Doom Meets Hades In the Coolest New Action Game of Gamescom 2026
Murals, a new action game from Disney Illusion Island maker Dlala Studios, has obvious Hades and Doom references according to our preview.
Murals, a new action game from Disney Illusion Island maker Dlala Studios, has obvious Hades and Doom references according to our preview.
The short version
- If you play video games, you’ve probably internalized an automatic association without even realizing it: see isometric, think roguelike.
- Murals , a new action game from the makers of Disney Illusion Island , bucks that trend.
- Revealed at the 2026 Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase, Murals is the next game from Dlala Studios, the British-based developer that also gave us 2020’s beat-em-up revival of Battletoads .
What happened
Murals is a deviation from both of its hits: an isometric, narrative-forward action game. But it is not , as CEO and game director Aj Grand-Scutton was quick to tell me during a hands-off preview at Gamescom, a roguelike.
Why it matters
Don’t expect a one-to-one Hades clone here, folks.
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