Near the end of tonight’s Game Awards presentation, we got a look at a brand new shooter game from Wildlight Entertainment, a team that includes 61 members of the team that built Apex Legends and Titanfall. After departing Respawn, the team began work on a new shooter called Highguard.

The fast-paced gameplay seems to mix mount riding, gun-shooting, power usage, and area capture into an intoxicating mix.

The debut trailer isn’t what many have come to expect from game reveals, as it was mostly focused on showing off gameplay. That’s likely because the game is surprisingly close to launch, and is set to release in January.

It’s unclear at this juncture precisely how the game mixes storytelling and worldbuilding with multiplayer elements, but much of the gameplay does appear to be competitive in nature.

Highguard is set to launch as a free-to-play title on January 26, 2026, on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam. 

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Total War, the real-time strategy series, first fully crossed over with Warhammer in 2016, but after three entries in the classic Warhammer continuity, the series is venturing into the distant future with Total War: Warhammer 40,000. The game was revealed at the Game Awards by none other than Stranger Things star David Harbour, who also said he'll appear in the game. You can see the announcement trailer here and see some images from it below.

 

"Experience the brutal fusion of galactic strategy and grimdark warfare in Total War: Warhammer 40,000," the trailer's description reads on YouTube. "Take command of iconic factions, customise your war machine, and engage in devastating battles as you carve a bloody warpath across the stars." The trailer ends with a glimpse of gameplay, though we see plenty of iconic factions and images from the Warhammer 40k franchise, though it is, perhaps unsurprisingly, space marine-centric.

A press release confirmed four playable factions, however: Space Marines, Astra Militarum, Orks, and Aeldari. That same press release also promises that players will be able to create their own armies as well. "For the first time in Total War, forge an army that’s truly your own," it reads. "Shape every detail from the faction’s title, heraldry, iconography and arcane wargear. Define their traits, sharpen their tactics, and unleash a signature style of destruction that leaves your mark upon the galaxy."

Total War: Warhammer 40,000 will launch not just on PC, like the series normally does, but also on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

For info on another Warhammer 40K RTS, check out senior associate editor Wesley Leblanc's Gamescom impressions of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War IV. For more announcements from the Game Awards, check out the reveals of the new Tomb Raider game, the sequel to Control, and a rundown of the award categories and winners.

Beijing-based developer S-Game has released a new trailer for Phantom Blade Zero, revealing that the game launches next September on PlayStation 5 and PC. More specifically, the Wuxia kung fu punk action game launches on September 9, 2026. 

S-Game revealed Phantom Blade Zero back in 2023, and since then, has continued to tease a release date, announcing that the team would reveal the release date in 2025. With less than a month in the year to go, the developer has made good on the promise with an explosive, action-packed trailer for Phantom Blade Zero. 

Check out the new Phantom Blade Zero gameplay trailer below: 

I traveled to China earlier this year to go hands-on with Phantom Blade Zero and interview the game's director, Soul Frame. After more than four hours with the game, I walked away thoroughly impressed. You can read my extensive thoughts on Phantom Blade Zero's gameplay here.

Phantom Blade Zero launches on PlayStation 5 and PC on September 9, 2026. 

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It's not officially a Star Wars: Episode I – Racer sequel (which featured podracing exclusively), but the newly announced Star Wars Galactic Racer might as well be. The game is developed by Fuse Games, whose members have history working on games like Need for Speed and Burnout, and the trailer showed different types of new and familiar Star Wars vehicles (like speeder bikes and more) racing against backdrops like AT-AT graveyards while a narrator yells, "The galaxy needs racing!"

The trailer also takes a moment to highlight an appearance from Sebulba (or maybe just an alien that is the same species as Sebulba). The game is coming some time next year for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC