If you stop anyone right now, and ask them which game they were looking forward to in 2026, at least five out of 10 would say Grand Theft Auto VI. Over 10 years in the making, with some serious money being pumped into it (reportedly $2 billion), this will no doubt be the biggest release of the decade. While this would eclipse everything else being released, here is a list of games you should also be watching out for:
Resident Evil: Requiem
Release Date: February 27, 2026
Stylised as Re9uiem, this is the ninth installment of Capcom’s horror fiesta, Resident Evil featuring a truly fearsome monster that follows you and the return of Leon S Kennedy, who with Grace Ashcroft, must investigate a post-nuclear Racoon City. Incidentally, this being the 30th anniversary of the series, tying the narrative back to the site of the very first game could be a refreshing way forward.
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T54OWinnymM
Control Resonant
Release Date: Sometime in 2026
This one should be high up on your list, as a follow up to the groundbreaking Control, comes a sequel that promises to be bigger and better. Control was a mind bending action game where paranormal meets government dystopia. The sequel was just revealed at The Game Awards and follows a new protagonist, Dylan Fanden as he uses a couple of metal sticks that transform into swords and hammers, to melee across an infected Manhattan. Expect some supernatural dandiya in Control Resonant.
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_eZyFM5-4
Marvel’s Wolverine
Release Date: Sometime in 2026
After making one of the best superhero games to date with Marvel’s Spiderman Insomniac is now focusing all their efforts on bringing another superhero to life, Wolverine. A more grounded character than Spiderman, Wolverine looks to be action focused, featuring some very bloody combat with decapitations, dismemberment and buckets of blood, as expected.
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ATosyT-4s
Phantom Blade Zero
Release Date: September 9, 2026
A scene from Phantom Blade Zero
A debut offering from a Chinese studio S-Game, Phantom Blade Zero has been wowing the world with every subsequent trailer in its development cycle. Now with a firm release date, excellent combat mechanics and some incredible acrobatics, this could be the game to revive the Devil May Cry-like action game genre. Especially if you have always wanted to destroy monsters using the drunken master combat style.
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayGk_auu5tk
Saros
Release Date: April 30, 2026
Housemarquee is known for their blistering-bullet hell games and their latest looks to be even more hellish. Saros follows Arjun Devraj, played by Rahul Kohli, an enforcer on a lost off-world colony caught in a time loop. Here every death resets the playing field, bringing in a more rogue-like twist to the giant monsters that shoot all sorts of weird energies at you that are the hallmark of any good bullet hell game.
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5cY54AHFZ0
007 First Light
Release Date: March 26, 2026
Who better to make a James Bond game than the folks behind the Hitman, Agent 47 series? Known for their large sandbox levels which hide countless ways to assassinate your target, First Light is an origin story for 007 as we see a younger and more brash James Bond take on missions with a bit more shaken and less stirred. It features Gemma Chan and Lenny Kravitz as potential targets or the help that you encounter on your first spy mission.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTUoIyTMw0Q
Onimusha: The Way of the Sword
Release Date: Sometime in 2026
2026 will be the year where we finally get a new Onimusha, the last of which was released way back in 2006. A supernatural samurai action game, The Way of the Sword features a brand new protagonist who now wields the powerful Oni Gauntlet, an artifact that grants the power of slaying all forms of demons known as Genma. It would be interesting to see how Capcom alters the signature samurai combat into the realms of gameplay mechanics of today.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf1cAQIKpWA
Published – December 29, 2025 07:30 pm IST
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