What do we expect to see today?
We’re also expectingLittle Nightmarescreator Tarsier to unveil its new project, which could be exciting.
The show is expected to run for two hours.
Maybe go to the toilet before it starts.
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
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Meanwhile, from the Gamescom show floor…
What ho!
Good evening - is it evening yet?
What have I missed?
Wait, I’m supposed to tell you that aren’t I.
Well I’m here now.
I’ve had a bit of bread and cheese and some chocolate, and I’m in.
I like a resistance-themed game - it reminds me of school.
And to you too.
I am now we’re seeing Enotria and a GIANT CRAB.
I thought those were extinct.
Let’s see what you’ve all been talking about…
I have to work with him!
I quite like Kyle Bosman and this whole intro bit.
Nice cat: check - I assume it’s not a robot.
Nice luminous Twitch streaming name on the wall behind.
Depressing bookshelf: check.
He’s funny without trying too hard, and it’s not loud and overbearing.
I think that’s a win.
“A first-person farming horror allegory” did that say?
What in the absolute world are we watching?
A young person, masculine sounding, has found themselves in control of a farm.
- monsters jumping out at you.
We Harvest the Shadows, it’s called, and it’s a solo-dev game made by David Wehle.
And there’s a demo on Steam now.
I’ll play that tomorrow.
It’s an “anti-cosy game”.
I love made-up terms.
This character apparently wants to be alone all the time but is being watched.
On to a super-scary trailer with Biblical undertones now.
It opens with some skulls, static on a TV, an abandoned police car, lights still flashing.
A person’s hand staked to a headboard.
Barbed wire, a gun.
This person had a VR headset on.
Now we’ve zoomed onto to a kind of comedy colony management game in space.
Revenge of the Savage Planet - a sequel.
There’s a full gameplay reveal tomorrow in the Xbox stream.
This looks really impressive.
It’s called Inzoi.
There’s a character creator going up on Steam… now, I think.
Another game announcement now and we’re not even into the main show.
I’d quite happily watch this for another couple of hours to be honest.
It’s much calmer.
This seems like some kind of sci-fi horror game.
We’re seeing space suits and some stressed out character running from something, and exploring a space station.
Oh, they’ve seen themselves!
It’s coming 2025.
A look at Terry in Street Fighter 6 now.
He looks very Terry-ish.
There, eat your heart out Wes - I know my fighting games!.
The show begins
And the show begins!
Geoff Keighley walks onto the stage, desparately hoping for the celebrity status he graves.
Although, well, he kind of is a celebrity now isn’t he?
“Guten abend, Gamescom!”
he shouts, all smiles.
This is the first time there’s a live, signed version of the show by the way.
Apparently we’re going to see some game announcements we’re not expecting.
Big words, Geoff, big words.
Borderlands 4 announced for 2025
A world premiere now that hasn’t leaked.
We’re seeing a planet with purple lines cracked into it.
It’s not a stealth showing of the terrible Borderlands film is it?
The planet has crashed down through some icy barrier.
Flaming missiles of some kind are hitting the planet.
There’s a fiery crater - is it Gandalf?
No, it’s a robot of some kind picking up a mask.
We’re about to see gameplay showing a rogue team that’s targeted a senator at a fundraiser.
You’re in that team.
This mission is Most Wanted.
There’s a nice spy vibe going on here.
You have to take photos, you have to find objects hidden in clocks.
It looks, as you might imagine, great.
Oh dear, things have gone to shit now and we’ve reverted to gun-toting Call of Duty gameplay.
It is a COD game after all.
Maybe it’s just an effect done for this trailer.
It’s quite nifty.
Maybe I’m just nostalgic for VHS.
Hah - very good!
BRB paging Digital Foundry for the official verdict!
Ooh, now we’re on a motorbike inside the building.
Helpfully, our enemies have the back doors to their trucks open so we can shoot them.
And then it’s over!
That’s the end of COD!
Until the game comes out of course.
End of August, early Sept for the open betas.
We’re seeing a strange trailer that’s a kind of mash-up of video game memes.
