Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024: All The Biggest Announcements (2024)

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.

The First Goat Simulator Is Getting A Remaster Later This Year

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.

Techland showed off Dying Light: The Beast, a new 20-hour adventure set in the Dying Light universe and starring Kyle Crane from the original 2015 game.

Dying Light: The Beast Announced With A Trailer Teasing The Return Of The First Game's Protagonist

With the spooky season almost here, now is a good time to announce a new entry in the Dark Pictures series, Supermassive's long-running series of horror games. Directive 8020 ventures into the realm of sci-fi terror and will also overhaul the gameplay mechanics of the series.

The Next Dark Pictures Horror Game, Directive 8020, Will Change How The Series Plays

We've got no idea what's going on in this trailer for Infinity Nikki, an open-world dress-up MMO, but at least we know our avatars will be adorably fashionable.

Cozy Anime Game Infinity Nikki Is Getting A Closed Beta Soon

First announced all the way back in 2021, Arc Raiders is now scheduled to launch in 2025 and a playtest for the game will be available in Fall.

This New Game Dumps Free-To-Play Model, Changes To $40 Premium Release

Path of Exile 2--a free-to-play Diablo-style RPG--will enter early access on November 15 and it'll be available for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Path Of Exile 2 Launches In Early Access This November

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves releases on April 24, 2025. SNK's classic fighting franchise returns next year with a 17-character roster full of familiar faces and new brawlers, and SNK also shared details on special editions of the game and post-launch plans.

Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves Launches April 2025, New Solo RPG Mode Revealed

If you've been itching for some mechanized action on your Xbox Series X|S console, you'll want to keep an eye out for Mecha Break's upcoming closed beta. Developer Amazing Seasun Games confirmed that the first-ever Xbox Series X|S closed beta test for its 6v6 multiplayer game will be held from August 25-27.

Gamescom ONL - Mecha Break Gets Action-Packed New Trailer, Closed Beta On Xbox Coming Soon

Little Nightmares developer Tarsier Studios revealed Reanimal during Opening Night Live. Like the studio's upcoming horror game Little Nightmares 3, Reanimal is a spooky adventure with cinematic platforming, puzzles, and co-op gameplay.

Little Nightmares Studio Reveals A New Co-Op Horror Game With Nightmarish Animals

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

It's official: Marvel Rivals will launch for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on December 6. We also got confirmation of two more characters for the game, as Captain America and the Winter Soldier will be joining the roster.

Marvel Rivals Release Date Announced At Gamescom With New Trailer

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.

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.

Civilization Releasing February 11, Or A Week Earlier With More-Expensive Editions

Exploring planets in your spaceship in Starfield? Very cool. Exploring those planets on foot? Not very cool. Thank goodness that a space-buggy is being added to the game then, as part of a future update.

Starfield Adds Vehicles Tonight, Shattered Space DLC Launches In September

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.

Monument Valley 3 Announced Exclusively For Netflix Games At Gamescom With Prequel Ports

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

A new original anthology series is coming to Amazon streaming service Prime Video on December 10, and is called Secret Level. It'll focus on stories centered around existing and new games, and some of the titles teased were Armored Core, Ghost of Tsushima, and Mega Man.

Deadpool Director Making A Video Game TV Series, And It's Not What You Think

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

After the breakout success of Squid Games last year, it was only a matter of time before the Korean TV series got a video game adaptation. Netflix announced Squid Game: Unleashed at Opening Night Live, and while we only got the merest glimpse of gameplay, it looks like we'll be playing a few of the twisted games from the TV show in this adaptation.

Squid Game Unleashed Lets You Play In A Cartoonish Version Of The Show's Capitalist Hellscape

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.

Dark And Darker Mobile Opens Up Pre-Registration

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.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Release Date Set, PS5 Version Confirmed

Judging by the brief teaser trailer, it looks like players will be headed to Sicily in the early 1900s in the next Mafia game. More details will be revealed in December.

Mafia Prequel Announced, More Info Coming In December

Action-RPG The First Berserker: Khazan is looking better with every new trailer, and a technical closed beta test for console players will run from October 11-20.

Diablo 4's next major update--Vessel of Hatred--launches on October 8, and the new trailer for the expansion showed off the mercenaries that players can recruit to help them brave the most challenging areas of Sanctuary.

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