Everything We Played At Gamescom 2025

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Europe’s biggest gameshow is simply a beast. Spanning nan halls of Cologne Messe, and pinch E3 now retired of nan picture, Gamescom is simply a bigger woody than ever. The show besides attracts thousands of nationalist attendees, which gives nan show a fairground twist successful places. This year, Netflix dominated 1 of nan halls pinch a faux One Piece ship, sports stadium, a Wednesday-themed cafe and a Stranger Things crystal pick stall.

Elsewhere, while Nintendo didn’t person thing caller to show, it had plentifulness of Switch 2 consoles to person nan not-yet-convinced — and immoderate of them had Silksong. Microsoft, too, had a important presence, revealing an October 16 motorboat day for its Xbox Ally duo of handheld gaming PCs. No price, though.

While you tin find each nan news and previews connected our Gamescom page, we’ve besides drawn together each nan different games we tested during this week’s show, respective of which motorboat successful nan adjacent fewer weeks.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

While nan man who created Metal Gear moved onto stepping sims and Hollywood champion friends, Konami is much than happy to beef up and remaster nan hits. This clip around, it’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

I’ll admit, Snake Eater was erstwhile I fell disconnected nan Metal Gear Solid train (or atomic mech), and it came undone by nan camouflage strategy and nan difficult-to-navigate early areas. A very tight demo, arsenic nan Gamescom crowds rushed to early demos meant I didn’t get a chance to afloat trial nan caller style power strategy that (thankfully) shifts crouch and action/ corroborate to abstracted buttons and adds a grade of camera power moreover successful third-person. But it’s these benignant of quality-of-life upgrades you tin expect to see.

Of course, nan graphics are a immense leap from nan PS2 original (or Nintendo 3DS type I bafflingly chose to buy), but nan pulpy (occasionally delightfully camp) speech remains successful place. I look guardant to getting done astatine slightest nan opening scenes now that nan crippled has launched connected PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S.

There Are No Ghosts astatine nan Grand

What a weird game. Not successful a bad way. Things commencement disconnected successful nan titular dilapidated Grand Hotel, pinch maine renovating a room pinch PowerWash Simulator-inspired h2o guns, spray guns, soil blasters and vacuum. You tin scan nan area to get hints connected what needs doing, while a naggy Scottish smartphone app will besides effort to thief — but not really. There’s besides a talking cat, apparently, called Mr. Bones nan Bastard, but he wasn’t talking successful this demo.

The early trailer teased a enigma that needs to beryllium solved successful nan village, and while I didn’t get a glimpse of that, I was soon tasked pinch checking retired immoderate mysterious achromatic gunk.

The developers moreover put a small much effort into nan demo, pinch voiced lines that will apt ne'er beryllium heard successful nan unit version, teasing that nan protagonist was being “onboarded” erstwhile he’s interrupted by 1 of nan characters that populate nan colony astir nan hotel.

Seconds later, I’m riding a scooter to nan dock, pinch a feline enjoying nan ride, fixing a boat, getting a sassy soliloquoy from nan female who convinced maine to thrust my vessel into nan sea. There are plentifulness much songs to travel arsenic caller characters subordinate nan mystery.

As a reminder, nan demo started pinch maine sandblasting tatty wallpaper disconnected play walls. I’m intrigued.While Hideo Kojima, nan creator of Metal Gear, moved connected to stepping sims and Hollywood collaborations, Konami is much than happy to revamp and remaster its hits. This time, it’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

I’ll admit, Snake Eater was erstwhile I fell disconnected nan Metal Gear Solid train. It came undone astatine nan difficult-to-navigate early areas and nan camouflage system. A very tight demo, arsenic nan Gamescom crowds rushed to early demos, meant I didn’t get a chance to afloat trial nan caller style power strategy that (thankfully) shifts crouch and action/ corroborate to abstracted buttons and adds a grade of camera power moreover successful 3rd person. But it’s these kinds of quality-of-life upgrades you tin expect to see.

Of course, nan graphics are a immense leap from nan PS2 original (or Nintendo 3DS type I bafflingly chose to buy), but nan pulpy (occasionally delightfully camp) speech remains successful place. I look guardant to getting done astatine slightest nan opening scenes now nan crippled has launched connected PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S.

Resident Evil Requiem

We’ve sewage a much elaborate breakdown by contributor Alessandro Fillari here, but I sewage a chance to get frightened retired of my tegument too. The header characteristic is nan expertise to play betwixt first- and third-person perspectives. Still, it revealed an uncomfortable truth to myself: I'm a full coward and playing successful 3rd personification is overmuch little scary.

Onimusha: Way of nan Sword

Capcom’s return to its samurai vs. demons bid is satisfying and fun, particularly erstwhile compared to much punishing games successful nan genre, for illustration Sekiro. However, nan early chapters person a beautiful basal onslaught flow, and I'm keen to spot really things germinate beyond that. At slightest they’ve sewage 1 point right: a awesome villain to loathe.

Silksong: Hollow Knight

The long-running DLC-into-sequel-into-meme-sensation is almost here, right? The demo astatine Gamescom remained nan astir celebrated attraction astatine Microsoft’s booth. Two Xbox Ally handhelds were besides moving nan demo, which I was fortunate capable to trial on. And I tin say… yep, still plays for illustration a faster, slicker Hollow Knight.

Having played it a heady six years ago, it’s now really difficult to discern nan differences betwixt nan early build and what is surely an almost-final snapshot of nan game. One of nan notable changes is its much elaborate lighting effects and specifications — things Redditors person pored complete arsenic each caller trailer video appeared. I guidelines by my hands-on impressions from 2019, moreover if they person a good vintage astatine this point.

But erstwhile is it coming out? Oh, September 8.