Very early on Wednesday morning (3 AM in fact!) Xbox kicked off Gamescom 2021 with their own pre-recorded presentation. The event featured updates for Microsoft Flight Simulator, State of Decay, Sea of Thieves and more.
Check out all the trailers and news below.
A brand new trailer for Dying Light 2: Stay Human showcases the apocalyptic world, zombies, factions and more.
Dying Light 2: Stay Human is set to release on December 7th 2021.
Jorg Neumann of Asobo Studio talked about ‘World Update Six’ coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator soon, which adds new cities and map data to the game. There are new tours, landing flights and missions being added to the game, and ‘Local Legends’, a new system in the game that will add famous planes to the game that are specific to a particular area in the game. Competitive multiplayer is also being added to the game in the form of air races.
World Update Six will release later this year in November.
A trailer for Xbox Game Pass showcases many Humble Games coming soon or already available on the service.
Archvale
Next Space Rebels
Midnight Fight Express
Dodgeball Academia
Bushiden
Flynn
Unpacking
Signals
Unsighted
Chinatown Detective Agency
A trailer for this 90’s throw-back shooter shows off gameplay that looks like DOOM, but instead of guns, you have magical spells.
The game is releasing on October 19th and will launch on Game Pass.
Adam Isgreen from World’s Edge talked about Age of Empires 4 and a key feature they’re adding to the game. ‘Hands-on Histories’ are videos spread throughout the campa[ign that total in about an hour and give you little history lessons.
Age of Empires 4 is scheduled to release on October 28th and launch as a part of Xbox Game Pass on PC.
Now coming to console gamers, Xbox Cloud Gaming will let you play games using XCloud Technology, targetting 1080p and 60fps. Of course, the most significant selling point of Xbox Cloud Gaming on consoles is the ability of Xbox One gamers to play Xbox Series X|S games and saving space on your console.
Xbox Game Pass subscribers will get access as part of their subscription later this year.
‘Cult of The Holy Detoation’ is the latest big expansion for Wasteland 3, and it’s releasing in October.
A Borderlands inspired ship called the ‘Mayhem’ is being added to Sea of Thieves tomorrow, and players can earn it during Gamescom, which ends September 7th.
A new map, six bases, new weapons, and more will be added to State of Decay 2 in a new update titled ‘Homecoming.’
State of Decay 2‘s latest update, Homecoming, is releasing on September 1st.
Hack-and-slash gameplay and RPG elements are showcased in the reveal trailer for Stray Blade, which is releasing in 2022.
An ‘adaptation of Crusader Kings III is coming to Xbox consoles. This version has re-worked the UI to make it playable with a controller.
The long-awaited sequel to 2005’s Psychonauts is out today, and it’s received rave reviews, including from our own Ciaran Marchant, who gave it a 10/10.
In The Gunk, you land on an alien planet and use a vacuum fist to suck up gunk and fight monsters. As the trailer progresses, it looks like there’s a lot more to this story than meets the eye.
The Gunk is being developed by Image & Form Games, the same studio behind the SteamWorld franchise and is releasing in December, later this year.
A custom Forza Horizon 5 limited edition controller was revealed in the opening of the Forza Horizon 5 showcase.
Most importantly, Playgrounds Games then showcased eight minutes of Forza Horizon 5 gameplay that started with a Ford Bronco Badlands being dropped off from the plane ala-Fast 7 before beginning a race down a volcano mountaintop. The cars then continue to switch up, and we see different areas of the Mexico setting. It seems like this could be the opening prelude of Forza Horizon 5.
Forza Horizon 5 is releasing on November 9th for Xbox X|S and PC.
That was everything showcased during the Xbox Gamescom Showcase. Tomorrow morning we have Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live event to look forward to watching.
If you’d like to watch the full presentation, check out the video below.
Let me know your favourite trailer or moment from the showcase in the comments section.
