Afterworld is Paradox's new grand strategy game set in North America after civilization was wiped out by war.  They aren't just going for nuclear war either, expect wastelands created by biological, chemical…

Geoff Keighley wasn’t lying when he said there was “a lot of great stuff” this year. Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 just wrapped, and it threw out one of the densest reveal lists in the show’s history, headlined by a genuinely stunning surprise: a free Witcher 3 remaster.

Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026

The big reveals during Gamescom Opening Night Live

CD Projekt’s The Witcher 3 Remastered is the story of the night. It’s a free upgrade for anyone who already owns the game, landing September 29, 2026. CDPR also dropped a new expansion, Songs of the Past, due in 2027, and made the two existing expansions free immediately. Geralt clearly isn’t done yet.

Final Fantasy VII Revelation got a fresh trailer confirming a spring 2027 window, with director Naoki Hamaguchi showing off the returning Weapons as reimagined boss fights, a new Typhon summon, and the FITS outfit system for Cloud and Tifa.

Crimson Desert quietly rebranded itself Crimson Desert Enhanced with a 2.0 update adding new story content. I haven’t touched it in weeks, so consider this my nudge back in.

Big-Name Sequels and Spinoffs

• Gears of War: E-Day – new trailer, out October 6
• Silent Hill: Townfall – cast confirmed, including Jovan Adepo and Terry O’Quinn
• Rainbow Six Tactics – a brand new turn-based Rainbow Six spin-off, 2027
• Heroes of Might & Magic 3 Remake – Ubisoft China reimagines the strategy classic, 2027
• Rayman Legends Retold – full 3D remake with new story and cinematics
• Crazy Taxi: World Tour – Gena, B.D. Joe and Gus return, 2027 launch

New games worth watching out for

HoYoverse threw a curveball with Nodus Fall, a Monster Hunter meets Elden Ring style project, a big departure from Genshin territory. Paradox debuted Afterworld, a post-apocalyptic American grand strategy game, while Frictional Games (the Amnesia team) unveiled Ontos, starring Stellan Skarsgård and, apparently, a lot of rats.

Also new: Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons, Exodus (April 7, 2027), Tarae: The Unbound, The Defiant (a WWII shooter set in China’s war against Japan), and PUBG: DED.NET, a darker 90s-set PvP spin-off.

Dates you should know

• Path of Exile 2 hits full 1.0 on December 11, 2026
• Aion 2 launches October 5
• Mewgenics finally gets console versions on September 8
• Metro 2039 arrives February 2027
• Road Kings launches March 11, 2027

And yes, Snoop Dogg is now canonically a Hitman target.

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Paradox Interactive, Grand Strategy game extraordinaire, has announced Afterworld, a brand-new Grand Strategy Game and IP from Paradox Development Studio, coming to the PC at an unknown future date. Set in a post-apocalyptic North America, you'll find yourself facing hazardous terrain, dangerous old-world ruins, and the desperate survivors of the new world - and those clinging to time-gone-by. Paradox states that players will face strategic challenges and moral crises as they guide a handful of survivors on the path to building a continent-spanning empire. Paradox describes the game as follows:Emerge from the ruins into a new age in Afterworld, a […]

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