Gamescom’s Opening Night Live gave us a little over 2 hours of show dedicated to the future of video games, with many announcements, the main points of which are summarized for you.
[Mis à jour le 24 août 2021 à 18h16] The most European of video game fairs marked its opening yesterday with a great evening broadcast live on social networks. A ceremony presented by the one and only Geoff Keighley and which rekindled the flame of impatience among many fans from all walks of life. And for good reason, the Gamescom Opening Night Live lasted nearly two hours and allowed us to take news of around thirty upcoming releases. So there was something for everyone with even a pinch of surprises that will have shaken up our expectations. We summarize the essentials for you.
We start this summary strong with the undisputed star of the evening, Hogwarts Legacy : Hogwarts Legacy. The long-awaited open-world RPG in the world of Harry Potter made a very noticeable appearance last night by offering us to discover a new trailer dedicated to the importance of dark magic in your playthrough. We can learn that the choices of our protagonist will be decisive, especially on the use of unforgivable spells. Unfortunately, Warner and Avalanche Studios haven’t given us new gameplay footage.
To continue the momentum of the expected games but always pleasant to touch the gaze, we can mention the brief appearance of The Callisto Protocol. The new creation of Dead Space alumni has offered us new gameplay and more specifically combat footage, showing us that our protagonist has a few ways to defend himself against the horrors that await him on one of Jupiter’s moons, and including some small gadgets that strongly remind us of Dead Space. Brutal, uncompromising gameplay, Glenn Schofield and his colleagues assume the origins of this new release and it shows.
To stay in the biggest announcements of the evening, we can note the return of the Dead Island franchise! The famous survivalist, apocalyptic and crazy FPS returns just over nine years after the release of Dead Island Riptide, with a Dead Island 2 straight from the studios of Deep Silver and Dambuster. Originally announced in 2014, the game had one of the most chaotic development of the last ten years, before obviously reappearing in the hands of Dambuster Studios. It’s a small gameplay trailer that brought us the news, while finally offering us a release date for this unexpected sequel, the February 3, 2023 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series, PS4 and Xbox One.
sonic frontier also made a remarkable appearance during the evening, offering us to discover some handpicked gameplay sequences and frankly more pleasant to watch than what we have seen in the past. Indeed, the blue hedgehog is renewed and offers us a new adventure in the open world which seemed to us a little more dynamic, varied and epic. The fault of a frankly successful trailer and of the first images of gameplay in an urban environment which had the gift of attracting our attention. Besides, the new release from SEGA has also confirmed its official release date, the November 8 coming soon to PS5, PS4, Xbox One Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
As for other announcements, we can also mention Gotham Knights which has once again shown us its muscles while advancing its release date by four days. Dying Light 2 Stay Human also offered us to discover its first DLC Blooby Ties, which will offer you to become the champion of the Carnage Hall arena. Among the rumors confirmed last night, we could also see some gameplay sequences of the mysterious Lies of Pthe new souls-like developed by Neowiz, but also New Tales from the Borderlandsa narrative game that will take up the universe of the famous homonymous looter-shooters.
We also found one of the other surprises of the evening, the very unexpected Dune Awakening, who showed the little tip of his nose for the first time in his short existence. This new survival MMO is one of the most ambitious projects of the evening, and its developer, Funcom, does not intend to be in the lace. Crafting, construction, combat, survival, multiplayer, character customization… The one that could be taken for a new generation Conan Exiles intends to make its own hole in its category, a release not to be expected before 2024, on consoles next gen and PC.
Finally, a 30-second ad caught the attention of all Playstation 5 players yesterday. Indeed, between the different presentations of video games, we could see the new DualSense Edge controller, the latest creation from Sony. A professional controller for the most competitive players, wireless and fully customizable of course. Although neither its price nor its release date have been revealed, we expect a release in the first half of 2023 and a cost of around 150 euros. You can learn more in our article below.
Gamescom 2022 takes place face-to-face at the Koelnmesse in Cologne. It will be held from August 23 to August 28. This event will be officially launched by the Gamescom Opening Night Livepresented by Geoff Keighley on August 23 at 8 p.m. (French time). This evening is likely to be the keystone of the event since it will bring together more than thirty announcements of all kinds, among which we will find various projects still unpublished and unknown, but also crucial information on the next releases. from 2K Games, Ubisoft, Xbox and many other gaming industry giants. Big absent this year, Playstation, Activision-Blizzard, Take-Two Interactive and Nintendo, which reserve their announcements for their own events.
Tuesday, August 23:
- 7:30 p.m.: Opening night live
- 8 p.m.: Gamescom Opening Night Live
- 9:30 p.m.: Gamescom Opening Night Aftershow (a recap of the announcements)
Wednesday, August 24:
- 3 p.m.: Gamescom Studio Day 1
Thursday, August 25:
- 3 p.m.: Gamescom Studio Day 2
Friday August 26:
- 3 p.m.: Gamescom Studio Day 3
- 5:30 p.m.: Awesome Indies
Saturday August 27:
- 3 p.m.: Gamescom Awards Show
Sunday August 28:
- 3 p.m.: Cosplay contest