand-thrown explosives to (totally accidentally) cause your teammates to fly off in a fit of ragdoll physics.

Set in the 1700s, Windrose lets you play as freelance couriers left stranded and betrayed, with nothing to do but plot your vengeance. You'll craft, build and raid your way to riches, all while caught in the crossfire between empires. If that sounds like your crate of tea, you can wishlist it now while you wait for the Windrose Crew to announce a release date.

If muskets and cutlasses aren't your weapons of choice, why not check out the host of other games announced during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Xbox Game Pass.

A new trailer just dropped during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted for Damon and Baby, the whimsical upcoming action adventure from Arc System Works. If you're over here wondering what to expect from a game about a baby riding the back of a big ol' demon pal, I can confirm it's just the kind of weirdness you'd expect.

First shown off at the Arc System Works showcase in the summer, the game already has a full trailer, but this new one boils it down to its core elements: top-down shooting, wall-running, and dual-wielding firepower

It's got some weird lookin' characters to show off, too. We're talking horned, wide-eyed, red-faced demons with bright orange tentacles for arms… Of course no anime-esque game would be complete without a suited and booted wolf man, and a pair of battle-ready bunny girls.

Just as the game tells the tale of a fusion of unlikely personalities, so too is it a fusion of genres. From twin-stick shooting to in-depth exploration-based action adventure, it looks like a super varied experience that includes puzzle solving, character upgrades, and outfit customization elements. Yeah, you can make Damon look dapper with a new trilby, or an entirely new wardrobe.

It's giving Ni No Kuni meets Nier: Automata and I'm here for it.

If this is also the kind of happy-go-lucky strangeness you want from an adventure-fuelled shooter with a twist, you can wishlist the Damon and Baby now on Steam. It's set to release sometime in early 2026. Be patient, your chance to dress up and ride the shoulders of a demon lord is coming.

For even more chaos, check out everything else that was announced during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Xbox Game Pass.

If you just watched the trailer for Away From Home and thought, "Huh?" then don't worry, you're not alone. There's a lot going on in this adorable and horrifying indie game shown in a montage during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, and I'm here to break it all down for you.

Away From Home is an RPG in which you enter a strange dreamland whenever you sleep. Playing as Abby, you'll walk through a charming overworld with her brother Michael and then enter a rhythm game mode when you need to battle with the denizens of this mysterious new world.

During one of the fights—set in a boxing ring, because why not?—Abby transforms into a muscle-clad giant. It's very Love Lies Bleeding. During another battle, we see that just her left arm has been buffed up, and she uses it to deliver a devastating punch.

Other fights take place on what appear to be show stages, with one contender looking suspiciously like Johnny Bravo. And one has fried eggs flying past in the background. It's a wild ride, the perfect encapsulation of all the weird and random locales and personalities you meet when you're asleep.

What's the same across all fights is the need to hit your attack buttons in time with the beat. The music is fast, spooky, and a little bit 8-bit—I dig it.

But why are you fighting people? Well, your very presence in this world has been noticed by something. Maybe that mysterious skeleton in a hat that flashes up right at the end of the trailer? Your actions will either help or harm the world around you, so make sure you make the right choices.

Away From Home launches tomorrow, December 5. You can wishlist it on Steam to make sure you remember to get it if ethereal, rhythm-based RPGs are your bag.

Once you've figured out what's going on in dreamland, check out everything announced during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Xbox Game Pass.

Any trailer that begins with a crow-bitten corpse is a surefire way to indicate to the goth inside me that we're in for a good, creepy time. Inkblood is dripping in that uncanny, ominous vibe I crave, as is clear by the world premiere trailer just aired during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. Think Papers Please, with a vibrant helping of the kind of daunting yet cozy demonic energy The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood and Strange Horticulture bring to the table.

The devs at Hey Bird! have crafted something rich in narrative and oozing with mystery in this deep, non-linear horror story. It's a tale of uncovering secrets and figuring out puzzles to solve heinous crimes from the comfort of your stagecoach. Which appears to be… alive?

