A gamescom 2023 Opening Night Roundup

Gamescom 2023 aired August 22, 2023 at 2pm EST. Running roughly 2 hours, the show hosted by Geoff Keighley had a plethora of gaming news, announcements, and even an on-stage interruption for us to enjoy. While there were MANY games announced, most of us were here for the heavy hitters of the night; Mortal Kombat 1, Assassin's Creed Mirage, and last but not least Alan Wake 2.

If you missed the live broadcast and just want the TLDR, I got you covered.

Special Highlights:

• Show opened with a lovely piano performance by Inon Zur who did a rendition of the Starfield theme.
• Not even 10 minutes in to the broadcast, hecklers rushed the stage calling for a GTA 6 announcement. Keighley played it off very professionally and kept the event rolling.
• Rebel Moon (+ more projects related!) announced, which will be a Netflix special release directed by Zack Snyder.
• The Game Awards were confirmed for December 7th 2023, to be hosted in Los Angeles.
• Xbox won Green Studio of the year presented by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
  

Games Showcased (In Order):

• Starfield
• Little Nightmares 3
• Black Myth Wukong
• Killing Floor 3
• Age of Empires IV for Xbox
• Crimson Desert
• PayDay 3
• Assassin's Creed Mirage
• Tekken8
• Modern Warfare 3
• Nightingale
• Grandblue: Fantasy Relink
• Immortals of Aveum
• Zenless Zone Zero
• Honkai: Star Rail
• Genshin Impact
• Lords of The Fallen
• Sonic Superstars
• Sonic Frontiers
• The First Decedents
• Under The Waves
• Fort Solis
• Expeditions: A MudRunner Game
• The Crew Motorfest
• Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty (or Project Red)
• Stormgate
• Last Epoch
• Marvel Snap
• Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon
• Warhaven
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Ara: History Untold
• Diablo 4 Season of Blood (Season 2)
• Dustborn
• Alan Wake II

For full info on the announcements and trailers you can check out The Verge's coverage HERE, and also be sure to check out A Gaming Podcast in the upcoming days as we release our Gamescom-centered episode this week.

What was your favorite piece of news from the broadcast? Let us know and tweet us @agamingpodcast_!

Writer: Sami-Jo Perruzza @peetaspants