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Everything announced and shown at the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2022

<p class="">THQ Nordic returned for another year of their digital showcase.</p>

BY Dylan Blight

Aug 12, 2022 UPDATED Sep 21, 2023

THQ Nordic returned for another year of their digital showcase, mainly focusing on things we knew were in development while disappointingly not giving any release dates to games people were hoping to see them attached to, like the AEW game.

Here are all the trailers and news from the THQ Nordic Showcase.

Alone in the Dark

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A remake of the original 1992 Alone in the Dark was revealed at the start of the THQ Nordic Showcase. It looks to feature a more action-heavy mix of gameplay with the puzzles and story elements that made the game what it was when it was originally released.

Alone in the Dark is in development for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed

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Crypto got a hefty trailer to showcase his 60’s action and mission to get revenge against the KGB.

Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed is releasing on August 31st for PC, PlayStation and Xbox.

Space For Sale

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A “build-up simulation game” has you controlling a cute little astronaut who just bought a whole solar system and must now gather resources and build up the planets.

Gothic 1 Remake

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A new trailer for the remake of the original Gothic game showcased the mining colony where the game is set.

Jagged Alliance 3

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One of the many strategy games showcased during the event, Jagged Alliance 3’s latest trailer showed off the turn-based strategy.

The Valiant

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Multiplayer modes will be included at launch alongside the single-player campaign.

Tempest Rising

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A heavy-metal trailer showed off the action in this RTS, which is coming in 2023.

Knights of Honor II: Sovereign

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A new trailer didn’t show off too much that we haven’t seen before, but it still looks like a solid RTS.

Outcast 2: A New Beginning

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A new trailer for the sequel, twenty years in the making, showcased the guns and combat you’ll have access to on your adventure.

Wreckreation

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Developer Three Fields Entertainment revealed their 400-square-kilometre open-world game, Wreckreation. The open-world size and use are hard to wrap your head around, but the track creation, being able to play with friends, and the game’s general hecticness all look good to me.

Way of The Hunter

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This hunting game is out next week for those who like to play those sorts of things.

AEW: Fight Forever

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Unfortunately, this trailer did leak a week ago, and there wasn’t a release date here, but THQ Nordic is the official publisher of All Elite Wrestling’s first video game. For fans of the old-school WWE game, this is being developed by Yukes, who did the best work on those games.

The game will be playable for the first time at Gamescom for those in attendance.

StuntFest: Worldtour

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A new trailer for StuntFest: World Tour showed off how intense and hectic the gameplay can get in a game that combines racing speed and action of extreme sports.

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

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Following on from their work on SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated, developer Purple Lamp is now set to release an original SpongeBob story in SpongeBob Square: The Cosmic Shake. In the game, SpongeBob and their friends get whipped around many different worlds, leading to SpongeBob wearing different outfits and having access to different abilities.

South Park

Right at the end of the showcase, it was randomly revealed in a blink, and you’ll miss it moment that THQ Nordic is working with South Park Digital Studios on a game.

You can watch the full showcase in the video below.

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Let me know your favourite reveal or trailer in the comment section.

WRITTEN BY

Dylan Blight

[He/Him] Dylan Blight is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Explosion Network, an independent Australian publication covering video games, film, television and pop culture. Since founding Explosion Network in 2017, Dylan has written and produced reviews, news, interviews, features and podcasts across the entertainment industry, while overseeing the publication's editorial direction and content.

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