It is late August, and what meaning: Time for an absurdly lavish videogame trade occasion. No, not the Geoff Keighley one. Not the opposite Geoff Keighley one both. This time it is Gamescom (which, because of Opening Night time Reside, form of is one other Keighley occasion). That is when all of the world’s video games press, publishers and devs cram themselves right into a Cologne conference centre and exhibit what they’re engaged on.
And that means it is time for one more Future Video games Present from our sister website GamesRadar. Coming at you on August 21 at 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET / 10 pm CEST by way of Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Fb, TikTok, GamesRadar, BiliBili and extra, this one’s gonna be a doozy.
Hosted by Alex McKenna (Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2’s Sadie Adler, who stays that recreation’s true deuteragonist in my coronary heart), and Ned Luke (GTA 5’s Michael de Santa), it is set to point out off over 50 video games from a bunch of devs and publishers.
We’ll be getting two deep dives into Civilization 7 from the oldsters at Firaxis, a contemporary have a look at planetary defence cannon sim PVKK, and a bit extra perception into Greedfall 2. All that plus a bunch extra, together with new recreation bulletins I am not allowed to spoil right here.
There’s even a little bit of non-videogame enjoyable available, which I did not even realise you might do at Gamescom. On high of all of the gaming stuff, Prime Video can even be alongside to present us an unique have a look at The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy season 2. I am hoping for a cameo from Mozû the Blight.
It is gonna be spectacular, so if you happen to’re wanting ahead to the Gamescom festivities, pencil in a while to hang around with our friends this Wednesday.