New Reveals
Gamescom was honestly a bit light on brand new reveals. Yet although many were spent at E3 2015 by most major developers and publishers, there were a few major crumbs (large enough to call them slices) left for Gamescom 2015. While most of these were new modes or additions to existing games, such as Battlefront‘s Fighter Squadron and WoW‘s new expansion Legion, there were a few brand new games put on display.
Mafia III got its debut during Gamescom, showing off its return to an open world in a new city with a new protagonist. Destiny: The Taken King can almost be viewed as a new game with all of the changes that it’s bringing to the shared-world shooter next month. But, most of what was announced was already teased and expected. There was only one game that really caught the world, and now excited fans, off guard.
Halo Wars 2 came out of left field when it was announced during the Gamescom 2015 Xbox briefing a few days ago. Being developed by Creative Assembly (Total War), the game will take cues from the first title and the studio is making sure to seek guidance from 343i as they develop the sequel fans have been clamoring for for years. Leave it to Microsoft to save such a major announcement for Gamescom.
Winner: Xbox due to the completely unexpected announcement of Creative Assembly working on Halo Wars 2.
