TGS 2025 Highlights: The Next Wave Of Major Games For 2026

With multiple live events, showcases, and game developers dropping both new trailers and live gameplay alike, the Tokyo Game Show can be one of the hardest game events to keep track of. Fortunately, we’ve got all the highlights of the biggest games from the weekend.

NetEase’s Ananta probably garnered more attention than anything else during TGS, though not all of it was positive. Described by many as an “anime GTA”, Ananta offers a massive urban open-world where players are free to enjoy as much as they like, with the developers describing exploration, combat, and a lived-in world as the highlights of the game.

It’s difficult to look at this seven minute trailer and not find something to be excited about, even if you have to overlook one of the most blatant rip-offs of a mechanic in years to do it. Many of these anime-inspired open-world games have just been glorified Genshin Impact clones, but Ananta stands out not just in its control scheme and play style, but it’s monetization. Already, the developers are claiming this game won’t be paid for using microtransactions, but instead rely on cosmetics. All of that together might just be enough to help this game stand out from all the HoYoverse games.

Square-Enix’s Octopath Traveler 0 releases December 4th, and they’ve been full-speed ahead on promoting it since the game’s announcement. Unlike the other games, this title offers a custom protagonist as the lead, and then sends them on a quest of revenge after their hometown gets burned down. Along the way though, players will be able to gradually rebuild their town, customizing it how they wish while inviting new companions to work alongside them.

Octopath Traveler 0 deserves every bit of the attention it’s getting, as it is a significant departure from previous games. While it’s definitely taking some ideas from the mobile game, it’s still doing enough new to pull players back into the universe one more time.

In case people forgot, the next big project from Tomoyo Asano after Octopath Traveler 0 is The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. An HD-2D action RPG, The Adventures of Elliot sees a young hero teaming up with a fairy before going into into the world to battle against the beast tribes on behalf of the King of Huther.

It feels like Asano just somehow manages to make HD-2D look better with each new installment. As someone that’s not a fan of 2D sprite-focused games, these HD-2D games always manage to capture my attention and leave me excited for what’s next.  There’s no release date for The Adventures of Elliot, but it’s due to release on consoles and PC in 2026.

It feels like we’ve been hyping up some version of Undefeated for years now, but Chorus Worldwide and Indie-us Games are giving gamers a new and improved version in the form of Undefeated: Genesis, a prequel to the original Undefeated.  This time they’re promising a “rich storyline” and a “huge environment” where players can use their astounding superpowers.

For me, the art design leaves more than a little to be desired, but I’d be happy if this game was even decent, so long as it means no one ever gets to make the “you can’t make a Superman game work” argument after this.

Capcom gave fans another look at their upcoming sci-fi adventure game, Pragmata. After years of showing us the same lunar base environment, this trailer finally offered a glimpse at some other areas in the midst of showing off both the combat and the game’s very silly looking upgrade system which involves Diana biting on computer chips.

The hacking mechanism in the middle of action combat still feels a bit awkward, but if they can nail that element, Pragmata looks like it could be another solid experience from Capcom.

Street Fighter VI‘s latest DLC character, C. Viper, is nearly here. From the looks of things, Capcom’s done a great job bringing her over. Naturally, fans can expect her to be part of the game’s World Tour mode, with the trailer already showing her nearly killing the player avatar as she continues her quest to shut down Shadoloo. Players can expect C. Viper on October 15th.

After nearly 40 years, the City Hunter PC-Engine game is making a comeback, courtesy of Sunsoft and Clouded Leopard Entertainment. The side-scrolling action game features proper multi-language localization and … that’s about it, really. Still, it’s nice to have this slice of history make a return, and hopefully this gets someone talking about making an actual City Hunter video game.

Developer Area 35 has announced Tiny Metal 2, the follow-up to their original game from 2019. The new title takes place in the same timeline as the first game, as a new conflict begins and pulls the mercenary organization White Fang into battle. Tiny Metal 2 promises a lengthy campaign mode, online and couch co-op, online multiplayer, and naval warfare. If you liked Advanced Warfare, look out for Tiny Metal 2 on Steam in 2026.

In a brand-new trailer, Netmarble Monster confirmed their upcoming action RPG, Mongil: Star Dive, is coming to PlayStation 5 in addition to launching on PC and mobile. Basically Genshin Impact with monster-catching elements, I’m not sure this will have the same chance at standing out as Ananta, but it certainly looks adorable. For now, players have a chance to pre-register and potentially wind up in a closed beta test.

Speaking of Genshin Impact, HoYoverse is gearing up for their next title. The upcoming Petit Planet is described as a “cosmic life simulation game” where players get to care for a planet of their own before forming a galaxy as they visit other planets. Far from many of HoYoverse’s old games, this title’s focus is entirely on cozy activities like planting, fishing, and mining, among others.

The Genshin Impact form of games has worn thin over the decade, but with Petit Planet they might actually have something. It not only looks noticeably different from their other games, but it has a better chance at appealing to an entirely new audience instead of continuing to cannibalize their own.

Just in case people were tired of Monster Hunter on consoles, TiMi Studio Group and Capcom have shown off a new trailer for their mobile title, Monster Hunter Outlanders.

Coming to Android and iOS, the game brings players to the new island of Aesoland and introduces the protagonist, who’s part of a new group known as “Adventurers”. The Adventurers all have their own special skills to help them tame this new land, and they all work with their own Buddies. Fans can expect the Palicos to return, but also new Buddies in the form of Rutaco and Trillan.

The real question here in the West: do they eventually give in and turn this into a PC game as well as a phone title, or leave it for PC players?