The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Songs of the Past got a proper reveal trailer at gamescom Opening Night Live 2026, and developer CD Projekt Red showed up to talk about its new chain weapon, the realm of Letten, and more.
Geralt of Rivia helped close out ONL 2026 when the studio talked about how it plans to revisit its critically acclaimed 2015 RPG with new content next year. There's still much that hasn't been revealed, but this first showing finally teased what it will be like for players to revisit The Witcher 3 12 years after its original launch.
We'll get into all of the details that CD Projekt Red had to share, but first, the show had another surprise for viewers: a trailer. You can see the first The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past teaser...
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Sea of Remnants Director Reveals 10 Minutes of Exclusive Gameplay, Details the Game’s Hidden Secrets
When Sea of Remnants releases next year, it promises a free-to-play role playing experience where you’ll be able to both hit the open water on a variety of swashbuckling turn-based missions and explore land-based missions in the game’s fictional setting of Orbtopia. And now, after the release of a brand-new trailer during gamescom 2026’s Opening Night Live, IGN can exclusively reveal more than 10 minutes of gameplay, which you can see in the player above.
Sea of Remnants is being developed by Joker Studios and published by NetEase Games, who recently recently-announced a closed beta test coming this December. Ahead of Opening Night Live, I sat down with the game’s Creative Director, who goes by the name Alfie, to break down the new...
Fans were treated to a new Final Fantasy 7 Revelation trailer at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live showcase, where we saw more of The Weapons, a submarine combat section, and more.
The trailer opens up with Rufus Shinra sharing a public service announcement on the Shinra News Network regarding the looming Meteor and the Weapons, assuring citizens that humanity will “reign supreme” over these obstacles.
We get to see one of these Weapons wreaking havoc on Shinra soldiers, as well as special shots of the Ruby Weapon, Emerald Weapon, and the Ultima Weapon.
Gameplay footage showing Tifa wearing the Black Mage class outfit was is shown off, as well as a prerendered cutscene showing the Highwind facing off with a Weapon. We even get to see...
CD Projekt Red has announced The Witcher 3 Remastered, coming as a free upgrade to all owners on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S next month on September 29.
In a stunning conclusion to Gamescom's Opening Night Live, the developer confirmed a list of additional features coming to the game's Remastered version as well as notably enhanced visuals, which we've listed out below.
But there's notably no free upgrade for those who own the game on Nintendo Switch. Instead, a separate Switch 2 native version of The Witcher 3 Remastered will be sold. The remastered game will also be sold on PC via Battle.net for the first time, where it will unlock a Geralt-themed skin in Diablo 4.
The Witcher 3 Remastered — and the current game, as of...
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Playing the beginning of Act 2 of Gears of War: E-Day's campaign immediately gave me a healthy dose of everything I love about Gears of War.
Weapon and combat mechanics have been nicely evolved through the weapon mod system.
Gears 5's open-world aspects have been reined in with something smarter: a multi-path downtown area with optional secondary objectives and plenty of hidden collectibles.
[Editor's Note: Mild spoilers ahead for E-Day’s campaign, so turn back now if you don’t want to know any more…]
I’m a massive fan of Gears of War, as I have been since the very beginning. But I have to be honest: something about Gears of War: E-Day’s campaign reveal at the Xbox Showcase a couple months ago just didn’t...
Grinding Gear Games has announced Path of Exile 2 1.0 has a December release date.
The studio announced the long-awaited schedule update with a trailer that premiered at gamescom Opening Night Live (ONL) 2026, confirming plans to bring its free-to-play action-RPG to PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S December 11, 2026. The footage mixed together Path of Exile 2 gameplay with cinematics while promising that players will finally get their hands on a complete build just in time for the holidays.
Grinding Gear revealed more information on its website, directing interested fans to register for more information. Those who do can unlock exclusive rewards.
"Everyone, including existing players, is...
Pearl Abyss has announced Crimson Desert Enhanced, a new version of the game with additional story, available free to all players.
Simply update the game to version 2.00.00 and Crimson Desert Enhanced will be yours, Pearl Abyss has aid. So, to be clear, it is just a fresh patch for the existing game — but one that Pearl Abyss feels is so substantial that it warrants an updated title for the full game.
Crimson Desert Enhanced adds new cutscenes and story moments throughout the main questline, plus voiceover support so you can enjoy the game's narrative in German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese.
Pearl Abyss previously promised a summer roadmap of content that includes improvements to the core narrative – a...
