World of Warcraft's transmogrification system is finally getting a major facelift with its 2026 Midnight expansion, with one-time gold costs for outfits and the ability to automatically swap between looks based on certain situations.

As it is now, players in Blizzard's MMORPG use transmog to transform the appearance of individual items into different ones, allowing them to create and save different outfits. It costs varying amounts of gold each time an appearance is changed.

However, because the transmog is tied to the items themselves and not the item slot it goes in, getting a new piece of gear means having to frequently re-transmog gear. It's particularly noticeable at the beginning of an expansion or the start of a new season, when players are constantly getting new gear upgrades. Rather than spending the gold to transmog each item immediately, many players just wait, knowing they'll receive yet another item upgrade in a few hours or days that will require more gold to transmog. In the meantime, they are wearing an eclectic combination of different visual styles that do not go together at all, instead of the finely customized outfits whose appearances required spending hours grinding old raids and dungeons.

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Cult of the Lamb is getting a large, paid expansion in 2026, with the debut trailer revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Titled Woolhaven, this latest update to the Devolver-published hit looks to be adding an entirely new biome for you to cultivate more followers in.

The trailer captures what makes Cult of the Lamb so captivating, with a distinct mixture of gore and humor that translates over to its eye-catching 2D gameplay. The roguelite/management game looks to be introducing various new elements into the mix, with some new mounts, snowy environments, and gruesome bosses all showcased in the brief gameplay snippet.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's next expansion, Legacy of the Forge, now has a release date--and it's soon. The second story DLC for the popular RPG will launch on September 9.

This was announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live in Cologne, Germany alongside a trailer showing it off. "Put your blacksmithing skills to the test as you rebuild a burnt-down forge in the heart of Kuttenberg. Design and customise the workshop, its surroundings, and your private quarters--with upgrades that do more than just look good," reads a line from the expansion's description. Here's the trailer:

Kingdom Come 2 launched in early 2025 and got free updates that added things like horse racing and a hardcore mode. The first paid expansion, Brushes with Death, launched in May. After Legacy of the Forge will come Mysteria Ecclesia later in 2025. People can buy the expansion's individually or in a $30 bundle.

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Obsidian Entertainment has revealed details about the companions that can join you in The Outer Worlds 2, making sure to clarify that there won't be any romance, just like in the first game.

Revealed during Gamescom Opening Night Live, there are six total companions in The Outer Worlds 2, each coming from a different faction and sporting a different set of skills. Niles comes from the Earth Directorate, excels in engineering, and appears to have stealth abilities like invisibility. Valerie is a robot companion also from the Earth Directorate, armed with two turrets. Aza is from The Glorious Dawn, and takes the role of the bloodthirsty assassin.

Inez comes from Auntie's Choice and serves as your field medic, in addition to using her biomedical enhancements to take out enemies. Marisol is part of the Order of the Ascendent faction, and she appears to absorb an enemy's essence in the trailer. Last is Tristan from the Protectorate, who wields a giant hammer and looks like he loves to punish rule-breakers.

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will officially launch on October 21, co-publishers Paradox Interactive and White Wolf revealed during Gamescom Opening Night Live. In a new trailer, players also got a closer look at the game and how parts of the storyline will see them step into the shoes of Fabien--a mysterious Malkvian detective and the voice inside of the protagonist Phyre's mind--who'll help them unravel a murder mystery that threatens to alter Seattle's secret vampire society.

Alongside the standard release, there'll be two special editions that can be preordered. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Deluxe Edition comes bundled with Santa Monica Memories--a cosmetic pack featuring decor items inspired by the original Bloodlines game--to adorn Phyre's in-game apartment, and the Premium Edition includes that DLC and the DLC Shadows and Silk.

This add-on allows enables players to choose the Lasombra or Toreador clans for Phyre to join, and each one offers unique abilities, playstyles, and distinct outfits. This DLC will be available as standalone purchases for the standard edition of Bloodlines 2. Preorders will also include the Bloodlines Nostalgia Jukebox, a decor item for Phyre's haven that features a curated playlist of in-game music by the composer of the first Bloodlines game, Rik Schaffer.

