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Dragons game Warlock gets a first proper trailer, showing single-player action gameplay<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Looks dice.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/warlock-onl-trailer.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Warlock trailer screenshot showing a woman - the Warlock - with black hair, tanned skin and a magic purple eye looking shocked in close up\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"warlock-onl-trailer.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Wizards of the Coast \/ Invoke<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chris Tapsell avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1521645531.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Chris Tapsell avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1521645531.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/chris-tapsell\">Chris Tapsell<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Editor-in-Chief<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-25T19:00:54+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 25, 2026, 7 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dungeons-dragons-game-warlock-gets-a-first-proper-trailer-showing-single-player-action-gameplay?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"93bff476-3620-4606-8b3b-8191910e70ec\" data-name=\"Warlock (2027)\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Warlock (2027)\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Warlock (2027)\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Warlock (2027)\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Warlock (2027)\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Warlock (2027)\" title=\"Follow Warlock (2027)\"><br \/>\n  Follow Warlock (2027)<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>\nDungeons &amp; Dragons game Warlock has had a first proper trailer featured at Gamescom Opening Night Live this evening.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt featured our main character &#8211; a Warlock, naturally &#8211; making her pact, as all Warlocks must do at the beginning of a D&amp;D campaign, to gain her powers.\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Warlock: Dungeons &amp; Dragons - Official Gameplay Reveal\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pNw0sh481bA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/pNw0sh481bA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Warlock: Dungeons &amp; Dragons &#8211; Official Gameplay Reveal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pNw0sh481bA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>\nWhat follows is very much a third-person action video game, seemingly entirely in single-player, with the D&amp;D elements instead coming through via the world design and the nature of our Warlock&#8217;s abilities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe see a classic ramshackle town, a dungeon, and plenty of combat. At one point the Warlock teleports out the way of an enemy monster&#8217;s attack, leaving a decoy behind. Another time she emerges, sees some distant enemies in a field, and casts a spell to make it rain, before launching a series of lighting attacks seemingly with bonus effects thanks to that inclement weather.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nLots more combat follows &#8211; it&#8217;s flashy and fluid, but also very much one of those vertical slices. Some nice references to D&amp;D spells and plenty of glitz, but low-to-no detail so far. I expect this one to evolve a bit as we get closer to launch.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking of, it&#8217;s out in 2027, with that window still to be narrowed down. It&#8217;s being developed by Wizards of the Coast&#8217;s in-house studio Invoke. We look forward to seeing more!\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? 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At one point the Warlock teleports out the way of an enemy monster&#8217;s attack, leaving a decoy behind. Another time she emerges, sees some distant enemies in a field, and casts a spell to make it rain, before launching a series of lighting attacks seemingly with bonus effects thanks to that inclement weather.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nLots more combat follows &#8211; it&#8217;s flashy and fluid, but also very much one of those vertical slices. Some nice references to D&amp;D spells and plenty of glitz, but low-to-no detail so far. I expect this one to evolve a bit as we get closer to launch.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking of, it&#8217;s out in 2027, with that window still to be narrowed down. It&#8217;s being developed by Wizards of the Coast&#8217;s in-house studio Invoke. We look forward to seeing more!\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Warlock (2027) Dungeons &amp; Dragons game Warlock gets a first proper trailer, showing single-player action gameplay Looks dice. 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