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Gamescom 2018 Close to the Sun Is a 2019 Horror Game Starring Nikola Tesla
Shock horror
Close to the Sun is a brand new horror title, announced at Gamescom 2018, and it looks pretty cheesy. The game is set during the 19th century, and scientist Nikola Tesla has created a ship complex in pursuit of knowledge. Of course, it hasn't gone all that well, and playing as journalist Rose, you must survive as you explore the...
Gamescom 2018 SoulCalibur VI Gets a Full Second Story Mode with Your Own Custom Character
Sharp stuff
The latest trailer for SoulCalibur VI reveals a lot about its second story mode, which is titled 'Libra of Soul'. In it, you'll play as your own custom-made character, created with what looks like quite an extensive character creation system. You'll travel across a map, meet the heroes and villains of the game, and...
Gamescom 2018 New Starlink: Battle for Atlas Trailer Shows Off Varied Planets
War games
One of Ubisoft's games that's flying a bit under the radar is Starlink: Battle for Atlas, a toys-to-life space shooter. It's not going to blow anyone away, but it's looking to be a decent game aimed at a younger audience. This latest trailer gives us a good look at some of the environments you'll be able to explore and protect from the...
Gamescom 2018 Life Is Strange 2 Looks Much Better in Gameplay Reveal
We're in
Life Is Strange 2’s announcement trailer wasn’t particularly inspiring, but this 20 minute gameplay reveal is much better. It sets up the story for the brand new game, which will see Sean and Daniel Diaz on the run. DONTNOD definitely hasn’t lost its touch, as this opening is filled with awkward teenage exchanges – and some of the...
Gamescom 2018 Desperados III Brings Strategy to the Old West on PS4 in 2019
Shoot out
THQ Nordic announced a new entry in the Desperados series during Gamescom 2018's opening ceremony. If you're not sure what these games are all about, they're real-time strategy titles in a Western setting. According to the game's official website, Desperados III is heavily inspired by the original game, Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive...
Gamescom 2018 Trials Rising Bunny Hops to PS4 on 12th February
Crash-tastic
The next instalment in physics-based motorcycle puzzler Trials Rising will ride to PlayStation 4 on 12th February, with a closed beta scheduled to run from 13th September through 16th September. If you’d like to participate in the former, then you can register your interest through here. As with most Ubisoft releases these days, the...
Gamescom 2018 Shenmue III Continues the Saga on 27th August
That's next year, to be clear
Shenmue III will release on 27th August, 2019, a new trailer from the Gamescom 2018 opening ceremony has confirmed. As part of a Deep Silver segment, Yu Suzuki showcased a new trailer from the game, which is by far the best we’ve seen thus far. While it’s clear that there’s still a lot of work to do, we get a...
Gamescom 2018 Until Dawn's Supermassive Introduces the Dark Pictures Anthology
Man of Medan kicks things off
Best announcement of Gamescom 2018 so far? It’s certainly up there: Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games has announced that it’s partnering with Bandai Namco on a new episodic series named The Dark Pictures Anthology. Essentially a series of horror-themed short stories, the season will get underway with Man of...
Gamescom 2018 Psychological Thriller Twin Mirror Is Episodic
All in the mind
There’ll be three parts to DONTNOD’s psychological thriller Twin Mirror, which intrigued when it was announced at E3 2018 earlier in the year. Episode 1: Lost on Arrival will launch in 2019, and a new trailer has been released to coincide with Gamescom 2018. You can watch it above. The pitch outlined in the press release is...
Gamescom 2018 Ace Combat 7 Flies to PS4, PSVR on 18th January
Heads up
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown will ham up the PlayStation 4 from 18th January, publisher Bandai Namco has finally confirmed. The game, which has been subject to a series of delays, will be accompanied by new Thrustmaster and Hori flightsticks – both of which will deploy in time for the take-off of the long awaited sequel. According to a...
Live Watch the Gamescom 2018 Opening Ceremony Right Here
World premieres expected
Gamescom 2018 gets underway this week, and Cologne will be welcoming gaming's largest convention with an opening ceremony that promises World Premieres from several publishers. Among the games on display will be Shenmue III and Life Is Strange 2. The show gets underway from 10AM BST. Gamescom 2018 Keynote:...
