Recap: All the big headlines from Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022, including a Kojima podcast

A lot of it was revealed already

As Geoff continues to add more shows and reveal events under his belt, things are starting to look a little thinner. Although has the potential to give off the air of “the E3 of Europe,” today was largely reserved for games that were already shown off in some capacity; or came back with a marketing reboot after years-earlier reveals. It’s time for a Gamescom 2022 recap.

There was some cool stuff in there. The studio behind Moonbreaker smartly united with kinda-huge-deal author Brandon Sanderson to bring us a “Hearthstone meets XCOM” game; with a vibrant art style and a customizable mini painting element. No one expected a Killer Klowns from Outer Space adaptation — talk about a passion project! As far as big studio news goes, Sonic Frontiers got a release date from Sega, and another PlayStation 5 controller is on the way from Sony. The “one last thing” was Dead Island 2, which is out in February of 2023 and still looks like a Dead Island game.

There was some cool stuff there for Gamescom Opening Night Live to latch onto. Two hours worth of cool stuff? Well, rarely does any event justify two hours after E3 started to wane. If you missed it, you can pick out the stuff you’re interested in below.

Here’s a Gamescom 2022 recap:

• Gamescom opens up with a look at Everywhere
• The PlaySt🌌ation 5 DualSense Edge controller is on the way
• Dune: Awakening is a survival MMO set on Arrakis
• New Tales from theꦺ Borderlands is only a few months away, here’s our first look
• Moving Out 2 announced, releasing next year
• The Lords of the Fallen, a reboot of Lords of the Fallen, is in develo𝓀pment
• Sega maܫy have leaked a November 8 release date for Sonic Frontiers (Update)
• We 🅘got a real look at the Dying L♎ight 2: Bloody Ties DLC at Gamescom
• W﷽e will finally Return to Monkey Island on September 19
• Narrative adventure game ෴Under the Waves is a “love letter to oceans”
• Here’s another look at Lies of P,𒁏 the intriguing Pinoc🌸chio-inspired project
• Moonbreaker is Unknown Worlds’ new turn-based sci-fi str🐭ategy game
• Friends vs. Friends is a colorful card-base♛d shooter
• Take on Gods and Monsters in Atlas ꦆFall꧂en, coming 2023
• Stranded: Alien Dawn is a marooned sim game fromꦛ the Surviving Mars team
• Get ready for a Killer K💮l♉owns multiplayer horror game
• Scᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚars Above could be a cool new sci-fi action adventure romp
• Harley Q🍎uinn, Clayface, and Mr. Freeze are set to rock the Gotham Knights
• Telltale’s The Expanse looks to ta🔜ke off in summer 2023
• Phantom Hellca🀅t is a NieR-inspired actioꦕn game involving a cursed theater
• Former Bethesda💮 devs tease open-world RPG Wyrdsong
• Bla♓cktail asks if you want to be🌼 a good or bad witch
• Where Winds Meet revealed with some gorgܫeo꧒us-looking action
• Hideo Kojima announces podc🐼ast exclusively for Spotify
• The Outlast Tr🎐ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚials will have a closed beta over Halloween
• Do you have what 𒆙it takes to make it to The Finals?
• Dead Is𒁏land 2 re-emerges and sets a launch date for February 2023