Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world, dark fantasy RPG set in 14th-century Europe. The story’s protagonist is Coen, human by day and vampire by night. He will battle other vampires and dark creatures to save his family, who have been taken by the vampire Lord Brencis, before time runs out.

Coen has 30 days and 30 nights to save his family.

This is one of the most interesting mechanics in the game. Throughout the game, you will always be able to see how many days you have left to save Coen’s family on the HUD. This serves more as a resource management system within the game than as an actual ticking clock. As players can explore the open-world for as long as they want without losing any time, however, completing major objectives and missions will cost time. Each day is split into 8 sections, and when players select missions, they can see how much time they are using by the hourglass marker. This means the player cannot complete every mission or objective in a single game and must choose wisely.

The players’ choices will all have consequences that will affect their game and the world around them. The game has a reputation system called infamy. As he targets the vampires’ operations and high-ranking enemies, his infamy will rise, the vampires will respond, and the world will become harder to navigate, with more enemies, military checkpoints in previously peaceful areas, and more. As Coen’s infamy rises, he will encounter more characters, including the resistance, who are fighting against the vampires in power. Each character has their own motivations and storylines, and the player will have to choose which to follow and which not to, and deal with the resulting consequences. 

Blood of Dawnwalker has an in-depth combat system, as players will have to parry attacks in one of four directions based on the attack that the enemies are throwing at them. This is the same as when you are attacking: you must look closely at where your enemy is vulnerable or unable to parry, and attack in that specific direction. This diverges from the button-mashing combat of other games and forces the player to think tactically. If this is not your style, there is an option that will make this easier at the cost of more stamina.

As this is a vampire game, gameplay differs significantly between day and night. During the day, Coen can utilise physical and hex attacks that require ability charges. Hexes can let you use boiling blood, but doing so costs a small amount of health. Physical abilities that require ability charges that are earned by attacking and parrying include artery attack, charge, acrid dust and a broad swing.

However, at night, the red health bar doubles as Coen’s blood hunger bar, and he must drink blood to utilise his vampiric abilities, which include shadow step for short-range teleportation, feral minds, which sends enemies into a frenzy, and they will attack each other and many more dark abilities. 

Players will be able to explore the vast world of Vale Sangora, which has been meticulously created by Rebel Wolves using Unreal Engine 5. The graphics of the dark medieval world are sure to give players hours and hours of exciting, visually stunning exploration of the open world.

This will change players’ strategies and force them to make different choices. They will also need to manage the blood hunger; otherwise, Coen could lose control and kill an important character in the world.

Players can acquire these abilities and more as they play through the game. They must find books and shrines in order to level up themselves and their abilities to make them strong enough to destroy the vampire lord Brencis and save Coen’s family.

Dawn of Bloodwalker is set to release on September 3rd, 2026, on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. Players can pre-order the game now. 

The game has been developed by Rebel Wolves and will be published by Bandi Namco. Rebel Wolves was founded by experienced developers in 2022, including Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who worked on The Witcher 3 at CD Projekt Red.

Autumn 2026 will mark a new instalment in the Silent Hill game franchise with the spin-off Silent Hill: Townfall. The game will be released on September 24th on PlayStation and Windows.

The game will be published in collaboration with Konami Games and AnnaPurna Interactive, with Screen Burn developing the game in Glasgow, Scotland. Screen Burn has developed a number of other game titles, including Super Arc Light in 2016, Stories Untold in 2017 and Observation in 2019.

The Silent Hill games will have players explore mysterious, deserted towns, fight terrifying creatures, and confront the protagonist’s darkest fears. Darker themes such as guilt, shame, and regret are prevalent in this franchise and are always reflected in the fictional town of Silent Hill.

Silent Hill: Townfall will follow the same format as previous instalments, but with one major change. Silent Hill: Townfall will be played entirely from a first-person perspective for the first time. Shrinking the player’s field of vision during the transition from third- to first-person will increase the game’s scare factor.

Graeme McKellan is the Lead Game Designer at Screen Burn. He said, “Very early, we agreed that we wanted to present this game in first-person. More limited field of view. Things are happening off-screen that you may not always be aware of. In horror games, what happens off-screen is sometimes scarier than when it happens right in front of you.”

Screen Burn has moulded the game around this change, introducing new combat, evasion, and puzzle mechanics. This gives players different options on how they want to play the game.  They can run straight towards danger, utilising returning weapons such as planks of wood, pipes and pistols to deal with enemies, or they can use a new peek mechanic to see around cover, to keep an eye on enemies, and the evasion mechanics to sneak by undetected.