In the gameplay trailer, an amber eye flickers open, encased on the knob of a slider to the left of the cabin window. The player fumbles with the attached looking glass and, peering through, it's clear this is no ordinary viewing device. It offers not magnification, but what seems to be a window into the past—an invaluable tool for anyone seeking to solve the unsolvable.

The core loop involves the scouring of strange trinkets as you piece together clues to make sense of increasingly strange mysteries. The case featured involves the disappearance of an entire band, and a world without music is something I cannot abide.

There's a folkloric aesthetic to the game with dark carnivalesque tones baked into the characters' wardrobes and overtly uncanny movements, and a painterly chiaroscuro style. Body horror is certainly going to feature in Inkblood, too, with the game's map etched into the coachman's back flesh and a self-cut hand indicating that some kind of twisted blood magic is at work.

No release date has been announced yet, but if this occult detective game awakens a curiosity within you, it can be wishlisted on Steam.

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At the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted today, we got our first look at Springs, Eternal, the next game from Gone Home and Tacoma developer Fullbright.

It's not exactly the same studio that produced those games, though: A couple years ago, Fullbright co-founder Steve Gaynor announced that the studio was now a solo endeavor. The company split up while working on Open Roads, and Gaynor's management was a central cause: He admitted that his strengths "do not lie with attempting to manage a large project or direct the work of others."

"I hope that along with continuing the self-reflective work of the last couple years and moving forward with a sense of humility, that by taking Fullbright down this new path I'm able to make my next steps positive, productive ones," Gaynor wrote in 2023 when he announced that he'd started work on a new game on his own.

That path first led to Toilet Spiders, a small horror game about scouring an abandoned government facility, lifting up toilet lid after toilet lid, hoping you find a key rather than a deadly spider. Next, we have an atmospheric adventure game that blends romance and horror with a retro pixelated art style.

Everybody needs to recharge once in a while, and what better place than a cosy hot spring retreat? Well, maybe others are the perfect spot for relaxation and mediation, but not Stillwater Springs. While there's certainly some comfort to be found at the secluded woodland lodge, terrors also await.

Venture through the misty resort at night armed with nothing but a flashlight, and talk to the others who are seeking a reprieve here. Chat to them about destiny, living in the moment, oh, and what to do if you see a set of haunting eyes in the trees.

You run.

The pulsing yellow and red peepers look deliciously terrifying, especially accompanied by the screen shake and audio distortions shown in the trailer.

As well as exploring the grounds and manor in Stillwater Springs, you'll have to piece together the fragments of your memory that reveal why you even went there in the first place. The trailer doesn't give too much away; there was a girl named Twyla, you loved her and she loved you.

Now you're running through the woods, searching caves, and descending down spiral staircases into dark nothingness. What happened?

Springs, Eternal is set to launch sometime in 2026 and you can wishlist it on Steam now.

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Seven months after sending Splitgate 2 back to the drawing board, 1047 Games just revealed both its new form—Splitgate: Arena Reloaded—and its December 17 release date during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted.

This is a back-to-basics reset meant to combine the best elements of the original and the sequel, proudly promising no factions and no character abilities. It's you, your gun, and some physics-bending portals you can use to zip across the map and snipe around corners. So not exactly like the good old days, but more like them.

Design director Josh Watson outlines the approach for the relaunch as "removing what didn't work and refining what did." So, out go the factions and character abilities that complicated gunfights and steered Splitgate a little closer to hero shooters like Overwatch than the arena shooters cited as inspirations in this trailer, like Quake, Unreal Tournament, and Halo.

The cuts are outweighed by the additions. Returning players will find a career progression system, player stats, leaderboards, a reworked ranked mode, five new maps, and four new weapons (including the series' first set of LMGs) to play around with.

