The Future Games Show at Gamescom will take place on Aug 23, featuring over 40 games on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC. The 70 minute+ broadcast will feature exciting world premieres, the return of our VR Showcase, and a Ones to Play section dedicated to games with playable demos.
We look forward to announcing our show hosts in due course and confirming a selection of the amazing upcoming games that will appear in the Future Games Show at Gamescom.
Our Gamescom broadcast follows on from our record-breaking FGS Summer Showcase on June 10, which featured 11 world premieres, reaching over 9 million live viewers.
Read on to learn more about the Future Games Show, including how to take part, when to watch the show, and how to co-stream the event.
Watch the Future Games Show: Summer Showcase below
You can watch a replay of the Future Games Show Summer Showcase, broadcast on June 10, via the YouTube link above
You can also watch on the following channels, including a selection of translated (via captions) feeds in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Spanish and English, which can be accessed through the links below.
You can watch the Future Games Show at Gamescom by subscribing to FGS's YouTube channel, GamesRadar's Twitch channel, our Facebook page, Twitter, and the website, GamesRadar.com.
You can find our 2023 show dates below (TBC), with more details to follow on gamesradar.com and the FGS Twitter channel over the coming weeks and months.
FGS Spring Showcase- Thursday, March 23FGS Summer Showcase- Saturday, June 10 (10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM BST / 7PM CET)- FGS @Gamescom - Wednesday, Aug 23
We're thrilled to welcome new streamers and creators to our FGS Co-Streamer program and all you need to do is sign up via the short form below. We give all partners a listing on gamesradar.com, an exclusive asset pack, and the occasional bonus, including game codes subject to the titles in each show.
Future Game Show 2023: Watch A Recap Below
The Future Games Show is a seasonal gaming showcase, with events in Spring, Summer and Autumn (linked to the Gamescom games show in Germany). Our first broadcast of 2023 took place on March 23. The Future Games Show Spring Showcase powered by Turtle Beach Stealth Pro was hosted by the stars of Final Fantasy VII Remake and debuted new trailers from over 45 games, which can be viewed on the new FGS YouTube channel.
The event reached over 6.5 million global viewers, with our biggest ever network of co-streamers, including Nick&Cam on our new platform TikTok.
The Future Games Show is GamesRadar's flagship gaming showcase and is rapidly building a reputation as one of the best ways to discover new games on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC, with over 400 games featured across nine shows.
Here's everything you need to know about FGS in 2023, including how to watch and co-stream the show, plus - for developers and publishers, both big and small - how to take part in our exciting gaming broadcasts this year.
How to take part in the Future Games Show
Working on an exciting new game? Join a roster of exciting titles that made their debut in the Future Games Show, including Immortality, Serial Cleaners, The Case of The Golden Idol, Outpost, LEGO Bricktales and many, many more.
If you're interested in being part of the show, you can fill out our updated FGS Game Nomination form or contact the FGS team directly via email:
Please note, there is still - just about - time to nominate your game for inclusion in the FGS @Gamescom event on August 23. Share your nominations by July 10.
For editorial inquiries:
James Jarvis, Senior Producer (james.jarvis@futurenet.com)
Daniel Dawkins, Content Director (daniel.dawkins@futurenet.com)
For sponsorship Inquiries:
Tom Parkinson, Commercial Director, Games tom.parkinson@futurenet.com
There will also be opportunities to showcase your game at our sister event, the Golden Joystick Awards in November 2023, with a hybrid physical and digital event, so don't hesitate to get in touch early.
No title is too big – or too small – to take part: we're looking for cool, interesting games that will delight our audience.
Simply get in touch via our nomination form or through the email contacts above to be in consideration for our upcoming roster of digital showcase events.
Future Games Show Steam page
You can check out all the games from each Future Games Show broadcast by visiting our Future Games Show Steam sale page which is updated after each event.
The Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2022 featured over 40 multi-format games across diverse genres, from explosive shooter Trepang 2, to post-apocalyptic beaver simulator Timberborn. Viewers could wishlist almost every game from the show by visiting the Future Games Show Steam page with sections including Ones to Watch and Virtual Show Floor.
The games featured in the Spring Showcase Virtual Show Floor also had free demos available to try, including Chicken Police, Aeon Drive and The Garden Path.
Developers and partners can get in touch via the contact addresses above to discuss how you can appear in the Future Games Show and on the event's Steam page.
A brief history of the Future Games Show
The Future Games Show has reached over 300 million viewers since its debut in June 2020 with a mission to celebrate the most exciting, unusual and innovative upcoming games across all formats. With previous show partners including Warner Bros. Entertainment, Team17, Koch Media, Konami, Sega and many, many more, you can expect diverse game genres - from puzzlers, to shooters, and beaver-led post-apocalyptic strategy games - with a focus on new gameplay footage and fresh developer insight. The Future Games Show runs three shows a year, the Spring Showcase in March, an E3 event in June, and a Gamescom show in August.
