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Crimson Desert Enhanced was among the more surprising reveals of Gamescom Opening Night Live . Not because it was a trailer for a game that's already available, but that it was justified when the trailer ran through the new additions in Enhanced. Read more

Tides of Annihilation is a very stylish, combo-heavy, Simon Says game. It's a mishmash of mythologies and action game tropes, and while I feel as though its teeters on the edge of messiness, it proved quite the thrill on the Gamescom show floor. Read more

Grinding Gear Games made a surprise Path of Exile 2 announcement at Gamescom Opening Night Live yesterday. The developer confirmed when the game's long-awaited 1.0 release will be. Read more

Who was your first choice for romance in The Witcher 3 ? Sure, everyone knows about Triss and Yen, but there's also Keira, Sasha, Jutta an Dimun, Shani, Sylvia… the list goes on. And it sure looks like, in the upcoming expansion Songs of the Past, Geralt is going to be able to add at least one more name to that list. Read more

Last night, CD Projekt Red showed off the first footage we've seen for The Witcher 3 expansion, Songs of the Past - new content for the game launching some 11 years after the base game was released. The expansion takes us to a new location, Letten, a bucolic country very far from the conflicts and politics that dominate the rest of the continent Geralt calls home. But all is not as it seems in Le…

Heroes of Might and Magic 3, the iconic and arguably never-bettered strategic fantasy role-playing game, is being remade by Ubisoft for release on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X at some point next year. Related: the Complete Edition of Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is now available on Steam for the first time. Read more

One of the bigger Gamescom Opening Night Live pre-show reveals was Humankind 2, the sequel to Amplitude's Civilization-like 4X game from 2021 . The trailer didn't feature much gameplay, rather a swiftly moving cinematic montage of Earth through humanity's ages, and it immediately sparked suspicions of gen-AI use because of the way it looks. Read more

Earlier this year, publisher Deep Silver and developer 4A Studios published a blog post outlining its vision for Metro 2039. The studio revealed the game - being developed primarily in Ukraine amid the continued Russian invasion - is darker and focuses on the "cost of silence, the horrors of tyranny, and the price of freedom" . How could it not be? The developers turn up to work every day not kno…

After a succession of grand strategy sequels - including Crusader Kings 3 , Victoria 4, and Europa Universalis 5 - Paradox has unveiled Afterworld, its first grand strategy game to feature an original setting in over a decade. Read more

The Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past - which is due to arrive 12 years after the base game was released - has finally been detailed in a debut trailer, but the big news is there's also a The Witcher 3 remaster coming, and it'll be free upgrade for all existing owners of the game. The remaster comes on 29th September - soon! Read more

Marcus Fenix says something gruffly, his squad laughs, then a horde of Locust enemies rushes the team. The hulking figure of Marcus roadie-runs towards the nearest hip-high bit of cover, slams his muscly shoulder into the concrete, and starts laying down suppressing fire with his Lancer machine gun. Enemy bodies fall apart in meaty chunks, blood spatters on the stone floor. A grey-skinned drone b…

Well there go, the leaks were true! Paradox has announced a brand-new entry in its Cities Skylines series, and this time it's getting a Lego makeover for what it's calling a "playful take" on city building that's heading to Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PC, and Switch 2 . Read more

If you've been eager for an update on that Games of Thrones RTS announced during last year's Summer Game Fest showcase , tonight's your night: War for Westeros just got it's first gameplay trailer. And very short it was too. Read more

Dungeons & Dragons game Warlock has had a first proper trailer featured at Gamescom Opening Night Live this evening. Read more

The excitingly Mass Effect -like sci-fi role-playing game Exodus has a proper release date: 7th April 2027. It's coming to PC (Steam and Epic), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. Read more