IGN Expo 2022 is over, and included new announcements, game reveals, fresh trailers and more. If you missed the show, we've got a rundown of everything included below.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite - Exclusive DLC Reveal
IGN Expo has seen the exclusive reveal of Aliens: Fireteam Elite - Pathogen, the first major DLC pack for the co-op shooter, which will be released on August 30.
Pathogen will see Aliens: Fireteam Elite expanded with a brand new campaign containing three missions and new enemy types. The storyline sees the Endeavor's crew visit LV-895 where they find that the planet's xenomorphs have been infected and mutated into fearsome new forms. The trailer shows off several of these new aliens, which draw upon the grotesque white Neomorph designs from Alien Covenant.
Starkeepers - New Game Reveal
Starkeepers is a new MMORPG coming to Steam Early Access in 2023. A sci-fi game at heart, Starkeepers' central race is a group of anthropomorphic Viking animal-people, including wolves and seals. These unusual heroes are the titular Starkeepers, god-chosen warriors sent to ward off eldritch cosmic threats.
A gameplay teaser showed off the game's low-poly looks, its mixture of action combat and town building, not to mention trap-filled dungeons. The developer promises a vast open world, filled with multiple factions, and the opportunity to fight both beasts and gods along the way.
Vice NDRCVR - New Game Reveal
Vice NDRCVR is a new game about taking down '80s drug cartels by using their computer systems against them. Revealed for the first time during IGN Expo, Vice NDRCVR evokes the likes of Hypnospace Outlaw and Her Story by having you search through a fictional computer operating systems for evidence to use in busting – or aiding – Miami's biggest drug smuggling gangs.
VergeWorld - New Game Reveal
VergeWorld is a new combat racing game with a beautiful, PS1-inspired look - and it's coming to PC this fall. The game has a roguelike structure, sending you dogfighting, racing and violently exploding through procedurally generated courses. Between runs, you'll be able to use collected resources to upgrade your post-apocalyptic flying machine.
Ground Divers - New Game Reveal
IGN Expo saw the reveal of Ground Divers, a brand new game in the style of classic arcade game Dig Dug – but filled to the brim with systems more familiar from an RPG. It arrives for Nintendo Switch on June 30.
Described as a "slapstick discovery game", Ground Divers sees you guide the rabbit-like mining robot Tsuruhashi into increasingly complex mine shafts of your own creation.
Project Warlock 2 - Surprise Early Access Release
Buckshot Software and Retrovibe has announced that '90s-style FPS Project Warlock 2 is available now on PC in Early Access via Steam and GOG.
A new trailer showed a rapid-pace glimpse of the content available during Project Warlock 2's Early Access version. This smaller slice of the full game contains six levels that Buckshot Software describes as being up to 10 times bigger than any level in the original Project Warlock. Each level is a multi-floor structure with platforms and buildings that add a new layer of verticality to the run-and-gun gameplay.
Roots of Pacha - Demo Out Now
Roots of Pacha, a life-sim about guiding a Stone Age tribe to success, has released a Steam demo today.
Shown during IGN Expo, a new trailer showed off the tribe learning to use seeds to grow crops, build settlements, irrigate fields, and even play music in rhythm action sections. The demo is available on Steam now, and using the code "SMILEY" will unlock a special hat for your character (which is just a cat balancing on your head).
Block N Load 2 - New Gameplay and Closed Beta Announced
Block N Load 2 got a re-reveal at today's IGN Expo, and we learned a closed beta is on the way soon. The destructive FPS, which mixed Team Fortress-like team-based battling with Minecraft voxels, is a return to the ideas of the 2015 original - albeit with better looks, more complex building mechanics and more varied combat.
Core Keeper - New Update Announced
Core Keeper, the mining sandbox adventure game from Pugstorm and Fireshine, has revealed its first major update, The Sunken Sea – and has added dedicated server support today.
The Sunken Sea update has players navigating a brand new water-based biome, filled with aquatic threats and treasure-filled islands. The update adds boats for the first time, as well as new enemies, weapons, valuables, ores, base building items, and more. Today also sees the addition of dedicated server support for the up-to 8-player game. Players will now be able to host their own multiplayer worlds and have friends join at any time.
The Walking Dead: Last Mile - Release Date Announced
Ambitious interactive experience The Walking Dead: Last Mile will begin on July 11. In a new trailer, we saw a situation in which a scavenger dispatches a frozen walker, then got ambushed by another human. In the ensuing fight, the ambusher is shot, but the scavenger opts to take them back to their community for treatment. It's a taste of the kinds of moral dilemmas Last Mile hopes to offer.
Superfuse - Early Access Release Window Announced
Superfuse – a superhero dungeon crawler with hyper-customizable powers – will hit Steam Early Access this fall.
Announced in a new trailer, we saw a hint of the story told through classic comic book panels, followed by some very gory gameplay. Players will create an Enforcer – superpowered humans given the job of eliminating corrupted beasts across the solar system – and take down enemies using a mixture of classic Diablo-style loot and deeply customizable powers split between 5 main classes.
Sacrifire - PC Release Window Announced
Developer Pixelated Milk has announced that its upcoming action JRPG, SacriFire, will release on PC in 2023. Console releases will follow later.
The news of a 2023 release came accompanied by a brand new trailer that shows off three of the game's vibrant locations. First up is Ivanstone, one of SacriFire's hub locations, which is located in the underground city of Anitoch. The trailer then showcases Erebus, a forest haunted by the spirits of both the living and dead. Finally, we're shown Bohemond's Office, a room where missions are assigned to protagonist Ezekiel.
Voidtrain - Release Window Announced
IGN is pleased to reveal that Voidtrain, the interdimensional survival game in which you pilot a train through the terrifying void, is finally coming to Steam this October.
Voidtrain has been available in Early Access on the Epic Games Store since August 2021, but developer HypeTrain Digital has now announced that the game's next stop is Steam, and it will pull into Valve's station in just a few months.