In Pictures: The Best New Games at Gamescom 2014

Hellraid

Developer Techland is showing off a game that is very reminiscent of the role playing classic, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The player assumes the role of the hero Ayden, who is supposed to stop an invasion of the undead with a combination of melee weaponry and magic.

Hellraid

The game's elaborately designed environments invite exploration. The player never knows if a reward or an enemy await behind the next bend.

Hellraid is supposed to enter early access this fall.

Heroes of the Storm

Blizzard is developing its very own MOBA. The developer wants to make the genre less complicated and easier for newcomers to get into. For instance, the whole team advances.

Jagged Alliance: Flashback

If you blinked at the wrong time, you could have missed the Jagged Alliance: Flashback presentation. Apparently the developer collected enough money via Kickstarter to make the game, but not enough for an elaborate presentation at Gamescom. It appears that game is not going with some of the more modern trends that several of the other “successors” to the line have relied on. For instance, there’s no real time to be paused, just good old-fashioned turns.

Jagged Alliance: Flashback

This strategy could prove to be successful for Danish developer Full Control. Jagged Alliance still has a lot of loyal fans, and Full Control not only listens to that community, but also wants to capture the feel of the old game.

Lego Batman 3

This game comes out in the third quarter of 2014. We couldn’t really find anything new here, but the price of around $50 still seems appropriate.

Metro Redux

The Metro Redux bundle comes out on the 29th of August and contains updated versions of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light. There are supposed to be graphical improvements as well, such as more dynamic lighting effects.

Metro Redux

The content stays just like it was. In a post-apocalyptic world, people flee into the Moscow Metro, where they face many dangers, such as mutants.

Minecraft: Xbox One Edition

There’s really not a whole lot left to say about the mega-hit that is Minecraft. It’s coming to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 featuring Full HD resolution and 60 frames per second. It also features pickaxes, crawlers and lots and lots of blocks.

NBA 2K15

NBA 2K15 will come out on 10/10/2014 and take the basketball game to the latest generation of consoles.

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  • MaCk0y
    You forgot about Ubisoft showing some Crysis 4 footage. :P
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  • Merry_Blind
    Wow... "The Best New Games at Gamescom 2014"... and you don't show Smash Bros., which won the "Most Wanted Game Award" of the show.....
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  • Snipergod87
    Wheres Star Citizen?
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  • gm0n3y
    Ugh, not only a photo slideshow article, but one with multiple slides for each game. Giving up after the first 10 slides or so.
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  • spdragoo
    Can't stand the slideshow "articles" on ZDNet, not going to start reading them here...
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  • Alethinos
    Wheres Star Citizen?

    Technically, SC was not "at" gamescom. The keynote Chris gave was a separate event. (Although there was a brief interview at gamescom he gave.)
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  • cypeq
    Oh AquaNox 3 is in making how awesome I had no idea.

    EA moba... hide your wallets.
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  • poweronpub
    Wow... "The Best New Games at Gamescom 2014"... and you don't show Smash Bros., which won the "Most Wanted Game Award" of the show.....

    This is a pretty solid point!
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  • mackneasy
    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The only one that matters to me xD
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