Let’s see together, in this dedicated article, all the announcements arrived from the Future Game Show during the Gamescom 2022: some news and other confirmations, plus some surprises
The great Gamescom 2022 festival continues and after a rather generous Opening Night Live, we have moved on to one of the most anticipated conferences of this year: il Future Game Show. Aired yesterday and presented by Christopher Judge and Danielle Bisutti (respectively Kratos and Freya from God of War), the event has delivered to us gamers more than an hour of updates, release dates and some surprises. for a total of more than 50 games shown. If you missed the conference, don’t worry – we’re here for you. Let’s go for a (great) little recap of all the Future Game Show announcements at Gamescom 2022!
The Gap / Aliens Fireteam Elite – Pathogen
The Future Game Show conference started with a first world premiere, which allowed us to get a first look at The Gap, a mysterious narrative thriller in which a man tries to save his memories. No release date, but The Gap will arrive on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S.
Soon after, Cold Iron Studios and Focus Entertainment showed a new trailer with unreleased material from Pathogenthe upcoming DLC of Aliens: Fireteam Elite coming on August 30th on PC and Sony and Microsoft platforms.
Hypercharge: Unboxed / The Case of Golden Idol / Snaccoon | Future Game Show 2022 annunci
Digital Cybercherries has shown a new colorful trailer for Hypercharge: Unboxed, a very fast shooter featuring toy soldiers hiding in teacups and sheltering from gigantic explosions. The game is currently available on PC and Nintendo Switch, but will soon arrive on Xbox and PlayStation platforms as well.
We move to a new World Premiere with The Case of the Golden Idol, a pixel art detective title in which the player will have to literally piece together what happened at the crime scene. The game will arrive in 2022 on PC and a demo version is already available, which you can find on the Steam page of the Future Game Show.
What if the protagonist of Stray, instead of a cat, was a beautiful cel-shaded raccoon? Well, we would have Snaccoon. The title mixes exploratory elements with stealth phases, impersonating a peculiar furry protagonist who is constantly looking for food in a world where there is definitely a shortage of it. No release date, if not a generic “Coming Soon”. We are curious!
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon / Floodland / The Last Case of Benedict Fox | Future Game Show 2022 annunci
We therefore move to a decidedly darker atmosphere, with Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. A first-person title that seems to want to refer a lot to the chapters of The Elder Scroll series, developed by Awaken Realms Digital and arriving on Steam Early Access at the end of 2022. A first gameplay trailer was shown on the stage of the Future Game Show. deriving from an alpha, which you find below.
Third World Premiere of the evening, Vile Monarch has unveiled a first gameplay trailer for Floodland, a city builder set in a post apocalyptic world with a truly inspired atmosphere. Get your paddles ready, Floodland will be available exclusively for PC starting November 15, 2022.
Soon after, Plot Twist brought us back to the wacky and terribly captivating atmosphere of The Last Case of Benedict Fox. The gameplay trailer, which you can find below, has brought us back to live its disturbing and scary atmospheres. The Last Case of Benedict Fox will arrive on PC and Xbox platforms in the spring of 2023.
A Little to the Left / Virtual Show Floor / Goat Simulator 3 | Future Game Show 2022 annunci
Let’s move from a psychological thriller with disturbing implications to a relaxing puzzle game, complete with funny and very, very mischievous cats. Developed by Max Inferno, A Little to The Left will arrive on PC and Mac on November 8th.
Subsequently, Christopher and Danielle took a break from World Premiere of various kinds and from the series of trailers proposed so far to move on the Future Games Show Virtual Show Floor. Walking on this alternative floor, the two showed a series of video games of which a demo is already available on Steam, in the section dedicated to the event. The demos available are of the following titles:
- Faerie Afterlight
- Moonshine Inc
- Gloomwood
- The Wandering Village
- Power Chord
- NeverAwake
- The Fabulous Fear Machine
- Year: Change
- Misc: A Tiny Tale
We return to planet earth with a new trailer for Goat Simulator 3 by Coffee Stain Studios. Between lightsabers, explosions and jumps made with farts, watching the trailer we asked ourselves: but really in 2022 there are still this type of simulation games? Apparently… Goat Simulator 3 will arrive on PC, Xbox Series X | S and PlayStation 5 next November 17th.