All those changes speak to a lost era of multiplayer shooters, where movement and aim define who wins rather than rock-paper-scissors class choices determined before you've even locked crosshairs. Anyone who recalls the halcyon days of mid-2000s Halo or Call of Duty lobbies knows that leaderboards and player stats were never an afterthought, because ultimately that's all that mattered to people. So while multiplayer gaming is irrevocably through the looking glass when it comes to seasons and microtransactions, it's refreshing to see a studio winding back the clock on the things that truly matter: bragging rights.

The relaunch won't change anything when it comes to pricing, so Splitgate: Arena Reloaded will remain free to play when it arrives on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation in just under two weeks. You can wishlist it on Steam.

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You know, I don't think we've had enough Witcher-likes in the decade since CD Projekt Red's smash-hit action RPG. The Relic: First Guardian looks set to offer a similar style of roving, supernatural sleuthing, this time in a dark-fantasy world inspired by Korean folklore.

A new trailer, premiered at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, shows our spellsword unravelling the fate of a fallen soldier while battling demonic enemies in war-ravaged villages, before coming face-to-face with one of the game's haunting bosses.

It's a deliciously moody trailer with sepia-steeped flashbacks, no end of wind and rain, and narration from not one, but two grief-stricken family members. We also get some snappy combat sequences, with our hero winding up huge dash-and-slash strikes that stagger the hulking monsters and reverberate through the environment.

I'm taking a slight guess at what's happened, but I think our hero has tracked the fallen soldier back to the village where his family waited, only to discover that their grief has twisted the missing father into the howling wind-demon at the end. The figure swirls up out of the water, hiding an enormous blade behind its back before sending a ferocious roar our way. And this is just one of over 70 promised boss fights to encounter throughout the semi-open world, each with its own backstory you'll discover through the boss journals they drop.

We saw eight minutes of gameplay back in September after the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct, and it's clear Korean developer Project Cloud Games has taken the 'why not both' approach to combat design, choosing depth and flashiness in equal abundance. And unlike the vast majority of RPGs, The Relic is ditching level-based character progression in favour of a gear-first approach—so your effectiveness and playstyle hinge on your chosen weapon types, runes, and crafting choices rather than how many experience points you've racked up.

We won't be waiting too long to start the investigation, as The Relic: First Guardian will be arriving in early 2026. You can add it your wishlist on Steam to stay up to date.

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A guy with a gruff voice in a leather jacket beating the crap out of people? Oh yeah, dudes rock, and Samson is here to prove it. A new trailer shown during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted has it all. Cop cars being smashed to pieces, street brawls, and a gritty, dank city. This feels like a throwback in the best way possible.

Set in the fictional city of Tyndalston, described as the "asshole of the world," protagonist Samson's past mistakes are catching up to him, and he'll have to punch and kick his way out of trouble. He's trying to pay off his debt and save his family, but he's got gangsters and police alike after him.

The game is being developed by Liquid Swords, a Stockholm-based studio founded by Christofer Sundberg, co-founder of Avalanche, which brought the Just Cause series and the underappreciated gem Mad Max to the world.

So, there's a strong pedigree here for a game about a dude in a sick leather jacket who drives around in a menacing muscle car and beats the daylights out of anyone dumb enough to get in his way.

The trailer shows various brutal finishes as Samson elbows people in the face or picks them up and breaks their backs. The main man seems to be just as devastating in his car as he is on foot, as the one-minute-long video also contains not one, not two, but three separate cars barrel rolling after they've dared to go toe-to-toe with that souped up muscle monster. I don't know what it is, I just love a story about a man and his car.

If you think dudes rock, then wishlist Samson on Steam right now.

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A world premiere of The House of Hikmah just aired on the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, and I cannot wait to dive into this ethereal puzzle adventure from Lunacy Studios. This is the studio's first ever game, and it's one for fans of Abzû and Journey, even featuring music from the composer of the latter.

Set in the Islamic Golden Age, the trailer guides us through scenes of glorious architecture decorated with geometrically patterned screens and tiling. Using her late father's most remarkable heirloom, main character Maya manipulates matter and solves puzzles among giant, floating islands and grand libraries, defying gravity as she glides effortlessly from platform to platform.