It’s staged in a prison and we are a warden of sorts walking through it.
There’s a goat.
It’s…
No.
Goat Simulator Remastered, specifically.
Dying Light: The Beast announced
Another new game announcement coming.
We’re in a forest with modern day soldiers walking through it.
It’s Techland, the Dying Light studio.
There’s some kind of beast in the trees looking down on them.
It’s breathing heavily - maybe it’s got a cold?
The soldiers are swearing in British accents.
“Bloody hell,” they say.
There are a few corpses.
The beast rushes them.
Now we’re seeing a montage of the soldiers being hunted.
“Every man has an animal within.
If you push too much, you might release the beast.”
Dying Light: The Beast.
Geoff adds that it’s got 20 hours of gameplay.
It seems like it’s an expandalone - a standalone expansion.
A Black Myth: Wukong moment here - a debut of the launch trailer.
It’s very pretty, as you well know by now.
An Xbox date perhaps?
A brief King of Meat animated section there, before we hop to a world premiere trailer.
Trap places, play with up to three friends.
Cypress Hill bopping in the background.
This is a wild-looking hack and slash party game.
Geoff’s going to introduce us to a brand new game and team.
The game is Lynked: Banner of the Sparked - it’s got bright Overwatch art vibes.
The studio is FuzzyBot.
It’s a co-op action hack and slash.
Brawl, build and befriend robots.
You’re one of the last remaining humans and you have to fight a robot army.
The first trailer now.
It’s Skylanders bright.
It’s got a sheen of casual and free-to-play about it.
You build your own town in the game.
This segment has gone on a wee bit long.
Early access coming 22nd October this year.
A garage where a teenage band is rehearsing.
It’s got a lovely sundrenched look, as you probably expect.
The friends have gone Stand By Me hiking in the woods.
They’re coming up with a band name.
Baseball bats to the face.
Dark roats, shambling hordes, crazed tannoy announcements.
No More Room in Hell 2, whatever that is.
It’s 8-player co-op from Torn Banner, the Chivalry developer!
But that’s all we’re seeing.
(But also: I concur.)
Super-brief look at action survival game Arc Raiders there, which is coming next year.
It’s one of those stylish but stingy trailers that sets a tone but doesn’t really show anything.
Getting strong The Last of Us vibes from it though.
The deliriously bright and colourful Infinity Nikki swoops by, somewhat literally.
Now we’re seeing a launch trialer for Space Marine 2.
Now it’s Omeda Studios and some kind of multiplayer team-based shooter.
I feel like I’ve played this.
It’s called Predecessor and it’s already available.
A third-person, over the shoulder MOBA.
Ah it was made from the ashes of Epic’s Paragon!
That’s where I remember it from.
I can’t wait to get stuck into this.
It’s a CGI trailer showcasing some of the gloriously strange enemies.
Now we’re getting a montage of gameplay and it looks great.
November 15th 2024 early access.
Dune Awakening debut gameplay, comes to PC early 2025
Dune Awakening now, from Conan Exiles studio Funcom.
We’re getting a first look at gameplay and a release date, it sounds like.
Or maybe it’s a beta date.
We’re seeing character customisation.
Now we’re onto the orangey sand and we’re alone out there, hunted by sand worms.
I guess they’re used to this kind of desert gameplay after Conan Exiles.
Oh here’s another player on some kind of quad bike.
They’ve got a fancy suit on and a gun that they’re giving us.
you’re free to climb up sheer walls and then shipe down from above.
There are swordmasters who are upfront fighters, there are assault troopers who fight at mid-range.
Then you loot enemies.
Nothing is wasted here.
you might build huge and impressive looking bases.
It’s a bit more high tech than I was expecting.
it’s possible for you to make an ornithopter.
There’s an in-game radio that will clue you into events happening around the desert.
There are settlements here where we can pledge allegiance to the great houses of Dune.
We’re in the dark shady buildings you remember from the film, providing you’ve seen it.
No sign of worm-surfing.
Coming to PC early in 2025.
Console release dates TBA.