The first-person will also create other differences, for example, how players use the radio, which was used to alert players to nearby enemies in previous games. The radio is multipurpose, as it now serves as a CRTV. It has a small screen that the player can tune manually to detect enemies, and all of this is visible in first-person perspective and doesn’t rely on HUD icons.

Jon McKellan is the Writer and Director at Screen Burn. He said, “What can we do with the radio that’s not been done before? What can we do that gives a new function, a new aesthetic, but still feels Silent Hill?”

Graeme McKellan said, “Players can go through the frequencies to find narrative content and also be able to use it as a tool to see where enemies are.”

Screen Burn, a Glasgow, Scotland-based game studio, has put its own mark on this instalment of the Silent Hill franchise by adopting a first-person perspective. They have also done that with the Townfall setting.

While previous games have taken place in the fictional town of Silent Hill in Maine, Townfall will take place in the fictional Scottish town of St Amelia in 1966, which the trailers portray as dark, foggy and mysterious.

St Amelia is based on the real location of St Monans in Scotland. The development team at Screen Burn visited to ensure that the portrayal in the game was as accurate and realistic as possible. Some features were even recreated one-to-one in the game.

Screen Burn has worked extremely hard to create something that closely reflects their own experiences in Scotland.

Paul Abbott is the Art Director at Screen Burn games, and he said, “The foggy environment, that felt like my walk to school.”

Silent Hill: Townfall will follow the protagonist Simon Ordell, after he received a mysterious phone call telling him he had to come to St Amelia to put things right and put things to rest. This follows the franchise theme of trauma, guilt, and regret. Players will immediately be put on edge by one line in the trailer: “I woke up in the water again.” From here, the game and the horror begin.

Players can pre-order Silent Hill: Townfall now. Players who pre-order the game will receive bonuses, including: a rusted style for the CRTV and PlayStation 5 players will receive a beach style for the CRTV too. The deluxe edition of the game will also include an alternative outfit for Simon, a digital art book, and a digital soundtrack. If players pre-order the deluxe version, they will receive all of the bonuses mentioned previously and 48-hour early access to the game.

After years of waiting, speculation, and multiple delays, it looks like GTA 5’s long-awaited sequel may finally drop this year, and the gaming community can’t wait.

GTA 6 is set to release on November 19th 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, but unfortunately, a PC version will not be available on launch day.

The game is developed by Rockstar Games, which has been creating the GTA franchise for decades. They say that the GTA 6 map is going to be the biggest and most impressive evolution in the franchise’s history.

GTA 6 will be taking players all the way back to Vice City for the next instalment in the franchise. Players last explored the streets of Vice City all the way back in 2006 with GTA: Vice City Stories, and previously in 2002 with GTA: Vice City. While the game is returning to the same location as those older games, it will look very different. With new ray tracing to create striking lighting and parallax mapping to create the most realistic cityscape GTA has ever seen.

Players will be able to experience countless locations with the amazing next-generation graphics, and Vice City will look better than ever.

It is estimated that the map for GTA 6 will be almost twice the size of the GTA map, so there will be countless locations for players to explore upon launch.

Including Leonida Keys, cruise ships, seas and beaches, Port Gellhorn, Mount Kalaga National Park, and a potential second state, Gloriana. Players can also experience fully explorable malls, fast-food joints, and other landmarks, including an airport, a football pitch, and an amphitheatre.

Plenty of locations for the usual GTA madness to unfold.

GTA will also introduce players to a brand new protagonist, moving on from the beloved Trevor, Michael, and Franklin. The main character of GTA 6 will be Jason Duval, an ex-military man who grew up in a rough area and found himself working for local drug runners after leaving the army. The second protagonist for the GTA 6 story is Lucia Caminos, a previous convict who is laser-focused on getting to the good life at any cost. Players will follow them as they uncover a dark criminal conspiracy that stretches across the state of Leonida after an easy score takes an unexpected turn.

Players will encounter a whole roster of new characters besides Jason and Lucia, including Cal Hampton, a good friend of Jason’s, Boobie Ike, a local Vice City Legend, multiple business owners, including real estate, a strip club and a recording studio and Dre’Quan Priest, who is a musician.

While Jason and Lucia may be in danger, they will be armed and dangerous themselves, as players will be able to unlock and buy a wide range of different weapons throughout their single-player or online game.

