Gamepressure.com News 27 August 2020

Milosz Szubert, 27 August 2020, 22:20

Today, at 11 AM PT gamescom Opening Night Live will start. During the opening ceremony of digital version of the popular fair, hosted by Geoff Keighley, we will see presentations of such games as Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War, Ratchet & Clank or Star Wars: Squadrons.

Adrian Werner, 27 August 2020, 22:00

The gamescom Opening Night Live 2020 show closed with an extensive gameplay from Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, which showed what one of the most promising PS5 exclusives.

Karol Laska, 27 August 2020, 21:42

A large update is coming to the multi-player arcade game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout to inaugurate the second season of the colourful bean racing. New modes and cosmetic items will be added.

Christian Pieniazek, 27 August 2020, 21:41

EA and Respawn Entertainment presented an impressive trailer of Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. It looks like this VR installment will have everything a WWII shooter needs... although its graphics may raise some objections.

Jacob Blazewicz, 27 August 2020, 21:36

As part of the GamesCom 2020 event, the devs presented a gameplay trailer from Chorus. The trailer gives us a foretaste of the attractions that we will see in the space shooter from Deep Silver's publishing catalogue.

Bart Woldanski, 27 August 2020, 21:32

At the opening event of gamescom 2020, Hangar 13 presented a trailer from Mafia: Definitive Edition, a remake of the first part of the gangster series.

Adrian Werner, 27 August 2020, 21:31

Microsoft has finally officially announced Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. The updated version of this classic RTS will offer, among others, two additional civilizations and new gameplay modes.

Christian Pieniazek, 27 August 2020, 21:23

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga appeared at this year's Opening Night Live gamescom in the form of a trailer. Moreover, we learned that the title will not debut until spring of 2021.

Karol Laska, 27 August 2020, 21:19

Annapurna Interactive released the next trailer of its interactive adventure, 12 Minutes. The voices of the characters will be provided by well-known American actors.

Paul Wozniak, 27 August 2020, 21:16

During the gamescom opening ceremony, EA announced The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu, a new game pack for the popular life simulator that will bring our Sims to the universe of Star Wars.

Adrian Werner, 27 August 2020, 21:09

During the GamesCom Opening Night Live 2020, a new video from Star Wars: Squadrons was shown. It introduced the game's story and showed some gameplay footage.

Bart Woldanski, 27 August 2020, 21:07

Tarsier confirmed its presence at the Opening Night Live presentation earlier, so it was no surprise for the team to show up. The presentation featured a gameplay trailer from the platform game Little Nightmares 2, which also revealed the release date and PS5 and Xbox Series X versions.

Christian Pieniazek, 27 August 2020, 21:03

Teardown, in which we play the role of a thief who wreaks havok, has been given a new trailer. And in it, as you can easily guess, destruction plays a leading role and it looks really good.

Agnes Adamus, 27 August 2020, 20:55

During GamesCom Opening Night Live 2020, a short video showing BioWare's work on Dragon Age 4 was shown. It included comments from developers and concept artists, which bring us closer to how Thedas can look like.

Paul Wozniak, 27 August 2020, 20:48

At the GamesCom opening ceremony, the devs revealed the release date of the upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft - Shadowlands. The first episode of the Afterlives short animated series was also presented.

Karol Laska, 27 August 2020, 20:48

The devs of the Bridge Constructor series once again join forces with another universe. This time we will build bridges in the world of The Walking Dead.

Adrian Werner, 27 August 2020, 20:36

During GamesCom Opening Night Live 2020, it was announced that a new installment of the classic adventure game series Sam & Max is being created.

Christian Pieniazek, 27 August 2020, 20:27

At this year's Gamescom Opening Night Live, the first trailer of Unknown 9: Awakening, an atmospheric action game in which we play the role of a girl with supernatural abilities, was shown. In addition, you we already watch the podcasts and comic books set in the universe of the project.

