Not-E3 2020 Part 4: Guerrilla Collective and PC Gaming

Table of Contents

Indie Live Expo 2020
The Escapist Indie Showcase
PlayStation 5 Showcase
Guerrilla Collective
PC Gaming
Future Games Show
EA
New Game+ Expo
MonsterVine Hot Games Summer Showcase
Nacon Connect
Limited Run Games
Devolver Direct
Ubisoft
Nintendo
Microsoft

Guerrilla Collective

I was all ready to watch the Guerrilla Collective show live, but my Internet connection had other ideas. Fortunately, I did catch it after the fact.

They started with System Shock, and then a game called Cardaclysm: Shards of the Four, which amuses me since I recently played a game called Cardpocalypse. Anyway, after that was Uragun, Exo One, Almighty: Kill Your Gods, and Roki.

The next game shown was called Genesis Noir, which combines a creation story with film noir, such a strange combination I’m intrigued by it.

Doors of Insanity sounded interesting until I learned it was a roguelike, and then we got another look at A Juggler’s Tales, followed by a game called Lake, Urban Trial Tricky, and Boyfriend Dungeons. It was another long string of games that didn’t catch my attention much, with Night Call, Colt Canyon, Slay the Spire for iOS, Rigid Force Redux, Outbuddies coming to consoles, and Scourge Bringer.

I was excited to see more of Baldur’s Gate III, and disappointed to hear it’s launching in Early Access in August, maybe.

Disco Elysium is coming to the Epic Game Store, West of Dead was shown next, and Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam. After showing a game called Valheim, which looks like it could be entertaining, and a Switch version of Dusk, they shared updates for Children of Morta, a mobile version of Moonlighter, and an expansion and board game for Frostpunk.

Next up was Liberated, then a game that looks pretty intriguing called Gestalt: Steam & Cinder.

They showed a game called Swimsanity, No Place for Bravery, and Haven, and then gave another look at Metal: Hellsinger. After that, it was time for Gonner and a new game called Just Die Already: Old People Mayhem Sandbox (yes, that’s really the title).

After that, Paradox took over for Paradox Insider, which… I guess is technically a separate show? They provided looks at Crusader Kings III, Empire of Sin, Prison Architect: Island Bound, Surviving the Aftermath, and Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2. That last one, I’m potentially interested in, but I’ll need to play the first one.

So now, let’s talk about the PC Gaming Show!

PC Gaming Show

This year, I was mainly interested in the PC Gaming Show because of the rumors about a Persona 4 Golden PC port. Its Steam page actually popped up before the show even began, so the actual announcement lost some of its impact when we finally got there.

Anyway, they started out with another look at Valheim, a look at Ooblets, and the announcement that Torchlight 3 is currently on Steam in Early Access. After details about Elite Dangerous, it was finally time for the big Persona 4 Golden announcement! I actually finished P4G a few days ago, so you can look forward to my Persona 4 Golden review coming soon if you’re interested in this.

Next was a horror game called In Sound Mind, which also looks pretty good.

After an exploration/city management game called Airborne Kingdom and an RTS called DwarfHeim, there was a lineup of titles from Newblood Games.

There were so many, it was a bit hard to keep track of them all, but the Newblood Games lineup did include Faith, which I played and enjoyed last October. The best part, though, was seeing the website URLs for these games and the company, because they have hilarious URLs.

• devilmayquake.com
• deaderspace.com
• notfortnite.com
• and similarly goofy URLs

Next came a strategy game called Humankind, a co-op survival game called Icarus, and then Evil Genius 2: World Domination, which looked entertaining enough.

Godfall looked more interesting than I thought when it was shown before, and Prodeus looks like a classic first-person shooter, but what really caught my attention next was Fae Tactics, a turn-based strategy RPG.

They showed a cute game called Carot, dogfighting game Project Wingman, a toy-themed online game called Blankos Block Party, Everspace 2, and a game called Inkluminati that could be interesting. After that, they showed Toy: A Total War Saga, and then a DLC for Remnant: From the Ashes called Subject 2923.

Then they provided some details about the upcoming Mafia remake, and from there showed a game called Rogue Lords that I’d be more interested in if I liked roguelikes. Similarly, Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer’s Legacy would look more interesting to me if not for that roguelike part.

The Call of the Void update for Dauntless was revealed, followed by a new look at the sandbox game Among Trees, but the next game that interested me is Potionomics, a potion shop sim that kinda reminds me of Recettear.

We got to see more of the very Souls-like Mortal Shell, although they decided to focus on a boss battle, which was… less than exciting and probably not the best look at the game.

Next they showed a trailer for the Shadow Man remaster, which I thought was a surprise, but it looks like it was actually announced earlier this year and I forgot about it.

After Blightbound came a detective game called Shadows of Doubt, and this one looks pretty cool.

The Forgotten City looks interesting, and Paradise Killer has potential as well. Then we got another look at the game Haven, the introduction of Cartel Tycoon, a game called Trash Sailors, and a new trailer for Cris Tales, which looks better than ever (even though I never actually did get around to playing the demo last year like I intended to).

Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms also looks pretty good.

I’m not especially interested in Weird West, Story of Seasons: Friends of Mienral Town, or New World, but then they actually showed a trailer for Dontnod’s Twin Mirror, which for a while I’d been afraid had been dropped. Next up was yet another look at Metal: Hellsinger.

The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos looks potentially fun, but it loses points for making me try to spell that name (I’ll admit that I typed “dungeon of nahbuellek” into Google and let the results correct me).

I wasn’t particularly interested in much of the rest – Red Sails, Surgeon Simulator 2, The Last Campfire, Escape from Tarkov, and The Outlast Trials (although maybe I’ll look into that more if I play the single-player Outlast games) – but then they showed a trailer for Gloomwood (which might have also been in the rapid Newblood montage), and that looks like my sort of game.

And that was the end of the PC Gaming Show. Next up, we’ll be taking a look at the Future Games Show, so stay tuned!

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