Gamescom's Big Show Just Happened — Here's Everything That Got Announced
August 25, 2026
Based on reporting by Eurogamer.net → — simplified & explained by VAIIYA.
The quick version
Gamescom 2026's Opening Night Live wrapped up its two-hour showcase in Cologne, and the headline moment was CD Projekt Red's first proper look at The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past. Alongside that, the show delivered fresh trailers for Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Gears of War: E-Day, and Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, plus a batch of smaller reveals that filled out the rest of the runtime.
What was shown
Songs of the Past turned out to be bigger than a typical add-on — CD Projekt Red is explicitly calling it a full "expansion" rather than DLC, comparing its scope to Blood and Wine, one of the original Witcher 3's most acclaimed story add-ons. It's being built in partnership with Fools Theory, the studio also handling the ground-up remake of the first Witcher game, and it's due in 2027 across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. CD Projekt also confirmed Gwent, the card minigame fans have been asking to see return, will be part of it. In the same breath, the studio reconfirmed The Witcher 4 is still tracking for a 2028 window.
Beyond the Witcher news, the show packed in a wide spread of genres: Nodus Fall, a new co-op action game from Genshin Impact studio Hoyoverse; Worms: Galactic Tactics, landing in 2027; an expanded Onimusha: Way of the Sword demo ahead of its September 4 release; a sequel to strategy game Humankind; and Mariachi Legends, a Metroidvania mixing Castlevania-style exploration with Mexican folklore and music, launching April 2027.
Why it matters
Opening Night Live has become one of the three or four nights a year the entire games industry synchronizes its biggest reveals around, alongside Keighley's Summer Game Fest and The Game Awards. For a franchise as dormant-feeling as The Witcher 3 — a nine-year-old game — getting a full-scope expansion rather than a nostalgia re-release signals CD Projekt Red still sees real commercial upside in the base game while The Witcher 4 finishes development. For smaller titles like Mariachi Legends or Nodus Fall, a slot in a marquee show like this is often the single biggest visibility moment they'll get before launch.
What's next
Gamescom's show floor stays open in Cologne for several more days, where journalists and attendees get hands-on time with several of the games just revealed. Expect a wave of previews and developer interviews digging into Songs of the Past's Gwent integration and story scope specifically, since that's the announcement with the largest built-in fanbase already primed to react.