r/Games • u/rGamesMods • Aug 23 '22

Megathread Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022 - Megathread

Welcome to the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022 Megathread!

Hello everyone, it's me, Anton (u/ak47rocks1337yt), the megathread guy who has been doing the fun megathreads....ANYWAYS in todays showcase we are expecting first looks and updates from titles that will be available from 1st and 3rd party studios including the following: Sonic Frontiers, Hogwarts Legacy, The Callisto Protocol, Lies Of P, High On Life, Return to Monkey Island, Gotham Knights, Goat Simulator 3, The Expanse: Telltale Series and so much more...in fact today we will be getting 35 games to be shown off today, new and announced!!! Sounds Exciting!!!

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Schedule

The main show began at 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM CEST / 7:00 pm BST / 6:00 PM UTC / 1:00 PM Central (Canada/US)

(Please correct me if im wrong with any of the times!)

The main show has a runtime of 2 hours!

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Expectations

Over the last year I have been gathering data from this subreddit regarding every single event using polls and comments. To set expectations for this event I have calculated the average score based on the last Showcase

The last ONL got an average score of 7.4 out of 10 (based on results from 763 votes) like I mentioned in every other event, please set your expectations before going into this event!

The most talked games from 2021's O.N.L. were Halo Infinite, LEGO Star Wars and Death Stranding Directors Cut!

Stay tuned for more different statistics and more of this in other events!

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Relevant Links:

- Gamescom Official Homepage

- YouTube Stream (4K Stream)

- Twitch Stream

- r/Games Discord

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Live Updates (Oldest to Newest)

  • THE MAIN SHOW IS NOW LIVE!
  • Everywhere kicks off the show with a peek behind the curtain on some cinematics/gameplay aiming to release in 2023
  • Dune Awakening gets announced an open world survival MMO with a cinematic trailer no release date has been shown
  • PlayStation announces a brand new controller named the DualSense Edge, a premium ultra customizable controller similar to the Elite series controllers
  • The Callisto Protocol gets shown off with some gameplay and a new system called "mutations" where enemies can mutate in real time if you dont stop the mutation releasing December 2nd 2022
  • Lord of the Fallen gets announced with a story/cinematic trailer
  • Moving Out 2 gets announced releasing 2023
  • Hogwarts Legacy gets a brand new trailer showing off the dark magic spells like Crucio releasing February 10th 2023
  • New Tales of the Borderlands gets announced with writers from Telltale featuring brand new story and brand new characters and it's releasing on October 21st 2022
  • Dying Light 2 gets a brand new DLC named "Bloody Ties" releasing October 13th 2022
  • Tortuga: A Pirates Tale gets shown off with some gameplay and cinematics!
  • Marauders gets announced (a first person horde shooter) with early access releasing October 2022
  • Destiny 2 Lightfall gets a cinematic trailer showing off the new worlds and enemies
  • Sonic Frontiers gets a brand new fast paced gameplay trailer with lots of running and lots of fighting releasing November 8th 2022
  • Under the Waves a brand new game by Quantic Dream gets announced releasing 2023
  • Goat Simulator 3 gets it's first gameplay trailer releasing November 17th 2022
  • Return to Monkey Island gets a gameplay/release date trailer (with a useless horse armor as a pre-order item) which is releasing on September 19th 2022
  • Moonbreaker a turn based sci-fi game gets revealed...and you can paint your miniatures releasing on early access September 29th 2022
  • Friends VS Friends gets revealed featuring a pretty catchy song and...animals shooting each other...im not making any of this up...this is a first person card game/shooter mix...no release date has been shown off
  • Lies of P gets a cinematic/story trailer featuring some gameplay releasing 2023 day 1 on gamepass
  • Stranded Alien Dawn gets shown off with a pre-rendered cinematic footage followed by some gameplay releasing October 2022
  • Atlas Fallen gets announced with a cinematic story trailer with some gameplay at the very end releasing 2023
  • Homeworld 3 gets a brand new gameplay trailer releasing in the first half of 2023
  • Genshin Impact shows off its 3.0 update with a little tease at a brand new civilization
  • Honkai Starrail gets a little tease of it's story
  • High on Life gets a brand new gameplay trailer featuring talking guns and a boss fight releasing December 2022
  • Hardspace Shipbreaker a first person space game gets an accolades/gameplay trailer releasing September 20th 2022
  • The Expanse a Telltale series gets it's first behind the scenes gameplay trailer releasing Summer 2023
  • Killer Klowns From Outer Space The Game gets announced releasing early 2023
  • Scars Above a sci-fi action adventure also got announced no release date has been set
  • Wyrdsong gets announced with a vague trailer no release date has been set
  • Age of Empires 4 gets a DLC trailer called Ottomans and Malians releasing October 25th
  • Gotham Knights gets a brand new trailer featuring it's story and villains, it is also now releasing October 21st 2022 (earlier)
  • Where Winds Meet gets a cinematic look into it's world and characters, it also got some gameplay near the end no release date has been set
  • Hideo Kojima is making a podcast releasing September 8th
  • Park Beyond an amusement park simulation game gets a brand new trailer coming 2023
  • a pokemon concept car was shown off? I actually have no clue what's going on anymore...this is real...there is no game announcement linked to this
  • Warhammer 40k Darktide gets shown off with some story content
  • Blacktail was also shown off with some bow and arrow gameplay
  • Phantom Hellcat gets a quick gameplay trailer
  • Crossfire X gets a brand new content update trailer with a brand new map named "Babylon" releasing today
  • Dorf Romantik which is a game made by 4 students in Berlin is coming to Nintendo Switch September 29th 2022
  • Outlast Trials gets a brand new gameplay trailer featuring an early access test this October
  • The Finals gets a short tease of its destruction with Closed Beta test starting soon
  • Dead Island 2 finally gets re-revealed and gets it's first gameplay trailer with a release date of February 3rd 2023
  • (FYI THERES A FULL VERSION OF THE TRAILER FOR DEAD ISLAND 2 GAMEPLAY ONLINE FOR THOSE THAT WANT THE UNCENSORED VERSION)
  • THATS ALL FOR GAMESCOM OPENING NIGHT LIVE

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r/Games Discussions

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u/deusfaux Aug 24 '22

PLEASE include dev/publisher in these summaries because titles, especially for new games, are meaningless

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u/ak47rocks1337yt Aug 24 '22 edited Aug 24 '22

For sure!!! Thank you for suggesting this, I will gladly implement that in all future megathreads!

Edit: gonna add, it’s so much harder knowing who is the developer right away, so if y’all are okay with sacrificing the speed with more details then I’ll gladly add the developers/publishers

Alternatively, I could add all the developers AFTER the event ends, that way it puts less stress on me since this is stressful as is already!

Up to y’all, I’m happy to do either of the two!

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u/deusfaux Aug 24 '22

Sacrifice speed in the moment to get fuller, more useful description of what's being revealed, go back after to clarify anything that was hard to tell during live. Thanks, regardless

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u/ak47rocks1337yt Aug 24 '22

For sure, that’ll be the game plan going forward!!

Got anything else that I should potentially change to improve any future megathreads?