Playing as Maya, you'll enter the Mystic Realm, a world teeming with puzzles. Here you'll be confronted by a surreal force known as The Widow as you explore every alcove, reactivating ancient mechanisms and unlocking the advice of historical scholars in The House of Wisdom, whose personal journeys through grief reveal how everyone's approach to loss is different.

The House of Hikmah doesn't have a solid release date as of yet, but we're expecting it sometime before April, 2026. You can wishlist it now on Steam if you're in need of what sounds like a game worthy of breaking out the tissues for.

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New Blood Interactive just announced that we're getting a follow up tofast-paced retro FPS Dusk, but it's not what you think. They're about to hit us with a turn-based dungeon crawler set "canonically between the episodes" of the FPS.

Dungeons of Dusk aired its world premiere trailer during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, and it's clear to see the bloodcurdling intensity this game is going to bring to the table. Not that we didn't expect as much from PC Gamer's 95th entry in our 2025 Top 100 list, in which our Ted Litchfield described the original game as the "trailblazer of indie boomer shooters".

The trailer for the upcoming spin-off (sidequel?) is minute and a half of gameplay footage that captures the ravenous tone in a mashup of wild carnage, with the player tearing into everything from giant rats to elite mages, and even some skeletal goat boy called "Black Phillip" (do we have any The VVitch fans in the house?). Taking center stage in your loadout, we've got sawn-offs, fire axes, pistols, molotovs, dual-wielded sickles, and uh, some kinda wishing well with green crap oozing out of it. Make a wish and see what happens, I guess?

It's all cut to a thick, chuggy soup of heavy guitar riffs in yet another sludgey soundtrack I'm inevitably going to have on repeat, now that blasting out the Doom Eternal OST all day has gotten a little samey.

You can wishlist the game now on Steam. It's set to release sometime next year.

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Esoteric Ebb is an upcoming satirical CRPG from Raw Fury, the same publisher that brought us the Kingdom series. In it, we'll finally be able to live out our dreams of being the world's worst cleric without our friends getting mad at us. What do you mean you'd rather roll well and save the campaign? What are you even doing here?

In the new trailer shown at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, we see The Cleric (a glorified government goon) sinking into a watery abyss before he takes to the town to look for clues. Here, he chats to devil barristers, goblin queens, and the voices in his head in order to unravel a political conspiracy in time for the first ever election. By the looks of things, this is one lively post-Arcanepunk setting you'll be exploring with all the enthusiasm of a disco cop in a medieval helm. This could honestly all be a Harrier Du Bois fever dream, come to think of it.

I always found there was far too much pressure on anyone playing the cleric class in D&D. Of course, you're granted incredible power bestowed by the gods themselves, but as we all know… with great power comes great responsibility. And with great responsibility comes humungous screw-ups. That's what Esoteric Ebb is all about, really. The ever switching favour of the gods, and of the die that will inevitably nat-one-slap you into oblivion and seal your fate.

While I'm not usually one to play a cleric because of the reasons outlined above, with the trailer actively encouraging me to "ruin the campaign," you can bet your butt I'll be going goblin-mode come spring 2026 when the game is set to release.

The demo (which our Ted Litchfield loved, by the way) is available to download on Steam now, and if a hand drawn, isometric, disco-like adventure sounds up your street, you can wishlist it to get updates.

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Well that was just adorable, wasn't it? Farming and DIY sim Starsand Island just revealed a new trailer during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, and it makes me yearn for the feeling of soil between my fingers.

Our protagonist has left their job in the big city in favour of a charming little island that they can grow plants and befriend animals on. Honestly, it makes me want to quit my job right now, but my student loans won't pay themselves.

It's a similar premise to Stardew Valley, but this trailer shows just how much Starsand Island emphasizes the DIY building aspect of the upcoming game. You can construct your own greenhouses, tailoring their shape and size to your wishes, and build your dream home. It's the complete package for those of you that dream of starting a new life in a quaint little town.

You can also get stuck into the farming, though. There are plenty of crops to plant, including giant watermelons. They're my favourite fruit, so you can bet your bottom dollar I'll be growing as many as I can.