These include handguns, rifles, explosives, melee weapons and many more. Players will also be able to get their hands on other equipment, including binoculars, body armour, flashlights, trauma kits and much more.

Jason and Lucia can utilise new tactics and mechanics during their criminal activities, including tying up civilians with zip ties and using hostages as human shields.

There will be a redesigned weapons wheel that lets players switch between weapons, gear, and equipment using R1/RB on the controller. Most of this equipment can be found at the returning Ammu-Nation stores around the map. All this violence and action could get players the new 6-star wanted level.

As in the previous instalment of the GTA franchise, characters will have distinct abilities. Jason’s ability slows down time and highlights enemy weak points, and Lucia’s ability is also slow motion but focuses on a single shot.

Of course, no GTA game is complete without a collection of super-fast and expensive cars for you to ride around in, and GTA 6 is promising a wide range of vehicles and in-depth car customisations. As well as more detailed car interiors for players to enjoy with friends.

Players have already had a sneak peek at a number of the vehicles in GTA 6, including cars, motorcycles, helicopters, planes, and boats in the trailers for the game.

GTA 6 will be available to pre-order on Xbox and PlayStation on the 25th June 2026.Heading

Hello, my name is Luke Patrick, and welcome back to my series on the top upcoming games of 2026. This week's instalment will focus on Star Wars: Galactic Racer.

Get ready to race into a brand new Star Wars adventure. Star Wars: Galactic Racer is set to release on October 6 2026, and it will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC.

The game was first revealed in a trailer at that year’s Game Awards in December 2025.

This game traces its roots to the first film in the prequel trilogy, where young Anakin Skywalker enters a pod race to win his freedom from slavery and the parts needed to repair Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn’s stranded starship. 

Players can experience the speed and power of pod racers across three modes: campaign, multiplayer, and arcade.

The campaign is set after the events of Return of the Jedi and the Empire’s defeat. The protagonist, Shade, must enter a murky world of speed, gambling and entertainment as he races in the Galactic League in the Outer Rim. Fighting to become an elite racing pilot and triumph over his rival, Kestar Bool.

Players can race each other online to become the best in Star Wars: Galactic Racer multiplayer. As they race across countless iconic Star Wars planets, including Ando Prime, Tatooine, Lantana, Sentinel One, Jakku and more. Watch out for other racers, as the mode is PvP (Player versus Player), so expect some bumps along the way.

As any Star Wars fan will tell you, no character is complete without their own iconic ships and in Star Wars: Galactic Racer. Players will be able to choose from a wide range of different speeders, skim speeders, speeder bikes and even Anakin Skywalker’s old rival, Sebulba’s orange pod racer from The Phantom Menace. 

Every racer will have its own strengths and weaknesses, whether you want to weave in and out of opponents with precision or own the track in a larger ship. There is a ship for every play style.

The game was developed by Fuse Games and published by Lucasfilm Games, with Secret Mode.

Players can customise their vehicles to give them the competitive advantage for racing through ice planets, through the wreckage of star destroyers and many more amazing environments.

The final mode for Star Wars: Galactic Racer is the arcade mode, which will feature classic time trials, custom objectives and standalone exhibition events.

While players will be able to purchase the standard edition of the game, two deluxe versions are also available for the biggest Star Wars fans in the galaxy. The Deluxe Edition will contain three exclusive Kor Sarun vehicles. The Dare X land speeder, Ciza T Speeder Bike and the Race S Skim Speeder. Arcade time trials for those three vehicles. Deluxe livery inspired by the Naboo N-1 Straighter, Deluxe insignia and background for player banner, digital art book and the Steel Case with sleeve for the physical version for Xbox and PlayStation. 

If players want to get the ultimate Star Wars: Galactic Racer experience, they can purchase the Collector’s Edition, which is the physical version. It contains all of the Digital Deluxe Edition content, as well as a metal model of Kor Sarun: Darc X Landspeeder, Kestar’s Banner featuring Bool Family Sigal, Pilot patches for the main character, Shade, and their rival, a Physical art book, and a Steel Case with a cardboard slipcover.

Hello, my name is Luke Patrick, and welcome back to my series on the top upcoming games of 2026. This week's instalment will focus on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4.

