The giant Gamescom show in Germany continues and we’re awash with impressions, screenshots and videos about the biggest console and PC games (not much for handhelds there). Which games do you care about?
Take a look through this round-up to get the latest from Gamescom Day 3.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Anarchy Reigns
https://kotaku.com/part-brawler-part-fighter-anarchy-reigns-shows-promis-5832468/
Part Brawler, Part Fighter, Anarchy Reigns Shows Promise and Flaws
It’s a little bit Virtua Fighter, a little bit Madworld
Played in the back room of Sega’s Gamescom press booth, Anarchy Reigns is a fast-paced, action-heavy brawler that seems a bit too sloppy to have any lasting appeal. More »
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
https://kotaku.com/the-assassins-creed-team-always-takes-the-best-screensh-5832295/
The Assassin’s Creed Team Always Takes the Best Screenshots
As proven by these Gamescom shots of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, the Assassin’s Creed series never looks quite as beautiful as it does through the eyes of the folks that make the screenshots. More »
Blades of Time
https://kotaku.com/blades-of-time-is-the-new-game-from-x-blades-developer-5832237/
Blades of Time Is the New Game From X-Blades Developer That Looks an Awful Lot Like X-Blades
This is Blades of Time. It’s a hack-and-slash game featuring a scantily clad woman named Ayumi and her giant gunblades. It’s being developed by Gaijin Entertainment. More »
Borderlands 2
https://kotaku.com/the-ultra-disposable-gun-is-one-of-the-great-big-little-5832501
The Ultra Disposable Gun is One of the Great Big Little Improvements in Borderlands 2
The throwaway guns of the original Borderlands, which numbered in the hundreds of bazillions, were nothing compared to the fire and forget disposability of the game’s sequel. More »
Invisible Pony Rides, Bill Cosby, and Several Seconds of Borderlands 2 in Action
https://kotaku.com/invisible-pony-rides-bill-cosby-and-several-seconds-o-5832639
Earlier today thousands of Borderlands fans flocked to UStream for the chance to catch some gameplay footage of the popular game’s upcoming sequel. They got a little – More »
Burnout: Crash
https://kotaku.com/the-new-burnout-crash-trailer-features-crashing-burni-5832302
The New Burnout: Crash Trailer Features Crashing, Burning
Just in time for Gamescom, EA has shared a new trailer for its upcoming XBLA/PSN car-smasher Burnout: Crash. The 360 version of the game will be compatible with Kinect, and Crecente had a lot more fun with the game than he thought he would.
I’ll be playing it for the first time next week, but the… More »
https://kotaku.com/full-body-burnout-crash-is-more-fun-than-it-sounds-5822980
Diablo III
https://kotaku.com/watch-blizzard-open-the-gates-of-hell-in-cologne-5832492
Watch Blizzard Open the Gates of Hell in Cologne
We showed you that fancy bit of 3D street art Blizzard created for Diablo III earlier this week. Now we have a sped-up video showing how the artists made it look like demons were bursting from the city’s streets. More »
https://kotaku.com/diablo-iiis-gates-of-hell-open-on-the-streets-of-cologn-5831802
Dishonored
https://kotaku.com/four-new-dishonored-screens-feature-sneaking-swordplay-5832375/
Four New Dishonored Screens Feature Sneaking, Swordplay, and… Stilts?
Four new screenshots from Bethesda and Arkane’s upcoming first-person stealth game Dishonored have surfaced, and they look just about as interesting as everything else we’ve heard about the game. More »
https://kotaku.com/first-look-at-dishonored-the-new-game-from-arkane-and-5820130
DOTA 2
https://kotaku.com/today-in-tf2-hat-news-three-new-dota-2-hats-update-5832689
Today in TF2 Hat News: Three New DOTA 2 Hats
No doubt in honor of this weekend’s DOTA 2 International Championship, Valve is now offering there new DOTA 2 hats in Team Fortress 2
Available are: The begoggled Clockwerk hat, the Raidenesque (or really Storm Spiritesque) Storm Spirit Hat, and the Sniper hat, which is a lot like the goggles from… More »
Dragon’s Dogma
https://kotaku.com/our-excitement-for-capcoms-biggest-game-ever-remains-lo-5832643
Our Excitement for Capcom’s Biggest Game Ever Remains Low
There are some games we at Kotaku love writing about. Skyrim‘s one. Assassin’s Creed. Whatever Atlus game our Mike Fahey’s obsessed with this month.
