Gamescom 2026: Business and Consumer First Impressions From This Year’s Biggest Gaming Event
From multiple business parties and dinners to 45-minute industry lines and a 420-stand indie arena: here’s everything I saw, played, and ate at Gamescom 2026.
Star Wars Zero Company: Blasting Clankers and Building a Squad
My first hands-on impressions of Star Wars Zero Company: customizing Hawks, drawing your own overwatch lines, and turning your squad into clone troopers. Turn-based tactics done right.
Wild Rooster Free Festival The Hague: Country with Hannah Juanita, Straight from the US of A
From cowboy hats to a mechanical bull, The Hague proved it could out-country itself twice in one weekend.
Wild Rooster Free Festival The Hague: Starting with a slow 2 step during the day, turning into a 50s dancing party at night
Even with artists being switched left, right, Friday, Saturday, Wild Rooster brought a Western vibe that fits all.
Mutiny Movie Tasting
After witnessing his billionaire boss’ murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss’ death only to discover an international conspiracy.
Static Dread: The Submarine, battling Dark Horrors while managing the crew
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North™ – Legacy Edition Returns and brings all nostalgia with it
Step into a darker, grittier Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings: War in the North™ – Legacy Edition expands Tolkien’s epic legendarium, delving into the brutal, untold story of Agandaûr, a Black Númenórean and servant of Sauron who has rallied an immense force in the ruins of Fornost.
Motor City Movie Tasting
In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls for a local gangster’s girl and lands in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. With his life ruined, Miller plots revenge against the man who took his girl away.
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The Realms might have been Forsaken for this game launch
https://youtu.be/feKScF_QuVo “Enjoyable, but not blown away. The game runs into optimization issues, easy difficulty and okay-ish dialogue. Will probably finish it, but won’t be hunting achievements or explore everything.” Bottled Tastes Steam Curator I’m giving Forsaken Realms a 3/5, I would wait on some patches. Note that I did get a review key provided for […]