It’s that time of year! The new Call of Duty game has been announced, and we can’t wait. Call of Duty seems to be returning to its roots with this new game, offering a more grounded, gritty, and realistic take on a game set closer to the modern day. This move will bring the game closer to the original Modern Warfare trilogy, which are among the series' most beloved and iconic games.

COD: Modern Warfare 4 will release on Xbox, PS5, Steam, and Nintendo Switch on October 23rd 2026. 

The game will feature a main single-player campaign and multiplayer.

The campaign will take players around the world, with a main focus on the conflict between North and South Korea. After North Korea launches a full-scale invasion of the South. Brand new army conscript Private Park will face real conflict for the first time as he finds himself in the middle of a war zone and must keep his squad alive. While half a world away, an outlaw Captain Price wages a war of his own. Play as Task Force 141 and a range of brand new characters, including Private Park.

The campaign will take players to trench warfare in Korea, close-quarters combat in New York, chases in Paris, and SAS night raids in Mumbai. This last mission is especially exciting for fans of the franchise, as the Clean House mission in Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) was one of the most iconic and realistic missions in the game. Fans will be excited to see if this can be recreated in Modern Warfare 4.

Jeffrey Negus is the Narrative Director at Infinity War. “In South Korea, conscription is mandatory; we wanted to use that as a starting point for our character Park. He starts as a grunt who would rather be doing something else, when war breaks out, he is forced to make a decision about how he is going to respond to that”.

This game's story marks a narrative shift from the rest of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare instalments, as Captain Price was the hero, a man who risked everything to save the world, but MW4 will take him down a darker path, as he says in the trailer: “No more rules”. It will be very interesting to see the dark side of an iconic character. The trailer also revealed a showdown between Price and Ghost that fans thought they would never see.

Another mode COD fans can enjoy is the demilitarised zone (DMZ), a narrative-focused extraction mode. Players can drop into the DMZ alone or with a squad and will have to compete with other players and AI enemies as they loot, fight, and complete missions before getting themselves or their squad to extraction. What makes DMZ exciting is that each deployment is a different story, with its own challenges and tactical decisions to survive against other teams and AI enemies before finally reaching extraction. In Modern Warfare 4, DMZ is set in a South Korean exclusion zone after a nuclear reactor meltdown. Players will have to look for loot, and if they die during the mission, they will lose all their loot.

One of the biggest aspects of Call of Duty is the multiplayer experience, and, just like the rest of the game, it will return to its roots, with grounded, precise combat built around fluid movement. On October 23rd, players will be able to deploy onto 12 different 6v6 maps from locations across the world. Players will also be able to drop into large-scale maps featuring vehicle and infantry combat.

Jack Hoppus, a Technical Designer at Infinity Ward, discussed the movement he had observed during multiplayer play testing. He said, “It was cool to see people sliding over the cars that we have, it was rad to see people use our new movement tech, mantling, the sliding to get on top of cars or even use the new pipe climbing”. 

The new multiplayer gameplay will feature smooth, fast, and efficient movement, without using the omni-movement mechanics from previous games.

The combat in MW4 has been tweaked by removing bullet bloom, which can cause shots to miss opponents even when players aim directly at them.

Players can also purchase the vault edition of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and will receive a number of cosmetics and special weapon skins.

The Vault Edition includes the Hostile Alliance Operator Pack containing the Blix Operator skin, Ghost Operator skin, Valeria Operator skin and a Price Operator Skin.

Players will also receive the Special Forces Operator Pack, which contains the Com SFT Operator skin, SAS Operator skin, KSK Amphibious Operator skin and the South Korean Special Forces Operator skin.

There will be some weapon skins too in the Signature Weapon Collection, containing REZI 12: Shattered Code weapon skin, the ISO Nightshade weapon skin, and the combat knife Sombra Besada weapon skin.

With Infinity Ward being the creators of the original Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and many more, fans will be interested to see whether Infinity Ward can reach the heights of those iconic titles.

The last entry in the Fable franchise was all the way back in 2010 for the continuation of this iconic franchise, and in the autumn of 2026, their prayers will finally be answered with Fable 4.

Fable 4 is an open-world action RPG (Role-Playing Game) set in the mystical land of Albion. Where players can create their own life and experience, whether it's battling magical beasts, exploring the landscape or creating their own businesses, there is something for every player.

The Fable franchise has been picked up by the Playground Games team after the closure of the original developers LionHead Studios. Playground Games are the team behind the hugely successful Forza Horizon series. Which has had a new instalment this year with Forza Horizon 6. They are known for having expansive open worlds and amazing environments for players to drive through, and they are bringing all of that experience to the next instalment in the Fable franchise. The AAA studio is based in Royal Leamington Spa.

