After months of speculation and a disappointing cancellation of E3 – all thanks to a worldwide pandemic – Gamescom 2022, the annual games festival, is finally back in-person.
Gamescom officially kicked off last night with its Opening Night Live presentation and brought with it a plethora of new game announcements and trailers, including many anticipated favourites we’ve kept our eye on over the past few months.
The event started yesterday and will continue till the end of the week, August 28, in Cologne, Germany. For many of us who cannot make the event, thankfully there are live broadcast events to look forward to, and for your convenience, here’s a list of every reveal we’ve encountered so far, arranged in order of release. You’re welcome.
List of games available in 2022
- Genshin Impact 3.0 – Available now
- The Finals – Steam playtest coming soon
- Age of Empires 4 DLC – August 23, 2022
- CrossfireX – August 23, 2022
- Return to Monkey Island – September 19, 2022
- Hardspace Shipbreaker – September 20, 2022
- Dorfromantik – September 29, 2022
- Dying Light 2: Bloody Ties DLC – October 13, 2022
- New tales from the Borderlands – October 21, 2022
- The Outlast Trials – closed beta starting October 28 to November 1, 2022
- Tortuga: A Pirate’s Tale Marauders – October 2022
- Stranded Alien Dawn – October 2022
- Maurauders – Early Access, October 2022
- Sonic Frontiers – November 8, 2022
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide – November 30, 2022
- The Callisto Protocol – December 2, 2022
- High on Life – December 13, 2022
- Blacktail – December 15, 2022
List of games available in 2023 and beyond
- Dead Island 2 – Feb 3, 2023
- The Expanse: Telltale series – Summer 2023
- Hogwarts Legacy – February 10, 2023
- Destiny 2: Lightfall – February 28, 2023
- Homeworld 3 – 2023
- Moving Out – 2023
- Under the Waves – 2023
- Atlas Fallen – 2023
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space – 2023
- Park Beyond – 2023
- Everywhere – 2023
- Atlas Fallen – 2023
- Moonbreaker – TBA
- Wyrdsong – TBA
- Friends vs. Friends – TBA
- Lies of P – TBA
- Phantom Hellcat – TBA
- Dune Awakening – TBA
- The Lords of the Fallen – TBA
- Honkai Star Rail – TBA
- Goat Simulator 3 – TBA
Honourable mentions
- Hideo Kojima’s podcast, Brain Structure – launching on Spotify September 8, 2022
- PlayStation Dualsense Edge – Sony’s version of the Elite Controller.
- MINI Aceman Electric concept car – A gamer car? With exclusive ‘gaming features,’ and a Pokémon partnership. Weird.
That is everything, I hope, and in case you missed the live broadcast, you can watch it on YouTube or Twitch, whichever platform tickles your fancy. Looking toward the future, here’s yet another list of what’s to come, available down below. Cheers!
- Future Games Show (August 24 @ 8:00 pm CET)
- Xbox Booth Live (August 25 @ 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm CET)
- Awesome Indies Show (August 26 @ 8:00 pm CET)
