Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024: All The Biggest Announcements
By Darryn Bonthuys on August 20, 2024 at 12:57PM PDT
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Nothing signals the start of a very busy period in the gaming calendar better than the start of Gamescom, and as usual, the massive gaming expo is kicking things off with Geoff Keighley's annual showcase, Gamescom Opening Night Live. Like previous years, this will be streamed on various platforms and gaming fans can expect two hours of announcements and gameplay trailers.
Keighley will once again host Opening Night Live, and so far, numerous games have been confirmed for the show. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Marvel Rivals, Little Nightmares 3, and Monster Hunter Wilds are just some of the games you can expect to see, and something beastly has been teased. It's also bad news for Hollow Knight: Silksong fans, as that game won't be making an appearance.
We'll be keeping track of all the announcements coming out of Gamescom Opening Night Live, and you can regularly refresh this page to see the latest updates. If you're interested in watching, you can click the YouTube link here for the livestream.
It has been a hot minute since InZoi--Krafton's take on The Sims--has been in the spotlight, but Gamescom ONL had a fresh trailer for the upcoming life-simulation game. While InZoi doesn't have a release date yet, anyone interested in the game can check out its impressive character-creator toolset on Steam from August 21-26.
InZoi Gamescom Trailer Shows The Joy And Pain Of Everyday Life
With every new Sniper Elite game, the tide has been turning against the Axis forces in this World War II-era game series. Sniper Elite: Resistance continues that push to drive the Nazis out of Europe, and it'll be out in 2025. The big twist here? The game will star an entirely new protagonist who happens to have a talent for making Axis skulls explode with one well-placed bullet to the noggin.
Sniper Elite: Resistance Revealed At Gamescom With A New Main Character
We got our first look at Borderlands 4 during Opening Night Live with a brand-new cinematic trailer teasing ripped dimensions, a planet scarred by veins of Eridium, and a mysterious robotic hand reaching for the signature mask of a Pandoran bandit. The game will be out in 2025.
Borderlands 4 Announced During Opening Night Live, Coming 2025
An extended look at a Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 mission was shown off, and unsurprisingly, it was full of bullets, explosions, and a glimpse at former US president Bill Clinton. The game is looking as visually impressive as ever with its blockbuster-style pacing, and this year's entry in the series looks like it came straight out of a '90s action movie.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Campaign Gameplay Revealed During Gamescom
Coffee Stain Studios revealed that Goat Simulator is getting a fancy remaster--in what was easily the best trailer of the night--for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, and it'll be out later this year. Originally released in 2014, Goat Simulator Remastered will include all previously released DLC from the PC version, the previously mobile-exclusive GoatVille High map, reworked mutators, and improved graphics.
Persona 3's Episode Aigis DLC is almost here, and in a big surprise, publisher Atlus announced that Persona 5's Joker will appear in the DLC. Just don't expect to be teaming up with the Phantom Thief, as he'll be popping up as a powerful enemy.
Persona 5's Joker Is Coming To Persona 3 Reload--As An Enemy
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero officially launches in 50 days, and the new gameplay trailer showed off many of the characters that you'll be able to play as when it arrives on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
The creators of Life is Strange had a new trailer for Lost Records: Bloom and Rage to show off at Opening Night Live. Interestingly, Don't Nod's new narrative-adventure will have two release dates, as it'll launch in two parts next year for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Tape 1 arrives on February 18, and Tape 2 will follow it on March 18, 2025.
Watch out Fall Guys, here comes a new challenger to the competitive co-op genre. As revealed during Opening Night Live, King of Meat is "a hacking, slashing online co-op spectacle" that'll put contestants through challenging dungeons in the mystical world of Loregok. It's fantasy meets late-stage capitalism, and it'll be coming to PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|s, and Switch.
We got a lengthy look at the gameplay for the upcoming survival MMO Dune Awakening during Opening Night Live, with a video showing off the tools you'll use to create your character, the action you can engage in, and too-damn-big sandworms. A few other interesting features were also shown off, like the ability to create unique blueprints for structures and sell them off to other players.
Survival MMO Dune: Awakening Gets Release Window And Extensive Gameplay Look
Genshin Impact is coming to Xbox on November 20, and alongside that announcement, there was also a quick tease at the brand-new nation, Natlan, which will arrive in August 28's 5.0 update.
Can a pair of guns best martial arts weapons and mystical fighting skills? There's only one way to find out, as everyone's favorite Tomb Raider, Lara Croft, is coming to Naraka Bladepoint on August 28.
Diplomacy or all-out war? The choice is yours when Sid Meier's Civilization 7 launches on February 11, 2025, for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Switch
Out on December 10, Monument Valley 3 will see players guide a new hero, Noor, through a realm of architecture that can be manipulated to progress further. Netflix subscribers will be able to access the entire series, starting with Monument Valley on September 19 and Monument Valley 2 on October 29.
The first gameplay trailer for Batman: Arkham Shadow was revealed, showing off a VR game that isn't straying far away from the Arkham playbook. Batman is still a lean-and-mean punching machine, he's got an arsenal of wonderful toys, and plenty of criminals to play a dangerous game of hide-and-seek with, all in first-person.
Batman: Arkham Shadow Gameplay Trailer Reveals First-Person Dark Knight Action
Monster Hunter Wilds is out next year, and all these trailers from Capcom showing off the exciting gameplay certainly isn't making the wait any easier.
We're only a few weeks away from the launch of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, and in case you needed a reminder, Opening Night Live had a new trailer full of brutal action, heavy power-armor, and squishy heretics.
Side-scrolling action game Towerborne will be available via early access on PC, starting September 10. An Xbox version is still in development, and more details on it will be revealed soon.
Real-time strategy fans can venture into a world of fantasy on September 4, as that's when Age of Mythology: Retold will launch. The game will be available on Game Pass at launch and has a brand-new story that tells the history of the franchise's fabled Mythical Age.
One of the biggest surprises of Opening Night Live was a guest appearance by Fable creator Peter Molyneux, who revealed that he has secretly been working on a new god-game for several years now, called Masters of Albion.
Peter Molyneux Debuts New God Game, Masters Of Albion
Set in 15th-century Bohemia, the new trailer for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 was full of clashing steel and bloody warfare. It was only a brief tease of the hard-hitting gameplay for the Warhorse Studios-developed game, and it has an official release date of February 11, 2025 locked in.
While Little Nightmares creators Tarsier Studios continues work on Reanimal, Until Dawn' Supermassive Games is leading development on Little Nightmares 3. So far, the series looks to be in good hands as the Gamescom trailer was full of creepy visuals and nerve-wracking gameplay. Little Nightmares will be out in 2025.
The cinematic trailer for Dark and Darker Mobile was a good reminder that this dungeon-crawling game is still headed to iOS and Android devices, and if you'd like to check it out, pre-registration is now open.
We got a look at the gameplay and the behind-the-scenes development of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle during Opening Night Live. Narrated by Troy Baker--who voices Indy in the game--the video also showed off some of the two-fisted archeologist's gear that players will use to explore ancient tombs.
The big news here was that Indiana Jones will launch on PC and Xbox Series X|S on December 9, and it'll land on PS5 in Spring 2025.
