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gamescom 2023: Opening Night Live

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As in previous years, gamescom started with an opulent opening show.

Almost 50 games were shown in two hours. New games or updates were announced. Below you will find all games shown with their current release dates and the respective trailers:

Streets of Rogue 2 – 2024
Mandragora – 2024
Lysfanga – Early 2024
Endzone 2– Spring 2024
Bulletstorm VR – no date
Faefarm – 8 September
The 7th Guest VR – 19 October
Post Trauma – Spring 2024
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin – 17 November
Delta Force – no date
Homeworld 3 – February 2024
Little Nightmares III – 2024
Black Myth Wukong – no date
Killing Floor 3 – no date
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition – available on Xbox from today
Rebel Moon – no date
Crimson Desert – no date
Payday 3 – 21 September
Assassin’s Creed: Mirage – 5 October
Tekken 8 – 26 January
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III – 10 November
Nightingale – 22 February 2024
Granblue Fantasy: Relink– 1 February 2024
Immortals of Aveum – available now
Zenless Zone Zero– no date
Honkai: Star Rail– already available
Genshin Impact – already available
Lords of the Fallen – 13 Oktober
Sonic Superstars– 17 Oktober
Sonic Frontiers: The Final Horizon Update – 28 September
The First Descendent – no date (Open Beta 19-25 September)
Under the Waves – 29 August
Fort Solis – available from today
Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game – 2024
The Crew: Motorfest – 14 September
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – 26 September
Stormgate – no date
Last Epoch – 7 September
Marvel Snap – out now on PC
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon– 25 August
Warhaven – 21 September
Mortal Kombat 1 – 19 September
Ara: History Untold – 2024
Diablo IV: Season of Blood – 17 Oktober
Dustborn – no date
Thank Goodness You’re Here – 2024
Alan Wake II – 27 Oktober

During the two-hour show, stars of the video game and film industry came together, including director Zack Snyder (Rebel Moon), voice actors Roger Clark, Julia Brown and Troy Baker (Fort Solis), Phil Spencer (Xbox), Ed Boon (Mortal Kombat 1) Todd Howard (Starfield) and Sam Lake (Alan Wake II).

The pacing was well done, especially in the later part, there were frequent changes between Triple A productions and indie novelties. While expectations were deliberately lowered ahead of Opening Night Live, there were still a few big surprises, such as Diablo IV Season 2, Marvel Snap’s Shadow Drop on Steam, and Little Nightmares III.

The musical intro was particularly exciting – a live performance by Inon Zur with music from next month’s Starfield. Only the gameplay demo from Call of Duty Modern Warfare III was a bit out of the ordinary due to its overlength. Geoff Keighley did a great job once again hosting the show, despite a disruption early on in Opening Night Live. We are excited to see what else gamescom has to offer this year and will be reporting live from Cologne throughout the week.

Patrick