What was shown at the opening ceremony of gamescom 2025 — Dawn of War 4, Lords of the Fallen 2 and Black Myth: Zhong Kui

In 2025, gamescom will be held from August 20 to 24. However, on the 19th, at 9:00 PM, the grand opening of the exhibition took place. It is a two-hour show with a demonstration of new games and their film adaptations. We told about the most interesting things shown at Opening Night Live in this article.

First of all, they showed the second part of the Hollow Knight series. The game will be released in 2025 on all current platforms. Let us remind you that we are talking about an action platformer with metroidvania elements and an advanced combat system.

In the trailer for the new Call of Duty, we saw footage from a single-player campaign with warped space, large-scale destruction and humanoid robots. It was announced that there will be the possibility of cooperative passage for four players. The action will take place in Africa, the USA, Japan and the far north. The release will take place on November 17, 2025.

Rumors were confirmed: at gamescom 2025, the announcement of Lords of the Fallen 2 took place. The first part was a mediocre soulslike. The trailer for the sequel looks epic — we have a combination of dark fantasy and body horror. But there is still a big question mark over what the game itself will be like. The release is scheduled for 2026.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will receive an official adaptation in the form of an anime series. It will be released under the name Sekiro: No Defeat. This is not the only adaptation of FromSoftware games in cartoon format. For example, right now Netflix is working on a project based on Dark Souls.

The trailer for the new Lego game about Batman showed a lot of elements familiar from Arkham Knight. We are talking about the Batmobile, explosive gel, as well as hand-to-hand fights with bandits and supervillains. Among them are the Joker, Penguin, Bane and many others. The release is scheduled for 2026.

Perhaps the most unexpected announcement of the opening of gamescom Opening Night Live 2025. After the remasters of the first parts Space Marine and Dawn of War it seemed that Relic would limit itself to re-releasing the classics. However, in Cologne they showed the plot and gameplay trailers of the fourth part of the strategy series based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe. We saw the Space Marines of the Blood Ravens order, Necrons, representatives of the Adeptus Mechanicus and bloodthirsty Orks. Moreover, we are not expecting a tactics game in the spirit of Dawn of War 2, but a full-fledged RTS with base building. The game will be released in 2026.

They showed a gameplay trailer for the new Onimusha. From it you can get a rough idea of what awaits us. Frankly speaking, the slasher does not look original and is more reminiscent of a modern soulslike with an emphasis on parrying than the first parts of the series. The release is scheduled for 2026.

The release date of the fifth Europa Universalis has been announced — November 4, 2025. The trailer showed that in the game you can redraw the map of Europe, for example, expand Sweden's possessions by half of the continent. The developers traditionally exaggerate the power of their country and it is unlikely that the new strategy will be an exception.

The actors of the Fallout series took the stage and gave a short interview. The trailer showed the fall of the Brotherhood of Steel airship, a fight with radroaches, deathclaws, as well as the New Vegas casino. The premiere of the second season will take place on December 17, 2025.

In the trailer for the cooperative shooter Toxic Commando, we saw battles against hordes of enemies using machine guns, rifles, flamethrowers and various vehicles. In the game itself, we are promised an atmosphere of humorous horror films of the 80s. The developers are Saber Interactive, the authors of Space Marine 2. The release date is scheduled for 2026.

The fourth Ninja Gaiden looks like a spiritual successor to Metal Gear Rising. This is not surprising, because the development is carried out by Platinum Games together with Team Ninja. Most likely, it will turn out to be a real outlet for slasher fans. The game will be released on October 21, 2025.

Zero Parades is a new game from ZA/UM, the authors of Disco Elysium. Judging by the trailer, we can expect a similar project with an isometric camera and a signature role-playing systemsystem with active use of dice roll. Only this time the plot centers on spies and everything connected with them.

Soulslike from One More Level, known for the Ghostrunner series. Its action will take place in an alternative Europe of the 19th century, and the main character will be a soldier of Napoleon's army. Real historical events and characters in Valor Mortis will be combined with creepy monsters.

They showed a trailer for the tactical MMO shooter Cinder City from the creators of Lineage 2. The game was previously known as Project LLL. The trailer looks impressive — we are waiting for destructible buildings, battles against evil spirits and huge mechs, as well as the active use of ground and air vehicles.

Horror, the action of which will unfold on an abandoned lunar base. We are promised an interesting plot with dark secrets, a thick atmosphere of space horror, aesthetics of the 80s and monsters from which you need to run away or hide. The release will take place at the end of 2025.

The trailer for the new Silent Hill f confirms our assumptions that this will be a great horror game that is indirectly related to the series. There are clear associations with Fatal Frame, only with elements of body horror instead of ghosts. The release will take place on September 25, 2025.

The second DLC for one of the best games of 2025. In Legacy of The Forge the main character can open his own forge and work in it, as his father once did. The add-on will be released on September 9.

A game based on Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" has been announced. This is already the second project that is related to the classics of Medieval literature. The first one, called Dante's Inferno, was released in 2010. Then the example to follow was God of War, and this time it's Dark Souls. We hope that this time it will be better than 15 years ago.

While Konami is busy with Silent Hill f, the developers of the remake of the second part are busy with the horror Cronos: The New Dawn. It will be dedicated to time travel, during which the main character tries to save people important for the future. The main events will unfold in two eras — the alternative 80s and the distant future. Judging by the trailer, we will have many battles with creepy creatures. The game will be released on September 5, 2025.

A new expansion for World of Warcraft called Midnight has been announced. The action will be transferred to familiar lands, for example, to the territory of the blood elves of Quel'Thalas. They will be remade in accordance with modern technologies. New locations will also appear — Harandar and Netherstorm. Also, we can note the unique playable race of Haranir. The release will take place in 2026.

The release date of Bloodlines 2 has been announced — October 21, 2025. Let us recall that we are talking about the sequel to the 2004 role-playing game, which failed in sales, but gained cult status. On our website there is a preview of the second part.

They showed a new trailer for Ghost of Yotei, the sequel to the sensational Ghost of Tsushima. Most likely, we will be offered the same exciting action about samurai, with an interesting combat system and beautiful landscapes. The game will be released on October 2, 2025.

In the video of the new Resident Evil, Grace Ashcroft meets her mother Alyssa, familiar from Outbreak. Together they try to get out of the gloomy hotel. Also in the trailer there are cultists who kill a random man. We are looking forward to new details. The release will take place on February 27, 2025.

At the end of the ceremony, another announcement took place. We are talking about the sequel Black Myth: Wukong, a high-quality soulslike based on the Chinese classic novel "Journey to the West". The main character of the sequel will be Zhong Kui, a spirit exterminator who can travel between worlds.

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