Lords of the Fallen 2 will be unveiled during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live on Tuesday, August 19, at 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT, publisher CI Games has confirmed. The highly anticipated sequel to 2023’s Lords of the Fallen was first announced last year.
The Lords of the Fallen franchise began in 2014. A sequel was announced years later but underwent numerous developmental changes before re-emerging as a reboot in 2023—set over a thousand years after the original’s events. The 2023 game was well-received, surpassing 5.5 million players by July 2025, with its PS5 version seeing renewed popularity earlier this year thanks to the major 2.0 patch that overhauled gameplay and performance.
Technically the third entry in the series, Lords of the Fallen 2 is being developed in Unreal Engine 5 by Hexworks and promises to be bigger, more accessible, and more commercially appealing than its predecessors. Alongside the main single-player campaign, it will feature co-op with shared progression, refined combat systems, and new game modes. CI Games is targeting a 2026 release for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC—but at launch, the PC version will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store, skipping Steam entirely.
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This exclusivity decision has stirred controversy among fans, echoing backlash faced by titles like Alan Wake 2. Many hope the Soulslike sequel will arrive on Steam soon after launch. In the meantime, anticipation is building not only for its Gamescom reveal but also for a potential release date announcement.
Earlier reports claimed that the sequel will differ from the first game and will be more Westernized.
Earlier this year Ryan Hill, Marketing Director at CI Games, said, “Project 3 will address all core player feedback from Lords of the Fallen (2023) while also doubling down on the features players loved most. It will take a quality over quantity approach, with greater appeal to a wider addressable market with improved onboarding, a more inviting visual style, and westernised storytelling.”
Plot of Lord of Fallen (via Wikipedia)
““After eons under the rule of Adyr, dark god of the demonic Rhogar, the followers of Orious the radiance god rose against him; unable to kill him, they sealed him away. One of Orious’ finest warriors, Judge Cleric, established the order of the Hallowed Sentinels to watch over five magic beacons in the land of Mournstead to prevent Adyr from reviving. Over the ages, however, the once-righteous Sentinels become corrupted and tyrannical themselves.
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Over a thousand years after Adyr’s defeat, his return looms nearer as the beacons become tainted by his influence, and the Rhogar begin to infest the land. A sect of the Sentinels, the Dark Crusaders, acquires a powerful artifact to prevent this: the Umbral Lamp, which has the power to resurrect its user, allow them to travel between the realms of the living (Axiom) and the dead (Umbral), pull the souls out of enemies, and activate Stigmas, fragments of past events. However, when its previous bearer is killed, it comes into the possession of the main character: the Lamp Bearer. Exacter Dunmire, head of the Crusaders, recruits them to travel across Mournstead and cleanse the beacons with the Lamp, using it to absorb Adyr’s essence at each one.”
