Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live has come and gone, leaving us with a heap of trailers to chew through on big games , small games, and short movies about games . Your big tentpole franchises are here—including a new game in the Borderlands series— but there were a few surprises, especially for those who never expected to see Peter Molyneux emerge from the shadows to announce a new game. We’ve compiled a list of the best trailers from Gamescom 2024.

Be sure to check back in the following days for more gameplay drops for titles coming this year and next. Borderlands 4 Opens Gamescom 2024 With a Bang The Borderlands movie hasn’t been so hot at the box office, but Gearbox isn’t letting a theatrical dud stop its big looter-shooter franchise. The trailer leaves us very little to save for the old psycho mask popping up at the end of a spectacle of planet-level annihilation.

We expect to see more from the game before we can tell if that patented sense of infantile humor is still there. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Involves You Taking Shots and Taking Names The sixth Black Ops title is sticking to the underhanded nature its title implies. There’s shooting, of course, but the trailer involved as much taking photos as it did taking lives.

Civilization VII Is Already Asking You for Just One More Turn The Civ series wasn’t going to sit on an even number forever. Civilization VII ’s first teaser doesn’t show us much insight into new features, but the stunning cityscapes, shi.