The best (and worst) of Opening Night Live

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Gamescom kicks off this week with a two hour long gauntlet featuring announcements and trailers of video games, including many that aren't made in the US. If you want to watch the full video, you can find it here. The release date of Return to Monkey Island, Sony's new Edge controller, and even a Pokemon concept car were covered in other articles.

Everywhere

There is a game that is either going to have great or bad search engine optimization. The developers at build a rocket boy teased an open world game where players can create their own stories and build their own universe

Dune: Awakening

The world of Dune is getting an open world survival game as well as a strategy game. The short clip features someone who seems to be an older Paul Atreides, who is about to hitch a ride on a sand worm. There is no word on whether the game will allow Paul to become a sandworm or not.

Hogwarts Legacy

A new trailer has been released for the game. The unforgivable curses are explored by a Slytherin and a Hufflepuff in hopes of saving lives. The trailers show students fighting zombies and what appears to be a choice system.

Under the Waves

Under the Waves is a game published by Star Wars: Eclipse studio. Under the Waves is a film about grief, isolation, and the alien wilderness of the open waters.

Goat Simulator 3

The sun is out. The trailer for Goat Simulator 3 was shown on opening night live. You can get up to all sorts of goat-flavored shenanigans. On November 17th, Goat Simulator 3 will be available on XBOX, PS1, and PC.

High on Life

While testing the limits of how much the general public can endure a talking gun, a new boss fight was shown in the "Rick and Morty game without Rick or Morty" What is the opinion of the consensus? It wasn't much. Imagine if you had a voice actor repeat the same dialogue at you until you win. Thank you, but no.

Moonbreaker

Moonbreaker might be the most interesting game of the show. The game is a turn-based, real-time strategy game with single-player, competitive, cooperative, and roguelike elements. It is a miniatures-based game that will allow you to modify your units without having to paint them. On September 29th, Moonbreaker will be available on steam.

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Dead Island 2

Dead Island 2 finished out opening night live with a silly reveal and trailer, which was very similar to the previous reveal trailer. Dead Island 2 has been in development hell for the last four years. It takes place in a zombie overrun LA known as "Hell-A" and the game's website describes it as the most intense and gory first person experience possible. Both trailers show a gore up with all kinds of wet noises and rotten body parts. It's gross. Amazon's new voice control technology will be included in the game. The sequel to Dead Island will be released on February 3rd.