Gamescom is another conference still stuck in the virtual world due to the ongoing pandemic. As such, last night Geoff Keighley hosted a two-hour Opening Night Live show that promised a look at the campaign for Call of Duty: Vanguard, an announcement in the Saints Row universe, and an extended glimpse of gameplay from Death Stranding Director’s Cut. Of course, there was plenty more news to fill those two hours including announcements, updates, and plenty of surprises.
In case you missed the livestream yesterday, we’ve rounded up all of the news from the main show and the 20 minute long pre-show before it, including everything we covered and a few things we may have missed.
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2021 Main Highlights
- Saints Row Reboot Preview: Moving Forward by Looking Back
- Marvel’s Midnight Suns Reveals the Darker Side of the Marvel Universe, Coming from Firaxis in March 2022
- Splitgate Season 0 Adds Contamination Mode, a New Map and the Game’s First Battle Pass
- New Outlast Trials Gameplay Trailer Shows Off Cooperative Play and Story Details
- DokeV is an Open-World Action-Adventure Creature Collector That Looks Amazingly Adorable
- New Far Cry 6 Story Trailer Shows Just How Sinister and Dark Anton Castilla’s Rule Over Yara Is
- Park Beyond Brings Death-Defying Theme Park Management to PS5 Next Year
- Jett: The Far Shore Release Date Announced for the PS4 and PS5
- Horizon Forbidden West Release Date Set for February 2022, Horizon Zero Dawn Gets 60fps PS5 Patch
- Sifu Release Date Set for February 2022, Along with a New Trailer and Preorders Open Now
- Death Stranding Director’s Cut New Features, Missions, and More Revealed in Nine Minute Gameplay Preview
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2021 Further News
King of Fighters XV Releases in February
The King of Fighters XV will be arriving on February 17, 2022. Koch Media also showed off a four minute trailer demonstrating all of the game’s features, including the 39 fighters, a variety of different game modes, and new additions like Shatter Strike that allows players to counter their opponents’ strikes.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes Story Trailer
The latest trailer for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes, titled Enemy of My Enemy, dived deeper into the game’s storyline. Players saw the importance of their choices when deciding whether to work with the opposing side or whether to keep them at arm’s length. Each decision has a consequence when fighting an ancient evil that lurks in the shadows.
Dolmen Story Trailer
Revived action RPG Dolmen got a new story trailer introducing players to the sci-fi universe of Revion Prime. When an interdimensional rift appears at a mining station, its effects must be contained before catastrophe occurs.
Soundfall Trailer
After three years of silence, dungeon crawler Soundfall returned to the limelight with a brief trailer showing glimpses of gameplay where players take down enemies in time to the beat of the music.
Call of Duty: Vanguard Stalingrad Campaign Gameplay
Call of Duty: Vanguard‘s campaign will take players through World War II, to the Western Front, Eastern Front, Pacific, and North Africa, but the ten minute gameplay video focused solely on Stalingrad. Sniper Polina was originally a nurse on the Eastern Front but things changed when enemy forces invaded her city.
Cult of the Lamb Announced for Consoles
Massive Monster and Devolver Digital have teamed up to create a game that combines base building with dungeon crawling. A lamb is saved from execution by a stranger but is possessed as a result. To repay his debt, he needs to create one true cult with plenty of worshippers, but this means taking down other cults and absorbing their power. To keep those followers, though, they need shelter, dark rituals and sermons to increase their devotion. Cult of the Lamb will be released on unspecified consoles in 2022.
Midnight Fight Express Arrives on PS4 Next Summer
Midnight Fight Express is a brawler where players battle their way across the city using a variety of weapons and the environment to defeat their enemies. The game combines old school brawlers with fast-paced motion-captured combat as shown in the latest trailer below. Those wanting to take it for a spin can do so on PS4 next summer.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Reveals April O’Neil as a Playable Character
Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello are all taking to the streets to thwart the latest fiendish scheme from Krang and Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. They’ll now be joined by April O’Neil who’ll be using her news reporting equipment to dispatch enemies. She’ll also have increased agility, lengthy slide kicks, and the ability to feed pizza to the turtles to revive them.
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania Adds Persona 5’s Morgana to the Cast as Paid DLC
SEGA announced Persona 5‘s Morgana will be joining the cast of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania as a post-launch DLC playable character on November 2. Other guest characters include Sonic, Tails, Beat from Jet Set Radio, and Kazuma Kiryu from Yakuza who will all be playable in all of the game’s modes. The publisher also revealed gameplay from all 12 party games, such as Monkey Target and Monkey Soccer.
Riders Republic Open Beta Available Until August 28
Ubisoft announced they had extended the Riders Republic beta until August 28. Not only that, the beta is now open for all players to download and try out. The latest trailer explains exactly what players can expect to find over the next couple of days.
Free-to-Play Football Game UFL Announced for Consoles
Details on upcoming free-to-play football title UFL are few and far between. Developer Strikerz Inc. stated the game would be “a global online football league where only your skills matter” and it’s coming to all major consoles. The team will be sharing more information soon.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Gameplay
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga took to the stage with a brand new gameplay trailer, this time focusing on many of the characters and locations players will visit as they make their way through nine movies’ worth of brick-breaking chaos. They also revealed a new release window; the game is currently scheduled to be released in spring 2022.
Jurassic World Evolution 2 Arrives on November 9
Frontier Developments revealed their latest dinosaur park management simulation title will be arriving on November 9. Jurassic World Evolution 2 will be available as a standard or deluxe edition, the latter of which will include three exclusive vehicle skins, six guest building amenity signs, and five additional prehistoric species for Sandbox and Challenge modes. Those who pre-order the game will receive three vehicle skins featuring John Hammond’s InGen company livery.
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Jungle Book Crossover Begins Next Week
The next limited time event to begin in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout will be a Jungle Book crossover. From September 3 to September 12, players will be able to complete challenges to earn them enough Kudos to get Mowgli, Shere Khan, Baloo and King Louie in bean form, as well as an exclusive nickname, pattern, nameplate and emote.
Genshin Impact x Horizon Zero Dawn Crossover Teased in New Trailer
Horizon Zero Dawn‘s Aloy will soon be making her way into Genshin Impact as a free 5-star character. She’ll be available first on PS5 and PS4 from October 13 before becoming available on other platforms and miHoYo released a new teaser trailer for the character. They also revealed Genshin Concert 2021: Melodies of an Endless Journey will take place on October 3.