Little Nightmares dev Tarsier reveals Reanimal
Ooh ooh Tarsier’s new game now - the creator of Little Nightmares.
It’s a dark world a lot like Little Nightmares.
Reanimal it’s called, and PC, PS5 and Xbox are all mentioned.
Was it just me or did that look exactly like Little Nightmares?
I mean, it looking like Little Nightmares is a good thing.
But I don’t see an obvious difference in this new one.
Genshin Impact Xbox release date
A short one: Genshin Impact is finally coming to Xbox on 20th November.
Monster Hunter Wilds time now.
Some deliriously wild screams from the audience there.
Ooh we’re in the nest of some kind of gigantic spidery cotton plant.
It just grabbed a huge bear!
Wilds certainly looks wild.
Now we’re in camp.
Now we’re on mounts.
It’s a very montagey look at the game it seems.
There’s lovely character and equipment detail, as you’d expect.
The monsters look great too.
We’re seeing a kind of metallic dragon that can channel lighting and roll up into a metal ball.
A selection of smaller enemies now and that brings us to the end of the trailer.
No it doesn’t!
A quick shot at some oversized meat in the game.
It’s coming 2025.
Some real-time panic in the audience there.
I wish the costume and character design wasn’t quite so ridiculous though.
Monument Valley 3 coming to Netflix on 10th Dec
A multiplayer mech game called Mechabreak whisked past there.
Now: Monument Valley.
Monument Valley 3 specifically.
There was an open vield section there.
More mind-bending perception puzzles to solve but also some plesant-looking sailing now.
It looks great, albeit like more of the same.
It’s coming exclusively to Netflix Games on 10th December.
Has anyone played any games on Netflix?
Psst, Chris went to see this recently at Firaxis, and will share his thoughts soon.
We’re getting our first look at Civ 7 now.
Gorgeous detail on settlements, but the nice chunky player pieces still remain.
But it looks nice.
There’s a proper gameplay showcase coming after Opening Night Live.
A segment for Starfield: Shattered Space there.
It’s coming 30th September.
We got to see a new space buggy.
We’ll be seeing this at Gamescom by the way, so expect our thoughts soon.
I’m keen to give it a go.
It’s coming 6th December.
Apparently Gamescom runs entirely on renewable energy, which is cool.
There are some other sustainability initatives as well.
I’ve worked with Lisa Pak on the Green Game Jam - she’s very nice.
Winner of the Gamescom Sustainabilty Award is Tencent.
That’s an interesting winner - it shows intent at least.
Running Up the Building 2!
He’s talking about Blur Studios which has been making cinematics for games for years.
“We do this because we fucking love video games,” he says, and everyone cheers.
Fans ask for full movies, and, well, it sounds like they listened.
A collaboration with Amazon Studios and game publishers.
He’s getting choked up on stage - I love it!
“I cry a lot.”
They’ve been working on this for three years.
It’s called Secret Level.
He pauses again for emotion.
He tries to compose himself.
“It is our love letter to games,” he says, voice cracking.
It’s coming out 10th December.
That was very endearing!
Love Death and Robots people making animated anthology based on games
Ha yes - quite!
A few fillery games here, whizzing by.
Oh is this Delta Force: Hawk Ops?
We wrotea very positive piece about thisthe other day - you might have noticed.
It’s coming to PC early access later this year.
It’s coming to Steam Next Fest later this year too.
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 now.
I’m looking forward to this.
It seems to have a much livelier tone now.
We’re once again Henry, riding around Bohemia on our horse.
Short trailer, but it’s on show this week.
It’s coming out in February.
Ooh how hot is it out there at the moment?
And I remember that Delta Force demo too!
I’m not going to pretend to know what was going on in that Hoyoverse segment there.
Lottie and the guides team will hate me for saying that.
A first look at gameplay in Meta Quest 3 VR game Batman: Arkham Shadow now.
Batman’s knee pads!
They look very padded.
We’re seeing combat, it looks… steady.
There’s the suit!
We’re scanning the area, zipping around.
We’re choking someone out.
We’re running around.