While no specific release date has been announced at the time of writing, the game is slated to release to players in Autumn of 2026 across Xbox Series X/S, PC, and, for the first time, PlayStation. Breaking the long-standing Xbox exclusivity. 

The game was initially announced at the Xbox Games Showcase in 2020.

Players will get to explore a vast medieval world with countless possibilities. Starting off in the village of Briar Hill, players will then travel far and wide to Albion’s capital city, Bowerstone. Here they can explore the towering Fairfax castle, the old clock tower, the legendary Heroes Guild and much more. 

Players will visit the mysterious Bloodstone city, which they will reach by travelling through magic rolling hills, villages, hamlets, oversized vegetable patches and much more of Albion’s amazing landscapes.

However, no open world is complete without the amazing characters and people that players will meet along the way. Within Albion, there are over 1000 NPCs (Non-Player Characters) who will all have their own customised daily routine, outfit and dialogue for the player to experience. But players will not just be walking through and watching this world and environment from the outside; they will be able to make their own place within it.

Players can get jobs, buy houses, hire NPCs to run businesses and even marry and have children. Every option is open to players to play the game and experience the world exactly as they want. However, players' choices will have consequences, as each action can gain you a positive or negative reputation with the NPCs of Albion. This morality system will impact the player throughout the game and adds a whole new dynamic to every player’s experience.

One of the choices the player faces comes when they meet a vegetable enthusiast named Dave, played by and resembling the IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade. Dave has found a magical growth formula and has turned himself into a giant. Players will have to decide whether to kill him or spare him. If players choose the former, their bodies will lie on the map for the remainder of the game as a reflection of their decisions.

During one trailer, released in 2023, there is an innocuous-seeming interview with Richard Ayoade about the heroes of Ablion. But then it is interrupted by the player, and we realise that Mr Ayoades' character is an enormous giant. What follows is a boss fight in which the player looks tiny compared to the massive house around them, and they either spare the giant or fight him.

The narrative follows the player's hero character, who is stronger and different from regular people in Albion. They will undertake dangerous quests, unlock and use medieval weapons and master magical abilities to take on all manner of dangerous mystical enemies, including trolls and even a brand new giant fire-breathing chicken. Even the combat is left up to the player. A wide range of melee and ranged weapons that will fit every player’s preferred play style.

Fans can wishlist the game now on Steam.

Remember, fairy tale endings are not guaranteed.

Marvel’s Wolverine marks the next long-awaited project for Insomniac Games, and expectations for the developer will be high following the brilliant Marvel Spider-Man games that showcased a new standard for superhero video games. While the games will be similar in their character and story-focused approach, Wolverine's content will be more violent and bloody than the mostly light-hearted entries that preceded it.

Marvel’s Wolverine is set to be released as a PlayStation exclusive on September 15, a perfect time for fans to get their teeth into a new AAA game before GTA 6 takes the cake later in the year.

The game's story will follow James “Logan” Howlett and, like the Spider-Man games, introduce a number of familiar side characters along the way. So far, fans have seen Mystique and Omega Red and are eagerly awaiting more information about any other mutants or other characters that may be making an appearance.

Fans may not have to wait too long for more unveilings regarding Marvel’s Wolverine, as it will be opening the show at PlayStation State of Play on Tuesday, June 2nd. PlayStation will reveal trailers and sneak peeks at its upcoming games for the rest of the year.

Wolverine has been portrayed as a relentless and violent hero in films, games, and comics for many years, especially in the 2017 film Logan. Marvel’s Wolverine will mirror that brutality in the games combat; Wolverine will cut through wave after wave of enemies. The violence will be more detailed and realistic than ever, thanks to the new blood tech system developed by Insomniac Games.

Wolverine’s actor for the game, Liam McIntyre, said: “Wolverine’s combat, making that special, making that feel like him. Making it different from anything else you’ve played, that’s a tough job. What is cool for me is that there’s one section of the game I got to try, and it was visceral, immediate, and so incredibly satisfying. I was like, " This is going to be amazing”.

Gameplay released on the PlayStation YouTube channel has already hyped fans for the game. The gameplay featured everything from chases across roofs, brutal finishers and an amazing movement system that captures the speed and strength of Wolverine as he leaps from unfortunate enemy to unfortunate enemy. Wolverine can also take a different approach, leaping from tree to tree above unsuspecting targets before a brutal stealth takedown similar to Marvel’s Spider-Man stealth mechanics.

