Gamescom’s Opening Night Live featured sneak peeks at several highly anticipated video games, including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Dune: Awakening and Borderlands 4.
On the heels of the release of the live-action film adaptation of Borderlands, a trailer for the upcoming fourth installment in the game franchise debuted during the livestream. Embedded below, the trailer doesn’t give away much in terms of the story, though it does showcase the game’s impressive visuals.
2K Games has also remained fairly cryptic about the gameplay, as the current description simply reads: “See if you have what it takes to go down in history as a legendary Vault Hunter as you search for secret alien treasure, blasting everything in sight.”
Borderlands 4 is set to debut in 2025.
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Dune: Awakening received both a release date and a gameplay trailer at the event. Set to debut for PC in early 2025, the game is an open world survival MMO set on the most dangerous planet in the universe, Arrakis.
The way to survive the desert is by learning the ways of the Fremen. The five-minute preview below shows users what to expect when playing the game, including how to use some of the tools at a character’s disposal.
“Expand your potential through combat, spice, building, and trade. As guild intrigue and warfare rage, control the spice and cling to power,” the game’s description from Funcom reads.
Meanwhile, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set to launch on December 9 for Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC and Steam. It will arrive on Sony’s PlayStation 5 in Spring 2025.
The gameplay trailer Xbox debuted at Gamescom not only shows details about Indy’s latest adventure, it also pulls back the curtain on some of the motion capture performances required to build the game.
Here’s Microsoft’s description of the game: “From MachineGames, in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games, set between the events of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the The Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle immerses players in an all-new single-player, narrative driven adventure. Blending cinematic set-pieces, puzzle-solving, and hand-to-hand combat, players will embark on an authentic Indiana Jones™ experience around the world to try and defeat the sinister forces working against them.”
Netflix also provided first looks at Squid Game: Unleashed and Monument Valley 3, both of which are debuting on the platform later this year.
Squid Game: Unleashed is “a 32-player party royale showdown featuring challenges fans will recognize from the hit series (and some new ones). Team up with friends, face off against enemies, and race through deadly obstacles to prove your skills and claim ultimate glory. Dominate the competition and unlock rewards through daily missions and themed events inspired by the Squid Game universe,” per Netflix’s description.
The game will coincide with the release of Squid Game Season 2 will debut on December 26, with the third and final season coming in 2025.