Gamescom 2020 kicked off with Geoff Keighley hosting Opening Night Live. The show lasted for 2 hours (with a couple of pre-show announcements) and featured Ratched & Clank, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Destiny and more.
PRE-SHOW
Scarlet Nexus – Gameplay Trailer
A better look at Scarlet Nexus and all of its alien monsters started the pre-show off. There’s a deeper horror feeling to the design of the creatures seen in this trailer and I’m all about it.
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Quantum Error – Story Trailer
This game looks really weird. I mean that in a good way. You play as a firefighter you gets called into a regular old fire and soon discovered they’re fighting all sorts of monsters. It looks like a cross between some survival horror elements and more Dead Space inspired horror-action.
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Dirt 5 – Create More
Codemasters showed off the ‘playgrounds’ mode for Dirt 5 which lets you create your own… playground. Add ramps, tracks and more and then share them online. Of course, you can download other players creations as well.
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Jurassic World Evolution: Complete Edition
The game is coming to Nintendo Switch on November 3. You’ll then be able to take your Jurassic Park building and management on the road.
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Opening Night Live
Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War – Perseus Briefing Cinematic
A quick look at the next Call of Duty and a cinematic. No gameplay was shown.
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Unknown 9: Awakening
It’s a game with a book, podcast and comic book all building a bigger universe. It’s a lot but looks interesting.
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DOOM Eternal – The Ancient Gods, Part One Trailer
The official trailer for the first DOOM Eternal DLC. It looks awesome.
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The Next Dragon Age – Behind The Scenes
It’s not much, but it’s something. The next Dragon Age game is still ages away and probably won’t release until late 2022 at the earliest, but here’s a behind the scenes sneak peek.
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Surgeon Simulator 2 – Out Now
For some reason, Doc Brown showed up for this.
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Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
An odd live-action trailer revealed that a Bridge Construction game is coming with a crossover into the Walking Dead universe.
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Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual
Sam and Max are back! And this time in VR. I’m excited, I missed these characters.
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
You can watch several animated shorts for the release of WoW: Shadowlands. The expansions is releasing on October 27th.
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground
Turn-based strategy game set in the Warhammer universe. Coming to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC in 2021.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Crash made his way around the empty Cologne convention centre before revealing the ‘Flashback Tapes.’ These are bonus levels that take you back to pre-Crash 1 when Cortex was experimenting on him and his sister.
Teardown
From developer Tuxedo Labs comes this ultra-destructible heist game.
Little Nightmares II
The trailer for Little Nightmare II succeeds in looking even creepier than the first game.
WWE 2K Battlegrounds
Jerry Lawler is returning to WWE commentary in WWE 2K Battlegrounds.
Star Wars: Squadrons
A story trailer sets the stage for the dog fights in Star Wars: Squadrons.
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The Sims 4: Star Wars – Journey to Batuu
A galaxy far, far away comes to sim-world on September 8th. Alongside Star Wars characters you’ll now be able to threaten your Sims with lightsabers and other dangerous objects they probably shouldn’t have.
Twelve Minutes
James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley and Willem Dafoe are all added to the upcoming Twelve Minutes.
Godfall
I’m still not sure what they showed.
Warframe: Heart of Deimos
The latest Warframe update is available now on PS4, Xbox One and PC for free.
Override 2: Super Mech League
More mech battles when Override 2 arrives on PS5/PS4 and Xbox Series X/Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC this holiday season.
Mafia Definitive Edition – Official Story Trailer
The remake of the original Mafia game launches on September 25th for PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Lemnis Gate
A turn-based shooter in which you only have 25-seconds to make a move and then your opponent can respond. It’s hard to wrap your head around but seems like a great idea if it all comes together.
Chorus – Gameplay
We haven’t seen Chorus since it was revealed during Xbox’s third-party showcase but here’s a look at some gameplay. It’s coming to Xbox One, Series X, PS4, PS5 and PC in 2021.
They still haven’t updated that logo though…
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
It’s been a while since we’ve had a LEGO release, especially a Star Wars one. The Force Awakens got a LEGO entry in 2016, but The Last Jedi missed out. The Skywalker Saga is going to fix that as it includes The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker and every other saga film in one package.
It’s releasing in 2021 for all consoles.
Struggling
This is the weirdest shit I’ve woken up at 3 AM to watch. Out now on Nintendo Switch!
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Microsoft is releasing another definite edition of a classic Age of Empires game with 4K graphics and new civilisations.
Fall Guys: Season 2
Season 2 begins this October and will add new modes and costumes.
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Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
An Oculus VR Medal of Honor is coming this holiday season.
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Spellbreak
Spellbreak is launching out of closed-beta on September 3rd for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. It’s a battle royale game with mage classes.
Turrican
Commodore 64 classic returns
Destiny 2: Beyond Light
A look at all the new gear, locations and more that are coming to Destiny 2: Beyond Light.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
7-minutes of Ratchet & Clank gameplay wrapped up the Opening Night Live experience.
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