Yearly, the crew right here at THQ Nordic places months into crafting a Digital Showcase we predict you’ll love, full of information on beforehand introduced video games and teases of what you’ll be able to anticipate from our dev groups sooner or later.
Selection defines what we do, and that has by no means been more true than in our 2024 broadcast – together with a beautiful hand-drawn journey, a fender-bending destruction racer sequel, the much-demanded return of a legendary action-adventure collection, and an entire lot extra.
The Everlasting Lifetime of Goldman
We opened this 12 months’s stream with the debut of an all-new 2D journey platformer from Weappy Studio, builders behind This Is the Police.
As Goldman, along with your trusty cane in hand, navigate a mysterious archipelago dropped at life with painstakingly handcrafted 2D animation, every body bursting with the eagerness that the crew have injected into the sport they’ve all the time needed to make.
A way of surprise and freedom to experiment are on the core of Weappy’s design philosophy, with a concentrate on rewarding gamers for his or her inquisitiveness in regards to the world and platforming sections which can be difficult however honest. The Everlasting Lifetime of Goldman begs you to find the archipelago’s additional reaches, every new skill and artifact you discover including new dimensions to your gameplay.
We are able to’t wait to inform you extra later this 12 months – for now, be certain that to observe and wishlist the sport at PlayStation Retailer to be among the many first to obtain updates.
Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
The time has nearly come to choose up your brush and resolve the destiny of Wasteland! When Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed releases on September 24, the facility to form the world with paint and thinner will likely be in your fingers.
Take management of Mickey Mouse in 3D platforming motion, exploring a land peppered with beloved characters to fulfill and secrets and techniques to find, together with traditional side-scrolling ranges impressed by Mickey Mouse’s historical past.
Rebuilt from the bottom up by the crew at Purple Lamp, and for the primary time on PS5 and PS4, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is a must-play for Disney followers of all ages, whether or not that is their first enterprise into Wasteland or a journey down reminiscence lane.
Wreckfest 2
Create the automotive of your tire-screeching goals, present it off on-line, and smash it to items within the final vary of wrecktastic occasions. Whether or not it’s giving it your all to be first previous the end line, hurtling via impediment programs, or crushing your rivals in a destruction derby free-for-all, Wreckfest 2 is about letting unfastened within the final playground of vehicular carnage.
PS5 {hardware} has given the crew at Bugbear Leisure the liberty to mannequin greater crash constancy than ever, with every chassis-crinkling influence realized in actual time.
On the finish of every occasion, your beaten-up automobile will inform its personal distinctive story – of traded paint, twisted metal, and grudge matches settled on the observe.
Titan Quest II
Final 12 months, we introduced Titan Quest II with a trailer that set the stage for the battle towards rogue goddess Nemesis and her hordes. Hundreds of thousands of views and 1000’s of feedback later, we’re prepared to point out you extra of the wealthy, verdant world that the crew at Grimlore Video games have been arduous at work bringing to life.
In our debut gameplay trailer, you will get your first glimpse of the adventures that await you within the sun-drenched landscapes of Historic Greece, and the godly powers you’ll declare as you are taking your house amongst the best legendary heroes. The crew are hand-crafting an expertise that encourages you to rise to the problem, with epic battles towards beasts of delusion rewarding gamers with distinctive loot that adjustments the way in which you play.
That is your story to inform, with deep customization choices – out of your hero’s look, to their mixture of an unlimited vary of modifiable abilities and tools loadouts. Whether or not you select to embark on this odyssey alone or with buddies, Titan Quest II will lead you on an unforgettable journey throughout a land not like every other within the ARPG style.
Gothic 1 Remake
Since we introduced growth of Gothic 1 Remake in 2020, the outpouring of assist from Gothic followers across the globe, in addition to the RPG group at giant, has been immense. Each constructive remark, every cry of “For Gomez!”, has bolstered the crew at Alkimia Interactive as they work to ship a sport that’s each a devoted love letter to the Gothic fandom and a welcoming expertise filled with surprise and contemporary discoveries for newcomers.
In right this moment’s trailer, we delved into how Alkimia are crafting a world that’s an organism unto itself, with a thriving ecosystem and highly effective factions competing for dominance – a world that appears to exist past the participant, however is ripe to be formed by your choices.
Visuals and gameplay have additionally been utterly rebuilt to fulfill fashionable requirements, with extra rewarding development, extra impactful fight, and various NPC routines and interactions.
Whether or not you be part of the ore-rich Outdated Camp in league with the King, the New Camp who plan to destroy the magical barrier surrounding the Valley of Mines, or the Brotherhood of the Sleeper who put their religion in a mysterious new deity – the darkish world of Gothic 1 Remake will quickly be yours to discover.
Manner of the Hunter: Lintukoto Reserve
For the second 12 months in a row, we’ve launched a DLC for Manner of the Hunter on the identical day as our Digital Showcase.
Whereas final 12 months we took the hunt to lush African grasslands, right this moment’s launch will allow you to discover a stunningly-realized Scandinavian panorama populated with lynx, arctic foxes, and a variety of different distinctive wildlife, all with their very own reasonable behaviors.
Wander via huge magical forests that shimmer below mild rain, sprawling meadows teeming with life, and snowy hilltops that impressed folklore of ages previous. With every tranquil second that passes on this fictionalized Scandinavian wilderness, so lovingly sculpted by the crew at 9 Rocks Video games, your concord along with your environment will increase.
Manner of the Hunter: Lintukoto Reserve is out now on PS5.
A brand new story from Tarsier Studios
From the creators of Little Nightmares I & II comes a wholly new imaginative and prescient, not like something you’ve seen earlier than.
Discover out extra at Gamescom Opening Evening Reside, Tuesday August 20, 11am PT/8pm CEST.
After all, it wouldn’t be the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase with out only one thing more to tantalize you as we shut out the stream…
The way forward for Darksiders
The ominous rumble of a chamber impossibly previous. Scorching ash suspended within the air, spewed forth by roiling lava.
Three colossal stone heads, all of a sudden set ablaze with otherworldly flames. The Charred Council awake, and roar a single phrase in unison: Horseman.
We’ll have extra information to share on the place the world of Darksiders goes quickly, however for now, know this… the 4 Horsemen will experience once more.
That’s it for the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2024! From all of us at THQ Nordic, in addition to our dev companions unfold all over the world – thanks a lot for becoming a member of us. We are able to’t wait to share extra with you on every of those titles within the close to future and see you quickly in our digital worlds.