Heres Everything We Saw at Gamescom 2014

After E3 earlier in the year, many people were left wanting, especially after the spectacle of the next-gen console announcements last year, and all eyes have been on Gamescom over in Germany for the last week.
We saw a huge number of new games announced, and exciting developments happening over on both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

A lot of the announcements were overshadowed by confusion over other big releases, and to be honest we all found it hard to keep up with what was going on at times. But now that Gamescom 2014 has wrapped up we can finally take a step back from the chaos, and take a look over everything we saw in the big press conferences.

Day 1:

Microsoft's Press Conference:

Microsoft's Press conference began with a trailer for Assassin's Creed: Unity and was followed by a presentation of FIFA 15 where a FIFA 15 Xbox One bundle was announced that includes a digital copy of the game.

Chris Charla, director of Xbox's ID @ Xbox program, revealed a brief preview of over 20 self-published indie titles coming to the console. Notable games include meme-turned-game Goat Simulator, Hi-Rez's MOBA title Smite, Superhot, Plague Inc.: Evolved, and Keen Software House's Space Engineers which are timed exclusives for the console.

Assassin's Creed: Unity

- No new gameplay shown.

FIFA 15
- Xbox One bundle with a digital copy of FIFA 15.

ID @ Xbox

Xbox's self-publishing division for indie developers released a trailer of over twenty games coming to the Xbox One. Some of them are in development, while others have already been successful on the PC.

Blues and Bullets
Cuphead
Dungeon of the Endless
Fruit Ninja Kinect 2
Funk of Titans
Ghost of a Tale
Goat Simulator
Gunscape
Massive Chalice
Inside
Knight Squad
Lowers in a Dangerous Spacetime
#IDARB
No Time to Explain
Plague Inc: Evolved
Rivals of Aether
Smite
- Timed console exclusive
SlashDash
Space Engineers
- Timed console exclusive
Spectra
Pneuma: Breath of Life
Threes!
The Escapists
- As well as other Team 17 games
Volgarr the Viking
SpeedRunners
SUPERHOT
-Timed console exclusive
Below
-Timed console exclusive 

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Will be available as a bundle with a custom 1TB Xbox and a digital copy of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
- The level "Collapse" was shown, which begins with a high speed car chase and ends with the destruction of the San Francisco landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge.

Evolve
- Exclusive beta for the Xbox One.
- Timed exclusive DLC
- "Distillery" map, a wintery arena.

Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Timed Xbox exclusive

Quantum Break

Fable Legends
- Multiplayer beta launching on October 16th

Scream Ride
- Xbox Exclusive
- Spring 2015

Forza 5
- Special Formula E event free for all players.
- Rolls Royce DLC

Forza Horizon 2
- Social focus.
- No lobbies or loading screens.
- Clubs for players to gather.
- Car meets where they can show off their custom paint jobs.
- Free roam

Ori and the Blind Forest
- 2D platformer
- Xbox and PC

Sunset Overdrive
- October 31st
- Available as a bundle with a white Xbox console + Sunset Overdrive digital download

Halo Xbox Channel
- Integration between Halo: Master Chief Collection, Halo 5, Halo Nightfall and bonus content.

Halo: Master Chief Collection
- "Delta Halo" from Halo 2 was shown.
- Skill-based ranking system "identical to Halo 2."
- Halo 2 map "Sanctuary" reimagined.

Halo 5: Guardians
- Beta
- December 29th – January 18th
- 4v4 arena gameplay
- Unlocks that carry over.
- 7 small maps, 3 modes, 11 weapons, 7 customizable armour sets.
- "Fair start"
- Dedicated servers

One of the most talked about announcements of Microsoft's press conference was Rise of the Tomb Raider's exclusivity. While phrased in such a way as to suggest permanent exclusivity, Microsoft's Phil Spencer later confirmed it was a timed exclusive while speaking with EuroGamer.

Sony's Press Conference:

Sony's press conference was shorter than Microsoft's with less gameplay shown. However, SCE Europe President Jim Ryan announced that the PlayStation 4 console has shipped 10,000,000 units worldwide. Their press conference served more as a teaser of games available on the Gamescom floor.

The Tomorrow Children

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
- A first person adventure/mystery game with super natural elements.

Volume
- A stealth game from the creators of Thomas Was Alone.

Hollowpoint
- A cooperative shooter from the developers of Crackdown.

- Exclusive to the Playstation 4.

DayZ
- PS4 console exclusive.

Hellblade
- Announcement, no gameplay shown.

Rime

Indie Games

Snow
Dreamfall Chapters
Nom Nom Galaxy
Pix & Cat
Papers, Please 
In Space Brawl 
Ether One
Qube 2

Destiny
- PS4 exclusive content

Far Cry 4
- Keys to Karat, 10 keys that can be given to friends who do not own Far Cry 4 to play the cooperative campaign for two hours.
- PS4 exclusive content

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
- PS4 exclusive content

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- New cardboard box functions

P.T.
- A playable "teaser" of the next Silent Hill which is a collaboration between Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro starring Normand Reedus.

Share Play and Play Together
- Allows PS+ subscribers to share their games with friends by taking turns or playing together.

Project Morpheus

Playstation Now
- Launches with a beta in Europe in 2015 

Playstation TV
- Launches in the PAL territory on November the 14th, 2014 for €99.

Until Dawn
- A horror survival game that changes based on the player's decisions.

Driveclub

Tearaway
- Coming to the PS4 with new content.

Alienation

Wild

While Microsoft spent a great deal of time presenting its own flagship titles and first-party exclusives, Sony relied more heavily on exclusive titles and content from third-parties. This follows the courses set by the two industry titans up to this point. It's interesting to see Sony branching outside of its consoles and put more focus on its streaming services and Playstation TV.

Day 2:

EA's Press Conference:

EA's Press Conference was a combination of announcements and previews.

Dragon Age Inquisition
- November 18th 2014

Titanfall
- Third DLC pack

NHL 15

The Sims 4
- Demo now available via origin.

FIFA World

FIFA 15

Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Galactic Strongholds expansion

Dawngate

Shadow Realms
- An online roleplaying game created by BioWare where one player controls the story's villain.
- Alpha testing will be available.
- Episodic story. 

Battlefield Hardline
- Episodic single player story.
- Hostage game mode.
- Pot farm warehouse map.

Buzz is surrounding EA's presentation of Dragon Age: Inquisition. The trailer shown at Gamescom included Dragon Age 2's protagonist Hawke, as well as Dragon Age: Origins companion Morrigan.
The official reveal of BioWare's new IP, Shadow Realms, has been met with some controversy. The 4v1 online aRPG is set in the modern day. This experimental approach has been met with criticism from those who were expecting a horror game based on previous teasers for the game.

Gamescom 2014 didn’t disappoint, but in many cases we were left hungry to know so much more, especially on the hardware front from Sony, and their virtual reality experiment Project Morpheus.

Until then though we have some great games to look forward to, the next few months will be very busy ones for gamers!

Are you excited for the next few months in gaming, or did Gamescom leave you disappointed? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!

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