The Gamescom Award 2026 winners were revealed on Friday, 28 August, at the gamescom studio powered by IGN in Cologne — and two games SG gamers know well came out on top. Capcom’s samurai action game Onimusha: Way of the Sword swept the PlayStation and gameplay categories, while Arknights: Endfield, beloved by Singapore’s gacha-RPG community, claimed the fan-voted Best Booth award. Here is the full breakdown.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword Wins Best Gameplay and Best PlayStation Game
Capcom’s long-awaited revival of the Onimusha franchise picked up two trophies: Best Gameplay across all platforms, and Best Sony PlayStation Game at this year’s show. With gamescom running its expanded public floor from 27 to 30 August, the vote carried weight from the over 300,000 attendees who got hands-on time with the demo.
Set in the atmospheric early Edo period, Onimusha: Way of the Sword delivers the tight swordplay and supernatural demon-hunting the series is remembered for, rebuilt from the ground up on modern hardware. More game news from Capcom has been building all week, including an expanded demo now live on PS5. The full game launches 25 September 2026 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. A free playable demo is already available on Steam (store.steampowered.com).
Watch: Capcom’s Latest Onimusha Trailer
Arknights: Endfield Takes Best Booth — Fan-Voted
In the consumer-voted category, Arknights: Endfield beat the rest of the show floor to claim Best Booth (Consumer). GRYPHLINE’s expanded dual-booth in Hall 8.1 — anchored by three life-sized boss installations and panoramic LED displays — drew massive queues throughout the event, with visitors taking part in timed boss speedrun challenges across Triaggelos, Nefarith, and Alleikhreos.
For Singapore players who missed the launch: Arknights: Endfield is a free-to-play 3D action-RPG — the first title to take the Arknights IP beyond mobile — and has been available since 22 January 2026 on PlayStation 5, PC (official launcher and Epic Games Store), iOS, and Android. A Steam release is also in the works. The game’s next major update, Dreamscape Wind & Snow, arrives in September 2026.
Full Gamescom Award 2026 Winners List
Here are all 19 category winners from this year’s ceremony:
Arts Group
- Best Visuals: METRO 2039 (4A Games / Deep Silver)
- Best Audio: Alien: Isolation 2 (Creative Assembly / SEGA)
- Best Gameplay: Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Capcom)
- Most Entertaining: Wanderburg (Randwerk / Sidekick Publishing)
- Most Epic: Tides of Annihilation (Eclipse Glow Games)
- Most Wholesome: Finding Polka (lidlocks / Parco Games)
- Games for Impact: SOKO 1977: Anti-Terror Task Force (Paintbucket Games / Federal Agency for Civic Education)
Platform Group
- Best Microsoft Xbox Game: Forza Horizon 6 (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)
- Best PC Game: Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 (Creative Assembly / SEGA)
- Best Sony PlayStation Game: Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Capcom)
- Best Nintendo Switch 2 Game: Rayman Legends Retold (Ubisoft)
- Best Mobile Game: Where Winds Meet (Everstone Studio / NetEase Games)
Global Group
- Best Lineup (Jury): SEGA
- Best Booth (Jury): The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past (CD PROJEKT RED)
- Best Booth (Consumer): Arknights: Endfield (GRYPHLINE)
- Best Business Booth (Jury): Ubisoft Business Lounge (Ubisoft)
- Best Merch (Consumer): The Witcher 3 Pin & Medallion (CD PROJEKT RED)
- Best Trailer (Consumer): The Witcher 3 Remastered & Songs of the Past (CD PROJEKT RED)
- Heart of Gaming Award: Games Done Quick (GDQ)
CD PROJEKT RED took home three awards for their Witcher presence alone, while SEGA — whose TGS 2026 lineup includes Persona 4 Revival, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Crazy Taxi: World Tour — claimed Best Lineup. Games Done Quick made history as the first speedrunning marathon to hold a European event, running live at gamescom from 28 to 30 August.