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During Gamescom Opening Night Live, 11 Bit Studios and Digital Sun confirmed that Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault--the half-roguelike, half-shop-running-sim follow-up to the 2018 action-RPG Moonlighter--will enter early access on October 23.

A new trailer for the game debuted during ONL, which gave an updated look into both halves of Moonlighter 2's main adventure. We see the hero merchant Will setting up relics in his shop to sell to the local townspeople, followed by him setting out into a mysterious Vault in search of more relics to fill his shelves.

The early-access version of Moonlighter 2 launching in October will offer three different biomes, with each featuring unique obstacles and enemies. Over 120 relics will be available to find and sell in Will's shop--which you can customize to your liking, including display areas, prices of relics, and more.

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Today, during Gamescom Opening Night Live, Jyamma Games announced its next souls-like action-RPG adventure: La Divina Commedia, a new take on Dante Aligheri's Divine Comedy. Despite how the early portion of the trailer may look, it's not to be confused with the Dante's Inferno game published by EA in 2010.

The debut trailer shows a warrior take on a skeletal beast in fast-paced combat, with multiple dodges and parries as the beast swings wildly at the swordsman. After defeating the ghoul, the warrior moves on to a massive lake, where a spectral gate looms on the horizon.

La Divina Commedia's official website confirms multiple details about the game, including craftable armor and weapons, unique weapon classes, and procedural dungeons. One notable feature is the idea of "sin alignment"--or, as the website describes, the player's choices "will bind the main character to the seven deadly sins, shaping abilities, story events, and the very world around [them]."

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A new Silent Hill F trailer debuted as a part of Gamescom Opening Night Live and features the game's English cast for the first time. While exact narrative details remain cryptic, the trailer did give a concrete look at the game's combat and showed a mysterious figure wearing a fox mask.

This young man seems to be a central in the game. The trailer opens with him declaring that protagonist Hinako "saved my life and laid claim to my soul. In turn, I shall save your soul by claiming the life of your old self." What this means is up to interpretation. But the trailer does depict Hinako confronting what appears to be another version of herself.

Otherwise, although it shows new locations and details, this new look is similar to prior trailers, with Hinako wandering an abandoned village beset by horrific creatures. New tidbits include the man in the fox mask guiding Hinako with a blue lantern and Hinako returning home to find that it has changed, too.

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Famed developer Ron Gilbert's new game, Death by Scrolling, was showcased in video form at the Gamescom 2025 Opening Night. It is a pixel-art, vertically-scrolling roguelike game with action-RPG elements and a morbid sense of humor.

Death by Scrolling takes you to Purgatory™, a seemingly bright and colorful world of retro-styled pixel-art that's constantly being consumed by an encroaching wall of flames. Because of this, the gameplay is constantly auto-scrolling upwards, forcing you to keep moving forward--hence the title.

The trailer shows five selectable heroes, each with unique perks. The gameplay showcased in the trailer has the heroes fighting against various threats while the environment scrolls upward, all the meanwhile collecting power-ups (in the form of cards) and gold. Eventually, the hero is pursued by a reaper, who seems to be haunting them with all manner of debilitating stat debuffs. The goal is to collect a certain amount of money and pay the ferryman in order to escape Purgatory™--which is likely much easier said than done.

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Hot on the heels of its success in late 2024, Indiana Jones and the Order of Giants, a story expansion for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, sees the titular archeologist return to uncover the secrets buried deep below the surface of Rome. Publisher Bethesda also revealed that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.

A new gameplay trailer at Gamescom ONL showed off new puzzles and cults for Indy to contend with, along with a new serpentine friend for him to be introduced to. The Order of Giants pairs Indy with the young priest Father Ricci, who leads him to secrets hidden in Rome that pertain to Emperor Nero, the Cult of Mithras, and the promise of treasures hidden amongst a dark secret.

