Tomorrow, on August 26, voting will open for the Gamescom Awards 2026, a comparatively small however community-driven occasion that bestows awards upon a few of the most high-profile video games tied to Gamescom. Principally, it’s video games which can be showcased, playable, or maybe revealed throughout Gamescom.
This 12 months’s nominations slate for the Gamescom Awards is stacked with top-tier titles, however the recreation with essentially the most nominations isn’t even popping out for probably one other six months. It’s Metro 2039, the long-awaited post-apocalyptic shooter from 4A Video games.
Metro 2039 has 5 nominations at the Gamescom Awards, beating all comers within the quantity stakes. It’s nominated for:
- Finest PC Sport
- Finest PlayStation Sport
- Finest XBOX Sport
- Most Epic Sport
- Finest Visuals
That is principally based mostly on the sport’s exhibiting so far. It has had some gorgeous trailers emerge over the previous couple of months, and tonight’s Opening Night time Reside showcase will give us one of the crucial tantalizing glimpses we’ve had on the recreation but.
Slated to launch in February 2027, Metro 2039 takes gamers again to the dank, haunted underground in post-war Moscow. It encompasses a new protagonist, voiced for the primary time, and it’s powered by the newest and sharpest iteration of the 4A Engine we’ve ever seen.
It’s additionally poised to be the darkest and most harrowing Metro expertise but. Should you’re a fan of the franchise, you’ll know that’s no straightforward feat, however the workforce at 4A Video games is adamant they’re as much as the duty.
In fact, Metro 2039 isn’t alone within the nominations lineup for the Gamescom Awards. Alien Isolation 2 is up for 4 awards, as an illustration: Finest Visuals, Finest Audio, Finest Gameplay, and Finest PC Sport.
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and within the business for 10+. You may in all probability discover him enjoying a post-apocalyptic recreation or an extraction shooter someplace.
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