Highlights from Gamescom's Opening Night Live
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EVERYTHING WE SAW AT GAMESCOM'S OPENING NIGHT LIVE
Developers and publishers brought a bunch of games to the Geoff Keighley-led event in Germany.
By Kenneth Shepard
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An animated Geoff Keighley on the Gamescom stage
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It's time for Gamescom, friendos! Geoff Keighley is back to host another big video game showcase, and this time it's the Opening Night Live presentation before Gamescom.
The German event is taking place from August 21 to 25 in Cologne, but before fans, press, and developers explore the show floor, we get to see a big ol' preview of some upcoming games.
If you don't want to watch the two-hour presentation, we've got a roundup of all the big announcements and trailers right here.
If you missed the showcase and want to just watch it, you can also do that below.
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- BORDERLANDS 4
- CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS 6
- GOAT SIMULATOR
- PERSONA 3 RELOAD
- DYING LIGHT THE BEAST
- DRAGON BALL SPARKING ZERO
- KING OF MEAT
- LYNKED BANNER OF THE SPARK
- LOST RECORDS BLOOM & RAGE
- NO MORE ROOM IN HELL 2
- ARC RAIDERS
- INFINITY NIKKI
- WARHAMMER 40000 SPACE MARINE 2
- PREDECESSOR
- PATH OF EXILE 2
- DUNE AWAKENING
- REANIMAL
- GENSHIN IMPACT
- MONSTER HUNTER WILDS
- NARAKA BLADEPOINT X TOMB RAIDER
- FATAL FURY CITY OF THE WOLVES
- MECHA BREAK
- MONUMENT VALLEY III
- CIVILIZATION VII
- STARFIELD
- MARVEL RIVALS
- SECRET LEVEL
- AGE OF MYTHOLOGY RETOLD
- TOWERBORNE
- DELTA FORCE HAWK OPS
- KINGDOM COME DELIVERANCE II
- ZENLESS ZONE ZERO AND HONKAI STAR RAIL
- BATMAN ARKHAM SHADOW
- LITTLE NIGHTMARES 3
- HERDLING
- MASTERS OF ALBION
2K Games and Gearbox opened the show with a teaser for Borderlands 4.
The cinematic trailer shows psycho masks landing on a planet and being picked up by an unknown robotic character.
It will launch in 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
Hopefully, it goes better for them than the live-action movie did.
Activision showcased an extensive trailer highlighting Call of Duty Black Ops 6's campaign.
The game will feature a photography mechanic, hand-to-hand action sequences, motorcycle and car chase segments, and the series' core gunplay.
That homing knife looks pretty sick.
The next cinematic trailer is a hodgepodge homage to several different video games with references to Skyrim, Grand Theft Auto, and others.
It's finally revealed to be a remaster of Goat Simulator, launching later this year.
Atlus announced Persona 3 Reload's Episode Aigis DLC, coming to the remake on September 10.
It's also getting a special boss fight in the form of Joker, the protagonist of Persona 5.
Techland announced the next game in the Dying Light series called Dying Light The Beast.
The open-world, parkour-based zombie game will include around 20 hours of new content.
After a brief look at Black Myth Wukong's launch trailer, we got another glimpse of Dragon Ball Sparking ZERO.
The game launches on October 11.
Online multiplayer game show simulator King of Meat made its debut with Geoff Keighley in animated form getting dragged into its deadly game.
Those interested can sign up for playtests on the game's official website.
Next was Lynked Banner of the Spark, the debut game from developer Fuzzybot.
The game looks like one part city builder and another part arena beat 'em up.
Its early access period will begin on Steam on October 22.
Life Is Strange developer Dont Nod showcased the first gameplay of Lost Records Bloom & Rage.
Be on the lookout for some early impressions on the narrative adventure game here at Streamers Visuals after the show.
No More Room in Hell 2 is an eight-player co-op game about shooting zombie hordes.
The original game came out in 2013, so this one's been cooking for a while.
Next, we got an ominous cinematic teaser for Arc Raiders, a survival shooter launching in 2025.
Playtesting starts this fall on Steam.
As a palate cleanser for all the sad, gruesome stuff, we saw a musical trailer for Infinity Nikki.
It's full of cute-as-fuck critters singing and having a fun time.
