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Every new trailer from Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022Everything announced at the first Gamescom show of 2022
Everything announced at the first Gamescom show of 2022
Goodness,Gamescomis here already. How did that happen? The yearly German gaming show is back in action, and features the ever-present Geoff Keighley and a smorgasbord of videogame announcements, trailers, updates, and news. There are few better ways to catch a glimpse into some of the biggest upcoming games of 2022 and beyond, and Gamescom’s kickoff event Opening Night Live certainly didn’t disappoint on that score.
All the Gamescom Opening Night Live trailers and announcements
Opening Night Live lived up to its intention and got Gamescom off to a roaring start, with over 30 game announcements that gave us a lovely sneak peek at what’s around the corner for games over the next couple of years. Feel free to skip ahead to any game trailer you like using the below list!
Everywhere is an upcoming multi-world experience from Ex-GTA devs
EVERYWHERE Teaser | Gamescom 2022Watch on YouTube
EVERYWHERE Teaser | Gamescom 2022
Dune: Awakening – Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Dune: Awakening – Announcement Trailer
It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere… oh wait, wrong blockbuster sci-fi franchise! But just like sand, Dune does seem to be everywhere these days, and now it turns out we’re getting a brand new survival MMO using this doughty IP. That’ll go nicely with the new movie, new board game, and probably a bunch of other new multi-media spin-offs I’m forgetting too.
The Callisto Protocol shows off some creepy tentacles
The Callisto Protocol - Official Gameplay Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube
The Callisto Protocol - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer
Usually games with such a strong horror vibe revel in making you feel powerless. But in The Callisto Protocol, the protagonist seems pretty strong, using their telekinetic powers at every opportunity to toss zombies into handily positioned grinders. It’ll be interesting to see how much you end up feeling the sense of threat.
The Lords Of The Fallen is an upcoming reboot of the same game but without the “The" at the start
LORDS OF THE FALLEN - Announcement Trailer | Pre-Order now on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|SWatch on YouTube
LORDS OF THE FALLEN - Announcement Trailer | Pre-Order now on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S
Some dark fantasy warfare on display in The Lords Of The Fallen. I may struggle to tell my Elden Rings from my Shadow Of Wars at a glance, but I know a zombie apocalypse and a rocking soundtrack when I encounter one. Going toe-to-toe with shambling giants and corrupted gods certainly ups the stakes in this reboot-with-a-hint-of-sequel to a 2014 Soulslike of the same title that (I’ll be honest) I hadn’t heard of until just now.
Physics-based couch-mover Moving Out 2 is coming in 2023
Moving Out 2 - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo SwitchWatch on YouTube
Moving Out 2 - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch
They said I could become anything I wanted… So I became a F.A.R.T. The sequel to 2020’s physics-based couch co-op furniture moving simulator,Moving Out2’s new trailer showcases some crazy conveyor-belt-filled levels where players wrestle fruitlessly with gravity and each other in their attempts to move sofas and other oversized pieces of furniture to their rightful destinations. Those wishing to become Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technicians will have to wait for the game’s release in 2023.
New Tales From The Borderlands has been announced
New Tales from the Borderlands - Official Announce TrailerWatch on YouTube
New Tales from the Borderlands - Official Announce Trailer
Dying Light 2: Bloody Ties brings arena combat to the zombie apocalypse
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Fans of Techland’s largest open-world parkour zombie game will be happy to see, well, moreDying Light2. The Bloody Ties DLC seems to centre around an arena where combatants willingly (or unwillingly?) fight to the death. The trailer was suitably bombastic, bloody, and filled with fiery explosions and carefully crafted first-person animations. I particularly like the one of the player being thrown backwards and falling through the floor. Very dynamic. Good job Techland.
Tortuga: A Pirate’s Tale is a new game from the Port Royale devs
Tortuga – A Pirate’s Tale | Announcement Trailer (US)Watch on YouTube
Tortuga – A Pirate’s Tale | Announcement Trailer (US)
Marauders shows off some space pirates with STENs
Marauders | Early Access | Coming SoonWatch on YouTube
Marauders | Early Access | Coming Soon
Destiny 2’s latest DLC, Lightfall, is coming in February
Destiny 2: Lightfall - Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube
Destiny 2: Lightfall - Reveal Trailer
Following on from the Destiny 2 showcase earlier tonight, we got another look at Destiny 2: Lightfall. This DLC-slash-Season 20 is due in six months' time, and assures us that an end is approaching. It does look suitably epic, but also I’m a little dubious of the claim that a game that’s run to 20 seasons already will be content to just stop there at a nice round number. The neon metropolis of Neptune does look pretty cool though; it’s about time Destiny got a cyberpunk city.
