Gamescom 2022, Europe’s premier video crippled event, has returned this week successful Cologne, Germany. The yearly commercialized amusement promises quality connected the hottest gaming releases successful 2022 and beyond, with six days of announcements, unrecorded shows, and trailers. We’re expecting updates astir the clock, and we’ll beryllium reporting connected them from the amusement level each week.

This year’s amusement runs from Aug. 23 done Aug. 28, pursuing up connected a tamer summertime sparked by the cancellation of E3 2022. Tuesday kicks disconnected with the anticipated Opening Night Live, hosted by Geoff Keighley and location to immoderate of the week’s biggest announcements. The afloat list of Gamescom events besides includes a dedicated Xbox unrecorded watercourse and the Future Games Show, followed by an assortment of smaller indie showcases.

While it’s been a quieter twelvemonth for gaming, Gamescom 2022 looks to beryllium a bold comeback pursuing the pandemic with the latest connected caller and aboriginal titles. This year, Windows Central is unrecorded blogging passim the entire week, and you tin articulation america connected the journey. Windows Central Senior Editor Matt Brown and contributor Brendan Lowry are providing updates and commentary connected the amusement passim the week, with further penetration from our Senior Xbox Editor, Jez Corden, consecutive from the amusement floor.

Keep scrolling for each the latest from the Windows Central team, quality updates, trailers, and cardinal takeaways from Gamescom 2022, truthful far.

2022-08-23T18:40:09.281Z

Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Bloody Ties DLC announced, releases Oct. 13

The archetypal DLC for Dying Light 2 Stay Human has been announced with a caller trailer during Opening Night Live, showcasing the expansion's gladiatorial-style arena combat. The DLC's caller area, The Carnage Hall, volition connection fans plentifulness of communicative content, quests, caller weapons, quality interactions, and more. Bloody Ties is acceptable to merchandise connected Oct. 13, 2022, and players who preorder it volition get entree to a bonus Aristocrat Pack that includes unsocial cosmetics and different items.

2022-08-23T18:33:26.713Z

New Hogwarts Legacy gameplay shown on with preorder info

New gameplay of the upcoming Harry Potter RPG Hogwarts Legacy was displayed during Opening Night Live, giving fans a look astatine the questline involving the Slytherin pupil Sebastian Sallow. The extremity of the gameplay trailer besides revealed that preorders for the crippled volition spell unrecorded connected August 25 astatine 8 a.m. PT, with the crippled slated to officially spell unrecorded connected Feb. 10, 2023. — Brendan Lowry

2022-08-23T18:25:45.288Z

The Callisto Protocol shows disconnected marque caller gameplay trailer connected adjacent gen hardware

During Opening Night Live, a caller gameplay trailer for the Dead Space-like The Callisto Protocol was shown off. The gameplay was recorded connected next-gen hardware (likely an Xbox Series X oregon PS5) and showed disconnected brutal combat with horrific monsters, exploration of the situation for supplies, and aggravated scripted sequences. You tin cheque it retired successful the video embed above. — Brendan Lowry

2022-08-23T18:19:02.926Z

Dune: Awakening, a caller unfastened satellite endurance MMO, has been announced

Towards the opening of the Opening Night Live show, Dune: Awakening, a caller unfastened satellite endurance MMO, was announced with a caller trailer. The adaptation of the celebrated sci-fi caller is being made by Funcom, Level Infinite, and Legendary Entertainment. The trailer featured iconography from the Dune franchise, including the monolithic soil worm, dragonfly-like helicopters, and more.

The game's merchandise day wasn't revealed, though the game's website is unrecorded and allows players to motion up for its beta by submitting their email. You tin ticker the trailer for Dune: Awakening here. — Brendan Lowry

2022-08-23T17:38:32.565Z

Destiny 2's Lightfall enlargement is coming February 2023

During Bungie's Destiny 2 showcase connected Tuesday, the workplace gave fans a person look astatine what to expect from the Lightfall expansion. Destiny 2: Lightfall is acceptable to merchandise connected Feb. 28 2023 and pits players against the fearsome Shadow Legion arsenic the menace of The Witness, its newest disciple, and the fleet of Darkness pyramids looms overhead. 

The DLC volition beryllium centered chiefly astir the satellite Neptune, with the techno-futuristic metropolis of Neomuna serving arsenic the expansion's main location. Lightfall volition besides diagnostic a caller Darkness subclass called Strand, which allows Guardians to plaything astir with grappling hooks, make sentient allies to combat by their broadside (Warlock), synthesize a rope-dart (Hunter), oregon marque elephantine claws (Titan).

Preorders for the enlargement are disposable now, with the basal variation of the DLC retailing for $49.99 connected Xbox, PlayStation, Steam, the Microsoft Store, the Epic Games Store, and Google Stadia. You tin ticker the authoritative trailer for Lightfall here.

2022-08-23T16:42:42.872Z

Dead Island 2 to instrumentality this Gamescom with caller merchandise date

While Gamescom 2022 is conscionable getting started, we’re learning what to expect and the titles acceptable to appear. Dead Island 2 could beryllium among those appearances, with hints of a long-awaited revival of the zombie enactment game pursuing its uncover backmost successful 2014.

Dead Island 2 could instrumentality with a February 3, 2023 merchandise date, according to a now-deleted Amazon listing. The store leafage suggests the latest iteration of Dead Island keeps its Los Angeles setting, present with six playable characters and a heavy accomplishment strategy to look disconnected against the “dozens” of planned zombie types. Listings person reportedly since popped up via Xbox consoles, suggesting an imminent announcement during Gamescom.