There are also adorable critters to rear, and you can even breed them to try and refine specific genetic traits like speed, strength, and higher resource yields. Be careful, though, some of the creatures fight back, but you've got a trusty bow and arrow to tame them with.

You can also wander down to the shore to collect all the treasures washed up by the sea, and there are ruins to explore and underwater aquariums to build.

If you want to focus on building and exploring, then you can manufacture some adorable robotic helpers to work the land for you. These mechanical cat-eared helpers will gather minerals and wood so you can upgrade your home.

And, naturally, this wouldn't be a farming sim without fishing. The bonus is you can use traps and nets to net yourself (pun intended) bigger hauls.

Starsand Island launches February, and you can preorder and wishlist it on Steam. There's also a free demo you can try out.

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Another gorgeous pixel art side scroller is on the way from Raw Fury, publishers of the Kingdom series. Regions of Ruin: Runegate is a sequel to 2018's Regions of Ruin, and the new PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted trailer is 30 seconds of hacking and slashing, interspliced by quickfire shots of devil chases, magic portals shining to life, and two monster-infested biomes.

We already had visuals on the many, many weapon types available in the game—great axes and spears, daggers, longswords, scimitars—but I hadn't spotted the potential to play with flaming crossbows until now. Who needs to get up close and personal when you can just set light to your foes from afar?

This is a game not only about smacking goblins around with firebolts, but also rebuilding a home for your people and keeping it safe. The trailer hints at the expansive structures you'll have a chance to construct, with a wide shot of a grand Dwarven staircase leading to gods-know-where. It seems there's a lot more verticality to it than previous Raw Fury games of a similar ilk.

While the official release date is yet to be announced, you can drop in and check out the official demo now or just wishlist Regions of Ruin: Runegate if this all looks like the kind of bloodthirsty, pixelated tomfoolery you might get a kick out of.

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From the developers that brought us Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Clickolding, and El Paso, Elsewhere, comes the sequel I didn't know I needed: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator. Yep, it's exactly what it sounds like: a game where you trade and bet on alien babies as though they were stocks. Capitalism is hell.

The first-ever gameplay trailer for Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator just debuted during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, and what a ride it was. I had a blast with the original, although it taught me I know absolutely nothing about the stock market. The sequel looks like a real improvement—even if the idea of trading babies makes me a tad uneasy. But hey, who am I to question intergalactic culture?

The main gameplay loop revolves around the trading day. Pick a baby, find a shadowy broker who can give you more information about what the market will do, and then buy and sell shares as its value shoots wildly up and down.

The baby's life is described on screen as you trade. Events such as playing with sticks and getting lost in a maze can raise and decrease the wee babby's value, which is a wild thing to type. You have a limited number of buys that can only be reused once you start selling, so timing will be very important.

In the trailer, after winning a knife fight, the value of the chosen baby skyrockets. This is the perfect opportunity to "short that baby." Now, I've watched The Big Short, and as I understand it, shorting means you're essentially betting against the baby and assuming its value will go down. Please remember, this is not financial advice.

There are other features like side bets that can earn (or lose) you some extra cash, but the meat and potatoes is the sheer rush you get as that stock graph shoots up and down. That pulsing electronic soundtrack really has me in the mood to gamble on babies.

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator will be out early 2026, and there's a demo you can download on Steam right now if you want to try it out. If not, just add it to your wishlist and wait for it to launch.

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Have you ever dreamed of amassing and controlling a horde of undead to fight battles for you, surrounding you with their grotesque bodies in order to protect and serve you at all costs? Well, that's what Polished Games is offering with their upcoming bullet hell game, Be My Horde.

The new teaser shown during today's PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted offers a truncated insight into the kind of unrelenting carnage that will ensue as you trawl your way across the map, zombies in tow. The combat looks quick, vicious and above all cathartic.

