Gamescom 2025 delivered exactly what I asked for: games. And from the look of what was shown off during the biggest gaming show of the summer, we can expect quite the year of gaming ahead of us.

With hands-on testing of the hugely anticipated ROG Xbox Ally, an all-new Nvidia GeForce Now sporting an RTX 5080 and crazy-fast latency, a premium pair of gaming cans from JBL and more, Gamescom impressed with its list of gaming gadgets — and it was hard to tear ourselves away from them all.

And that’s not even talking about the games. Being able to creep through the freaky frights of Resident Evil Requiem has shown why it should be at the top of gamers’ lists in 2026, and I couldn’t get enough of the Bloober Team’s upcoming Cronos: A New Dawn. Even Hollow Knight: Silksong was finally playable o

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