A new trailer for Sonic Frontiers reveals a November release
Sonic Frontiers - Story TrailerWatch on YouTube
Sonic Frontiers - Story Trailer
Everyone’s favourite superspeed spine-covered mammal is returning with Sonic: Frontiers, whose 8th November 2022 release date was announced with a surprisingly dramatic trailer. We were treated to glimpses of some vibrant and varied biomes that quickly became blurred thanks to the titular hedgehog’s legendary speed.
Quantic Dream-published ocean explorer Under The Waves is in the works
Under The Waves | Reveal Trailer | Gamescom 2022Watch on YouTube
Under The Waves | Reveal Trailer | Gamescom 2022
Goat Simulator 3 is headbutting its way into November
Goat Simulator 3 - Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube
Goat Simulator 3 - Gameplay Trailer
Return To Monkey Island arrives in less than a month
Return to Monkey Island | Coming September 19 (returntomonkeyisland.com)Watch on YouTube
Return to Monkey Island | Coming September 19 (returntomonkeyisland.com)
Hooray, more pirates! And what’s more, these swashbucklers bring an extremely welcome release date as part of their booty. On September 19th (a.k.a. International Talk Like A Pirate Day), Ron Gilbert’s long-awaited follow-up to the classic ’90s point-and-click series will see the light of day. In typical Gilbert fashion, there will be a mandatory pre-order bonus (horse armour!) to appease modern marketing demands, but it is guaranteed not to have any in-game benefits or effects whatsoever. Delightful.
Moonbreaker: Gameplay Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube
Moonbreaker: Gameplay Reveal Trailer
Moonbreaker is a sci-fi turn-based “digital miniatures" game set in a vibrant space-western-esque universe. It looks a little like XCOM, but much more bombastic. Units are deployed on a battlefield and must defeat their enemies with an array of spectacular powers. The real head-turner of the trailer though was the miniature painter feature, a seemingly very powerful tool which allows you to paint every single one of your units just as you might paint a real-life tabletop RPG miniature. Very cool stuff.
Friends Vs Friends is a dangerously vibrant card-based FPS
Friends vs Friends World Premiere Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022Watch on YouTube
Friends vs Friends World Premiere Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022
Lies Of P shows off some more extremely good-looking combat
Lies of P - Story TrailerWatch on YouTube
Lies of P - Story Trailer
Lies Of P is definitely one of my most anticipated upcoming games. A dark, Bloodborne-esque Soulslike starring everyone’s favourite “real boy" Pinocchio, Lies Of P has been really impressing us so far with what it’s revealed of the slick, flashy melee combat and exquisitely crafted and clothed characters. I mean, who doesn’t love a creepy Victorian steampunk aesthetic? All those top hats and monocles. Sign me up.
Survival base-building game Stranded: Alien Dawn announced
Stranded: Alien Dawn | Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Stranded: Alien Dawn | Announcement Trailer
Hot on the heels of a message from a real-life astronaut about all the cool recent and upcoming games set in space, we have a trailer for Stranded: Alien Dawn, which is heading into Early Access this October. I think the title says it all really: a spaceship crashes, city building IN SPACE ensues. It all looks very pretty: one to check out if you don’t want to live on this planet any more (understandable).
Atlas Fallen is a Monster Hunter-esque action RPG set in the desert
Atlas Fallen - World Premiere Reveal Trailer | Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022Watch on YouTube
Atlas Fallen - World Premiere Reveal Trailer | Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022
Coming in 2023 is Atlas Fallen, a new action RPG taking place in a “semi-open world" of desert dunes and ruins of past god-ruled civilizations. Apparently this was another classic case of gods’ vanity laying waste to yet another world. Those pesky gods just can’t keep it in their pants.
The very pretty trailer which accompanied the announcement of Atlas Fallen showcased a cinematic of two armoured fighters dispatching some hefty Monster Hunter-esque beasts in the desert. One of them uses some cool sandy powers to raise a broken bridge, and then later is seen wielding a fiery blade which turns into a whip at their command. I quite like what I’m seeing here so far - let’s hope we get a more in-depth glimpse at Atlas Fallen in the near future.