2023 is shaping up as our most ambitious - and potentially surprising - year yet, with some tweaks to the show format, perhaps a new section or two, and lots more to reveal as we head nearer E3 (no, we're not running a rival event!).
We can't wait to partner with even more publishers and developers to share their exciting new games with the Future Games Show audience.
Here's everything you need to know about the Future Games Show so far, including previous hosts, contact details for how to pitch and appear in the show, plus more on how how to wishlist and play games from our event, via the Future Games Show Steam page.
What is the Future Games Show?
GamesRadar Presents: Future Games Show (FGS) is our premier digital showcase event, which debuted in June 2020 at E3, originally hosted by Nolan North and Emily Rose from the Uncharted series. Our truly multiformat showcase has now debuted its ninth event - spanning PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X / S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC and mobile platforms - focusing on the most exciting, quirky and original games of 2022 and beyond.
The Future Games Show's mission is to help fans discover something new with our carefully curated selection of games. We focus on bringing you gameplay clips, developer walkthroughs, and world premieres. The Future Games Spring Showcase 2022 featured a Virtual Show Floor exhibition, containing games that will have playable Steam demos available right after the event. Also returning was the 'Ones to Watch' montage of exciting upcoming games and quirky indies.
Future Games Show hosts
The God of War stars Christopher Judge and Danielle Bisutti, aka Kratos and Freya, hosted the Future Games Show Powered by Mana on Wednesday, Aug 24.
The Future Games Show in June 2022 was hosted by Denise Gough and Doug Cockle from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Our Spring Showcase event was broadcast in March 2022 and hosted by Ashly Burch (Aloy, Horizon Zero Dawn and Tina, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands) and John MacMillan (Varl, Horizon Zero Dawn).
The Future Games Show At Gamescom Powered By AMD, broadcast in August 2021, was hosted by the stars of Resident Evil Village, Maggie Robertson (Lady Dimitrescu) and Aaron LaPlante (The Duke).
Maggie and Aaron join a roll call of talented video game duos to host the Future Games Show. In the past, we’ve had stars of the Uncharted series (Nolan North and Emily Rose), the Metal Gear Solid series (David Hayter and Debi Mae West), Resident Evil 3 (Jeff Schine and Nicole Tompkins), and The Last of Us Part 2 (Troy Baker and Laura Bailey).
Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2022
The Future Games Show Spring Showcase took place in March 2022 and was hosted by Ashly Burch (Aloy, Horizon Zero Dawn and Tina, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands) and John MacMillan (Varl, Horizon Zero Dawn). If you missed the show you can watch it here on GamesRadar’s YouTube channel.
Viewers received a closer look at games such as Lego Brick Tales, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, Death Stranding Directors Cut and Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga. You can find everything announced at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase here.
Future Games Show at Gamescom 2021
The Future Games Show at Gamescom Powered by AMD was broadcast on Thursday, August 26. GamesRadar’s flagship digital games showcase was hosted by Maggie Robertson (Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village) and Aaron LaPlante (The Duke from Resident Evil Village). If you missed the show - and the bizarre, amazing, spectacle of Lady Dimitrescu chatting with Jeff Goldblum - then you can watch the full show below.
This special Gamescom edition of the Future Games Show featured more than 40 games from a variety of publishers including Frontier Developments, Team17, Koch Media, and Tripwire Interactive. Exclusive reveals included explosive horror-shooter Trepang 2, a special announcement that Super Animal Royale was going free-to-play on all platforms, and confirmation of two new characters in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl: Catdog and April O'Neill. You can find everything announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom right here.
Future Games Show at E3 2021 Powered by WD_Black
On Sunday, June 13, 2021, GamesRadar+ was proud to host our fourth Future Games Show. If you missed the live broadcast, you can find every game featured in our Future Games Show E3 2021 recap including Sonic Colors Ultimate, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Two Point Campus, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Hell Let Loose and many more upcoming indie and AAA titles.
Hosted by Troy Baker and Laura Bailey (Joel Miller and Abby Anderson from The Last of Us Part II), the Future Games Show at E3 2021 powered by WD_Black featured over 50 games from partners including Team 17, SEGA, Frontier Developments, Techland and many more.
The Future Games Show was broadcast on Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and the GamesRadar+ homepage.
Watch the Future Game Show at E3 2021 below:
Future Game Show Previous Hosts
In our Gamescom 2020 event, the hosts were the iconic pairing David Hayter and Debi Mae West, who voiced Solid Snake and Meryl Silverburgh respectively.
Hayter told GamesRadar: "Games… have changed. They’re no longer 8-bit side-scrollers, played under synthesized, electric-piano theme songs, but massive worlds of fantasy into which players can escape and explore for months at a time. In this era of the Foxdie Virus, we need these games more than ever. Which is why I’m teaming with my favourite former rookie, Meryl Silverburgh, to host the next episode of the Future Games Show. So grab your cardboard box, put on your stealth camo, and make sure that safety’s off… It’s showtime."
GamesRadar will bring you all the news and videos from the Future Games Show as the next-generation consoles enter their second wave of exciting new titles.