Alienware Gaming Laptops Are Discounted During Dell's Intel Gamer Days Sale, Plus Get Two Free Games
The Dell Intel Gamer Days Sale is now live, and that means some welcome discounts on Alienware gaming PCs. The biggest price drops I've seen so far are on a couple of Alienware 16X Aurora gaming laptops. Both are newer 2026 editions, with the RTX 5060 model starting at $1,529.99 and the RTX 5070 Ti model starting at $2,699.99. The 16X Aurora is Alienware's best selling premium laptop; it features a sleek aluminum body, high quality OLED display, the newest Intel Core Ultra processor, and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 series discrete graphics. It also comes with two free games.
Intel Gamer Days Sale - Save on Alienware 16X Aurora Laptops
This deal is eligible for two free upcoming PC games
The Intel Gamer Days Sale, an annual event hosted...
When I reviewed the Commodore 64 Ultimate, I honestly couldn't believe just how perfect it was. It surprised me in ways I didn't expect, and it's truly the result of a love and respect for the brand. It's why I gave the C64 Ultimate a 10 in my review. It's a thing of beauty, and now Commodore has officially unveiled a gorgeous new update in collaboration with CD Projekt Red: The Commodore 77.
The case itself is gorgeous, with the plate on the function keys now made of brushed metal. That's not a "brushed metal" finish, by the way: it's actually brushed metal. The rest of the case has been colored to match the Cyberpunk style, the Commodore 64 badge has been replaced with a Commodore 77 badge, and there are other changes that have to...
During gamescom's Opening Night Live, developer Archetype Entertainment revealed the release date for its Mass Effect-like spacefaring RPG; Exodus is launching on April 7, 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. It premiered a new cinematic trailer that showcased new characters and gameplay centered around an intelligent octopus who pilots a mech suit.
Her name is Salt and she is one of several party members you'll gather in Exodus. She is an Awakened, which in the universe of Exodus are hyper-intelligent animals and wildlife who can communicate with humans. Salt will be a long-range sniper who can use an ink smokescreen to provide cover in combat. The trailer hits heavier beats that tease some...
Here's a first proper look at gameplay from Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, the upcoming real-time strategy title that lets you conqueror the Seven Kingdoms as one of numerous factions.
Fresh from Gamescom's Opening Night Live broadcast, we have word that Game of Thrones: War for Westeros will launch in early 2027 and have a playable beta before release. More details on exactly when you'll be able to play will follow later this year.
Footage shown today included numerous heroes from the HBO series in action, including Jon Snow, Jaime Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen and the Night King — who ends the trailer sat firmly upon the Iron Throne. Oh dear!
Thankfully you will have your own chance to rewrite Game of Thrones' climactic battle...
Tides of Annihilation has confirmed Resident Evil Requiem actress Angela Sant'Albano as the new voice of Gwendolyn.
Eclipse Glow Studio announced the news at gamescom Opening Night Live (ONL) 2026. It came with a new trailer for the highly anticipated Arthurian action-RPG, giving Tides of Annihilation fans a taste of Sant'Albano's new take on Gwendolyn.
Sant'Albano is a star with a resume that includes parts in The Nevers, and Disney's live-action Dumbo movie, but the gaming world is still celebrating her for the part she played in Resident Evil Requiem. She showed up in Capcom's ninth mainline installment as Grace Ashcroft, a newcomer to the series with a shaky voice and deadly aim.
Despite half of the last Resident Evil being...
Opening Night Live 2026 is almost upon us, and with it comes the promise of big new gameplay reveals, plenty of new trailers, and a long list of announcements.
Taking place on August 25 at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm UK time / 8pm CEST, with a pre-show 30 minutes before, Opening Night Live will see The Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley once again host a show full of reveals.
We've already run through what to expect from ONL 2026, but in short, CD Projekt has confirmed The Witcher 3 expansion, Songs of the Past, will be there in a big way, but don’t expect The Witcher 4 to make an appearance. Elsewhere, real-time strategy game Game of Thrones: War for Westeros premieres new gameplay during ONL. We also know Final Fantasy VII Revelation...
Infinity Ward has pushed an unplanned update for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta in order to quickly address fan feedback.
Although the first beta weekend for Modern Warfare 4 is coming to a close, Infinity Ward has pushed an unplanned update that will fix spawns. This isn't the final update for spawns as part of this beta, but is an "early piece" of a larger improvement, so fans aren't being tortured during the final moments of this beta. The fix is live in all modes besides Hardpoint, but a fix will arrive for Hardpoint as well during the beta's second weekend.
This is likely just one of many fixes coming ahead of weekend two. Players have been vocal about spawn issues, the time to kill being too rapid, and more. Infinity...
NBA 2K27 is teasing a crossover with Rockstar Games, seemingly to promote Grand Theft Auto 6.
At the end of the trailer for NBA 2K27 Season 1, there's a very cryptic tease. The camera tilts down toward a purple-ish poster sporting palm trees, which looks awfully similar to the very first artwork Rockstar released for GTA 6. Seagulls and police sirens can be heard in the background before the camera pans over to an arcade cabinet. One machine has the 2K logo and the other has the Rockstar Games logo. On the screens, the words "Season 3" can be seen in the GTA 6 font and color scheme.
