Gamescom 2021

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Devolver Digital announce the cutest game about leading a cult

August 26, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Look, I know part of what makes cults insidious is that they can seem so friendly and welcoming, but you have to admit that Cult Of The Lamb looks adorable. Announced last night at Gamescom by publisher Devolver Digital, it’s about ascending to divinity by growing your flock, building your base, defeating rival cult leaders, and performing rituals. And it looks adorable! Surely this is one of the good cults. Check out the trailer below. Read more

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Death Stranding: Director’s Cut will put rockets up Sam’s bum

August 25, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Car races and rockets to stop Sam bumping his bum are among the novelties coming to Death Stranding in its Director’s Cut, shown off in a new trailer tonight. While the refresh isn’t yet confirmed for PC, ah c’mon, surely we too will get to enjoy watching Norman Reedus do sikk motorbike trikks and boogy around his bedroom in his pyjamas. I’m so very glad all this exists in a ponderous game about trying not to trip over rocks or get eaten by oilghosts. Read more

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Call Of Duty: Vanguard’s first gameplay trailer sure looks like Call Of Duty

August 25, 2021RockPaperShotgun

During Gamescom Opening Night Live, we got our first look at what to expect from Call Of Duty: Vanguard‘s campaign. Last week, Activision confirmed the game would be set in an alternate history World War 2, and the new footage of one of the opening missions follows a sniper stealthing around in Stalingrad. It’s dramatic, cinematic, and it sure looks like a Call Of Duty game set in WW2. Take a peek yourself in the trailer below. Read more

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Wasteland 3’s next DLC stars radiation-worshipping cults

August 24, 2021RockPaperShotgun

InXile have announced the next expansion for Wasteland 3 will arrive on October 5th, inviting players into a battle between two rival cults. Cult Of The Holy Detonation will take players to a new area in Colorado where some heavily irradiated people are worshiping some sort of nuclear experiment. You’d think people wouldn’t worship something that was poisoning them, but hey ho, that’s their problem… Well, actually this DLC makes it your problem, so uh, good luck with that. Read more

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Gamescom Opening Night Live’s hype trailer spills some more attendees

August 23, 2021RockPaperShotgun

We’ve already found out courtesy of host man Geoff Keighley that the Gamescom Opening Night Live will be a two hour long showcase event. As ever with Keighleyvents there are guaranteed to be tons of trailers and some world premiers and exclusive looks at cosmetic crossover items or something of the like. Also as usual, Keighley has been dipping into the set list to sprinkle us with details about which games are going to show up. He’s now dropped a handy hype trailer and hey, you can actually spot a couple games in here that he hadn’t formally spilled the…

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Xbox Gamescom showcase dated, promises new information about upcoming games

August 9, 2021VG247

Xbox has announced that it will be present at this year’s all-digital Gamescom at the end of August and has confirmed a live-streamed event on August 24, too.If you’re looking forward to hearing more news about some of the games Xbox has been working on lately, we’ve got some good news for you: Microsoft has announced that “in-depth updates from some of our previously announced Xbox Game Studios titles alongside some of our third-party partners” will be shown off at Gamescom later this month.The official Gamescom 2021 Xbox Stream will kick off at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST…