From Borderlands 4 to Mafia, here’s everything that showed up at the biggest gaming show of the year

The Opening Night Live show for Gamescom 2024 has come and gone, and there were a number of announcements big and small. The majority of the show went as expected, with a few surprise showings of a number of new titles.

The show was a running slate of new trailers, teasers, and reveals for upcoming games, and updates for existing games. And if you missed anything, we’ve got you covered with this roundup of all the announcements from the Opening Night Live show for Gamescom 2024.

Borderlands 4

Borderlands 4 - Official Teaser Trailer

Borderlands 4 is real and it’s coming. The game got a huge reveal at Gamescom 2024 and a trailer that showed off a big reveal with a dramatic teaser trailer. It’s coming out in 2025, so expect more in the coming months.

Dying Light: The Beast

Dying Light: The Beast – Announcement Trailer

After a recent teaser, we got our first look at Dying Light: The Beast at the Gamescom 2024 ONL show. The trailer featured gameplay, including parkour and zombie combat. However, there was no release date.

Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening – Exclusive Gameplay Reveal

Dune: Awakening received a new Gamescom 2024 trailer and an early 2025 release date. The trailer featured an in-depth preview of the game’s mechanics and gameplay.

Monster Hunter Wilds

Monster Hunter Wilds: 3rd Trailer | Lala Barina and Scarlet Forest Reveal

Monster Hunter Wilds got another trailer detailing the game’s story and monsters. The trailer didn’t include a set release date beyond the already known 2025.

Fatal Fury: City of Wolves

FATAL FURY: CotW |Official Trailer

Fatal Fury: City of Wolves received a new trailer and is set to release on April 25, 2025 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Pre-orders for the game are also live now with the $60 special edition that includes the Season 1 pass.

Sid Meier’s Civilization 7

Sid Meier's Civilization VII - Gameplay Reveal Trailer

Civilization 7 will be one of the first game launches of 2025 with a launch date of February 11th. Fans got a peek at the new art style, and much more will be revealed during the expensive showcase on their channel.

Starfield: Shattered Space

Starfield: Official REV-8 Trailer

Starfield: Shattered Space is coming out September 30th. We got a Gamescom 2024 trailer featuring our first look at the game’s first ground vehicle, the Rev-8. The Rev-8 is available tonight after an update.

Masters of Albion

Masters of Albion World Premiere Trailer | GAMESCOM Opening Night Live 2024

Peter Molyneux came out to reveal his latest game, titled Masters of Albion. The game is a top-down town management game with a town building style of play. Players can also jump into a character and explore the world in third-person. Masters of Albion will be released on PC and consoles.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Gamescom Date Reveal Trailer - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming on December 9th. It is also coming to PS5 in spring 2025. The Gamescom 2024 trailer was narrated by Troy Bakker and featured a lot of gameplay.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 World Premiere Trailer | GAMESCOM Opening Night Live 2024

Black Ops 6 received another trailer ahead of its October 25, 2024 release date, which included an extended showcase of a mission called Most Wanted.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - Hear the Call of War | PS5 Games

Space Marine 2 got a new trailer for its release in september. The hype for this game has just grown and is at an all-time high.

Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2 - Early Access Date Announcement

Path of Exile 2 has been a constant point of community chatter since its alpha release. The Gamescom 2024 trailer gave us some gameplay and a date. The game will enter early access on November 15th.

Marvel Rivals

Marvel Rivals World Premiere Trailer | GAMESCOM Opening Night Live 2024

NertEase’s foray into the hero shooter genre has been in beta for a few weeks now, and players are loving it. According to the Gamescom 2024 trailer, the game will see its full release on December 6th, and it will come with two new characters: Black Panther and the Winter Soldier.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II - Gameplay Teaser Trailer | PS5 games

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is also a highly anticipated and beloved title by the community. And the latest Gamescom 2024 trailer has given us a February 11th release date, alongside more glimpses at the game’s gameplay and story.

Little Nightmares 3

Little Nightmares III – Friendship Trailer

Little Nightmares 3 got two new little snippet trailers at the show. There was no release date included though. But we were already informed about the delay from 2024 to 2025 so it wasn’t really an expectation.

Batman: Arkham Shadow

Batman: Arkham Shadow | Official Gameplay Trailer

The exclusive VR access to the Arkham series got a new gameplay trailer and a release date of October 2024. Fans still don’t really care

Overwatch2

Overwatch2 And Wow get a collaboration.

A Snowstorm representative announced a Overwatch2 And World of Warcraft A crossover involving a Widowmaker skin is reportedly in the works.