And then there are games like Dragon’s Dogma which we pass around coverage duties of like soldiers passing around the hand grenade that just fell… More »
Ghost Recon Future Soldier
https://kotaku.com/ghost-recon-future-soldier-simplifies-with-polished-pl-5832529
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Simplifies With Polished Play
The first thing I noticed while watching a team of two Ubisoft developers play through a new level of Ghost Recon; Future Soldier wasn’t the Zambia setting or the rolling wave of dust and smoke created by a crashing plane, it was how clean everything looked.
Gone were the screen-filling, often… More »
Gravity Rush
https://kotaku.com/more-beautiful-cel-shading-in-this-gravity-rush-video-5832238
More Beautiful Cel-Shading in This Gravity Rush Video
Gravity Rush is fast becoming the PlayStation Vita game to see at press events.
We already got a look of Team Siren’s upcoming gravity bending title through screenshots, gameplay, and hands-on experience. The game features beautiful anime style cel-shaded graphics, so what’s wrong with another… More »
https://kotaku.com/this-vita-game-will-have-you-walking-on-the-walls-5809780
Guild Wars 2
https://kotaku.com/eight-minutes-of-guild-wars-2-gameplay-and-art-present-5832484
Eight Minutes of Guild Wars 2 Gameplay and Art, Presented Without Comment
You’ve seen the trailer, now take a look at eight minutes or so of Guild Wars 2 gameplay shot from the Gamescom show floor.
You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. More »
https://kotaku.com/the-guild-wars-2-gamescom-trailer-makes-you-wipe-away-a-30805797
Landwirtschafts-Simulator 3D
https://kotaku.com/the-3ds-tractor-simulator-genre-has-a-new-champion-5832470
The 3DS Tractor Simulator Genre Has a New Champion
You know, not every game at this year’s Gamescom is an international best-seller. Some games are made with a more local audience in mind, and few are as German as this one.
It’s called Landwirtschafts-Simulator 3D, and puts you in control of…tractors. More »
Mass Effect 3
https://kotaku.com/its-the-little-things-that-matter-in-mass-effect-3-5832215
It’s the Little Things That Matter In Mass Effect 3
The Earth is burning. Mankind stands on the brink of extinction. And all I can think about is how pretty I’m going to make my future space gun look. And how much I like an old friend’s new haircut.
The Mass Effect 3 demo I caught at Gamescom came in two distinct parts, one a combat section showing… More »
Might & Magic Heroes VI
https://kotaku.com/uneasy-lies-the-head-that-wears-the-helm-in-might-mag-5832429
Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Helm in Might & Magic Heroes VI
We now have the culmination of last week’s tease-of-a-teaser. Here is the Gamescom 2011 trailer for Might and Magic Heroes VI, establishing the game’s appropriately epic struggle. More »
https://kotaku.com/might-and-magic-heroes-vi-gets-an-announcement-trailer-5829624
NeverDead
https://kotaku.com/megadeth-hopes-neverdead-kicks-your-ass-452567143
Megadeth Hopes NeverDead Kicks Your Ass
In Never Dead, you can rip off your head and then throw it. In real life, you cannot do this. Well, at least I don’t think you can.