Bart Woldanski, 27 August 2020, 20:25

During the Opening Night Live 2020 show, GamesCom presented the full trailer of Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods, the first role-playing DLC from id Software. We also got to know the release date.

Adrian Werner, 27 August 2020, 20:24

During gamescom Opening Night Live 2020, an extensive cut-scene was shown to introduce the plot of Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War.

Milosz Szubert, 27 August 2020, 19:09

We got to know the games nominated for the gamescom awards 2020. The winners of some of them will be announced today during the opening ceremony. The others will be announced on Sunday, August 30, the day the event ends.

Paul Wozniak, 27 August 2020, 18:56

Today, we learned the exact release date of Hitman 3. We also learned what editions of the game will be released, as well as what bonuses await those who decide to pre-order the game.

Christian Pieniazek, 27 August 2020, 18:48

After Hurricane Laura hit the East Coast of the United States, Microsoft Flight Simulator players decided to watch its virtual version up close. The game simulates the actual weather conditions and we have to admit that it does it excellently.

Christian Pieniazek, 27 August 2020, 18:43

We won't find actors known from Marvel Cinematic Universe in Marvel's Avengers. However, a video has appeared on the web, which shows what this game would look like if Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo were to perform.

Jacob Blazewicz, 27 August 2020, 18:30

Fall Guys is not the only independent multiplayer game conquering the Internet right now. The work of Mediatonic is followed by the 2018 Among Us, which has become very popular in recent months.

Bart Swiatek, 27 August 2020, 18:26

The creators of Left 4 Dead 2 informed that almost 11 years after its release, the game will receive an update, named The Last Stand. Most probably it is a port of a map from the first game.

Adrian Werner, 27 August 2020, 18:10

We have bad news for fans of the cyberpunk series Altered Carbon. It was just canceled by Netflix.

Bart Swiatek, 27 August 2020, 17:59

Facebook reported that the changes that Apple plans to introduce in the iOS 14 operating system could contribute to a very significant decrease in revenues from Audience Network advertising. It may turn out that further offering it on Apple's platform will be pointless.

Jacob Blazewicz, 27 August 2020, 16:15

Fortnite received the second chapter of season 4. Thanks to this, Iron-Man, Dr. Doom, Wolverine and other characters from Marvel universe appeared in the game. Unfortunately, the update did not reach iOS mobile devices.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 27 August 2020, 15:35

SpaceX continues the Starlink program. There are already over 600 satellites in orbit. Meanwhile, many astronomers are voicing their concerns. They claim that the Elon Musk's project may make it harder to explore the space.

Matt Buckley, 27 August 2020, 15:19

Yesterday, Nintendo released a Nintendo Direct Mini, much to everyone’s surprise. The showcase revealed information about various new and upcoming third party projects.

Adrian Werner, 27 August 2020, 15:00

Warner Bros. Games Montreal has revealed new details about Gotham Knight. We learned a lot about the combat system, levels, progression mechanics, and world structure.

Karol Laska, 27 August 2020, 14:56

Flying to other countries or cities in the time of coronavirus is probably not the safest idea. It does not stop people from travelling to watch Christopher Nolan's Tenet as soon as possible.

Jacob Blazewicz, 27 August 2020, 12:59

Square Enix has released details of the day one patch for Marvel's Avengers. The game will require an additional 18GB of data to be downloaded, even if we do not intend to play online.

Milosz Szubert, 27 August 2020, 12:23

Devs at Torn Banner announced that Chivalry 2, the successor to the online FPP knight action game from 2012, will not debut until 2021. The title will launch simultaneously on PC, PS5, PS4, XO and XSX.

Adrian Werner, 27 August 2020, 12:14

There are interesting reports about new Nvidia GPUs on the web. According to them, the GeForce RTX 3090 model is to have as much as 24 GB of memory.

Jacob Blazewicz, 27 August 2020, 12:06

Sony opened registration for pre-orders of PlayStation 5. Unfortunately, for the time being the offer only applies to US residents.