The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted returns on Thursday, December 3, with Frankie Ward hosting the main show and a countdown of The Council’s 20 most anticipated upcoming games, PC Gamer announced. The show’s own site lists the slot as 12pm PT, 3pm ET, 8pm GMT and 9pm CET.
The show airs Thursday, December 3. AI-generated illustration.
PC Gamer has not named the top 20 yet. What it has published is the longlist the top 20 will be drawn from: 96 nominees in alphabetical order, listed below exactly as PC Gamer names them.
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PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2026 date and time
- Date: Thursday, December 3, 2026
- Time: 12pm PT, 3pm ET, 8pm GMT (20:00 UTC), 9pm CET, per the PC Gaming Show website
- Main show host: Frankie Ward
- Pre-show hosts: Midas and Jules Gill
- Where to watch: PC Gamer’s YouTube, Twitch or Steam pages, or anywhere that hosts video, according to PC Gamer
- Sponsor: Pot Noodle
Time zones matter here. At 20:00 UTC the show is still on December 3 in the Americas and Europe, but in UTC+4 and zones further east, including Dubai, India and Australia, it falls on Friday, December 4. That is likely why some searches ask about a December 4 date. PC Gamer’s date is December 3.
Who hosts the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted?
Frankie Ward returns to host the main show, in what PC Gamer calls her third show of the year. Midas, a PC Gamer presenter, and Jules Gill, who normally fronts the Future Games Show, will host the pre-show together and interview guests.
Last year Ward played a spaceship commander in the show’s sketches, with Baldur’s Gate 3 narrator Amelia Tyler as the ship’s AI, according to PC Gamer. It says this year’s character is a surprise.
How The Council picks the top 20
PC Gamer says it narrows thousands of upcoming games to a list of about 100, weighing Steam wishlists, how interesting the trailer is and how excited its own staff are. The Council, a mix of journalists, developers, streamers and celebrities, then scores each game from one (passingly curious) to five (intensely hyped). A game a member has no interest in counts as zero, and the number of members who voted breaks ties between equal averages.
The Council scores each game from one to five. AI-generated illustration.
The countdown has been cut from 25 games to 20 this year so each one gets more time in the spotlight, PC Gamer says. The show’s website lists Council members including Sid Meier, John Romero, Brian Fargo and David Gaider.
Every PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2026 nominee
PC Gamer says the top 20 sit somewhere in this list. It has fewer than 100 entries because some games have launched or been cancelled since the list was drawn up.
| 4:Loop | Darksiders 4 | Judas | Signet City |
| About Fishing | DeadRoot | Kingmakers | Spyro: A Realm Beyond |
| Alien: Isolation 2 | Dinghai: The Ocean Pillar | Last Harbor | State of Decay 3 |
| Among the Wild | Divinity | Light No Fire | Stellar Blade: Blood Rain |
| Among Us Story: On Guard | Don’t Starve Elsewhere | Lords of the Fallen II | Stranger Than Heaven |
| Another Door | Duskers 2.0 | Magicians: The Devil’s Deal | Stronghold 4 |
| Arma 4 | El Paso, Elsewhere 2 | Mars Tactics | Sword Hero |
| Atomic Heart 2 | Exodus | Marvel’s Blade | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin |
| Attack on Titan 3 / A.O.T.3 | Fable | Max Payne Remake | The Expanse: Osiris Reborn |
| Bad Magpie | Final Fantasy VII Revelation | Maximum Thunderness | The Pines |
| Barely Breathing | Frostpunk: 1886 | Metro 2039 | The Witcher 4 |
| Black Myth: Zhong Kui | gen ATLAS | Mighty Cuphead Adventure | The Witcher Remake |
| Blight: Survival | Gone Feral | Mr Magpie’s Harmless Card Game | The Wolf Among Us 2 |
| Blood Message | Grave Seasons | My Cannibal Family | Thief: The Dark Project Remastered |
| Carcass Clad | Guild Wars 3 | Outward 2 | Tides of Annihilation |
| Cassette Beasts 2002 | Gundam Rogue Orbit | Persona 6 | Time Strike |
| Chrono Odyssey | Guns of Eschaton | Pipes.exe | Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis |
| Clockwork Revolution | Hack ’95 | PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant | Total War: Warhammer 40,000 |
| Clowntown | Haex | Recur | Vampire: The Masquerade — Eternal Whispers |
| Company of Heroes – Definitive Edition | Haunted Chocolatier | Red Kiss | Virtua Fighter Crossroads |
| Cordura | Ill | Resident Evil Veronica | Vivarium |
| Crazy Taxi: World Tour | Impermanence | Sated | Void Diver: Escape from the Abyss |
| Crossfire | Into the Wind | Saw: Genesis | Wardens of Avalon |
| Cuphead Sequel | Join Us | Senua | Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember |
What to expect on December 3
PC Gamer promises world premieres, DLC, updates, release dates and developer interviews alongside the countdown. The previous show, the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct in September, had 13 world premieres and more than 30 games, according to PC Gamer.
Several nominees are big franchises already in the news, such as The Witcher 4. If you are tracking this year’s other big showcases, see our guide to The Game Awards 2026 date, time and nominees, and for the day’s headlines follow Gaming News Today.
Sources: PC Gamer (nominee list, host announcement, show announcement); PC Gaming Show. Checked November 13, 2026.
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