Gamescom 2024 has so far received divided opinions. However, in general, the Opening Night Live, which was hosted by the world-renowned Geoff Keighley, had announcements that took many gamers by surprise, others that were already expected, extended gameplays of great games and excellent quality previews. With this demonstrating that the graphics engines of this generation are in one of the best moments in history, although it seems that consoles are in crisis due to sales.
Top announcements at Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live
Gamescom 2024 was held in the city of Cologne, Germany, kicked off with the Opening Night Live, and to have a more than spectacular start, a cinematic preview of the fourth installment of Borderlands was shown, which confirmed its date for next 2025. After the live-action of the franchise that, despite having a luxury cast did not achieve the desired goals, the fourth installment of one of the best shooters and sales success of Gearbox Software and 2K Games is too promising for its impressive graphics and references shown throughout the brief trailer.
Another of the opening announcements at the Opening Night Live 2024 gala, was another preview and gameplay of Black Myth: Wukong and although it was released last August 20, this RPG game promises to be one of the best Soulslike. At the event, its temporary exclusivity with Sony PlayStation 5 was confirmed, although the reason for the late launch on Xbox Series X|S is the technical limitation of the Series S, the smallest of Microsoft’s consoles. Developer and distributor Game Science did not give a concrete release date for these, but Wukong’s previews and gameplay so far are a treat.
Among the unexpected announcements was the first Japanese Free To Play game with impressive graphics from Infold games: Infinity Nikki with a cinematic trailer that leaves more questions than answers about what the game is about. The title confirms an exclusivity with PS5 and Smartphones (iOS and Android) in addition to the download from Epic, meanwhile users can already register for the beta. Another video game coming to mobile is “The Squid Games: Unleashed” which was announced with a brief gameplay in this Gamescom 2024 adapted to one of the most famous Korean series worldwide “The Squid Games”.
Dune: Awakening was undoubtedly one of the announcements that most excited those present at Gamescom 2024 who were tuning in through networks, as it not only showed a preview, but also an extended gameplay with details from its creators who explained the freedom of character customization. As it was already known, this Dune game will be an online multiplayer RPG and its release is confirmed for the beginning of 2025 by Funcom, responsible for the prequel Dune: Spice Wars and Age of Conan.
Another surprise of this Gamescom, was the presence of the brief gameplay of Little Nightmares III, which explains many details of the game, which graphically has improved and the protagonists have a different appearance, which adapts to the murky atmosphere. During the gameplay, specifications of the title are given, such as the online cooperative mode and the transitions between day and night, both will have the same degree of difficulty, but with different challenges to solve. The third part will be in charge once again by the historic Bandai Namco and was only announced for Xbox Series X|S, PC and Xbox One.
The creators of some of today’s best survival horror and “psychological horror” games Little Nightmares I and the sequel Little Nightmares II managed to found TARSIER Studios and in collaboration with THQ Nordic, a preview of another of the video games that excited the most at Gamescom 2024 was announced: “ReAnimal” which will have the same setting and gameplay of the original works, but recalling classic horror movies in conjunction with revolutionary graphics that left wanting much more to viewers, has no estimated release date, but it was announced that it will be available on PC, Xbox Series X|S and PS5.
Among the most impressive cinematic previews was a presentation of “Zenless Zone Zero: Welcome to Eridu” which is just a taste of what it has to offer. But amidst applause, Hoyoverse presented a trailer and gameplay of the completely revamped world of Natlan in Genshin Impact that will take the quality further on Sony PlayStation 5, confirming what was already rumored: the release of Genshin Impact for Xbox Series X|S. Finally it was announced the collaboration of the RPG Honkai: Star Rail for 2025, with one of the most acclaimed anime by fans, Fate: Stay Night Unlimited Blade.
From the creators of one of the most massive series, Love, Death + Robots launched for the streaming video platform Netflix in 2019 was announced in the middle of the Gamescom a series 100% for gamers, “Secret Level” to be transmitted through Amazon, who made in this 2024 Live-Action of “Fallout” and that was a worldwide success. “Secret Level” will address different franchises such as Megaman, God of War, Pacman or Cyberpunk, being like LD+R apparently isolated episodes, but with the same protagonist, the launch will be on December 10 of this 2024.
To close the event with a flourish, the Opening Night Live of Gamescom 2024, although also with too much controversy for a huge sector of gamers, was presented a preview of one of the most anticipated video games in the industry: “Indiana Jones and The Great Circle” the preview presents some details of the story and gameplay, the aesthetics is impeccable and this exclusive Xbox console seemed to be a GOTY. However, the official announcement of its release is scheduled for December 9, although the second announcement was the one that broke the hearts of Xbox lovers: The arrival of Indiana Jones and The Great Circle for PS5 in spring 2025.
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