3 Announcements I’d Love to See at Gamescom 2026

Each year, the German Games Industry Association hosts a massive trade fair in Cologne, Germany that’s come to be known as Gamescom. The event, which takes place within the final week of August, kicks off with an “Opening Night Live” presentation that’s hosted by none other than the Dorito Pope himself, Geoff Keighley. With E3 dead and buried, Gamescom is one of the only major trade fairs that us gamers have left to be excited about, so it’s certainly worth highlighting.

Although Gamescom has been around for many years at this point, this year’s iteration of the event seems like it’s going to be especially noteworthy. The German Games Industry Association has confirmed that all available exhibition space for Gamescom has sold out, despite it not having even begun yet. This is the first time that this has ever happened in the event’s history.

Many companies have already announced their plans to attend Gamescom later this year. Some of the most notable exhibitors at the event include publishers like Bandai Namco, Nintendo, Xbox, Capcom, and even Ubisoft. PlayStation seems to be the only major platform holder that has yet to announce its participation in the event; then again, it hasn’t been a part of Gamescom for several years, so it’s absence isn’t that surprising.

Given how stacked Gamescom 2026 is shaping up to be, I think now is the perfect time to think about what we could potentially see at the event. Compared to The Game Awards and Summer Game Fest, Gamescom typically doesn’t have that many major game announcements, but there have been some surprising reveals at the trade fair in the past. With that in mind, here are 3 potential announcements that I would love to see at Gamescom this year.

1. Wolfenstein 3

In 2018, Bethesda’s former vice president, Pete Hines, said that MachineGames was “absolutely” making a Wolfenstein 3. Fast-forward almost 8 years later, and that Wolfenstein 3 is nowhere to be found. WIthin that time frame, MachineGames has released the mediocre spin-off games Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, as well as the admittedly excellent Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

It’s been a long time since we’ve received a mainline Wolfenstein title, and with confirmation that Amazon is working on a live-action TV show based on the series, now seems like the perfect time to bring the franchise back. Thankfully, this seems quite plausible, since trusted insider Jason Schreier has recently said that Bethesda will focus on franchises like Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake as part of its ongoing restructuring efforts.

Bethesda’s owner, Xbox, didn’t reveal anything Wolfenstein-related during the Xbox Games Showcase a few weeks ago, but maybe that’s because the company was saving some potential reveals for Gamescom. We can only hope.

2. A New Jet Set Radio Game

Sega announced a few years ago that it had plans to revive multiple of its beloved franchises, including Shinobi, Crazy Taxi, and even Golden Axe. Alongside this flurry of announcements, the company also confirmed that it was working on a new installment in the Jet Set Radio series.

Jet Set Radio – as many reading this may probably already know – has been dead for more than two decades. The last game in the series, Jet Set Radio Future, was released to critical acclaim on the original Xbox in 2002. To this day, that game is still stuck on Microsoft’s aging console, with no way of playing it on modern platforms.

If Sega isn’t going to make a remaster of Jet Set Radio Future, the next best thing it can do is release a brand-new Jet Set Radio game altogether. While we know that such a title is indeed in development (some gameplay footage has even leaked online!), we don’t know what exactly it is, or what it will be called. Is Sega’s new Jet Set Radio project a remake of the first game? is it a reboot? Or is it some lame live service multiplayer spin-off? Your guess is as good as mine, but hopefully, we’ll get some answers about the game at this year’s Gamescom.

3. Mirror’s Edge 3

Out of all the games on this list, this is, by far, the most unlikely to ever get released. To be clear, there have been absolutely no rumours suggesting that EA is working a new installment in the Mirror’s Edge franchise. The developers of the series, DICE, have been toiling away at Battlefield for the last several years, and it doesn’t look like that’s ever going to change. But I don’t care, I’m putting this game on the list anyway.

Mirror’s Edge is one of my favorite video game franchises of all time. Both of the mainline installments in the series, Mirror’s Edge (2009) and Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst, still stand out to this day as some of the most unique titles of their respective eras. Although Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst, in particular, was somewhat divisive when it first came out, it is nonetheless a quality game that distinguishes itself from many other open-world titles due to its emphasis on parkour and quick, snappy combat.

Given how complicated the Mirror’s Edge lore has become, a new Mirror’s Edge game would probably have to be yet another reboot rather than a direct sequel to Catalyst. Even still, I would be all for it, because there really isn’t anything else like Mirror’s Edge on the market to this day.

Will we see anything Mirror’s Edge-related at Gamescom this year (or at any future showcase)? Almost certainly not, but a man can dream.