Gamescom 2018 Housemarque's Stormdivers Puts a Futuristic Spin on Battle Royale
Watch the new trailer
After making some incredible arcade shooters, Housemarque is moving forwards with a multiplayer focused experience called Stormdivers. The trailer above gives us our best look at the game yet, and it appears to be a battle royale game melded with the studio's penchant for sci-fi and futuristic settings. As usual, you'll start...
Gamescom 2018 Battlefield V Open Beta Rolls onto PS4 in Early September
Pre-orders get it earlier
EA and DICE have announced that the Battlefield V open beta will blast onto the scene in the near future. "The Open Beta will showcase the soon-to-be-iconic Rotterdam map on Conquest mode as well as the Arctic Fjord map on both Conquest and Grand Operations," the press release reads. "Soon-to-be-iconic"? Bloody hell. It'll...
Gamescom 2018 New Metro: Exodus Trailer Takes Us Through Beautiful, Creepy Russian Ruins
Good luck out there
Metro: Exodus has always looked pretty promising, but this latest trailer highlights a couple of things. Firstly, the game looks gorgeous, the ruined Russia setting providing some great backdrops and a fantastic atmosphere. Secondly, there is some very creepy stuff going down. It doesn't show a whole lot of action, but the new...
Gamescom 2018 Death May Die in The Sinking City's Unsettling Cinematic Trailer
That is not dead
It doesn’t reveal a fat lot about Frogwares’ Lovecraftian adventure game, but this cinematic trailer for The Sinking City sure sets the scene strongly. The three minute clip shows the private investigator protagonist slowly succumbing to insanity, as all manner of Cthulhu-esque creatures haunt him. It’s an awesomely unsettling...
News Has the Steam Page for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Revealed Its Release Date Early?
Sneak attack
Whoops -- it looks like someone pulled the trigger early on the Steam store page for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. It's up right now, and most notably, the release date for the game is there for all to see. According to this page, FromSoftware's action/adventure title will launch on 22nd March 2019. Sekiro is confirmed to be present at...
Gamescom 2018 Dead or Alive 6 Plunders Hitomi, Leifang Trailer
Girl power
As leaked over the weekend, here’s your first look at Hitomi and Leifang in Dead or Alive 6, battling a giant tentacle on a shipwreck. Dubbed ‘Forbidden Fortune’, the new stage will be on display at Gamescom 2018 this week, alongside the returning starlets. “The dynamic level features the ruins of an old pirate ship, with...
Gamescom 2018 Watch Rico Chase Down a Tornado in Just Cause 4 Gameplay Video
What a twist
As promised, Square Enix has released a video featuring direct gameplay footage of Just Cause 4. You can watch it above, and as expected, it shows off one of the game's major additions: extreme weather. In this case, Rico chases a huge tornado as it tears across the landscape, throwing shipping containers and vehicles around like toys...
Gamescom 2018 Shenmue III Announcement Scheduled for Opening Ceremony
Kiss off, twit
We’re regularly writing about Shenmue again and it’s really bloody strange. Coinciding with tomorrow’s Shenmue I & II release, Yu Suzuki is lining up some kind of Shenmue III announcement during the Gamescom 2018 opening ceremony. The show – which will also showcase world premieres and reveals from a variety of publishers...
Gamescom 2018 Cyberpunk 2077 Update Teased for Tomorrow
New info?
After much speculation, it seems that Cyberpunk 2077 will indeed have something to show at Gamescom 2018. The convention kicks off tomorrow, and the game's official Twitter account has teased an "update". What this means, however, is still a little unclear. There was a Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay demo at E3 earlier this year, but it...
News Gamescom 2018 Opening Ceremony to Feature World Premieres
Announcements from Bandai Namco, THQ Nordic, more
It seems like the organisers of Gamescom 2018 have graduated from the renowned School of Geoff Keighley, as they’re bigging up some World Premieres set to debut during the Cologne convention’s opening ceremony. You’ll be able to watch the event unfold live from 10AM BST on 21st August, where...
Poll Are You Hyped for Gamescom 2018?
And what games do you want to see?
Gamescom was once thought of as Europe's equivalent of E3, and given the size of the annual event we suppose that still holds true to some extent, but it feels like the Cologne-based convention has fallen off the radar just a tad over the last few years -- at least in terms of hype. It's also worth mentioning that...