Taking on the role of a powerful necromancer, your task is simple: dispatch your enemies and collect bodies for the horde. All the while, you'll be lapping up a twisted stream of narrative weirdness as you embody Moriana, the seductive mistress of the damned. It looks like she has more than a few skeletons in her closet, too.

The game is fully voiced so you don't have to read while you're on a roll, with the leading lady voiced by Amber Lee Connors (of The Outer Worlds 2 and countless anime dubs).

If strong magic wielders with questionable morals are kinda your thing, Be My Horde is available in early access on Steam, and has just seen a major update with new lines of dialogue, an overhaul of the perk system, and revamped meta-progression with new rewards for defeating enemies at different difficulties.

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If puzzles and magic, and even more magic and even more puzzles are your thing, Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times has you covered. This comical adventure from the developers at SlugGlove is one of intrigue and friendship—with regular NPCS, but also with rocks. Yep, you can animate rocks and befriend them which is honestly the dream.

Rhell is a game about solving puzzles with unique combinations of runes, and as much as it's a game about a "sassy and sharp-tongued sage", it's really all about experimentation. Equipped with a tome brimming with spell segments, all of which fit together in a plethora of unique ways, you'll move through the adventure crafting spells on the fly.

The new trailer for the game—aired during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted—talks of a million ways to cross an electrified lagoon. It encourages you to hold down a button by employing your freshly manifested doppelganger to stay behind and then turning them into a puddle. What will happen if you combine the push and goo abilities? Who knows? Find out!

Aesthetics wise, Rhell is set in a lovely cell shaded world of cartoonistic backdrops and wild, comic-like particle effects, the combination of camera angles through which its presents give off some intense Plucky Squire vibes, too.

You can play the demo of this magical adventure now, though the full game is set to release on March 19, 2026. If you want to stay up to date, simply wishlist Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times on Steam and you'll soon be slinging handcrafted spells without a care in the world. Bar your rock pal. You'll care about him.

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From the publisher of Blue Prince and developer Exnilo Studio comes what looks like another mind-bending puzzle game: Revealed at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, Rivage sees you stuck in a time loop aboard a seemingly abandoned space station. It's a bad situation, but if Matt Damon can defeat the odds in space, then so can you.

The reveal trailer introduces us to Miranda, a scientist from the 25th century sent to study the newly discovered planet VESTA. The space station A.R.E.S is supposed to be the base from which she'll determine if the stellar body can be colonized by an expanding human civilization, but it's hit with a powerful magnetic field that warps the very fabric of time and space itself. Not the best day for her, but as a scientist, this is just another problem for Miranda to solve.

The trailer shows off some of the puzzles you'll be completing, and I hope you've brushed up on your astrophysics, because there's a lot of mathematical formulas on the whiteboards. You'll be hunting for keycards, moving rooms about, rotating interstellar maps, and fiddling with what I can only describe as a sci-fi Rubik's cube. It all looks very tactile, which I enjoy.

Just like Blue Prince, the puzzles get harder the deeper into Rivage you get, so maybe play this one with a friend and pool your brain power. Luckily, the station's interiors look gorgeous, which is good because if you're anything like me trying to figure things out, you'll be spending a lot of time in there trying every solution you can think of.

During your stay in the time loop, you'll come across the journals of Miranda's colleagues, who seem to have mysteriously disappeared, leaving her alone to figure out what on Earth has happened. By reading these private thoughts, you'll uncover even more about the story and what life in the 25th century is like.

Rivage is due out sometime in 2026, and you can wishlist it on Steam to keep up to date with it.

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In space, no one can hear you scream… with joy! Remnant Protocol has finally been given a solid release date of March 12, 2026, which just dropped alongside the newest trailer aired during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. The indie devs at Progenitor Game Studios Ltd have been at work on the game for a few years now, but this indicates a final push to get this space battler ready for launch.

I'm in awe of the skyboxes encompassing every dogfight in the new, minute-long trailer. It's wall-to-wall space battles with a little lore drop to frame everything in context, and give those pew-pews a higher purpose. (Remnant Protocol can also be played in VR for extra immersion.)