In real life, you can listen to Megadeth, and if you are buying NeverDead, you’ll be doing just that because the band wrote the game’s theme song, cleverly titled… More »
https://kotaku.com/time-to-rock-your-balls-off-5831639
Rayman Origins
https://kotaku.com/this-rayman-origins-trailer-looks-as-good-as-youd-expec-5832481
This Rayman Origins Trailer Looks as Good as You’d Expect
Rayman Origins features a battle of good versus evil, as well as some colorful platforming and puzzle solving. The game will be out this November on the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and 3DS. More »
Rock of Ages
https://kotaku.com/the-new-rock-of-ages-trailer-hilariously-smooshes-its-w-5832377
The New Rock of Ages Trailer Hilariously Smooshes Its Way Through Video Game History
Any good video game trailer should tell us what the game in question is all about. In the case of Atlus USA’s upcoming downloadable game Rock of Ages, this is a game about a rock smashing stuff. More »
PixelJunk Sidescroller
https://kotaku.com/pixeljunk-sidescroller-screens-scroll-out-5832502/
PixelJunk: Sidescroller Screens Scroll Out
Q-Games is working on PixelJunk: Sidescroller, the latest PixelJunk title. The game’s gameplay looks bright and old school
The game is as much about shooting stuff as messing with liquids. More »
https://kotaku.com/pixeljunk-sidescroller-gameplay-is-bright-and-old-scho-5832228
Prey 2
https://kotaku.com/prey-2s-stomping-grounds-are-a-wretched-hive-of-scum-an-5832376/
Prey 2‘s Stomping Grounds Are a Wretched Hive of Scum and Stuff
U.S. Marshal Killian Samuel goes from alien hostage to intergalactic bounty hunter in Prey 2, and these Gamescom screens show off his less-than-happy hunting grounds. More »
Silent Hill: Book of Memories
https://kotaku.com/silent-hill-book-of-memories-is-a-trailer-youll-want-t-5832461
Silent Hill: Book of Memories Is a Trailer You’ll Want To Forget
Book of Memories is a lot of things apparently. One thing it is not is a traditional Silent Hill game.
Goodbye psychological horror! Hello, ahem, co-op action. More »
Sonic Generations
https://kotaku.com/classic-sonic-wont-speak-in-sonic-generations-but-maybe-5832494
Classic Sonic Won’t Speak In Sonic Generations But Maybe He’ll… Turn Into a Werewolf?
For Sonic the Hedgehog’s 20th anniversary, Sega and Sonic Team will bring two versions of its mascot-in “classic” and “modern” flavors-together for a time-traveling, old school-meets-new school adventure. More »
Tera Online
https://kotaku.com/tera-online-rallies-the-troops-in-this-triumphant-trail-5832156
Tera Online Rallies the Troops in This Triumphant Trailer
The Gamescom trailer for Tera Online sees the seven races (well, five of them) of Tera banding together to face off against impossible odds in order to keep a pair of titans from waking up and ending the dream that is reality. More »
Trine 2
http://kotaku.com/5832397/go-it-alone-or-bring-a-friend++online++when-trine-2-arrives-this-fall
Go It Alone or Bring a Friend—Online—When Trine 2 Arrives This Fall
Trine 2‘s cooperative mode will extend online as well as local, publisher Atlus vows in this latest video showcasing the game’s collaborative platforming gameplay. More »
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
https://kotaku.com/guess-which-character-marvel-worried-capcom-would-get-w-5832488
Guess Which Character Marvel Worried Capcom Would Get Wrong?
With more than 75 Marvel characters appearing in Capcom fighting games over the years, you’d think the comic maker would completely trust Capcom’s judgment when it comes to how their heroes and villains appear in-game.
Not so with one particular character appearing in the soon-to-be released… More »
The Witcher 2
https://kotaku.com/free-witcher-2-patch-adds-horde-mode-makes-things-dark-5832573
Free Witcher 2 Patch Adds Horde Mode, Makes Things Darker, Harder
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Version 2.0 will be a free patch that gives PC gamers a new tutorial system, a survival arena mode, a difficulty-increasing dark mode, oodles of patches and all of the previously released download packs.
The free patch hits Sept. More »
