Gamescom’s iconic Opening Night Live is kicked off on August 23, 2022, with host Geoff Keighley, so here’s how to watch the event and what games are set to make an appearance.
Taking place this year in Cologne, the legendary Gamescom event is back and of course, it’s kicking off with Opening Night Live hosted by Geoff Keighley.
With the first day of Gamescom in the books, here is everything that was shown at the event.
Gotham Knights is coming early
Unexpected news came for fans of Batman, as the Gotham Knights game not only showed off two new villains – Clayface and Harley Quinn – but it also revealed that the game’s release date has been moved up to October 21.
Read more about everything revealed in the new trailer here.
Step into the Knight on October 21, 2022. #GothamKnights pic.twitter.com/vACKhwFczp
— Gotham Knights (@GothamKnights) August 23, 2022
A new Tale from the Borderlands
The next installment of Tales from the Borderlands – hilariously just titled New Tales from the Borderlands – was revealed at Gamescom Opening Night as well, with an October 21 release date.
The reveal trailer promised all the usual mayhem and crude humor fans of the franchise would expect. Along with a lot more guns.
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Dune Awakening is an MMO
Not a lot was known about the game Dune Awakening, but we got to see plenty more footage of the cinematic game taking place on Arrakis.
While there wasn’t much shown in the new trailer, the developers did confirm that the game is an MMO so players will have plenty of opportunities to explore the vast world of this epic sci-fi drama.
Brandon Sanderson’s Moonbreaker flips the Subnautica script
News that Brandon Sanderson, author of the Mistborn series, was partnering with the developers for Subnautica made gamers everywhere excited and curious.
Today, we got our first look at the product of this partnership in Moonbreaker, a digital miniature game inspired by Warhammer.
More about the world of Hogwarts
Finally, fans got another look into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, as the upcoming MMO Hogwarts Legacy also featured a brand new trailer at Gamescom Opening Night.
With information about the Unforgivable Curses and the revived skeletons fans can expect to face, it’s all drawing more hype for the game’s upcoming release.