DLC for Vessel of Hatred from Diablo 4

Diablo IV | Vessel of Hatred | Mercenaries Reveal Trailer

The DLC for Diablo4 has a new trailer with an extensive showcase of what fans can expect. Will it deliver after the game drops?

The First Berserker: Khazan

The First Berserker: Khazan | Early 2025 Launch Reveal Trailer | Gamescom 2024

This game took the gaming community by surprise recently. And people are still skeptical since it is made by Nexon, but the trailer looked awesome.

Hoverfly

Floatopia reveal trailer | gamescom 2024

NetEase doesn’t stop at hero shooters with the reveal of HoverflyThe game is a Animals crossing-esque, cozy life simulation that honestly looks like a lot of fun.

Mafia: The Old Country

Mafia: The Old Country - Official Teaser Trailer

The Mafia franchise closed the show with a very early reveal of the next installment of the series, which takes us even further back in time.

All announcements from the Gamescom 2024 ONL pre-show

Marvel Rivals has been given a release date. | Image Credit: NetEase
  • Dave the Diver announced a collaboration with Balatro, Making a drinkand singer Mxmtooon.
  • Sniper Elite Resistance was revealed for a 2005 release.
  • A new trailer for Go away beast was revealed and an Early Access launch was announced for February 2025.
  • Roadworka road building game, got a trailer and a 2025 launch date.
  • It was considered early on Nikoderiko: The Magical Worldan arcade platform game.
  • Enotria: The Last Song will be released on September 19th.
  • The previously revealed climbing game cairn has a new gameplay trailer.
  • The demo for We harvest shadows. a horror game set on a farm is now available on Steam.
  • An absolutely terrifying trailer was revealed for AIL., a new horror game with Biblical influences coming in 2025.
  • The sequel to Journey to the wild planettitled Revenge of the Wild Planet was announced.
  • Inzoi, Krafton’s attempt at a hyper-realistic Sim game also took on a different approach.
  • Tribe Nine is a mobile action role-playing game and has received a brand new trailer.
  • The next Dark Pictures game titled Directive 8020 was revealed. And it takes place in space.
  • Terry Bogard addition to Street Fighter 6 was revealed with a banging gameplay trailer.

Other announcements at the Gamescom 2024 ONL Show

A still from the Floatopia reveal trailer at Gamescom 2024.
NetEase might just make the most fun game ever. | Image credit: NetEase
  • Goat Simulator Remastered was announced for late 2024.
  • Persona 3 Reload is the answer DLC includes Joker from Persona 5
  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has received a brand new trailer and a reveal of the game’s pre-order bonuses.
  • Amazon has a new cooperative game called King of the meat with a fantasy game show as a backdrop.
  • Fuzzy Bot Makes Its Debut Lykned: Banner of the SparkThe game is a fun action game.
  • Lost Records: Bloom and Rage it was announced that the film would be released in two parts, on February 18 and March 18, 2025.
  • No More Place in Hell 2 also got a new trailer.
  • Arc Raiders was presented with a new theatrical trailer.
  • Infinity Nikki got a whole musical as a trailer.
  • A new free multiplayer MOBA. Predecessor also got a new trailer. do we need another one?
  • The developers of Little nightmares have another creepy game with the title Reanimal.
  • Lara Croft continues her adventure in other games with a Grave robber X Naraka: Leaf tip cooperation.
  • Mecha break is a mech multiplayer game that also got a new trailer.
  • The iconic Monument Valley games are getting a third installment, which will be released exclusively on Netflix on December 10.
  • A new Amazon Prime based on multiple video games titled Secret Level comes out on December 10th. This one looks promising
  • Age of Mythology: Retold also got a new trailer. The game will be released on September 4th.
  • Tower city was given an early access date for September 10th.
  • Delta Force: Hawk Operations is coming to Steam Next Fest. The game also got a new trailer
  • Hoyoverse’s Genshin Impact is finally coming to Xbox on November 20th.
  • The latest game from Hoyoverse, Zenless Zone Zero also got a teaser for a new area.
  • Honkai: Star Trail also got a new animated teaser for his upcoming Lot/Stay Night crossover in 2025.
  • The makers of Posted: Changing Tides revealed a new title called Herdling.
  • Netflix has unveiled a new game, this time based on the smash hit series Squid game titled Squid Game: Unleashed.
  • Unknown9: Awakening got a trailer and a release date for October 18th.
  • Shooter Arena Breakout: Infinite will also be released later this year.
  • Xbox version Ara: Untold History also got a new trailer. The game will be released in September
  • Dark and darkerThe mobile version also got a trailer.

What game would you like to see more of? Let us know in the comments!

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