Gamescom 2024 Roundup

Gamescom is an annual event to celebrate the new announcements within the gaming industry. This can vary between new product releases, console debuts, gaming awards, video game announcements and more. This year, the event was held between the 21st of August – the 25th of August 2024 in Cologne Germany with the big opening event happening the day before on August 20th.

Although only 5 days long, there was plenty announced at the event, and we are here to dive in and check out what important details you need to know about! Let’s get into it!

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What games were announced at Gamescom 2024?

To begin the event, Gamescom held the section of the event people were most excited to learn more about, the upcoming video games releasing end of 2024 and 2025. From August 21st, we heard about many new announcement trailers, video game release dates and gameplay reveals.

Announcement trailers:

• Borderlands 4 Announcement Trailer
• Dying Light: The Beast Announcement Trailer
• Mafia: The Old Country Announcement Trailer
• Batman: Arkham Shadows VR Announcement Trailer
• Goat Simulator Remastered Announcement Trailer

Release dates:

• Civilization VII – February 11th2025
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – December 9th2024
• Marvels Rivals – December 6th 2024

Gameplay reveals:

• Dune: Awakening Gameplay Reveal
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Gameplay Reveal

 

Is Gamescom the game award?

On August 23rd, we saw the infamous Gamescom Awards, below are the categories, winners and their nominees.

• Best Visuals – Little Nightmares 3
• Best Audio – Little Nightmares 3
• Best Gameplay – Frostpunk 2
• Most Entertaining – Monster Hunter Wilds
• Games For Impact Award – Creatures Of Ava
• Best Microsoft Xbox Game – Little Nightmares 3
• Best PC Game – Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Best Sony PlayStation Game – Monster Hunter Wilds
• Best Mobile Game – Genshin Impact
• Best Trailer – Monster Hunter Wilds

Other nominees:

• Star Wars Outlaws
• Nine Sols
• Blue Prince
• Palworld
• Crimson Desert
• Tiny Bookshop
• REKA
• The Alters
• Empire Of The Ants

 

Who is the Xbox Adaptive Controller for?

And the final big reveal we uncovered, was the new accessible controller for Xbox. Late last year PlayStation released their accessible controller, so it’s no surprise we are finally seeing Xbox’s adaptation. In 2025, Xbox will release an adaptive joystick which will improve gaming and mobility for those who aren’t as capable. It has been designed to allow gamers to play using one hand and will sit on top of the controller offering 6 different designs depending on how the player wants their joystick to be customised. It is believed the controller designs will be downloaded and then 3D printed to add onto the controller, making it customisable for the controller.  

 

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Conclusion:

There were lots of exciting things announced at Gamescom 2024, and we cannot wait to see these factors progress into 2025. We will ensure to keep up with the progression of the Xbox Adaptive Controller and cannot wait to give our review when it is released. Until then, check out our custom controllers for Xbox on our website, happy gaming!