News FromSoftware's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Stabs Gamescom 2018
In the back
Crikey, Gamescom 2018 is shaping up to be a cracker. We’ve already got confirmation that titles like Devil May Cry 5 will be playable at the Cologne convention, and here’s news that FromSoftware’s upcoming samurai outing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will be joining it. “How you make the kill is incidental, as long as you make it...
News Battlefield V's Explosive New Trailer Teases Battle Royale Mode
Ring of fire
We said yesterday that Battlefield V's Gamescom trailer would be bombastic, and here it is, featuring all the explosions you could possibly squeeze into two minutes. It looks visually stunning and chaotic on a grand scale -- something of a series trademark. Perhaps the most notable thing about this trailer, however, is the last 20...
News Housemarque to Reveal First Gameplay of Stormdivers at Gamescom 2018
Will it be battle royale?
Housemarque, the studio behind some of PS4's best arcade shooters like Resogun and Nex Machina, is ditching the thing it does so well in favour of something more mainstream, and that game is Stormdivers. We still know almost...
News Outward Brings Co-Operative RPG Experiences to PS4 Next Year
Playable alone or with friends
Gamescom 2018 is just around the corner, and it looks like the industry is starting to re-awaken from its E3 slumber as announcements start to take shape. To kick things off, Deep Silver has just revealed its latest project, an RPG titled Outward. "Outward is an open world RPG that you play alone or with friends,...
News Gamescom 2018 Awards Nominations Include Some Curious Entries
Just what is Project Mephisto?
Gamescom 2018 gets underway next week, and a “jury consisting of German and international games journalists” as well as a handful of YouTubers have nominated a series of games for awards across a variety of disciplines. There are some oddities here, like the mysterious inclusion of a title called Project Mephisto...
News Battlefield V Gamescom Trailer Explodes onto the Scene Tomorrow
"Devastation is coming"
Oh yeah, Battlefield V is on the way this October. It's difficult to keep track of all these big, end-of-year releases, as 2018's last few months are absolutely stacked. Anyway, DICE's World War 2 shooter looks set to appear at Gamescom 2018, as its trailer is being teased ahead of time. That's right, a brand new trailer...
News Hitman 2 Will Blend In at Gamescom 2018
New info on the way
Since Hitman 2's announcement earlier in the year, no new information has been made available. IO Interactive appears to be saving it up for Gamescom 2018, where the developer has suggested it'll be shedding some...
News Twin Mirror Will See Its Reflection at Gamescom 2018
Fahrenheit rising
Looks like Parisian developer DONTNOD is going to have a particularly busy Gamescom 2018, as in addition to officially revealing Life Is Strange 2, the studio will also be debuting the first gameplay from its murder mystery Twin Mirror. You may remember this one from E3 2018 – it’s being published by Bandai Namco. For those of...
News Square Enix Bringing Big Guns to Gamescom 2018
Locked and loaded
Square Enix is bringing a hearty selection of heavy hitters to Cologne this year, as the games industry prepares itself for Gamescom 2018. Among the lineup is Life Is Strange 2, which will be officially announced at the convention. Here’s the full lineup of PlayStation 4 games that will be on display: Dragon Quest XI
News SEGA's Gamescom 2018 Lineup Includes Team Sonic Racing, Fist of the North Star, More
Playable at the show
SEGA has a few pretty interesting titles up its sleeve, and it looks to be bringing most of them to Gamescom 2018 later this month. At the Cologne show, which runs from 21st to 25th August, the publisher will be showing off a handful of games at its Deep Silver booth. The PS4 games on display are: Fist of the North Star: Lost...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Could Finally Show at Gamescom 2018
We sure hope so
Gamescom 2018 is less than a month away, and it could prove to be a big deal for fans of CD Projekt Red. As most of you will know, Cyberpunk 2077 got its first in-engine trailer at E3 this year, but only members of the press got to see actual gameplay. By all accounts, the behind-closed-doors demo was spectacular, but all the teasing...
News Devil May Cry 5 Will Weave Its Way to Gamescom 2018
Dante miss it
E3 2018 is over, which means it’s time to start talking about Gamescom 2018 already. Capcom has confirmed that the recently announced Devil May Cry 5 will be playable at the Cologne convention – and if you can stomach waiting in line for an entire day, you’ll be able to get some hands on time with Nero et al. The publisher...