The game will take Wolverine and players all across the world, from the Canadian wilderness to Japan, where some of the best and most iconic stories have taken place along with many more

Liam McIntyre talked about what it was like having the opportunity to play Wolverine in the game: “My job is to try and find the essence of who Wolverine is. Especially as it applies to our story, people hurt him, people take from him, people betray him, and he still fights for people who can’t fight for themselves.

“It’s one of the greatest honours of my life. One of the biggest responsibilities I’ve ever had and one of the coolest I’ve ever got to do.”

The game was pitched off the back of the first Spider-Man game back in 2018, and fans are ready to dive into a new adventure with Wolverine.

Hello and welcome to the third instalment of the ten-part blog series on the top ten upcoming games of 2026. This week will focus on the long-awaited James Bond game, 007 First Light.

007 First Light is set to be released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S and PC on the 27th May. It will also be released on Nintendo Switch in the summer.

The game was developed by IO Interactive, the same developers behind the beloved Hitman series games, the developers are using the same video game design software "Glacier"

The game is set before James Bond became the MI6 agent audiences have come to know from the films starring Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan and the books by Ian Fleming. The narrative follows a younger James Bond as he works to earn the 007 number in MI6's new revived 00 programme.

After being forced into a dangerous scenario in a mission gone wrong at the start of the game, Bond will try to bring down the dangerous 009.

The game will take players all over the world, from Iceland to Malta to London and much more. The narrative is an original story, not based on the early James Bond films or Ian Fleming's novels.

No James Bond game is complete without Bond's iconic Aston Martin, and 007 First Light is no different. Players will be able to drive the brand new Aston Martin Valhalla in the game, a car fitting of a 007 agent.

The similarities to the Hitman series are evident in 007 First Light, as players have a wide range of ways to achieve their goals. 

Players can take the stealthy approach to the game, sneaking past enemies, disabling cameras and creating distractions with Bond’s gadget watch, or incapacitating enemies with a dart phone, or using the smoke bomb lighter. Bond can use his Q lens to find useful items in the environment, which can help him distract unsuspecting enemies.

Or maybe you want to take a more secret agent style and eavesdrop on conversations and bluff your way past security and enemies, the choice is yours!

But the mission doesn't always go to plan. As a last resort, Bond can use his license to kill to take out his assailants. He can use a focus mode that slows time to help him get the perfect shot on an upcoming enemy. Or in hand-to-hand combat, Bond can utilise dodges, parries and takedowns to get the upper hand. He will use a wide range of different weapons to get the job done.

If players pre-order the game, then they can play 007 First Light one day early and receive a number of extra items and cosmetics as well, including 4 bonus outfits, the “Agent’s Mark” weapon skin and the “Gleaming Pack” gadget skins, which will give Bond’s gadgets an exciting new look.

The game is mostly single player, but players can complete training simulations and compare their scores and times with other players from around the world.

The next game we are going to look into is Lego Batman: The Legacy of the Dark Knight. The game is set to release on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Nintendo Switch on May 22nd. 

This game brings together some of the Caped Crusader's most iconic and popular stories from across comic books, films, and more, including the Nolan trilogy, Matt Reeves' The Batman, Batman 89 and more. The game will bring together all the most notorious and well-loved characters from across the Batman universe, including Bane, Joker, Penguin, Robin, and hundreds more.

The new Lego Batman game was first announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live on August 19, 2025. The fan's first look at the new game was a reveal trailer released, showing the brand-new open-world Gotham City, the Batmobile, Arkham Asylum, and more.

The trailer also showcased some of the game's combat mechanics, including perch takedowns, combination attacks, stealth gameplay, and more.

The combat gameplay has similarities to the Arkham games, players can utilise jumping perch takedowns on unsuspecting enemies, dodge out the way of enemy attacks, and switch targets quickly in order to crowd control a group of enemies, during the fights the player that the player is targeting will be highlighted with a different colour to make it clear to the player where they’re attacks will land within a big group of enemies. 

This highlighted enemy can be quickly switched for crowd control of large groups of enemies. Players can also utilise a number of Batman's gadgets in combat to give the Bat an advantage over henchmen and other enemies. Batman can use his grapple gun and zip between perch spots above enemies.

