The Game Awards 2025: Every Game World Premiere and Announcement (In Order)

The Game Awards 2025 also brought a wave of new game reveals, trailers, and updates from top developers. Here are all the major Game Announcements and World Premieres they announced!

The Opening Act/Pre Show Announcements:

• New Game: The Free Shepard by Frame Interactive — releasing in 2027.
• New Game: Decrepit by Jämmerdal Games.
• New Game: AUDIOMECH: Your Music Transformed by Dylan Fitterer — demo available now on Steam.
• New Trailer & Release Date: PRAGMATA by Capcom — launches April 24, 2026, with a demo available today.
• World Premiere: Bradley the Badger by Day 4 Night.
• World Premiere: Stupid Never Dies by GPTrack50 — coming 2026

The Main Event Show Announcements:

• Opening Performance: Une vie à t’aimer from Expedition 33, performed by The Game Awards Orchestra featuring Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier, and Victor Borba.
• World Premiere: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic by Ubisoft — single-player action adventure.
• Special Appearance: Miss Piggy joins Geoff Keighley to tease a special performance.
• World Premiere: Divinity III: The Hell Stone by Larian Studios.
• World Premiere: 4Loop by Bad Robot Games — a co-op experience.
• New Game Announcement: Coven of the Chicken Foot by Wildflower Interactive.

• New Game Announcement: ONTOS by Fractional Games & Kepler — arriving in 2026.
• New Content: Angels of Delusion for Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo).
• Update: 2XKO launches on consoles January 2026 and adds Caitlyn as a playable fighter.
• Update: South of Midnight confirmed for consoles — Spring 2026.
• New Trailer: Resident Evil: Requiem (Capcom) featuring Leon — coming February 27, 2026
• New Game: Order of the Sinking Star by Thekla, Inc — 2026.
• New Trailer: EXODUS by Archetype Entertainment — early 2027 release window.

• New Game Announcement: Warlock: A Dungeons & Dragons Game by Invoke Studios — 2027.
• New Game Announcement: Control: Resonant by Remedy Entertainment — 2026.
• Global Reveal: Gang of Dragon by Nagoshi Studio.
• Special Sneak Peek: Street Fighter: The Movie (2026) — stars Callina Liang, Joe “Roman Reigns”, Cody Rhodes, Orville Peck, Jason Momoa, and more joined Geoff on stage.
• New Trailer: LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight by Warner Bros. Games — May 2026.
• Award Presentation: Felicia Day presented the TGA Game Changer Award to Girls Make Games.
• New Game Announcement: Tomb Raider: Catalyst by Crystal Dynamics — 2027.
• New Game Announcement: Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis by Crystal Dynamics — 2026.

• New Game: Forest 3 by Endnight Games.
• World Premiere Trailer: Invincible VS — launches April 30, 2026.
• Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive: Orbitals by Kepler — 2026.
• New Trailer: Wuthering Waves 3.0 by Kuro Games — releases December 25, 2025.
• New Content Trailer: Diablo: Lord of Hatred (Blizzard Entertainment) — April 26, 2026.
• New Content: Deadpool & Rogue join Marvel Rivals (NetEase Games).
• New Trailer: 007: First Light by IO Interactive — introduces Lenny Kravitz as Bawma.
• New Trailer: Warframe (Digital Extremes) — new update teased.
• New Trailer: The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin by Netmarble — 2026.
• Epic Games Store Update: Hogwarts Legacy is free until December 18, plus a Fortnite bonus — unlock a Harry Potter Chocolate Frog Bling by playing.
• Gameplay Reveal: Lords of the Fallen sequel debuts first footage.
• Story Trailer: SAROS by Housemarque and PlayStation — presented by Rahul Kohli.
• Global Trailer: No Law by Neon Giant.

• Musical Performance: Afterlife by Evanescence — from Devil May Cry on Netflix.
• Announcement: Devil May Cry Season 2 premieres May 12, 2026 on Netflix.
• Guest Appearance: Milla Jovovich announced her debut in Hitman: World of Assassination, releasing February 2026, and presented the Best Game Direction award.
• Guest Appearance: David Harbour took the stage to reveal Total War: Warhammer 40K by Creative Assembly — set in the grimdark future — and confirmed he’ll also appear in the game.
• New Game Announcement: Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve by Bandai Namco — arriving 2026.
• New Game Announcement: Star Wars: Galactic Racer by Fuze Games — 2026.
• New Game Trailer: Out of Words by Kong Orange.
• Performance: Miss Piggy and Rowlf the Dog from The Muppets performed a musical number celebrating the show and all the nominees.
• Game Look Trailer: Do It: Night Abyss by Hero Games.

• World Premiere: Arknights: Endfield by Hypergryph — trailer featured a music video with OneRepublic; launches January 22, 2026.
• World Premiere Gameplay & Trailer: Phantom Blade 0 by S-GAME — coming September 9, 2026.
• World Premiere Announcement: Mega Man: Dual Override — releasing 2027.
• First Look: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie — hits theatres April 2026.
• New Game Trailer: Nioh 3 by Team Ninja — launches February 6, 2026, with a demo available in January.
• Final World Premiere: High Guard by Wildlight Entertainment — first gameplay reveal; releases January 26, 2026.
• Award of the Night: Game of the Year winner — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by Sandfall Interactive, revealed through the annual tradition of the Game Awards playing the nominees. With their win, they announced new content live NOW for free on the game

Missed the presentation? No worries! The Game Awards 2025 stream is available for replay on official platforms, which will let fans relive every Game of the Year moment, acceptance speech, and world premiere trailer. Check platform stores and publisher sites for updated preorders, demos, and post-show content tied to the announcements.