It looks adorable with all its legally distinct mascots that kinda look like Moogles from Final Fantasy.
Warhammer 40000 Space Marine 2 showed up with a cinematic trailer.
The game will launch on September 9, but those who preorder can play four days early.
Predecessor, the MOBA shooter from folks who worked on the game Paragon, is entering its 10-patch era tonight.
It made a quick appearance to remind folks that they can join the free-to-play game on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
We got a new trailer of Path of Exile 2 and confirmation that the RPG will go into Early Access on November 15.
Next, we got a glimpse at Dune Awakening, including a brief look at the character creator, navigating its volatile desert world, and working with other players across the online survival game.
Little Nightmares developer Tarsier Studios revealed its next game, which is still in keeping with the team's horror aesthetic and vibe.
It looks a fair bit more gruesome than those games did, though, which specifically honed in on childlike nightmares and monsters.
HoYoverse showed off a new trailer for Genshin Impact and also confirmed the gacha RPG will finally come to Xbox on November 20.
Capcom took the stage to show off a new look at the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds.
The trailer showed both some epic fights with larger-than-life monsters and some of the quiet time you'll find in towns between.
Lara Croft is getting around in a lot of different games and crossovers, including Naraka Bladepoint.
The game is having a crossover event featuring the Tomb Raider heroine on August 28.
Next, we got a look at Fatal Fury City of the Wolves, showcasing Mai as a playable character.
The game will launch on April 24.
If Armored Core 6 didn't satiate your need for a mech game, there's also Mecha Break, a multiplayer mech game coming to PC and Xbox Series X/S.
Geoff took the stage once more to unveil Monument Valley III, the latest entry in the world-shifting puzzle series from Ustwo Games.
It will be available exclusively on Netflix Games on December 10.
The first two games will also come to the platform on September 19 and October 29, respectively.
After a reveal earlier this year, we finally got to see actual gameplay of Civilization VII.
The trailer showcases different eras of warfare and civilizations.
It will launch February 11 on PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox, and Switch.
A deeper gameplay showcase will begin immediately after Opening Night Live.
If driving around space hasn't been entirely ruined for you by the Mass Effect Mako, Starfield is adding the Rev8 vehicle to its open-world space exploration as a free update available tonight.
There's also a brief glimpse at the Shattered Space DLC launching on September 30.
Marvel Rivals got two big hero reveals: Captain America and Winter Soldier.
Winter Soldier seems to be another gun-based hero, though his robot hand gives him a few extra tricks.
Captain America, meanwhile, has his vibranium shield in hand that can be used to defend his team but also can reflect abilities as powerful as Iron Man's explosive ultimate.
The game will launch on December 6.
Deadpool director Tim Miller tearfully took to the stage to introduce Secret Level, an Amazon TV anthology series he calls a love letter to video games.
The series is made in collaboration with several video game studios and features episodes set in different video game worlds, including Pac-Man, God of War, Sifu, and more.
Age of Mythology Retold got a new trailer showcasing different mythologies in the remastered strategy game.
It launches on September 4.
Next up was fantasy beat 'em up Towerborne.
Its early access period will begin on Steam on September 10.
Shooter Delta Force Hawk Ops is coming to Steam Next Fest in October and will enter early access sometime in Q4 2024.
Medieval RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance II got a new trailer showcasing its horseback riding as well as sword-based hand-to-hand combat.
It will launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S on February 11.
A lengthier gameplay premiere will take place tomorrow on August 21.
HoYoverse had two appearances on the Gamescom stage with a trailer showing off a new area in Zenless Zone Zero.
This was immediately followed by a new trailer for Honkai Star Rail's Fate Stay Night collaboration coming in Q3 2025.
Next was a gameplay trailer for Batman Arkham Shadow, the upcoming VR game that lets you see the world from Bruce Wayne's point of view.
It will launch in October exclusively on the Meta Quest 3.
Bandai Namco and Tarsier may be making other things now (see Reanimal earlier in this roundup), but Little Nightmares is plugging along.
We got a new look at the horror puzzle-platformer series' upcoming third entry.
From the developers behind Far Changing Tides and the publisher behind Firewatch comes Herdling.
The game seems to focus on a character herding animals through a long journey across distant lands.
It will launch in 2025.
Peter Molyneux made a rare public appearance to show off Masters of Albion.
