Gamescom is one of the biggest gaming events. This year’s iteration was no different, with over 500 companies attending the event, including major publishers and emerging indie development studios.
Gamescom 2022 also marks the first time since 2019 that the event will be held in person rather than a digital event.
The event was also streamed live for millions of players around the world who were unable to make it to the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. Gamecom 2022 featured many exciting new updates for users with a plethora of game announcements, gameplay trailers, developer interviews and title demos.
The Gamescom Opening Night Live, held on August 24, 2022, showcased some of the most anticipated games from various publishers. There were glimpses of upcoming titles like Sonic Frontier, Gotham Knights and Hogwarts Legacy, as well as surprise announcements of titles like Dune Awakening, The Lords of the Fallen and Dead Island 2.
The game reveals are one of the biggest draws for events like Gamescom. The Opening Night Live, hosted by Geoff Keighley, featured a ton of new gameplay and cinematic trailers for the upcoming titles from various publishers.
Here are the most watched trailers of games featured in Gamescom’s Opening Night Live.
From Genshin Impact to Sonic Frontiers, here are the most-watched Gamescom Opening Night Live trailers
1) Genshin Impact (over 1.9 million views)
Genshin Impact is one of the juggernauts in the free-to-play gaming landscape. Developed by miHoYo, the gacha game took the world by storm upon release, with a beautiful anime-inspired art style, fun gameplay mechanics, and hours of content without an asking price.
Although it received some criticism for its gacha system and monetization, it is still one of the best F2P experiences out there.
At Gamescom 2022, miHoYo unveiled the new chapter of Genshin Impact, Sumeru during the event. The trailer showcased the gameplay of this update, along with the developer’s upcoming title, Honkai: Star Rail.
Genshin Impact’s popularity among gamers quickly made the title’s new Sumeru update trailer one of the most-watched Gamescom Opening Night Live trailers on YouTube.
2) Sonic Frontiers (over 1.4 million views)
Sonic Frontiers has become one of SEGA’s most anticipated games since its announcement in 2021. Needless to say, fans of the Blue Hedgehog were more than excited to see what the developer had to offer about the upcoming open-world Sonic game at the Gamescom Nightlife opening.
The world premiere trailer finally gave players a real sense of Sonic Frontier’s gameplay and visuals, as well as its story. The title seems to take notes from Nintendo’s Super Mario Odyssey about how it seamlessly blends classic 2D levels with the 3D open-world maps.
SEGA also finally revealed a release date for the game with the new trailer, November 8, 2022.
3) Dead Island 2 gameplay trailer (over 1.3 million views)
Dead Island 2 was one of the most surprising revelations at Gamescom Opening Night Live. A sequel to Techland’s awesome open-world zombie survival title, Dead Island 2 has had a rough development cycle over the years, resembling the equally heavy development of Final Fantasy Versus 13 or Final Fantasy 15.
The reveal of Dead Island 2 came with a cinematic trailer and a gameplay trailer. Developer Dambuster Studios also revealed Dead Island 2’s release date during the unveiling.
The title will be released on February 3, 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Stadia, and Windows PC.
4) Dune Awakening (more than 1.2 million views)
Dune Awakening is one of the games shown at the beginning of Gamescom Opening Night Live. It has left a lasting impression on users.
Inspired by Frank Herbert’s eponymous sci-fi novels, developer Funcom’s upcoming open-world survival MMO will allow gamers to explore Arrakis.
The title is coming to PC and current generation consoles i.e. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
5) The Lords of the Fallen (more than 1.1 million views)
CI Games unveiled its upcoming soul-esque dark fantasy role-playing game, The Lords of the Fallen, during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live. It was developed by Hexworks as a reboot of the original game, Lords of the Fallen, released in 2014.
The game was announced with a spectacular movie trailer narrated by Joseph Quinn, known for his work in Weird stuff’ last season. While the publisher didn’t show any gameplay for the title, they detailed some key features of the new dark fantasy RPG in a press release.
The Lords of the Fallen will have a lot in common with the original CI Games title in the series. However, it will feature several improvements to the action role-playing titles since Lords of the Fallen, especially with The Surge and its sequel.
6) DualSense Edge (more than 1 million views)
While Sony and PlayStation were absent from Gamescom 2022, the console manufacturer gave players a first look at its new pro controller for the PlayStation 5, DualSense Edge.
An official pro controller is something fans have been asking for since the PlayStation 4 came out, to finally get one, but for the next generation of PlayStation hardware.
DualSense Edge is the PlayStation equivalent of Xbox’s Elite controller and offers a whole host of options, such as interchangeable stick caps, assignable back buttons and custom profiles. The unveiling of DualSense Edge was one of the most welcome surprises of Opening Night Live.
While PlayStation hasn’t announced a release window for the new PS5 controller, users expect it to come out by the holiday season of 2022.
7) Hogwarts Legacy (over 700k views)
The upcoming open-world “Potter-verse” adventure title, Hogwarts Legacy, received a new world premiere trailer during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live. It revolves around the Dark Arts, a forbidden realm of magic that gamers will eventually become experts at.
The trailer shows players casting Crucio (Cruciatus Curse), which fans of the Harry Potter novels.
Hogwarts Legacy also received a confirmed release date, a pre-order window, and bonuses that users will receive when pre-purchasing the various editions of the game. It will be released on February 10, 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows PC.
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