Seasons tend to last about six weeks, so we can expect Season 3 to launch around the time of GTA 6's release in November. It's unclear what exactly this...
Arc System Works has apologized for the troubled PC launch of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, and admitted it will now be "extremely difficult" to regain player trust.
Producer Takeshi Yamanaka offered a post-mortem on the release of the studio's new superhero fighting game during an interview with VGC. He noted that, when it comes to the content itself, fans have mostly nice things to say about Marvel Tokon, but the positivity isn't being shared by users across all platforms.
"They’re playing matches every day, they’re in training mode, they’re coming up with new combos, and we see them posting those on social media," Yamanaka said. "However, at the same time, unfortunately, in the PC version of the game, there have been in-game issues...
If you're a fan of strange and unholy fast food concoctions, then you'll definitely want to see what the crazed scienticians at KFC and Nabisco have concocted. Fresh off the reveal of their fried chicken-flavored Oreo cookies in China, the two companies have reversed that fusion to create the Oreo Original Recipe Chicken Burger.
This bizarre collab was revealed by KFC China on Weibo (via Dexerto). It looks every bit as strange as it sounds. The sandwich starts off ordinarily enough, with a fried chicken patty and lettuce, but it's topped with brown mashed potatoes dusted in cookie crumbles and placed between two Oreo cookie-flavored buns.
Like any good fast food mash-up, we can't decide if we're grossed out by this creation or deeply...
September's PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup has leaked online ahead of Sony's official announcement.
As detailed by Dealabs' ever-reliable billbilk-kun, next month's list of titles available to PlayStation Plus subscribers will include last year's Sniper Elite: Resistance, placing you behind the long gun barrel of a British agent infiltrating Nazi-occupied Europe in 1944.
"A solid stealth-based shooter," is how IGN's Sniper Elite: Resistance review described the game, affording it a 6/10 score. "It fails to set its sights high enough in order to pull off a truly spectacular execution," we added.
Released back in 2022, the classic Japanese role-playing game inspired Chained Echoes is next on the roster. Inspired by classics...
This is an IGN opinion piece from Ryan McCaffrey, who worked at Official Xbox Magazine from 2002-2012 during the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era before joining IGN, where he remains “the Xbox guy.” In the run-up to Xbox’s 25th anniversary, he’ll be sharing his memories from the platform’s first quarter-century.
When I worked at Official Xbox Magazine, the first thing you came upon when you entered our area of the office was our demo station. There sat a small couch and our biggest TV, a behemoth 36-inch CRT that could display at 480p – meaning, the same resolution as every other console game, but without the interlacing, thus creating a crisper image. Because when developers came through to show us their in-progress games, we wanted...
Rebel Wolves is stepping into the spotlight with a dark fantasy RPG where daylight does not necessarily mean safety. Becoming a vampire might even be the best chance you have of saving the people you love.
As we explored in our look at how The Blood of Dawnwalker is shaping up to be the next must-have action RPG, its human-vampire duality, reactive quests, and technical combat give it plenty of reasons to stand out.
The Blood of Dawnwalker sends players to a plague-stricken corner of 14th-century Europe, then puts a ticking clock and a very sharp set of fangs at the heart of the adventure. From its release date and story to its day-and-night gameplay, time system, editions, PC specs, and latest trailer, here is everything you need to...
IGN has an exclusive excerpt of Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion, including narration by Astarion actor Neil Newbon himself.
Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion, from author T. Kingfisher, is a prequel novel set before the events of Larian’s role-playing masterpiece, Baldur’s Gate 3. It follows Astarion during his time in servitude to the vampire lord Cazador Szarr. Stephen Rooney, one of the senior writers of Baldur’s Gate 3, was consulted to help ensure the novel’s authenticity within the game’s world and lore. The audiobook version is narrated by Neil Newbon, and you can see photos of Newbon in the recording booth below.
"This was the one of the very first scenes I wrote, part of getting the geography of the city set firmly into my mind,” T...
Pokémon development veteran James Turner is returning to the world of pocket monsters, after previously leaving to make The Plucky Squire.
Turner is notable as being the first Westerner to officially design Pokémon, working for years at the series' core development studio Game Freak. Four years ago, however, Turner departed the company to co-found his own studio, All Possible Futures.
This fledgling team then released innovative indie platformer The Plucky Squire, which saw 2D characters leap from their storybook home to explore 3D surroundings. It's unclear what's next for the studio or any potential sequel now Turner has moved on again.
Last night, Turner revealed via a post on X/Twitter that he had begun a new role as Creative...