Homeworld 3 trailer has some cool-looking megastructures
Homeworld 3 | Gamescom Opening Night Live | Kesura Oasis Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube
Homeworld 3 | Gamescom Opening Night Live | Kesura Oasis Gameplay Trailer
Genshin Impact 3.0 adds the new Dendro element and three new characters
Genshin Impact - Sumeru Gameplay Trailer｜Gamescom 2022Watch on YouTube
Genshin Impact - Sumeru Gameplay Trailer｜Gamescom 2022
Genshin Impact Version 3.0 launches less than half a day after Gamescom ONL, but nevertheless we got treated to an advanced peak at many of the new features we’ve been looking forward to, including the North African-slash-South Asian inspired desert-and-forest nation of Sumeru; the playable Dendro elemental power; and new characters Tighnari, Collei, and Dori. The world of Teyvat continues to be unreasonably stunning and it’s the environment that steals the show in this barely-pre-launch gameplay trailer.
New trailer for Honkai: Star Rail teases its nebulous story
Gamescom 2022 - “Nightmare” | Honkai: Star RailWatch on YouTube
Gamescom 2022 - “Nightmare” | Honkai: Star Rail
As you may already have heard, Honkai: Star Rail is the upcoming strategy RPG from Genshin Impact creators miHoYo. They’ve released a new trailer which seems to focus primarily on the game’s storyline, but without giving too much away at all. We get some glimpses at starships in space, and one of the main characters having a rather intense dream. Then some sort of space-train arrives. Yeah, I can’t pretend to know what’s going on here, but it all seems rather intriguing.
Rick and Morty creator’s FPS High On Life gets an extended gameplay trailer
HIGH ON LIFE | 9-TORG FIGHTWatch on YouTube
HIGH ON LIFE | 9-TORG FIGHT
We got a small update on Justin Roiland’s upcoming comedic biopunk FPS, first announced back in June and apparently now coming to Game Pass in December following a smallish delay. This short gameplay clip demonstrates the non-stop chatter between your talking guns as you squelch your way around an environment that is both literally and metaphorically toxic. Expect meta commentary on the state of video games and popular media galore, but also plenty of unironically mindless shooty business, from the looks of things.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is coming to consoles in September
Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Console Release Date Reveal Trailer | Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022Watch on YouTube
Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Console Release Date Reveal Trailer | Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is one of the most relaxing games I’ve ever played. Most of the time. Other times it’s incredibly stressful, like when you accidentally slice through the wrong thing and cause explosive decompression which tears apart the entire ship you’re working on, and sends debris careening into your face, cracking your helmet visor and causing you to slowly asphyxiate in the cold, uncaring world of outer space. Well, the good news is, console fans will soon get to experience this magnificent spaceship disassembly simulator for themselves, as it’s coming to Xbox and Playstation this September.
The Expanse: A Telltale Series gets its first gameplay trailer
The Expanse: A Telltale Series - First Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube
The Expanse: A Telltale Series - First Gameplay Trailer
Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game
Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game – Official Reveal Trailer | PS5 & PS4 GamesWatch on YouTube
Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game – Official Reveal Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games
Scars Above teases a dangerous alien world with lots of hulking fauna
Scars Above – Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube
Scars Above – Reveal Trailer
Scars Above is a sci-fi adventure game that doesn’t seem like it’s setting out to break the mould, but might just deliver on some classic scary space tropes really, really well. A booming, unnerving soundtrack accompanies looming alien landscapes all lit up in shimmering dark greens that make the whole place seem, well, alien. Think Returnal in terms of aesthetics, but you can actually play this one on PC. Or you will be able to eventually, as there’s no release date for this one just now: it’s “Coming Soon”, although there’s as yet been no explicit backtracking on the promise that it’ll be out in 2022.
New RPG Wyrdsong announced from veterans of the genre
Wyrdsong World Premiere Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022Watch on YouTube
Wyrdsong World Premiere Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022
Age Of Empires IV: Ottomans and Malians DLC coming in October
Age of Empires IV: Ottomans and Malians World Premiere Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022Watch on YouTube
Age of Empires IV: Ottomans and Malians World Premiere Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022
Play as the Ottomans (and also the Malians, I guess, although the Ottomans do rather hog the limelight in this trailer) in a new free DLC for Age Of Empires IV. The update aims to celebrate the game’s one year anniversary when it launches on October 25th. More details are promised at the Xbox showcase later this week, but the early peek we saw today really tells you all you need to know: it’s free; happy anniversary! Frankly it’s worth watching this quick trailer just for the cool music.
Gotham Knights’ latest trailer shows lots of heroes and villains at work
Gotham Knights - Official Villains Trailer [4K]Watch on YouTube
Gotham Knights - Official Villains Trailer [4K]
In a spectacular twist quite unlike what we’re used to these days, Gotham Knights is actually coming forward in release date instead of being delayed. The news of its new October 21st release date was revealed alongside a new gameplay trailer, which gave us an insight into just how many familiar heroes and villains are going to feature in WB Games Montreal’s open-world Batman-but-not-really game.
