Entertainment showcase season is about to add another extremely full calendar square. Fan Fest: Fall Edition 2026 is scheduled to stream on Wednesday, October 14, beginning at 10 a.m. PT, 1 p.m. ET and 6 p.m. BST. The headline promise is sizable: more than 90 exclusive reveals across games, movies, television, comics and collectibles.
That number is a useful headline, but it is also worth treating it as a measure of breadth rather than a guarantee that every reveal will be a giant new trailer or a release-date bombshell. The program is set to include more than 10 brand-new games, alongside first looks, news and giveaways. In other words, this is designed as a wide-ranging showcase, with room for projects at very different stages and across very different media. Somewhere in that mix, a game reveal may have to share elbow room with a comic-book announcement and a stop-motion discussion. Everyone, please keep their arms inside the hype train.
When the Fall Edition begins
The main livestream takes place October 14 at the following times:
- 10 a.m. PT
- 1 p.m. ET
- 6 p.m. BST
The event activity starts earlier, however. Announcements, deeper looks and game reveals are planned for October 12 and 13 ahead of the main broadcast. For viewers trying to avoid the modern sport of being spoiled by a thumbnail with three arrows and a shocked face, that schedule matters: notable news may arrive before the central stream.
The livestream is planned for web, YouTube, Facebook, X, Twitch and mobile-app viewing, with additional partner distribution. The practical takeaway is simple: viewers should be able to choose the screen they already use rather than perform a ceremonial download of a brand-new app five minutes before the show starts.
A games slate with known names and many unanswered questions
For game audiences, the listed lineup stretches from large established series to titles whose particulars have not yet been detailed. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, Anno 117: Pax Romana, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 and Where Winds Meet are among the announced games set to appear.
That does not tell us precisely what form each appearance will take. A showcase listing could lead to a trailer, an update, a first look, or another kind of news item; it should not be read as confirmation of a date, platform, gameplay feature or launch plan that has not been specified. That restraint is especially useful during big multi-project presentations, where the temptation to turn a title card into a complete road map is powerful and, historically, very online.
The game roster also includes 4 Penny Coffins, 9 Yin Sutra: Immortal, Acornia: Mirror Worlds, Acts of Blood, Arizona Sunshine, Checkmate Protocol, For The Stars, Golden Retriever Simple Life, Hela: of Mice & Magic, Over the Hill, Silk & Sorrow, Sker: The Bleeding Veil, Splizards, The Forge: Steel Frontier, The Lich Wars, There are No Ghosts at the Grand and UvsU: You vs You.
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Several listed names are sufficiently distinctive that they deserve to be enjoyed before they are explained. Golden Retriever Simple Life has the calm confidence of a title that knows exactly what its audience wants. There are No Ghosts at the Grand, on the other hand, sounds like an assurance delivered with precisely the amount of emphasis that makes it less reassuring. But names alone are not evidence of genre, mechanics or scope, so the sensible move is to wait for the presentation rather than appoint every unfamiliar project as the next anything.
What “first look” and “exclusive reveal” can mean
Showcase terminology can sound more definitive than it is. A first look generally means material being shown publicly for the first time, but it does not inherently establish how representative that material is of a finished game or show. An exclusive reveal means the information is being unveiled through this event; it is not automatically a promise that the subject itself will remain exclusive to one platform, store or audience.
For fans, the distinction is practical. Watch for what is actually stated on screen or by participants: named platforms, dates, gameplay footage, formats and whether an item is a new announcement or an update to an existing project. Everything else is enthusiasm doing parkour across a gap it may not clear.
Film, television, comics and the art of the packed program
The event is not a games-only broadcast. The film portion is set to include Christmas at the Kringles, Crawlers, Ebenezer, Mr. Irrelevant, The Cycle, Whalefall and Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.
Television, comic and other pop-culture appearances include Blue Eye Samurai Season 2, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, Golden Axe, Mayfair Witches, The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and VisionQuest. IDW Publishing is also listed with Godzilla and Sonic the Hedgehog material.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is especially notable in a lineup that moves between interactive games and their adjacent screen worlds. That overlap is becoming easier to navigate on consoles as well: PS5’s planned Crunchyroll hub reflects the broader audience connection between anime and anime-inspired games. Still, the Fall Edition listing confirms an appearance, not the exact material, format or release information that may be shown.
Featured guests are expected to include Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Paul Bettany, Liam McIntyre and James Spader. Their presence signals that at least part of the show will put creative talent and performers alongside the reveal reel, although no specific guest-to-project assignments have been detailed.
One confirmed discussion: Wildwood and stop-motion craft
Among the more specifically described segments is Wildwood, a fantasy feature from LAIKA, the studio behind Coraline. Director Travis Knight is slated to discuss the process of bringing the story to the screen, adapting the illustrated novel by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis, and the scale of the production’s stop-motion work.
Stop-motion is an animation technique in which physical objects are moved in small increments and photographed frame by frame, creating motion when the images are played in sequence. Its inclusion provides a useful reminder that “reveal” need not always mean a trailer with a bass drop and a logo appearing out of smoke. A behind-the-scenes conversation can offer a more concrete view of how a project is being made, particularly when the craft itself is central to the finished work.
Wildwood is described as following Prue and Curtis as they enter a mysterious forest beyond Portland to rescue Prue’s baby brother, becoming caught up in a struggle over Wildwood’s fate. The film is due in theaters October 23.
How to approach a 90-reveal event without needing a corkboard
The event’s previous fall program included first looks at films such as Predator: Badlands, Frankenstein and Good Fortune; television projects including The Witcher, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch and The Mighty Nein; and games including Dispatch, Terminator 2D: No Fate and The Outer Worlds 2. That precedent helps explain the 2026 lineup’s mixed format: the purpose is discovery across entertainment categories as much as a concentrated briefing on one franchise.
For viewers, a little expectation management may be the best accessory. Make a short watchlist from the announced lineup, check October 12 and 13 for advance material, and keep a distinction between confirmed appearances and hoped-for details. With more than 90 items planned, there should be plenty to see. Just do not ask a single human brain to retain all of it without a notes app. That is how the splizards win.