One of the main aspects of the game, however, is the stories players will experience throughout. Warner Bros. Games released a behind-the-scenes YouTube video for Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, featuring DC Studios CEO and James Gunn. He said, “One of the many great things about Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is that it manifests all of the different elements of Batman that we have loved over the years. People can experience this character maybe as fully as they ever have.” The game will bring together fans' most beloved stories into one game.

The game also has a vast array of customisable options for the player to mix and match. Batman himself will have countless different suits that can be unlocked throughout the game, with everything from Batman Beyond, Arkham Batman suit, absolute Batman, Batman 1989 and over 40+ variants for just the Dark Knight. The customisation doesn’t  stop there players will be able to drive through Gotham in a wide array of different Batmobiles and vehicles that have appeared in Batman lore throughout the years. These include the 1966 Classic Series Batmobile, 1989 Batmobile, The Tumbler, Arkham Knight Tank and the Batman 2022 Charger and many more.

Players will be able to upgrade and customise their very own Batcave as they progress through the stories within the game. They can fill up the garage with different iconic vehicles and display various suits, trophies from villains and any other type of furniture to make the Batcave your own. Players will be able to keep track of all their progress, upgrades, and more through the Batcomputer. 

This week will be looking at a long-awaited sequel, Subnautica 2. Here is everything you need to know!

Hello, my name is Luke Patrick. I am an aspiring journalist from Leeds. I am so excited to start writing for Devote Radio. I have so many ideas that I can’t wait to share with everyone.

Screenshot from Subnautica / Subnautica 2 © Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Used for editorial purposes.

This blog is part of a new ten-week series. I will be doing a deep dive into all the biggest upcoming games of 2026, from GTA 6 to Wolverine on PS5. I can’t wait to get started, and I hope you enjoy it.

This week, we explore the long-awaited sequel Subnautica 2, an open-world underwater survival game.

Players experience the game as Ryley Robinson, Non-Essential Chief for the Alterra organisation. The game begins with Robinson hurriedly climbing into an escape pod as the Aurora explodes. He then seeks refuge on the ocean planet 4546B. Players explore the alien underwater world, gather resources, and build bases as they uncover the secrets of the ocean planet.

Screenshot from Subnautica / Subnautica 2 © Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Used for editorial purposes.

Subnautica 2 is the third game in the series. The first, Subnautica, entered early access in December 2014 and was fully released in January 2018. Subnautica: Below Zero was a spin-off set in a different location on 4546B. It was released in early access on January 30th, 2019, and fully released in May 2021. 

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Subnautica 2 is a direct sequel to the first game. Fans were extremely excited when the first teaser trailer dropped on the Subnautica YouTube channel in October 2024. The trailer received an overwhelmingly positive reaction from the fandom, including from big YouTubers like Jacksepticeye, who commented, “We are so back!!”

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The teaser trailer gave fans lots to be excited about, including a brand-new safe shallows area with vibrant colours and amazing graphics. One of the new vehicles, the Tadpole, was shown to fans for the first time. A small one-person submarine similar to the Seamoth and Seatruck from previous games would have sparked excitement amongst fans. Another important aspect of the Subnautica experience is the massive alien sea creatures players must avoid. The teaser trailer delivered on this: at the end, a mysterious purple glow can be seen in the darkest depths behind the player as enormous tentacles reach out to block them from view. This will give fans the scares for which Subnautica is best known.

However, the biggest part of the teaser trailer was the confirmation that Subnautica 2 would feature multiplayer. This welcome change contrasts with previous instalments, which were single-player only. The Subnautica 2 YouTube channel has released short videos showcasing new features and offering behind-the-scenes content. One of the dev logs was titled Diving in Together in Multiplayer.

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Anthony Gallegos, the Design Lead for Unknown Worlds, said in the Diving in Together in Multiplayer Dev Log: “Players latched onto isolation, and that became so essential to Subnautica. But now with Subnautica 2 and a fresh start, new engine, we thought to ourselves Okay, we can still make a game that can deliver on isolation for players who want that, but we can also have multiplayer.” Lead Engineer Jon Bjarnason said, “When you want to build a truly immersive good multiplayer experience for players, it is to build it from the ground up.”

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In Subnautica 2,  players can play solo or with up to 3 other friends. The new multiplayer system gives players a lot of flexibility, as they can seamlessly and easily convert previously single-player worlds to multiplayer and invite friends to play. This can be done either by the friends list on their machine or from the one within the game.

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