Gamescom 2026 Awards Announced: CD Projekt RED and Sega Each Take Home Three Awards
August 30 — The 2026 Gamescom officially concluded today. A total of 19 official awards were presented at this year's event, with CD Projekt RED and Sega each taking home three awards.
Here is the complete list of winners for this year's Gamescom:
Artistic Category: Best Visual Effects: Metro 2039 — 4A Games / Deep Silver Best Audio: Alien: Isolation 2 — Creative Assembly / SEGA Best Gameplay: Onimusha: Way of the Sword — Capcom Most Entertaining: Tuntun Fortress — Randwerk / Sidekick Publishing Most Epic: Tide of Annihilation — Eclipse Glow Games Most Wholesome: Finding Polka — lidlocks / Parco Games Games for Impact Award: SOKO 1977: Anti-Terror Task Force — Paintbucket Games / Federal Agency for Civic Education
Platform Category: Best Xbox Game: Forza Horizon 6 — Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios Best PC Game: Total War: Warhammer 40,000 — Creative Assembly / SEGA Best PlayStation Game: Onimusha: Way of the Sword — Capcom Best Switch 2 Game: Rayman: Retold Legends — Ubisoft Best Mobile Game: Where Winds Meet — Everstone Studio / NetEase Games
Global Category: Best Lineup (Jury Award): Sega Best Booth (Jury Award): The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Olden Times — CD Projekt Red Best Booth (Consumer Award): Arknights: Endfield — Gryphline Best Business Booth (Jury Award): Ubisoft Business VIP Lounge Best Merchandise (Consumer Award): The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Olden Times Badge — CD Projekt RED Best Trailer (Consumer Award): The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered & Olden Times DLC — CD Projekt RED Heart of Games Award (Special Jury Award) — Games Done Quick