Future Games Show at gamescom returns on August 26. Hot on the heels of our Summer Showcase, our third set of events for the year is fast approaching and anchored around the Cologne-based games industry event, gamescom.
Viewers can expect a wishlist-expanding series of shows, compered by talented hosts and packed with exclusive trailers, including several world premieres and developer deep dives.
Watch Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2026 on June 6 right here
Our headline event, the Future Games Show at gamescom, will air first on August 26 and will be immediately followed by FGS Live From gamescom, where our hosts will pass the baton to the FGS Editorial team for all the most exciting news from Cologne and extra world premieres.
FGS Best Of gamescom wraps things up on August 30, taking viewers directly onto the gamescom show floor for a recap of the most important announcements at the event, alongside booth tours and developer insights.
Future Games Show is one of the best ways to discover new games, with our 2025 shows reaching over 150 million total views. During our Summer Showcase earlier this year, Future Games Show viewers were first to see the extended gameplay reveal of Sci-Fi RPG EXODUS, the world premiere of The Alters: Last Variable and exclusive updates regarding WARDOGS, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis & Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
Read on to find out everything you need to know about the Future Games Show.
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How to watch
How to watch the Future Games Show at gamescom 2026
The Future Games Show at gamescom returns on Wednesday August 26 to highlight the most exciting games launching in 2026 and beyond, with world premieres, demo drops and developer deep dives featuring across a 90 minute+ show.
You can watch the Future Games Show by subscribing to FGS's YouTube channel, FGS's Twitch channel, our Facebook page, Twitter / X, and the website, GamesRadar.com.
Watch:
Wednesday, August 26
12 PM PDT / 3pm EDT / 8pm BST / 9pm CEST (TBC)
You can also watch a selection of translated (via captions) feeds in Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Portugese, Thai and English, by selecting your choice of live captions from our YouTube Live page. Simply choose the International Feed and make your choice of language.
Who will host?
Who hosted the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2026?
Actors Alix Wilton Regan and Troy Baker hosted the Future Games Show Summer Showcase on Saturday, June 6.
Alix Wilton Regan is an award-winning British actor and producer. She is the voice of Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and has also appeared in Cyberpunk 2077, Dragon Age: Inquisition and more.
Troy Baker is an award-winning American actor and musician best known for his roles, including Joel Miller in The Last of Us, Higgs Monaghan in Death Stranding, and Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Who hosted the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2026?
Devora Wilde (Lae’Zel in Baldur’s Gate 3) and Shai Matheson (LEGO Batman in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight) hosted the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2026.
Devora is best known for her breakout role as the Githyanki warrior Lae’Zel in Larian’s RPG epic, but your ears may also know Wilde from her work on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Split Fiction, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Wuthering Waves.
Shai is the voice of LEGO Batman in Traveller’s Tales' upcoming love letter to the caped crusader. But it’s unlikely this will be the first time you’ve heard his iconic voice. Matheson previously brought Sylvando to life in the English dub of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age and appeared in Wuthering Waves as Scar.
What games?
What games will feature in Future Games Show at Gamescom 2026?
You can look forward to over 40 exclusive game trailers, including world premieres, demo drops and in-depth interviews.
We've not announced any featuring titles - yet - but stay tuned for some exciting updates about our best line-up yet.
GOG.com and Epic Games Store join Future Games Show Partners Network
GOG.com, Epic Games Store, GINX TV, Weibo, Netease CC, WeChat, Douyou and more joined an ever-growing list of official Future Games Show partners for our Spring Showcase on March 20.
They join our biggest ever distribution network including Steam, YouTube, Twitch, X, TikTok, IGN, Gamespot and our sister brands gamesradar.com and pcgamer.com.
GOG.com (Good Old Games) is a digital storefront with a focus on game preservation, or in their own words: "A home for building and playing your curated game collection, GOG is a digital distribution platform that puts gamers first and respects their need to own games." In other words, they restore and update classic games like Diablo, Swat 4 and Dragon Age.
Viewers saw an exclusive announcement of some very exciting new (well, old, but classic) games coming to GOG.com in the Spring Showcase on March 20.
How to co-stream
How to co-stream the Future Games Show
We're thrilled to welcome new streamers and creators to our FGS Co-Streamer program and all you need to do is sign up via this short form. We give all partners an exclusive asset pack, and the occasional bonus, including game codes subject to the titles in each show.
