IGN Fan Fest: Fall Edition has showcased a variety of upcoming games for PC and consoles, revealing first looks, exclusive details, and deep dives into titles that aim to capture players' attention. The event highlighted nine newly announced games spanning multiple genres, from cooperative survival adventures to horror experiences and unique genre mashups.
Akiiwan: Relaxing Survival offers a chill survival adventure guided by a talking campfire. Players can explore, craft, fish, and hunt during the day, with the option to ask the campfire three questions each night. The game features both a cozy and a realistic mode in a hand-drawn world.
In the realm of horror, Aquamorta presents a first-person adventure set in a forgotten swamp town where an ancient entity has caused widespread hysteria. Players will navigate abandoned buildings and corrupted waterways, using a map and compass to find their way, manage a running airboat by fishing for blood, and uncover the town's dark history.
Checkmate Protocol blends the strategic elements of chess with a third-person shooter. This title features unique weapons, chess-themed movement abilities, and boss battles, playable solo or in co-op against waves of enemies.
Crown Must Hold reimagines tower defense by allowing players to combine entire empires, each with its own buildings and rules. Players venture into procedurally generated frontiers, equipping their empires with items and amplifying their builds with claimed biomes to defend against encroaching undead forces. A five-region campaign unlocks new empires, biomes, and castles, leading to an Endless Mode.
Fans of mystery and visual novels can look forward to Paper Perjury 2: Shadow of Justice, the sequel to Paper Perjury. Players will return to Azure City to join Justina in solving a new, significant mystery.
Rotten Crown is a real-time settlement management game with a dark twist, where players manage a growing kingdom, convert opposition into workers, and balance the needs of humans and zombies. The game asks players to make difficult decisions for their fledgling realm.
For cooperative play, Silk & Sorrow is a hand-drawn dark fantasy adventure built for two players. It follows two orphans, Silk and Sorrow, who discover a hidden world called the Chrysalis. Players must communicate and trust each other to navigate this haunting landscape, survive its horrors, and bring light back to the world. Chapter 1 is set to release as a demo in Winter 2027.
Splizards offers a cooperative survival adventure where players control Splizards floating through the cosmos on meteors. The gameplay involves gathering resources, crafting tools, expanding their meteor-base, and fending off space mosquitoes and powerful monsters.
Lastly, The Forge: Steel Frontier is a mech action game where players step into the cockpit as mercenary pilot Ivan, fighting alongside a sentient mech named Machine Spirit. They must defend the planet Dormant Dragon from factions seeking a rare mineral.
IGN Fan Fest: Fall Edition continues throughout the week, with more reveals across games, movies, and other entertainment properties, culminating in a major livestream on October 14 featuring game announcements, trailers, and interviews.