Callum Bryce

GTA 5 let you hop between three protagonists whenever you fancied a change of pace. GTA 6 was almost about to push that idea even further, with Rockstar Games briefly weighing up a four-character lineup before landing on the two leads we’ll actually get to play as this November. The reveal comes courtesy of Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson, who spoke to IGN during a visit to the studio and confirmed that four playable characters were seriously discussed during GTA 6’s development.

CD Projekt Red used its Gamescom 2026 livestream to share a fresh batch of gameplay clips from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past, offering a look at Geralt in action in the upcoming expansion. The clips appeared during the studio’s official Witcher channel stream, which ran from 10:00 to 19:00 on August 26. According to Vida Extra, a dedicated Gameplay and Features segment was scheduled from 13:45 to 14:30, followed by a German-language repeat at 17:30.

There’s a moment in the Gears of War: E-Day campaign preview where you’re not fighting anything at all, just sitting in a lobby staring at a modern recreation of Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago, and it genuinely stops you in your tracks. That’s the kind of nostalgia hit The Coalition is clearly banking on with this origin story, and based on a recent hands-on session covering the opening of Act 2, it looks like they’ve nailed something far more emotionally rich than a simple prequel cash-in.