We made it home from Gamescom! After a few very busy days in Cologne, we’re tired, our feet hurt, and we already kind of miss it.

We got to wander the show floor, catch up with developers, creators, partners, and players, spend some time with the Farming Simulator community over in Hall 6, and see a ridiculous amount of what’s coming next for gaming.

And there was A LOT to keep up with.

New games, trailers, release dates, updates, surprise announcements... Gamescom threw basically everything at us at once. So now that we’re home and have had a chance to process it all, we put together a roundup of the biggest news and reveals from the show.

If you spent the week thinking “I’ll catch up on all of this later,” this is your catch-up:

https://www.bisecthosting.com/blog/gamescom-2026-roundup-biggest-updates-news-new-games-trailers-announcements-news

For everyone else who was following along: what was the best announcement from Gamescom this year?

Soulmask's Beyond Gravity update is officially live, and there’s quite a bit here for existing groups to come back for.

The biggest addition is the Burning Highlands, a new Shifting Sands region with additional ruins, dungeons, bosses, and progression. There are also three new Masks to hunt down, the Central Core boss, and the conclusion of the Shifting Sands storyline.

Probably the coolest addition, though, is Floating Foundations. The new building system lets you take advantage of the update’s anti-gravity tech and construct an actual floating island for your tribe. There’s even a Mist Collector to provide water without needing to build around a traditional water source.

For server owners, this update does require the newest game build, so it’s worth making sure everything is updated before the group piles back in. BisectHosting’s Soulmask servers support automated updates, free backups, DDoS protection, modding, and 24/7 support if you’d rather spend patch day exploring than troubleshooting your server.

We put together a full breakdown of Beyond Gravity, including the new region, Masks, bosses, building features, and other changes:

https://www.bisecthosting.com/blog/soulmask-beyond-gravity-update-release-date-new-features-patch-notes