THQ Nordic Showcase 2024 recap – PlayStation.Weblog

Yearly, the group right here at THQ Nordic places months into crafting a Digital Showcase we expect you’ll love, full of information on beforehand introduced video games and teases of what you’ll be able to count on 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 stunning hand-drawn journey, a fender-bending destruction racer sequel, the much-demanded return of a legendary action-adventure sequence, and a complete 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. 

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As Goldman, together with your trusty cane in hand, navigate a Mysterious archipelago delivered to life with painstakingly handcrafted 2D animation, every body bursting with the eagerness that the group have injected into the sport they’ve at all times wished to make.

A way of marvel and freedom to experiment are on the core of Weappy’s design philosophy, with a give attention to rewarding Gamers for his or her inquisitiveness concerning the world and platforming sections which can be difficult however truthful. The Everlasting Lifetime of Goldman begs you to find the archipelago’s additional reaches, every new capacity and artifact you discover including new dimensions to your Gameplay.

We will’t wait to let you know extra later this 12 months – for now, be sure that to observe and wishlist the sport at PlayStation Retailer to be among the many first to obtain updates.

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed

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The time has nearly come to choose up your brush and determine 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 basic side-scrolling ranges impressed by Mickey Mouse’s historical past.

Rebuilt from the bottom up by the group 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

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Create the automobile 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 by impediment programs, or crushing your rivals in a destruction derby free-for-all, Wreckfest 2 is about letting free within the final playground of vehicular carnage.

PS5 {hardware} has given the group at Bugbear Leisure the liberty to mannequin larger crash constancy than ever, with every chassis-crinkling impression realized in actual time. 

On the finish of every occasion, your beaten-up car will inform its personal distinctive story – of traded paint, twisted metal, and grudge matches settled on the monitor.

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 indicate you extra of the wealthy, verdant world that the group at Grimlore Video games have been onerous at work bringing to life. 

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In our debut Gameplay trailer, you will get your first glimpse of the adventures that await you within the sun-drenched landscapes of Historical Greece, and the godly powers you’ll declare as you’re taking your home amongst the best legendary heroes. The group are hand-crafting an expertise that encourages you to rise to the problem, with epic battles towards beasts of fantasy rewarding Gamers with distinctive loot that modifications the best way 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 expertise and gear loadouts. Whether or not you select to embark on this odyssey alone or with associates, Titan Quest II will lead you on an unforgettable journey throughout a land in contrast to another within the ARPG style.

Gothic 1 Remake

Since we introduced improvement of Gothic 1 Remake in 2020, the outpouring of help from Gothic followers across the globe, in addition to the RPG group at massive, has been immense. Each constructive remark, every cry of “For Gomez!”, has bolstered the group at Alkimia Interactive as they work to ship a recreation that’s each a devoted love letter to the Gothic fandom and a welcoming expertise stuffed with marvel and recent discoveries for newcomers.

In immediately’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 selections.

Visuals and gameplay have additionally been utterly rebuilt to fulfill fashionable requirements, with extra rewarding development, extra impactful fight, and numerous NPC routines and interactions.

Whether or not you be part of the ore-rich Previous 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.

Approach of the Hunter: Lintukoto Reserve

For the second 12 months in a row, we’ve launched a DLC for Approach of the Hunter on the identical day as our Digital Showcase. 

Whereas final 12 months we took the hunt to lush African grasslands, immediately’s launch will allow you to discover a stunningly-realized Scandinavian panorama populated with lynx, arctic foxes, and a spread of different distinctive wildlife, all with their very own sensible behaviors.

Wander by huge magical forests that shimmer underneath 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 group at 9 Rocks Video games, your concord together with your environment will increase.

Approach 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 completely new imaginative and prescient, in contrast to something you’ve seen earlier than.

Discover out extra at Gamescom Opening Night time Reside, Tuesday August 20, 11am PT/8pm CEST.   

In fact, 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, out of the blue 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 trip 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 around the globe – thanks a lot for becoming a member of us. We will’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.