CGMagazine had a full team on the gamescom 2025 show floor, and we worked hard to go hands-on with as many titles as time would allow. We spent the week running the massive halls of the Koelnmesse and saw everything from a massive World of Warcraft: Midnight portal to a Zenless Zone Zero Aston Martin. We played extraction shooters, strategy games, horror titles galore and cozy games so cute we couldn’t handle it.
After playing more than 50 titles over four days, CGM has chosen its picks for Best of Gamescom 2025. These games left us craving more hands-on time, pushing us to ask developers questions and, in some cases, begging for release dates. Whether it was a fresh take on a genre like The Blood of Dawnwalker, a long-awaited return like Hollow Knight: Silksong, or a title so unsettling it hasn’t left our minds like REANIMAL, these are our choices for Best of Gamescom 2025.
Borderlands 4
Played by: Dayna Eileen
Developer: 2K Games
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