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Everything We Saw At Gamescom Opening Night Live
This year’s Gamescom just kicked off with another Opening Night Live showcase hosted by Geoff Keighley. We knew a few games that would be making an appearance in advance, like Final Fantasy VII Revelation and the new expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but those two games cannot fill a two-hour show, so there was a lot more to see. If you didn’t get a chance to watch the show live, you can watch the VOD below, or keep scrolling for all the highlights.
Kicking things off is a new dark fantasy game from Genshin Impact developer Hoyoverse called Nodusfall. If you’re looking for the company’s typical anime-inspired gacha game, you will not find it here. Instead, you get something that looks similar to a FromSoftware game. The game will feature cooperative play in which groups of four coordinate to take down powerful monsters.
Ubisoft is up next with a new entry in the Rainbow Six series, but instead of a shooter, it’s a tactical game similar to XCOM. You can make up a squad of returning Rainbow Six operators, then carefully plan and execute their infiltration into enemy territory. The game will launch next year.
The Coalition was here with Gears of War: E-Day, which host Geoff Keighley made a point of emphasizing is an “Xbox console exclusive.” Almost as if that might’ve been part of the deal to get the game on stage as Xbox tries to rebrand as a company that cares about exclusives. Anyway, the story trailer shows what definitely looks like a Gears of War prequel. Buff people be yelling. Oh damn, aged-down Marcus Fenix is kind of uncanny. Anyway, the game’s coming to PC and Xbox Series X/S on October 6.
NetEase showed off a new look at its anime-expired sci-fi/GTA-like game Ananta. It’s got a lot going on. It’s launching on January 15 on PC and PS5, and will be free-to-play.
Konami shared a new trailer for Silent Hill: Townfall highlighting some of the acting talent in the game, as well as the spooky shit fans will have to face when it launches on September 24.
Next up is a new look at Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, which is coming out in two days on August 27.
Sea of Remnants is a pirate game that combines elements of Tomb Raider with a turn-based RPG. It’ll be free-to-play and is taking preregistration requests on its official website.
An updated version of Crimson Desert called Enhanced is out now, featuring new story moments and all post-launch updates thus far.
Next up is a new look at fantasy action game Tides of Annihilation, which now features Resident Evil Requiem star Angela Sant’Albano as the lead after Baldur’s Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Jennifer English stepped down from the role earlier this year.