The Chant / Ereban: Shadow Legacy / Wizardy: The Five Ordeals | Future Game Show 2022 annunci
A decisive change of tone with the presentation by Brass Token of The Chant, a third-person horror set on a remote and unknown island, where a ritual doesn’t go exactly the way it should have and messes up. Between horror beasts, unimaginable monsters and fanatics, The Chant will come to terrorize us on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S next November 3rd.
We therefore move on to another presentation directly from the developers, this time the boys of Baby Robot Games, who showed on the stage of the Future Game Show Ereban: Shadow Legacy. The title is a stealth platformer in which the protagonist has the ability called Shadow Merge, which allows him to climb walls and move in a very versatile way. The title is scheduled for 2023 on PC and Xbox platforms.
From a stealth to a hardcore RPG, this time we talk about Wizardry: The Five Ordeals, a Japanese indie title until yesterday only available in Japanese. The English localization was released directly on Steam at the end of the presentation, so you can already find it on the Valve platform.
Soulstice / AfterImage / Deliver Us Mars | Future Game Show 2022 annunci
Another surprise with the demo of Soulstice, the Reply Game Studios action-rpg, released during the live presentation on Steam. The game will be available from September 20, 2022 on PC, Xbox Series X | S and PlayStation 5.
A gameplay trailer of AfterImage, by Aurogon Shanghai, on the other hand, took us and teletransported us into his wonderful world that seems almost handmade. AfterImage will arrive on PC, PlayStation and Xbox platforms and also on Nintendo Switch in the course of next winter.
We only saw it once Deliver Us Mars, at the time of its announcement last spring, and now KeokeN Interactive is back to let us take a look at the title with a very exhaustive gameplay trailer during the Future Game Show. You can find it below. Deliver Us Mars will arrive, yet no one knows when, on PC and PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
Phantom Hellcat / Edge of Sanity / Wired Productions | Future Game Show 2022 annunci
The creative director of Ironbird Creations and his cat (cat!) Showed, on the stage of the Future Game Show 2022, a rather in-depth trailer of Phantom Hellcat, complete with gameplay. The title will arrive shortly on PC and PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
We therefore moved on to another World Premiere, with a very first and fleeting glance at the disturbing survival game Edge of Sanitywhose release date is unknown, but which seems terribly fascinating and distressing at the same time right now.
Not a video game, but a development studio. Wired Productions jumped on stage to show the world trailers for the three biggest titles they currently have in the works. Two World Premiere, with a first look at Hotel Architect (of which you can find the trailer below) ea Falconeer Chronicles: Bulwarkwhile the release date of The Last Worker which will arrive on PC next October 19th!
Ones to Watch / The Great War / Backfirewall | Future Game Show 2022 annunci
Another round, another trailer montage for a developer. This time it’s about Ones to Watchwhich in the assembly showed:
- Grid Force: Mask of the Goddess
- Happening Ritual
- Do Not Feed The Monkeys 2099
- Moonrider
- Park Beyond
- gesture
- Pharaoh: A New Era
- Dome-King Cabbage
We therefore moved on to a new World Premiere (we stopped counting them, as you have noticed) with a trailer for The Great War: Western Front. The title looks like a more than complex historical strategy game that will arrive on PC in 2023.
A trailer for Blackfirewall, complete with the announcement of the demo already available on Steam by the developers of Naraven Games. Backfirewall will arrive on PC and consoles (PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch) in 2022.
Team17 / SCP: Secret Files / Teslagrad 2 | Future Game Show 2022 annunci
New editing by the developers of Team17which showed some of their titles in the catalog, such as:
- Age of Darkness: Final Stand
- The Knight Witch
- Marauders
- Bravery & Greed
- Hokko Life
- Sunday Gold
- Thymesia
- Ship of Fools
Coming September 13, 2022 on PC and in 2023 on consoles, SCP: Secret Files showed up with a wacky trailer full of anomalous objects and inexplicable phenomena. We are intrigued.
World Premiere! A sequel to the beloved Teslagrad, this second installment made its stage debut at the Future Game Show, complete with in-depth gameplay trailer. Tesla degree 2 will arrive on PC and consoles (PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch) in spring 2023.