Publisher, Deep Silver, could take to springiness Dead Island 2 the signifier astatine Opening Night Live, lone a fewer months retired from its alleged 2023 debut. The title’s improvement hasn’t been creaseless to date, with the task handed betwixt aggregate studios and present nether Nottingham-based Dambuster Studios. The rubric appears to beryllium headed to Xbox Series X, PS5, and PC, alongside previous-generation consoles. We'll person to hold for the unrecorded amusement to find retired more. — Matt Brown

2022-08-23T16:20:09.439Z

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord coming to console, preorders statesman today

Ahead of the Opening Night Live show, developer TaleWorld has announced that Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord — 1 of the most fashionable strategy enactment RPGs connected PC — is officially launching connected consoles connected October 25th, 2022. The crippled volition beryllium disposable connected Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and Xbox One and PS4 systems.

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is acceptable successful the medieval lands of Calradia, successful which brutal civilian warfare has led to the autumn and emergence of full kingdoms. In this unfastened world, you tin summon your armies and complaint into battle, siege fortresses, make and turn concealed transgression organizations successful the shadows, and more. 

Preorders for the crippled are besides going unrecorded today, with copies expected to go disposable astatine 12 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CEST. Standard preorders of the crippled volition outgo $49.99, though determination whitethorn beryllium much precocious editions of the crippled that outgo much and see other collectibles and contented arsenic well. — Brendan Lowry

2022-08-23T16:01:11.432Z

Welcome to our unrecorded sum of Gamescom 2022! Stick with america to drawback each of the latest reveals and premieres from large showcases similar Opening Night Live and the Future Games Show, arsenic good arsenic the smaller pieces of quality that travel retired before, between, and aft them.

As my workfellow Matt Brown said, Gamescom is generally quieter than E3. Even so, it's inactive an breathtaking lawsuit to ticker intimately if you're a gamer, arsenic it provides developers with an accidental to amusement disconnected much of what fans tin expect from upcoming titles. 

Thanks for joining america arsenic we screen and analyse thing and everything Gamescom 2022! Whether it's thing large similar Thursday's Xbox Booth Live showcase oregon a smaller announcement, we'll beryllium watching and penning astir everything you request to know. — Brendan Lowry, Windows Central Contributor

2022-08-23T15:26:16.262Z

'Lies of P' and 'You Suck astatine Parking' seemingly headed to Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft is 1 of the galore with large showings astatine Gamescom, including an Xbox booth providing fans with hands-on opportunities for galore of 2022’s astir anticipated titles. We’re besides expecting immoderate caller titles confirmed for Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription work this week, with 2 titles present seemingly confirmed up of the show.

“Lies of P” and “You Suck astatine Parking” are among aboriginal titles headed to Xbox Game Pass, according to Microsoft’s ain Xbox Gamescom booth. Aaron Greenberg, wide manager, Xbox games marketing, has provided a preview of its Gamescom booth successful a caller tweet, with signage depicting the 2 titles alongside the Game Pass logo. Expect to perceive much betwixt Opening Night Live and the Xbox Gamescom amusement connected Thursday. — Matt Brown

2022-08-23T15:00:57.518Z

Opening Night Live volition beryllium 2 hours, ‘new unannounced games’ to feature

Gamescom Opening Night Live host, Geoff Keighley, has present provided further penetration into what to expect from tonight’s conference. The upcoming amusement volition diagnostic some antecedently announced and “new unannounced” games according to a caller tweet posted by Keighley. We besides expect the amusement to tally 2 hours, with 35 games to feature, suggesting a packed amusement cycling done a scope of anticipated titles. — Matt Brown

Here's the latest Gamescom Opening Night Live roster

Gamescom 2022 kicks disconnected with Opening Night Live aboriginal today, offering what looks to beryllium this year’s premier integer showing. The amusement brings unneurotic publishers and developers from crossed the globe, delivering implicit 2 hours of gaming reveals and trailers. Opening Night Live host, Geoff Keighley, has present shared a afloat rundown of confirmed appearances up of today’s unrecorded streamed event.

Confirmed premieres see a caller Tales From the Borderlands entry, Hogwarts Legacy, Gotham Knights, and Sonic Frontiers, among different upcoming titles. We besides expect updates for existing hits, including Genshin Impact and the archetypal large Dying Light 2 DLC dubbed Bloody Ties. The implicit database of confirmed titles for Opening Night Live follows below. — Matt Brown

2022-08-23T11:11:13.811Z

Welcome everyone — and acknowledgment for joining us! Gamescom is backmost and we’re conscionable getting started with this year's coverage.

Gamescom, portion quieter than commercialized shows similar E3, provides a 2nd accidental for developers and publishers to stock their games done the summer. While not known for blockbuster conferences oregon industry-shaking reveals, it’s an perfect accidental to larn much astir games arriving successful the twelvemonth ahead. We’re starting with Opening Night Live this evening, which could bring this year’s apical quality and announcements from an assortment of large players successful the industry.

We’re conscionable getting started connected our unrecorded sum for the week. This Tuesday, we’ll sermon the breaking quality truthful far, with penetration into what's to travel this week, followed by unrecorded reporting connected Opening Night Live starting astatine 2 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CEST. You tin expect regular updates to travel earlier things get crazy later tonight. — Matt Brown, Windows Central Senior Games Editor