Let’s try to understand what awaits us from Gamescom 2022 in terms of available games and possible announcements. The event has not yet reached the glory of the past, but there will be opportunities to see something new and promising. Specifically, there are four events where we’ll see the most games: Opening Night Live, Xbox Booth Live, Future Game Show, and Awesome Indie Show. So let’s find out what will happen Gamescom 2022 games and what expectations do we have for various events.
We refer you to our comprehensive guide to learn general details about Gamescom 2022.
Opening Night Live – Tuesday, August 23 at 20:00
Opening Night Live will be the main event of Gamescom 2022, at least in terms of media, and it will also ads It’s about the biggest of the upcoming productions. The boss of the night, Geoff Keighly, created the usual hype about possible presences and pre-announced some of the games that will be revealed in the evening to further entice the public. Let’s see what they are:
- Goat Simulator 3
- Gotham Knights
- Life High
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Honkai Star Rail
- New Tales of the Borderlands
- New Intellectual Property from Unknown Worlds (Subnautica, Genetic Species II)
- Return to Monkey Island
- sonic borders
- Callisto Protocol
- Width: Telltale Series
- Outlast Trials
Attention New Tales of the Borderlands It was not included in the list by Keighley, but later emerged amid various rumors surrounding Opening Night Live, in which case it was confirmed. As you can see, these are well-known but highly anticipated games apart from the new ownership of Unknown Worlds, about which nothing is known. But we’re talking about the developer of Subnautica and Natural Selection 2, so it definitely deserves some excitement.
For the rest, these are mainly endorsements of games that have managed to arouse general interest, such as The Callisto Protocol, the Dead Space-style horror that has been talked about a lot in recent months, the mission-packed Sonic Frontiers. dispel any doubts that have arisen, watching the first official material, Return to Monkey Island, etc., which still remains largely a mystery. We’ll also be watching Gotham Knights and Hogwarts Legacy, whose names we know almost everything about, but which are always good to review. The new Telltale will be presented with at least two games that show a certain vitality of the development studio. In short, regardless of the titles yet to be announced, this list is already enough to make us think of Opening Night Live as worth watching.
Possibility of surprise: While we don’t believe in the level of June events, it’s definitely one we’ll see more weight announcements.
Future Game Show – Wednesday, August 24 at 20:00
this Future Game Show mostly remains an unknown. The organization mentioned about 50 featured games, but didn’t reveal much about it. Some publishers such as Team17, 505 Games, Prime Matter, and others have been made available, and a few games where we’ll likely see new trailers or gameplay have been announced:
- Layers of Fear
- Goat Simulator 3
- Lightyear Limit
- Ereban: Shadow Legacy
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil Within
As you can see, the list is very meager compared to the expected amount of titles. Sure, these are interesting titles like The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me or Lightyear Frontier (note that Goat Simulator 3 will also feature in Opening Night Live), but the hope is that these are just appetizers for a presentation. the crackle that caused us to refresh our wishlists.
Possibility of surprise: media will be very interesting topics, albeit medium-small.
Xbox Booth Live – Thursday, August 25 14:00 – 20:00
Xbox won’t keep a real one conference At GamesCom 2022. Instead, it will feature some games where it will show the gameplay extensively. Actually, Xbox’s will be a living room where we will talk about various titles in turn. There’s likely to be no shortage of news and details about each of them, but it’s safe to say that who knows what a flood of announcements isn’t expected from the Spencer house. Let’s see the list of announced games.
- Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio / Xbox Game Studios Publishing)
- Gunfire Reborn (Duoyi Games / 505 Games)
- Sea of Thieves (Rare Games / Xbox Game Studios)
- P’s Lies (Neowiz)
- Life High (Squanch Games)
- Grounded (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
- Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
- A Plague Tale: Lament (Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment)
- Minecraft Legends (Mojang Studios & Blackbird Interactive / Xbox Game Studios)
- Planet Lana (Ask / Thunder)
- Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment & World’s Edge / Xbox Game Studios)
The lineup distributed by Xbox is very diverse and clearly designed as switches. Playing card. Therefore, along with the first parties coming to the service in the coming months, some valuable third-party games have been invited, notably Pentiment and Grounded by Obsidian Entertainment, A Plague Tale: Requiem by Asobo Studios (from the same Microsoft developer). Flight Simulator), promising spirits like Lies of P, the Planet of Lana puzzle adventure, and more.
We reiterate that it’s unlikely that there will be a big announcement, but Microsoft is thinking of everything as a way to give it a big update on Xbox news. Continuing to work wonders for this, Sea of Thieves has also included successful live services such as Microsoft Flight Simulator and Age of Empires IV, which have proven to be a long-term project. It was announced that news about the console version could be announced.
Possibility of surprise: Poor, Microsoft is very clear on this. Let’s wait for announcements about individual games and nothing more.
Awesome Independent Show 2022 – Friday, August 26 5:30 PM
Hosted directly by Gamescom 2022, Awesome Indie Show 2022 is largely a mystery in the sense that the only certainty will be indie games. We imagine there will be a few from German studios, but given the breadth of the indie scene and the appreciation of so many projects, it’s really hard to predict what they might be. We’ll see what the evening has to offer.
Possibility of surprise: medium-low, 360° video game enthusiasts will definitely enjoy watching a host of new indie games.
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great absence
As it has been for years, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Gamescom 2022 will be abandoned by some of the major publishers. Sony, Nintendo, Take-Two, Wargaming and Activision Blizzard, who will not bring their games to the show. Nintendo aside, it’s true that the others have little to announce, so the absence won’t be too noticeable, but we’re saddened to see how some of the biggest names in the industry continue to downplay an expo. , the influx of spectators is huge.
Another shortcoming would be the lack of CD Projekt RED, which currently has no titles to show, despite working on several projects (the expansion of Cyberpunk 2077, the latest generation of The Witcher 3, the new The Witcher and anything else). In reality, the Polish developers will be at Gamescom, but they will apparently stay behind the scenes and deal with matters related to the studio’s business.
Source: Multiplayer
