Korean developer NC unveiled Like or Die, a new first-person shooter, during Gamescom 2026's Opening Night Live showcase. The game draws heavy visual and mechanical inspiration from Embark Studios' The Finals, featuring destructible environments, traversal tools such as zip lines and jump pads, and players who explode into pixelated cubes on defeat, but reframes the arena battle around live-streaming rather than sponsor-backed competition.

In Like or Die, players stream their matches on a fictional platform called Quaya, competing for likes and gifts from watching sponsors. A closed-doors preview showed the game's premise extends beyond Earth: NC's head of IP, Kim Hwan, revealed that in the game's alternate-universe Seoul, aliens and creatures across the galaxy also watch the stream, evoking comparisons to Dungeon Crawler Carl, though these viewers won't be visually depicted in-game. The game's Steam page discloses limited use of generative AI in asset production, alongside human artist refinement, and NC is targeting a closed test before the end of 2026, with no confirmed release date yet.