THQ Nordic Showcase 2025, All of the Bulletins

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In what’s a little bit of a change-up to the same old showcase occasions, THQ Nordic ran a 25-minute occasion devoted to their upcoming video games, together with unannounced ones. So in case you are a fan of any of the video games beneath, you are in for a little bit of a deal with. The present kicks off with an unannounced SpongeBob title, which has been rumored for some time, however we now have affirmation in addition to gameplay footage. Test it out!

The beforehand rumored SpongeBob SquarePants recreation has been confirmed as a 3D Platformer entitled SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide, and it is releasing in simply over 3 months, on November 18th, 2025. You’ll be able to take a look at the trailer above to get a neat little ditty sung by David Hasselhoff! There’s some gameplay there, too, I suppose.

After a battle erupts between the Flying Dutchman and King Neptune, Bikini Backside is thrust into chaos. It is as much as SpongeBob and Patrick (who you may change between as playable characters) to convey them to their senses and return peace to the city. The solid from the present has been confirmed to voice the characters in-game.

The sport is releasing on Change 2 and PC, shall be Single-player solely, and has an estimated playtime of 10 hours for the bottom recreation, with further time added on by DLC.

Extra Data on the Gothic 1 Remake, Exploring Xardas, the Black Magician, and a Heap of Gameplay

In case you’ve performed Gothic 1, you may be acquainted with Xardas, a recurring character within the franchise, who helps information the participant on their journey. The showcase trailer revealed in the course of the present explores Xardas just a little additional, exhibiting how he is aware of what he is aware of, in addition to a few of his motivation behind his actions.

The sport will retain the 24-hour day/evening cycle, together with life like schedules for NPCs and creatures, in an effort to create an immersive recreation world.

We acquired handled to a variety of gameplay footage, so if you wish to see all of it, head all the way down to the embedded video on the backside of this trailer.

No launch date for this one but, sadly.

The Guild: Europa 1410 is the Subsequent Entry within the Collection, Releasing in 2026

In case you are not acquainted with it, The Guild is a long-running “Medieval Life Sim”, permitting gamers to boost their household from rags to riches in a residing and respiratory world, this newest instalment shall be dealt with by Ashborne Video games (who labored on Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 with Warhorse) and is because of be launched in 2026 on PC. It is utilizing Unreal Engine 5 and helps as much as 12 gamers in multiplayer.

Builders of Highway 96 Present Extra of Tides of Tomorrow, an Asynchronous Multiplayer Journey, Coming February twenty fourth, 2026

Tides of Tomorrow is an fascinating experiment, an asynchronous multiplayer journey the place different gamers’ earlier actions impact your recreation. The sport’s narration is about round ecology and taking good care of the planet, and is because of final between 8-20 hours as a result of builders anticipating gamers to replay the sport as a result of asynchronous multiplayer side altering the journey every time.

The multiplayer function means that you can observe the footsteps of a fellow participant, whether or not that be a streamer, somebody in your buddies record, or a random participant. You may as well play offline and observe some preset “gamers” who make pre-determined decisions. You may as well change which participant you might be following at completely different factors in your story.

Sacred 2 is Being Remastered, Coming in This autumn 2025

In stunning information, Sacred 2 is being remastered for launch later this 12 months. The sport will function all updates and add-ons, and apparently, the group has been working with the neighborhood to ensure it is one of the best model of the sport, eliminating many bugs.

Fight has been made quicker, in addition to supporting each keyboard and gamepad controls on PC, which is nice information for Steam Deck homeowners, together with UI enhancements to assist with these adjustments. Visuals have additionally been improved with new shaders and better decision textures.

Curiously, the remaster will convey again multiplayer, however solely on PC; consoles shall be saved as single-player solely.

‘Fatekeeper’ Introduced, a Story-Pushed First-Particular person RPG

Fatekeeper is a first-person RPG, however whereas most video games on this style are open-world, the builders as an alternative determined that they wished to create a centered, story-driven expertise with Fatekeeper. The melee fight mechanics have been of specific focus for the builders.

To show their level, we additionally acquired a have a look at some gameplay, and it does appear like a fairly stable basis for a enjoyable title, with heavy-feeling melee gameplay blended with some physics-based magic assaults.

The presentation ended with the builders saying that whereas the sport is not a “Darkish Souls” recreation, it nonetheless does air on the harder facet.

Darksiders 4 Revealed in a Teaser Trailer, Out there to Wishlist

Followers of the Darksiders franchise have been in for a shock, with Darksiders 4 being introduced through a brief teaser trailer. No launch date on this one but, or any gameplay footage, however we do know it is going to be launching on PC.

The Everlasting Lifetime of Goldman, an attractive platforming journey, was handled to a narrative trailer with some gameplay. It seems like there’s rather more to the sport than meets the attention. It is releasing on PC and Nintendo Change sooner or later.

REANIMAL Given a Suitably Disturbing Gameplay Trailer, Releases Q1 2026

REANIMAL, from the group behind Little Nightmares, was given a brief gameplay trailer in the course of the present, and a launch window was confirmed as Q1 2026. This one shall be coming to PC and Nintendo Change 2.

Anticipated Motion RPG Titan Quest II Will get a Shadow Drop, Out Right now in Early Entry

Titan Quest II has been anticipated for a very long time, with the builders teasing varied monsters and locales by dev diaries for months now. It is lastly time to dive in, as the sport has simply been dropped into Early Entry right this moment together with a brand new gameplay trailer!

Wreckreation Will get a Brief Gameplay Trailer, Nonetheless No Launch Date

A recreation I have been excited for for fairly a while is Wreckreation. Made by former Burnout builders, it is clear that the sport is closely impressed by the collection, even having the identical enhance gauge and really related physics. Sadly, the sport was introduced manner again in 2022, and we nonetheless haven’t any launch date but, so this trailer should do for now.

That is all for the THQ Nordic Showcase 2025. What video games are you wanting ahead to? I’ve to say, Fatekeeper and The Guild: Europa 1410 have been my favorites if I had a decide a pair. Tell us within the feedback beneath what you thought.

And as standard with these, you may watch your complete showcase beneath if you wish to watch it in that format.

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