Gamescom 2024 kicked off with a bang yesterday evening as the world-renown gaming convention set the stage with dozens of announcements and reveals during its gamescom Opening Night Live.
Everything revealed at gamescom Opening Night Live 2024
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With almost 60 new titles, DLC, and other announcements, this was one of the biggest events since the E3 and showcase season earlier this year. Here’s everything announced.
Dave the Diver Collabs with Balatro, Potion Craft and mxmtoon
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Pseudo indie game Dave the Diver is farming credibility by partnering with three of the biggest indie hits of 2024. More content for DtD fans, hurrah!
Sniper Elite Resistance
It’s been a while since we’ve had the chance to blow off the heads of Nazis, so it’s good to hear there’s a new Sniper Elite game coming out in 2025
Begone Beast – Feb 2025 early access
Cutest co-op horror game Begone Beast seems eager to capture the growing market for games where you and three friends get scared lifeless in video game format.
Roadcraft in 2025
A new survival crafting game where you drive around this time. We’ve seen plenty of survival crafting games where people try and make the base-building and looting work, but the mobility here looks interesting.
Nikoderiko: The Magical World
Side-scrolling platformer that instantly reminds of classic N64 games or Crash Bandicoot.
Enotria The Last Song
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Soulslike slasher with a renaissance spin. Coming September 19.
Cairn
Frustration-core mountain climbing game, available for wishlist now.
We Harvest Shadows
Self-described “first-person farming horror allegory.” Looks like someone made a fully produced version of a creepy pasta game, we’re all for it.
A.I.L.A.
Dark, medieval-inspired horror adventure A.I.L.A available for wishilisting now.
Revenge of the Savage Planet
More cute co-op gameplay in survival-looking game Revenge of the Savage Planet. Rust meets Slime Rancher?
INZOI
Snap incredible photos with Inzoi Character Studio.
TRIBE NINE
Fight mechs with neon stylings in TRIBE NINE, action game that will be on PC, iOS, and Android.
Directive 8020
Created by Dark Pictures, this brooding sci-fi horror games looks inspired by the likes of Alien and Deadspace.
Terry Bogard SF6 Gameplay Trailer
Terry looks suitably buff and broken in his latest Street Fighter 6 trailer, as he makes his debut as the first of the second season of SF6 characters.
Borderlands 4
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Borderlands is back! Box office bomb and out-dated humor not withstanding, people seem excited for this one. Coming 2025
Call of Duty Black Ops 6
Black Ops 6 took the interesting tactic of not showing much gunplay, but a lot of gadgets and photograph taking.
Goat Simulator Remastered
Goat Simulator showed off a parody-filled trailer for its remaster. I was just wondering how they were going to do anything with this franchise, and here we are, back to square one. Coming later this year (2024).
Persona 3: Reload – Episode Aigis
Altus goes back to the golden goose to add a Persona 5 DLC to Persona 3. Genius really.
Dying Light: The Beast
Dying Light 2 is one of those guilty pleasure multiplayer games I absolutely love. Hopefully this game will capture more of that feel, and less of the grindy, open world drudgery of the singleplayer game.
King of Meat
Unfortunately not a Super Meat Boy followup, this game appears to be a Splatoon-esque multiplayer brawler with cartoon stylings.
Lynked : Banner of the Spark
Co-op isometric perspective battles in a sci-fi setting. Really hard to tell how this game will be, but early access is on Oct. 22.
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Band and music-inspired adventure game reminds me of Life is Strange meets Stand By Me, so hope it lives up to it. First episode is coming Feb. 18, with the second following a month later on March 18.
No More Room in Hell 2
Missing out on more creative titles such as “Even less room in hell” or “Still no room in hell,” the zombie shooter game returns with this sequel.
ARC Raiders
Stylish PvPvE extraction survival shooter Arc Raiders is coming in 2025, but you can play test next month!
Infinity Nikki
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The Nikki series has found unexpected success outside its niche and Infinite Nikki it’s celebrating closed beta now.
Path of Exile 2
Time flies, and it looks like Diablo-like (well, Diablo killer) PoE 2 is alraedy heading for early access, with Nov. 15 the date you should mark in your calendars.
