Tonight's Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 showcase brought many an intriguing reveal and sneak peek – including a nearly ten-minute long look at Warlock, the next big Dungeons & Dragons-inspired video game to come after Baldur's Gate 3.
Late last year, D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast unveiled that it was working on a new open-world game dubbed Warlcok – a game that features none other than Tasha, the archmage and demonologist you might recognize from various adventures in the Forgotten Realms.
Although we've not seen too much of it since, the brand-new trailer highlighted today at Gamescom 2026 provides us with a solid eight minutes of Warlock – and I can't get enough.
At the beginning, we see experienced warrior Kaatri and, of course, Tasha, who is voiced by Maggie Robertson – yes, the Maggie Robertson who plays Orin the Red in Baldur's Gate 3 and Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village.
We also get to know the story of Warlcok a bit better. As per Wizards of the Coast's description underneath the trailer, Kaatri "makes a dangerous pact with Tasha to find someone she has lost."
As Kaatri, we'll "combine forbidden magic, spells, rituals, and otherworldly weapons to open paths, create advantages, uncover secrets, and defeat monsters creatively" – you know, D&D-style. The setting itself places us in Darkon, the largest domain in Ravenloft.
I'm impressed by the gameplay as well, with all of its gritty RPG vibes. It's giving Dragon's Dogma 2 in the best way possible, with D&D flair to boot. Hopefully, when it arrives sometime in 2027, it delivers – although something tells me it will.
Searching for other new games to hop into? Here are the best tabletop RPGs you and your pals can enjoy this year – there's more than D&D out there, after all.