It doesn’t seem to be free movement but subtly on-rails, I guess to help with the sickness.
This looks quite good.
Hold that thought - it’s another world premier!
It’s Little Nightmares 3, being developed by Supermassive - the Until Dawn bunch.
Weird seeing this and Tarsier’s new game in the same conference.
I think Tarsier’s looked weirder and more intriguing.
It was a good chat.
Peter Molyneux announces new game Masters of Albion
It’s Peter Molyneux!
He’s showing his new game Masters of Albion.
Oh god he’s not going to promise an acorn growing into a tree is he again.
I’ve got a soft spot for Molyneux.
We’re flying over a chonky fantasy world.
We’re at a kind of god’s eye view as if it is acity building game.
Build it by day, defend it from monster by night.
We can zoom right into the town and into shops to make pies and sandwiches.
There’s a hand cursor a bit like Dungeon Keeper.
We can design and customise all of the buildings and it looks tactile and easy to do.
It’s a small walled town.
Back in god mode, we can unleash spells.
It’s pleasant looking but it definitely has a lower budget look to it.
It’s a sandbox game.
And that’s it.
Haha - this made me laugh!
There’s a Squid Game game coming to Netflix.
She’s zipping around with some fancy teleporting abilities, and punching and kicking.
It’s a third-person action adventure in a deserty fantasy world, part mixed with science fiction.
Unknown 9: Awakening.
We’re moving onto Blizzard now.
This is the company’s first time back at Gamescom since 2019 apparently - I didn’t know that.
Will anyone be playing?
Remember, this is the start of a three-game story arc that Blizzard is aiming really high with.
There’s a Warcraft Direct that’s coming, apparently.
Another company doing it’s own thing.
An Overwatch 2 x WoW collab is coming.
Widowmaker is getting a Sylvanas Windrunner skin.
That looks very cool.
Diablo 4 is of course getting an expansion in Vessel of Hatred in October.
It’s playable at Gamescom.
We’re going to see the mercenary companions in a trailer.
I was just writing about Overwatch 1 earlier today.
It was such a revitalising time for Blizzard.
I think a lot of important work has probably been done behind the scenes during all of this turmoil.
It’s really nice to see Faries on the stage representing Blizzard, for example.
I hope it’s a significantly differnet company now, and the rot has been cleared out.
We’re getting a bit more detail on mercenaries in the game.
We can hire them to fight with us - I guess they’re like stand-in friends?
There’s a co-op PvE dungeon coming in the expansion too.
I’m quietly excited.
Yeah, another reason it was such a big win.
It’s a bit like how battle royale saved Fortnite, in a weird way.
The First Berserker now, which looks like a very dark and handsome third-person action role-playing game.
There’s a cel-shaded look to the skin beneath all of that fancy armour.
The world looks somewhat empty besides the boss your fighting.
It’s coming early 2025 with a closed beta from 11th-20th Oct.
Dark and Darker Mobile?!
I don’t see how this would translate.
I don’t think we’re going to see it either - this is all CGI.
It’s an energetic trailer though; someone spent a lot of money on it.
it’s possible for you to pre-register for it.
NetEase now, and a life simulation.
It’s got strong Animal Crossing vibes.
We see sevral characters all working together on gardens and, I assume, having fun in the process.
It’s coming 2025. you’re able to pre-register now.
What even is pre-registering?
Victoria saw this for us recently and will have much more that you could read about it.
Me too, me too!
That’s on PC and Xbox.
It’s coming to PlayStation 5 in spring 2025.
Mafia: The Old Country announced
One final game announcement now.
A husky voice in a 30s-style office talking about commitment to family.
They’re looking over a vista now.
Mafia: The Old Country.
We’re going to see more in December 2024.
This is set in Sicily in the 1900s.
We’re going back to the Mafia’s roots.
Show closes
That’s it from Geoff and team.
It was a tame night.
Some new announcements but they didn’t have much substance to them.
Keep an eye on the site this week for more.
Heads up here’sTom’s interview with Peter Molyneuxabout his new game, Masters of Albion.
And here’sVictoria’s preview of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