Where Winds Meet is a gorgeous China-set open-world RPG
Where Winds Meet World Premiere Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022Watch on YouTube
Where Winds Meet World Premiere Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022
Oh, this looks pretty. Ever since Journey I’ve loved a game with a haunting soundtrack and lyrics that rip your heart up when you read the subtitles. So far it’s looking not unlike another Assassin’s Creed style open world historical stab-em-up à la Ghost Of Tsushima — which is no bad thing to be, let’s be fair, especially since we’re still waiting for the latter to come to PC. But oh look: there’s some otherworldly weirdness mixing things up. Is our hero about to fight a god at the end of that trailer? This exciting new IP (per Geoff himself) certainly looks like one to watch.
Park Beyond shows off some crazy rides and attractions
Park Beyond | Modular Building TrailerWatch on YouTube
Park Beyond | Modular Building Trailer
Next up we got a new look at Park Beyond, the upcoming amusement park building and simulation game from Limbic Entertainment. Announced last year, Park Beyond allows its players to create the absolutely ridiculous rides and adventures that would incur far too many court costs and far too much paperwork to be viable in real life. This trailer gave us a nice look at how easy it is to just plop down a few bits and pieces and create a crazy-looking amusement park attraction.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide trailer sets the story and tone ahead of November release
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Gamescom 2022 TrailerWatch on YouTube
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Gamescom 2022 Trailer
Blacktail tells the story of Baba Yaga facing off against a forest of hostile spirits
BLACKTAIL - ‘A Witch’s Fate’ Trailer | Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022Watch on YouTube
BLACKTAIL - ‘A Witch’s Fate’ Trailer | Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022
Blacktail is a first-person action-adventure game based on the legend of Baba Yaga - a 16-year-old girl ousted from her home due to her witchcraft. I love walking through fantasy forests with longbow in hand, and having dark mystical powers to back it up only sweetens the deal. It looks like the fantasy forests in question aren’t exactly friendly though; at one point we see a giant, wizened tree slamming its trunk down towards the player; elsewhere, we see rock-hurling spirits accost the Baba Yaga while she attempts to shoot the rocks with her bow before they reach her. It’s looking pretty cool, so far.
Phantom Hellcat is a stylish new hack-and-slash adventure game
Phantom Hellcat | Official Reveal Trailer | Gamescom 2022 Opening Night LiveWatch on YouTube
Phantom Hellcat | Official Reveal Trailer | Gamescom 2022 Opening Night Live
Survival horror game The Outlast Trials shows off some creep hospital settings
The Outlast Trials - Closed Beta Trailer | Gamescom 2022Watch on YouTube
The Outlast Trials - Closed Beta Trailer | Gamescom 2022
There’s a definite horror element permeating this year’s Opening Night Live, isn’t there? Next up we got a new look at upcoming survival horror game The Outlast Trials, with a trailer filled with hospital corridors, mutilated bodies, and plenty of creepy-looking characters looming over the camera. If that sounds up your alley, you can sign up for the closed beta taking place between October 28th and November 1st.
The Finals World Premiere Teaser and Gameplay Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022Watch on YouTube
The Finals World Premiere Teaser and Gameplay Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022
You know how we all know that The Hunger Games was objectively a terrible vision of dystopia, and yet there’s a certain appeal to the idea of a multiplayer game that scratches that itch we’ve all had to compete in a cyberpunk-ish death gameshow battle like it’s all just a big laugh? I mean, the battle royale genre is not exactly new at this point, and we technically haven’t even had any confirmation yet that that’s what The Finals is. Whatever it turns out to be, you can sign up now for playtests due to take place in September!
Dead Island 2 announced with two stylish and gory trailers
Dead Island 2 World Premiere Gameplay Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022Watch on YouTube
Dead Island 2 World Premiere Gameplay Trailer | gamescom Opening Night LIVE 2022
A stylish cinematic trailer gave us a look at Jacob, one of the six playable characters in Dead Island 2, slaughtering his way through a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. And shortly after that we got our first glimpse at some very gory zombie-dismembering gameplay. Zombies being decapitated, zombies being electrocuted, zombies being forced to walk through swimming pools of toxic sludge… Man, the zombies really aren’t getting a good deal in this game. Everything is, of course, very over the top, extravagant, and sleek, much like the original. The game is coming on 3rd February 2023, which may sound like a long way away, but actually it’s less than half a year to wait. Time marches on.
