2025’s rendition ofGamescomis coming soon, and it would appear one of the big reveals from its Opening Night Live show has already been spoiled: a sequel toLords of the Fallen. Gamescom is an annual gaming conference held in Cologne, Germany, and its opening livestream has become a third feather in the cap of Geoff Keighley, producer and host of Summer Game Fest and The Game Awards.
Geoff Keighleyposted artwork that reads, “Blood will spill,” above stylized Roman numerals for two.Marek Tyminski, CEO ofLords of the Fallenpublisher CI Games, then shared a screenshot of Keighley’s post, apparentlyspoiling the surprise reveal by simply saying, “Lords of the Fallen II.“The 2023 soulslike is a successor to the 2014 game of the same name, and while it received fairly positive reviews, it has also been subject to controversy.
Lords Of The Fallen 2 Teased To Be Revealed At Gamescom
A Spoiled World Premiere
A thirdLords of the Fallengame was already known to be in development because of a publishing agreement between CI Games and Epic Games to distribute the PC version. The way Keighley hid the actual game in his post, it seems likethe reveal ofLords of the Fallen 2was intended to be a surprise. Tyminski may have let the cat out of the bag, though.
Lords of the Fallenis among the more promising soulslikes;Screen Rant’s reviewcalled it “a strong foundation” for an RPG, saying it “offers something new” to the soulslike subgenre. It’s generally felt thatthe game benefited from post-launch support, which addressed issues with enemy placement and encounter balance, among other things. This ultimately culminated inLords of the Fallen’s large 2.0 update, which introduced major features like seamless co-op and a friend’s pass.
Lords Of The Fallen Has A Divisive Reputation
Controversial Words From The Publisher
There are still many soulslike players who do not likeLords of the Fallen’s gameplay, even after all the changes, but it has also grown divisive because of controversy surrounding Tyminski. Early in 2025, before the 2.0 update, another representative from CI Games was asked during an investor call about DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), to which it was stated thatCI Games was uninterested in putting “social or political agendas” in its games(viaPC Gamer).
While this statement drew criticism,Lords of the Fallenand CI Games came under further fire when Tyminski spoke about the issue on Twitter, reinforcing the untrue notion that DEI ruins games and hosting a poll about swappingLOTF’s Body Type A/B selection in character creation with more traditional Male/Female options. This has leftLords of the Fallenwith a complicated reputation, sincethe conservative crusade against DEI is itself a social and political agenda.
This hypocrisy soured some players on the game, which opted to switch to the less inclusive male and female body type labels in its character creator. With Keighley teasing the game, aLords of the Fallensequel appears to have a rather prominent place inGamescomOpening Night Live, but its predecessor’s launch woes and subsequent controversies are not forgotten.
Lords of the Fallen
The Lords of the Fallen is a single-player/co-op Action-RPG set in a high fantasy setting, acting as a soft reboot of the original entry, Lords of the Fallen. Set over a thousand years after the first game’s events, The Lords of the Fallen will set players in a massive world -one five times the size of the original - filled with NPC quests, dungeons, bosses, and other surprises that await.