Dune Awakening
Banking on Dune fever still existing despite landing one year after the release of the second film, and one year before the release of the third, open world sand simulator Dune Awakening is set for a 2025 release.
REANIMAL
Apparently “The creators of Little Nightmares I & II have returned to take you on a darker, more terrifying journey than ever before.”
Genshin Impact on Xbox
Xbox players can finally get in on the phenomenon that is Genshin Impact as the game comes to both Xbox Series consoles on Nov. 20
New Monster Hunter Wilds Trailer
Monster Hunter Wilds has spend the last month teasing us with weapon reveals, and now we get a new trailer. This game looks incredible, so let’s hope it lives up to the hype.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
It seems Terry isn’t just in Street Fighter 6 for the fun of it, he also has a new game to promote. Fatal Fury City of the Wolves is out in 2025, Apr. 24.
Monument Valley 3
Mind-bending puzzle builder Monument Valley 3 is coming out later this year on Netflix Games. Look for it on your Netflix app on Dec. 10.
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
Fuel your addiction and start those all nighters up again, as Civ 7 is finally coming out next year. Get ready for it on Feb. 11, 2025
Starfield Rev-8 Update
Oh yeah! Bethesda released a game not called Fallout or Skyrim at some point in the past year. There’s a free update coming today (Aug. 21) that gives you a moon buggy. This will seemingly tide over Starfield fans until the Shattered Space expansion comes out next month.
Marvel Rivals
Overwatch-style shooter with superheroes, Marvel Rivals is out on Dec. 6. They also vaunted the fact that all heroes are unlocked and free-to-play at launch and beyond. Take that, highly successful and still-relevant competitor Overwatch 2!
Prime Video’s Secret Level Series
Prime Video has figured out that video game fans will put down the controller and sit through your hours of ads to watch shows if they’re about games. So they’re making 15 episodes of one shot shows about Armored Core, Mega Man, SIFU, Unreal Tournament, Spelunky, Playstation, and more. Out Dec. 15
Towerborne
Sidescrolling, Gauntlet and Magicka-esque adventure game Towerborne was announced. It’s coming to Steam Early Access on Sep. 10.
Batman Arkham Shadow
They’re still making Arkham Batman games (well, not really given this is a Quest 3 VR exclusive). Being a VR game this ironically solves the biggest issue in Arkham games, that the Batman takes up a third of the screen. It’s out October 2024.
Little Nightmares 3
A new stylish horror adventure game from Supermassive. Creepy, very Tim Burton vibes.
Herdling
Cute herding game where I can instantly imagine me steering a dozen bison off a cliff and feeling very bad about it. Coming 2025.
Peter Molyneux’s new game – Masters of Albion
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Peter Molyneux came out on stage and introduced his new game Master of Albion. The legendary developer behind Fable and Black & White said he was making a new game – inspired by Fable and Black & White.
Squid Game Unleashed
Remember Squid Game? No? Well Netflix is releasing their video game adaptation finally. Next year. Or soon. They didn’t give a date.
Unknown 9 Awakening
Dishonered look-alike Unknown 9 Awakening is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One on Oct. 18, and can be preordered now.
Arena Breakout Infinite
Arena Breakout infinite showed off its new trailer and said the full game will be released “at the end of the year.”
Blizzard announces Warcraft Direct
There’s a Warcraft Direct! Will this mean things about a new Warcraft game? New WoW expansion details? Hearthstone updates? Whatever the case, with Blizzard, we’re sure to be disappointed.
The First Berserker: Khazan
I get worried seeing every third-person action game and saying its a souls-like. But yeah, it’s probably a souls-like. The technical test on Oct. 11, and the game releases early 2025.
Floatopia
Strawberry shortcake characters in a casual-core, Animal Crossing style cute-em-up. Or something. You can pre-register now.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
One of the big games of the night, there’s an Indie game coming out! No not that type of Indie game… Indiana Jones! I’ll see myself out. It’s releasing on Dec. 9, straight to Game Pass, Xbox and PC. Then on PS5 next year.
Mafia The Old Country
We’ve figured out why all the Mafia games are on sale at the time of writing, as Mafia The Old Country is revealed. New details are promised in December, but it’s clear they’re heading back to Sicily. Maybe they’ll be able to pronounce Capocollo correctly in this game?
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