The gameplay looks like some of the best moments from The Great Circle, with the first-person perspective offering an intimate view of the dusty catacombs and dimly lit tombs that you'll explore, as well as a sample of some of the dangerous puzzles Indy will have to solve to uncover the truth at the center of this generational mystery.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Standard Edition

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launches November 14 on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Preorders are available now, and grabbing an early copy gets you bonus content for Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone, plus early access to the upcoming Black Ops 7 open beta. And if you want even more content, there's a digital-only Vault Edition packed with exclusive DLC and early unlocks. You can secure a physical copy at multiple online retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop. The game will also be available day one on Game Pass.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Preorder BonusesCall of Duty: Black Ops 7 preorders include early access to the open beta.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 preorders are now live, and there are some bonuses you can score, including operator skins. This includes Reznov, a classic character from the Black Ops series' past, who can be unlocked as a playable operator in Black Ops 6 and Warzone. You can also complete newly released in-game challenges to unlock additional skin options, and we explain how to most easily earn those below.

How to Unlock Reznov in Black Ops 6 and WarzoneReznov operator skins

Call of Duty's Viktor Reznov is a preorder bonus operator similar to how Frank Woods was the operator bonus for Black Ops 6 last year. This means preordering any digital edition of Black Ops 7 or subscribing to select Game Pass plans will grant you access to a host of preorder content, including Reznov.

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During Gamescom Opening Night Live, Wargaming unveiled World of Tanks 2.0, a massive update to the 15-year-old free-to-play tank battle game, which will launch on September 3. The 2.0 patch is described as the "most ambitious update in World of Tanks history" and will add a highly-requested feature: Tier XI vehicles are finally coming to the game.

16 new Tier XI vehicles will be added to the game on the 2.0 patch's launch day, with each offering unique gameplay mechanics and a new progression system specific to Tier XI. More vehicles at this new top tier will be coming in the future, according to the official announcement.

Tier XI isn't the only major addition coming to WoT in the 2.0 patch; the update will also introduce a PvE story-driven campaign mode to introduce the Tier XI tanks, which will be set on a "never-before-seen" map. The hangar will also receive a facelift, as players will now be able to assemble tanks and equip them with weapons and armor on the fly from right within the redesigned hangar area.

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The first season of the Fallout series on Prime Video received praise for telling an original story in the world of the games, but Season 2 will get a little closer to the lore that players are familiar with. Some of the cast members and producers on the show appeared on stage at Gamescom Opening Night Live to debut the teaser trailer for Fallout Season 2, which features our first look at a character from the games appearing in the show, while confirming the season's premiere date of December 17.

The action-packed trailer shows where the end of last season left the characters. Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell) is traveling with the gunslinging Ghoul (Walton Goggins) after the two formed an uneasy alliance to search for Lucy's father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan). Meanwhile, we see Maximus (Aaron Moten) in his new life as a Knight, a status he gained through dubious means. And flashbacks once again show the life of actor Cooper Howard, who acted as a Vault-Tec spokesman before the nuclear conflict turned him into the terrifying Ghoul we know and love.

Exploding bodies, blood splatter, and other moments of violence and chaos are seen throughout the trailer. The footage showcases elements from the video games, including a massive Deathclaw creature that Lucy and the Ghoul encounter and subsequently flee from. But fans of the series also noticed hints of Caesar's Legion, leading them to speculate whether the show will depict any of the endings of Fallout: New Vegas as definite canon.

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The next entry in the Warhammer 40K series was announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live today, with Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War IV getting unveiled and set for a 2026 released on PC.

German developer King Art Games is producing Dawn of War IV, and it will be published by Deep Silver. The original Dawn of War games were made by Relic Entertainment. You can wishlist Dawn of War IV on Steam now. This is the first game in the series not made by Relic Entertainment.

"Return to the RTS series' roots with deeply satisfying strategy gameplay. Take command of four unique Warhammer 40,000 factions, including the Adeptus Mechanicus in their series debut! Fight through 70+ epic campaign missions, as well as the replayable Last Stand, Skirmish and multiplayer modes," reads the game's official description.

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Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy XIV are having a crossover event, with both games receiving new content based on the other.

Announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live, Monster Hunter Wilds X Final Fantasy 14 will bring new event content to both games. Monster Hunter Wilds will get a new monster called Omega Planetes, a four-legged machine boss from Final Fantasy XIV, along with FF14 cosmetics, like Chocobo mounts. This content will arrive as part of Title Update 3 in late September.