Take Part
How to take part in the Future Games Show
Working on an exciting new game? Join a roster of exciting titles that debuted in the Future Games Show, including The ExpanseL Osiris Reborn, Painkiller, Immortality, En Garde,, The Case of The Golden Idol, LEGO Bricktales and many more.
If you're interested in being part of the show, you can fill out our updated FGS Game Nomination form or contact the FGS team directly via email:
Nominations are now open for our Gamescom event in August including our FGS Live From and FGS Best Of shows.
For editorial inquiries:
James Jarvis, Executive Producer (james.jarvis@futurenet.com)
Ben Malley, Producer (ben.malley@futurenet.com)
For sponsorship Inquiries:
Melissa Makhmaltchi, Commercial Lead (US), melissa.makhmaltchi@futurenet.com
Kevin Stoddart, Commercial Lead (UK) kevin.stoddart@futurenet.com
No title is too big – or too small – to take part: we're looking for cool, interesting games that will delight our audience.
Simply get in touch via our nomination form or through the email contacts above to be in consideration for our upcoming roster of digital showcase events.
Steam Page
Future Games Show Steam page
You can check out all the games from each Future Games Show broadcast by visiting our Future Games Show Steam sale page which is updated after each event.
Developers and partners can get in touch via the contact addresses above to discuss how you can appear in the Future Games Show and on the event's Steam page.
What is the Future Games Show?
A brief history of the Future Games Show
The Future Games Show has reached over 400 million viewers since its debut in June 2020 with a mission to celebrate the most exciting, unusual and innovative upcoming games across all formats.
With previous show partners including Warner Bros. Entertainment, Team17, Koch Media, Konami, Sega and many, many more, you can expect diverse game genres - from puzzlers, to shooters, and beaver-led post-apocalyptic strategy games - with a focus on new gameplay footage and fresh developer insight.
The Future Games Show runs three shows a year, the Spring Showcase in March, a summer showcase event in June, and a Gamescom show in August.
We can't wait to partner with even more publishers and developers to share their exciting new games with the Future Games Show audience.
Here's everything you need to know about the Future Games Show so far, including previous hosts, contact details for how to pitch and appear in the show, plus more on how how to wishlist and play games from our event, via the Future Games Show Steam page.
Future Games Show: Game Announcements Recap
If you want to dig into all of the reveals across the history of the Future Games Show, you can check out a list of our ‘everything announced’ articles below:
- Everything announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2023
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2023
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2023
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2022
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2022
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2022
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2021
- Everything Announced at the Future Game Show Summer Showcase 2021
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2021
- Everything Announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2020
- Everything Announced a the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2020
What is the Future Games Show?
GamesRadar Presents: Future Games Show (FGS) is our premier digital showcase event, which debuted in June 2020 at E3, originally hosted by Nolan North and Emily Rose from the Uncharted series. Our truly multiformat showcase has now debuted its ninth event - spanning PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X / S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC and mobile platforms - focusing on the most exciting, quirky and original games of 2022 and beyond.
The Future Games Show's mission is to help fans discover something new with our carefully curated selection of games. We focus on bringing you gameplay clips, developer walkthroughs, and world premieres. The Future Games Spring Showcase 2022 featured a Virtual Show Floor exhibition, containing games that will have playable Steam demos available right after the event. Also returning was the 'Ones to Watch' montage of exciting upcoming games and quirky indies.
Future Games Show previous hosts
The God of War stars Christopher Judge and Danielle Bisutti, aka Kratos and Freya, hosted the Future Games Show Powered by Mana on Wednesday, Aug 24.
The Future Games Show in June 2022 was hosted by Denise Gough and Doug Cockle from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Our Spring Showcase event was broadcast in March 2022 and hosted by Ashly Burch (Aloy, Horizon Zero Dawn and Tina, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands) and John MacMillan (Varl, Horizon Zero Dawn).
In our Gamescom 2020 event, the hosts were the iconic pairing David Hayter and Debi Mae West, who voiced Solid Snake and Meryl Silverburgh respectively.
Hayter told GamesRadar: "Games… have changed. They’re no longer 8-bit side-scrollers, played under synthesized, electric-piano theme songs, but massive worlds of fantasy into which players can escape and explore for months at a time. In this era of the Foxdie Virus, we need these games more than ever. Which is why I’m teaming with my favourite former rookie, Meryl Silverburgh, to host the next episode of the Future Games Show. So grab your cardboard box, put on your stealth camo, and make sure that safety’s off… It’s showtime."
GamesRadar will bring you all the news and videos from the Future Games Show as the next-generation consoles enter their second wave of exciting new titles.