Focus Entertainment has announced it has forged a “major publishing partnership” with independent racing studio Maverick Games for its upcoming project, Clutch. The company notes the deal “strengthens Focus Entertainment’s portfolio with its first entry into the open-world racing space.”
“At Focus, we look to partner with creators who are redefining their genre,” said Focus deputy CEO Vincent Chataignier in a statement published in conjunction with the announcement. “Mike Brown and his team are regarded as one of the defining creative voices in the racing genre, and Clutch embodies exactly the creative ambition Focus Entertainment wants to champion.”
Clutch is set to arrive on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC early- to mid-2027...
CD Projekt Red has confirmed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's upcoming Songs of the Past expansion will come with more Gwent, and card game lovers are already celebrating.
The Witcher 3 earned a lot of praise when it launched back in 2015. While Doug Cockle's gravelly delivery as Geralt helped sell its story, and its RPG gameplay quickly hooked in every kind of fantasy fan, many would say Gwent was what truly kept them coming back for more.
"In Gwent, gamers clash with friends in fast-paced duels that combine skill-based play with bluffing, and careful deck construction," an official description from CD Projekt Red says. "The game is played over a best-of-three series of rounds, as players unleash their hand by slinging spells and diverse...
Beard Papa’s is teaming up with Persona to celebrate the RPG series’ 30th anniversary with some special cream puffs.
Beard Papa’s is a Japanese dessert chain with locations sprinkled across the US. It’s best known for its primary offering, cream puffs, which come in a variety of different flavors and combinations for customers to choose from.
Starting September 4, participating Beard Papa’s locations within the United States will transform their interiors and offer up several new flavors of cream puffs in collaboration with Persona.
These storefronts will feature Persona-themed digital menu boards, bakery case graphics, posters, television displays, and more, transforming them into a real-life Persona menu screen. And for mega-fans...
Publisher Activision and developer Infinity Ward have promised to update Captain Price's hair in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 after images of his botched haircut went viral.
As last weekend's closed beta dredged up conversations revolving around its time-to-kill (TTK) speeds and problematic spawn placements, other fans aimed at Captain Price and his barber. It's mostly thanks to a few images that have circulated across social media, with fans pointing out that, maybe, Modern Warfare 4's version of the classic character should invest in some hair gel.
He looks…unwell, at least when compared to past versions of Captain Price. Whether he's chasing down Vladimir Makarov or walking you through a training course, Price is known to have a...
Alleged footage from Avalanche Studios' canceled Iron Man game has surfaced online.
In the early 2010s, Just Cause and Mad Max developer Avalanche Studios was working on an Iron Man game. The project was never officially announced to the public, but Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg confirmed its development and cancellation during an interview in 2022. Now, gameplay for that title has popped up online via Reddit, reportedly sourced through a PS3 developer kit.
The gameplay is extremely unfinished, but it shows Iron Man flying around in a large environment, fighting jets and attacking various facilities. One of the more in-depth videos appears to be an unfinished E3 demo which shows Iron Man in hand-to-hand combat with...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is adding more options for how your operators appear in-game.
The recently released Modern Warfare 4 beta has given players their first look at a ton of features, maps, and other content that will be available in the final game. Some of these things were heavily advertised before launch, such as the fluidity of movement and a new system that randomly generates gun builds for you.
One feature that was kept under wraps, however, allows players to equip different cosmetic items on the fly in-game. Ghost, for instance, can remove his mask (which comically reveals another cloth mask underneath) and put it back on. Valeria can equip a hockey mask. And Captain Price can smoke a cigar, which will appear...
We’re starting a new series at IGN called The Long Game, where we focus on things you can invest in early in new or popular games that will pay off in the long run. We’re starting this series with Stardew Valley, which celebrated its 10-year anniversary this year and is one of the most successful indie games of all time.
If you’ve never played Stardew Valley before, it’s a farming and life sim where you leave your job at a soulless corporation to manage a farm left to you by your deceased grandfather. The farm has seen better days, so it’s up to you to restore it to its former glory. That means clearing the land, tilling the soil, planting and watering seeds, and upgrading your home and equipment to gather items more efficiently.
As...
You don’t see many video game preorder discounts anymore – unless you’re a PC gamer. In that fine tradition, here’s a great deal on Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2, which comes out Thursday. Fanatical has Steam codes on sale for $38.49, which amounts to a hefty 23% discount off the $49.99 MSRP. That’s a great deal on a terrific collection of games that appear to run great on PC. This is a preorder deal that ends August 27, the day the game releases — or when Fanatical runs out of codes. In other words, time’s running out, so grab it soon.
Save 23% Off Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 (Steam)
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As the “Vol. 2” in the title suggests, this is the second collection of Metal Gear Solid games. The...