Meanwhile, Final Fantasy XIV will get content based on Monster Hunter Wilds, featuring the Seikret mount and a boss fight against Arkveld, the flagship monster from Monster Hunter Wilds. It's not clear how in-depth the quest line in FF14 will be, but the FF14 part of the collaboration will arrive in early October. The trailer does show a character investigating dead monsters and riding a Seikret through a desert canyon, so there will likely be a dungeon alongside the boss fight against Arkveld.

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At Gamescom Opening Night Live, developer TT Games revealed its latest game, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. Following on from the studio's work with other properties, such as The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, this latest installment promises to be the definitive Batman experience that celebrates the Dark Knight's storied history.

The reveal trailer featured numerous callbacks to popular moments from nearly two decades of Batman films, recreating memorable scenes with the Lego game's signature humor and visual style. There's an assortment of villains, too, from Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, and Bane (voiced by none other than Matt Berry, star of the TV series What We Do in the Shadows).

It's not just the films that Lego Batman takes inspiration from, but some of the best Batman games, too. The short glimpse of gameplay shown on stage revealed a combat system very reminiscent of Rocksteady's Batman Arkham series, continuing TT Games' trend of injecting more intricate gameplay systems into its Lego titles.

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Lords of the Fallen 2--technically the third game in the series--takes place one hundred years after the 2023 reboot. The previous game revolved around traveling between the world of the living and the world of the dead. In the sequel, the two dimensions are converging. The debut trailer was shown as a part of Gamescom Opening Night Live.

Throughout the trailer, a voiceover intones the necessity of fighting the gods, who were potential allies in the first game. He urges the protagonist, the Lamp Bearer, to use a dark power to bring "retribution" to the heavens. It is unclear whether players will play as the same character from the last game, or which of the original's three endings Lords of the Fallen 2 will enshrine as canon.

The trailer was a pre-rendered cinematic, but it teased boss battles players may encounter in the full game. One such foe is an angel-looking woman with wings made up of multiple arms, like branches on a tree. At the trailer's climax, the Lamp Bearer fights the angel underneath a tower crowned with a gigantic flower.

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The anime adaptation of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has officially been revealed as Sekiro: No Defeat. Debuting at Gamescom Opening Night Live, From Software parent company Kadokawa--alongside anime streaming platform Crunchyroll and animation studios Qzil.la and Arch--spoke about how this production aims to respectfully adapt From Software's cult-classic game with fully hand-drawn animation.

Set in a fantastical reimagining of Sengoku-era Japan, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice follows the Shinobi Wolf on his quest to rescue the young lord Kuro. The anime will be available exclusively through Crunchyroll outside of Japan, China, and Korea upon its debut later in 2026.

"We are taking on the monumental task of animating the breathtakingly beautiful Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. In doing so, we are pouring every ounce of our artistic vision and passion for beauty into its production," said Kenichi Kutsuna, director of the adaptation. "The final product is being crafted to be a truly memorable experience, one that will leave a lasting impression on both dedicated fans of the game and those who are discovering the world of Sekiro for the very first time. Please look forward to it."

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Disney Dreamlight Valley's next free update arrives this week, and it's themed around Inside Out. The update, titled Emotional Rescue, includes a new realm replicating Inside Out's Headquarters, and introduces Joy and Sadness as new characters--along with plenty of new items and cosmetics.

When the free Emotional Rescue update drops on August 20, players will be able to access a new realm from the Dream Castle--the Headquarters from Inside Out. Players can complete various quests themed after the Disney Pixar film, and build a remote Headquarters to invite Joy and Sadness to their Valley. Both characters have tasks they need help with in exchange for cute themed Friendship rewards--Joy wants to fix the Valley's mood swings, while Sadness needs help with a rainy day.

The Memory Mania Mini-Event will be returning between September 1 and 16, where players will have to track down Riley's phone when it spawns around the Valley in exchange for rewards themed after Inside Out 2. The nostalgia theme continues with a Retro Roadtrip Star Path featuring retro furniture pieces and vintage fashion, allowing players to create a kitsch drive-in movie theatre for the Valley.

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