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The latest Future Game Show just wrapped up as part of Gamescom 2024, and it had a bunch of announcements in there for PC gamers, so we're gathering it all together for you to peruse. This is Part 2 of the Future Games Show article, you can check out Part 1 here!
Future Games Show @ Gamescom 2024 Announcements:
A Behind-The-Scenes Look at Atomfall, a Post-Apocalyptic Game Based in Yorkshire, England - Coming 2025
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter, and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
Lead Your Eldritch Cult in Worshippers of Cthulhu - October 21st, 2024
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
This looks like a pretty... in-depth take on running an actual cult of Cthulhu, which is somewhat concerning!
The Spirit of the Samurai is a Platform Adventure - Coming Fall 2024
A village in peril. A samurai reanimated. An Oni advancing. Fight an army of undead warriors and Japanese monsters as a human, a Kodama, and a cat in this 2D stop-motion action adventure.
A Behind-The-Scenes Look at Starship Troopers: Extermination - Full Release on October 11th, 2024
Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat! It's been in Early Access for just over a year, but will receive its full release this October!
Los Pingheros is a Multiplayer Brawler for up to 8 Players - Coming Soon
Duck, dodge, and toss. Los Pingheros is a multiplayer brawler for up to 8 players online or local. Join hectic battles in various modes and strive to become the ultimate Pinghero in Mexico by snowing your opponents out of the arena.
Indie Section
Projected Dreams Makes you Play with Shadows - Coming Early 2025, Demo Out Now
Drag toys from the shelves and drop them on the table to create a shadow play in this cozy puzzle game. As the shadows you cast uncover past family relationships and the environment around you changes and evolves, the lines between reality and fantasy blur.
Haunted Paws Challenges You to Rescue Your Human in a Haunted Mansion - Coming Soon
Haunted Paws is a Cozy Coop Horror game where you will play as two Puppies trying to rescue their human friend in a haunted mansion. Create your puppy, explore spooky environments, and defeat evil creatures in an action-packed adventure!
Necro Story is an RPG That Lets You Capture Creatures and Fight - September 2024
A creature-collection RPG where you play as a powerful necromancer. Summon hordes of undead and upgrade your necromancy spells to defeat your enemies. Capture their souls to enlist them in your team, and sign pacts with demons to gain their tremendous powers.
Swordai is an Online Dungeon Extraction Game - Coming Soon
Swordai is a melee extraction slasher with massive multiplayer dungeons, directional combat, and a deep skill tree. Fight your way through monsters, bosses, and other players in your quest to climb the tower. Looks similar to Dark & Darker, but maybe a bit faster-paced.
Bionic Bay is a Teleporting Platform Puzzler - Coming 2025
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
This one looks like it might contain a few mind-bending puzzles, and would probably look fantastic on an OLED display.
Echoes of Mystralia is a new ARPG - Coming Soon
Mages of Mystralia's award-winning spell crafting system enters a new era. Free Mystralia from the Shadows of the Past in this action-RPG roguelite. Create an infinite variety of spells to save the Memory of the World.
Nightmare House Reimagined Brings the Half Life Mod to a Full Game - Coming 2025
The Half-Life mod is being made into a full game. No sleeping beyond this point. Slash through nightmares, twist reality, and uncover the hidden secrets of Nightmare House.
As a side note, the Half-Life mod itself is also coming to Steam.
God Save Birmingham Looks to be a Zombie Game Based in Medieval England - Coming Soon
Doom has come to Birmingham, and you are the last soul alive. Survive an undead plague in a painstakingly recreated medieval market town. Manage your needs, master physics-based mechanics, and evade the horde for as long as you can.
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch is a Rogue-lite Turn-based RPG - Coming Soon
From the world of "Lost Eidolons" comes an all-new roguelite tactical RPG! Stranded on a mysterious island with scattered memories, your only means of survival is to fight. Recruit allies, undertake a perilous journey, and battle to reclaim what you've lost... no matter how many deaths it takes.
Section 13 is a Twin-Stick Horror Shooter - Coming Early 2025
Unravel a thrilling sci-fi mystery in this action-packed twin-stick roguelite shooter. Select your load-out, stack up temporary and persistent upgrades, and delve into the depths of a sinister, shifting, subterranean base in the midst of an interdimensional crisis.
The game was previously known as Blackout Protocol.
The Stone of Madness Challenges You to Escape a Spanish Monastery - Coming Early 2025
The Stone of Madness is a real-time tactical stealth game set in an 18th-century Spanish Monastery. Five prisoners pool their skills and resources to face their phobias, stave off insanity, uncover the mysteries of the Monastery, and find a way to escape.
Beyond Galaxyland Gets a New Trailer - Launches September 24th, 2024
Having played the preview of Beyond Galaxyland, I'm hugely excited for this cinematic sci-fi RPG when it releases on September 24th, we'll have a review ready and waiting for the launch, and I don't think this is one you'll want to miss!
Sunset Hills, a Beautifully Crafted Adventure - Out Now
After being discharged from the army and starting to write novels, Nico embarks on a trip to the world with the roar of a train, encountering all kinds of people and events on the way, and experiencing the new world after the war, and the real purpose of Nico's trip gradually emerges...
This looks like a beautifully crafted game, and I can't wait to see how it turns out.
PVKK is Space Invaders With a Very Complicated Cannon - Coming 2025
Operate your planetary defense cannon to fend off an interplanetary invasion from the comfort of your cozy bunker. You’re here to stay, so obey your superiors, press the right buttons, and sip your daily tea ration - it's good for you.
Described as Space Invaders with a very complicated gun, PVKK isn't just a shooting game, there's a narrative that will play out as you progress through the days as a cannon commander.
Squirrel With a Gun Gets Another Trailer - Coming August 29th, 2024
Squirrel, meet gun. As the neighborhood’s most obnoxious rodent, develop a knack (and a love?) for crime and mayhem in pursuit of golden acorns in this nutty sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer. Fight tooth, claw, and gun to escape a secret underground facility and defeat the Agents.
This game is almost here! I'm just a little worried we haven't seen too much of what's really going on.
One-Eyed Likho is a Horror Game Based on Slavic Folklore - Coming Soon
One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.
Like most things based off folklore, this is probably going to be a pretty terrifying game.
A New Trailer for Horror Game Retrieval - Coming 2025
Experience Retrieval, a PlayStation award-winning horror adventure. Join Hana Loshe on a perilous journey into darkness, uncovering secrets and facing its deep drama story full of terrifying challenges on the distant planet Ryhalian
It looks like we may have reached the age of ray-traced gore, and I'm not sure how I feel about it!
Conclusion
And that's the end of the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2024 Part 2 article! I hope you found this round-up of news from the show helpful, and that you found a game in here that you're now eagerly waiting to be released.
Feel free to let us know what games you're looking forward to the most from the show, and if you've found a game that was in the show that I missed, it's pretty fast-paced, so it can be hard to keep up with all the games.
Enjoy the rest of Gamescom week!
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