Following some ominous shots from the interior of a darkened cave and dilapidated hangar—where I imagine your rebel forces are relegated to before you start building up your scarce resources—a computer screen displays a desperate, decoded transmission:

Emergency. Emergency.

Capital under siege. Threat unknown.

The Blessed Mother is de–

Remnant protocol isn't just a flight sim: Think XCOM meets TIE Fighter, with rebel command strategy layers that see players forging alliances, researching new tech, and manufacturing ships of all shapes and sizes.

If all this sounds like your cup of tea, you can wishlist Remnant Protocol now on Steam to stay up to date with the game's development until it drops in March next year.

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The best thing about gaming is that unlike dusty old cinema, it's young enough that we're still in that exciting moment where there are new genres and genre mashups to explore. Luna Abyss, which we just got a fresh glimpse of during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, is a first-person bullet hell that looks like Doom had a run-in with Yoko Taro.

The new trailer is a tension-ratcheting mood piece that gives us a better look at the world, enemy design, gunplay, and movement. The camera pans across labyrinthine pipework and imposing gothic structures silhouetted by throbbing red neon. It's industrial, alien, and dystopian in equal measure. We get small snippets of the creatures that inhabit this world: fleshy, twisted patchworks of metal and skin that seem to leer at us like they're possessed. It's proper nightmare fuel, the kind of monsters dreamt up by Giger or Beksiński, or that nasty neighbour kid from Toy Story.

Scene set, and it's onto the action. It's not long before we see why the first-person bullet hell's twist is no gimmick—facing down a hail of projectiles feels a whole lot more imposing when they're barreling directly towards you, peripheral vision limited, and you're unable to watch both the barrage and where you're escaping to. Nu-Doom players will immediately feel at home with the snappy dash-strafing and rapid weapon-swap combos that made Eternal such a kinetic dopamine hit.

Of course, rather than being set literally in hell, Luna Abyss takes place in an abandoned space prison where an AI warden still presides over every cell, block, and wing. There are little Nier flourishes in the design of these post-human jailors, not just because they're rusted mechanicals with vaguely human expressions, but also in the tragic sense that they're carrying out duties that have long since lost any purpose.

The trailer also revealed a release window for Luna Abyss of 2026, and you can even whet your appetite by trying out the demo right now over on Steam.

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Nothing quite says Warhammer 40K like armoured dudes on motorbikes smashing through crowds of Orks. We got that and plenty more in a brand-new Dawn of War 4 story trailer, premiered during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. There are massing armies of Necrons awakening from deep within the planet, drop pods full of Blood Ravens exploding into battle, and, in their Dawn of War debut, the Adeptus Mechanicus doing its own thing and hoarding tech while Kronus explodes around them.

In the middle of all that unceasing warfare and struggle, casual viewers might have missed the reveal of the green-armoured Dark Angels and their Primarch Lion El'Jonson, who enter the RTS alongside the Blood Ravens as a playable sub-faction. We see the Dark Angels coming to the rescue, with aerial units swarming above and bikers charging hapless Orks on the battlefield. Deathwing Terminators spill out of drop pods in their bone-white armour, blasting away with Storm Bolters and Assault Cannons—the Dark Angels aren't just here as a simple reskin.

Sealing the deal right at the end is Lion El'Jonson, legendary Primarch of the Dark Angels, recognisable from the Emperor's Shield he wields in battle. Even seeing a Primarch in a 40K videogame is extremely rare, so while we don't know exactly what Lion's role will be in Dawn of War 4, his arrival likely brings huge ramifications for the lore of the series. If Lion were playable—in any fashion—that would be a massive first, but there's always hope that this will be the game to cross the Rubicon.

With reveals like this it's hard to ignore the gathering momentum behind Dawn of War 4. Developer King Art Games is making a concerted effort to bring the series back to its singleplayer campaign roots, and a gargantuan lore drop like the appearance of a Primarch is the perfect way to land that message. Dawn of War 4 is targeting a 2026 release on PC, so there's still plenty more to uncover before launch day. Wishlist it now on Steam.

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