White Shadows has been revealed, a bizarre, black-and-white narrative platformer due for release on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X in 2021. Shown off during IGN's Gamescom Awesome Indies show, developer Monokel describes the game as, "a modern fable, a distorted mirror of our own world, funny, f**ked up and a little meaningful." Players will take the role of Ravengirl, guiding her escape from the White City, a surveillance state ruled by wolves, and populated by rats and sheep. Check out a reveal trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/29/white-shadows-trailer-a-spooky-black-and-white-platformer"] The game is built around its black and white colour scheme - referencing film noir and silent films - and aims to use lighting to add style and depth to every area, which are composed to offer detail about the wider world of the White City as you travel through it. There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

City of Gangsters, a management sim set in the US Prohibition era, will arrive for PC in 2021. Revealed during Gamescom by SomaSim and Kasedo Games (Project Highrise), City of Gangsters will see you start from nothing in a variety of cities - including Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburgh - set up your illegal operations, and build a criminal empire across the city. Strategy aspects will include researching new technology, building a network of contacts, setting up complementary businesses to hide your illegal operations, and keeping police and competitors at bay. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/29/city-of-gangsters-challenges-you-to-rise-up-the-criminal-ranks-in-1920s-chicago"] Every game's on an in-built timer, beginning with the Prohibition of 1920, and ending in 1933, when alcohol became legal once more - it's your job to build your empire and control the city by the end of that time. There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Tamarin, a throwback 3D action-platformer from a team of Rare veterans, will hit PS4 and PC on September 10. Starring an adorable monkey on a quest to save his family from evil insects, Tamarin specifically channels classic 3D platformers and Metroidvania shooters, sending you through an interconnected Nordic world and splattering bugs. Check out a new trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/29/tamarin-trailer-gives-3d-platforming-a-charming-nordic-setting"] With character designs from Banjo-Kazooie character designer Steve Mayles, a soundtrack by Donkey Kong Country composer David Wise and many other developers from Rare's Nintendo days, Tamarin comes with some major talent to reach its new-retro goals. There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Space Crew will arrive for PC (via Steam), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PS4 on October 15. The sci-fi follow-up to Bomber Crew got a release date trailer during IGN's Gamescom coverage today, which you can watch below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/29/space-crew-trailer-defends-earth-against-aliens-in-the-most-chaotic-way-possible"] Space Crew takes Bomber Crew's aircraft management and real-time combat in a Star Trek-inspired direction, throwing in multiple crew types to recruit, airlocks to purge aliens out of, and many, many winks to classic sci-fi. There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Team Suneat and Neowiz have revealed Blade Assault, which will be released on PC, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. A 2D action-roguelite with some vibrant pixel art, you can check out a reveal trailer for Blade Assault shown off during IGN's Gamescom Awesome Indies show today: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/29/blade-assault-trailer-slices-through-a-pixel-art-sci-fi-city-with-rogue-lite-platforming"] Set in a divided world as your characters fight back against a corrupt military force, you'll be using melee and ranged abilities in fast-paced combat, as well as customising weaponry with randomly dropped Cores and Transform Upgrades. You can wishlist the game on Steam right now. There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Gone Viral, a twin-stick hack 'n' slash with Twitch integration, will come to Steam Early Access on September 24 Set in a mutant society that has turned ultra-violence into a gameshow, Gone Viral has players take the role of contestants fighting for their lives in procedurally generated arenas. The game also builds in Twitch voting systems, where viewers can cause set effects to occur inside live games - which you can see in the trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/29/gone-viral-turns-your-stream-audience-against-you-reveal-trailer"] There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Lab Rat is a brand new narrative puzzle game coming to Steam this winter. Created by Gwen Frey (BioShock Infinite, Kine, The Flame & The Flood), and revealed during IGN's Gamescom Awesome Indies show, the game's designed to feel (at least at first) like a machine-generated puzzle game, but is in fact a hand-crafted narrative. We're getting Portal vibes already. Check out a reveal trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/29/lab-rat-reveal-trailer-portal-esque-puzzler-with-a-beta-announcement"] “Do you ever feel like a rat in a Skinner box, pushing levers to feed an algorithm?,” says Frey in a press release. “I do, so I made Lab Rat because it's more fun to laugh at our current situation than cry about it.” You can sign up for a Lab Rat beta and wishlist the game on Steam right now. There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Capygames has shown off Switch gameplay of Grindstone ahead of its fall release. In a developer walkthrough during Gamescom, game director Dan Vader explains the thought behind how Grindstone needs to be adapted from a portrait mobile game to a landscape console game. He also provides a great introduction to the game if you haven't come across it, and explains how the studio has dealt with the effects of COVID-19: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/29/how-to-cut-down-creeps-in-grindstone-developer-walkthrough-gameplay"] We named Grindstone one of the best mobile games of 2019, and it's very exciting to see it making its way to a console after so long behind the Apple Arcade paywall. There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Blazing Sails will come to Steam Early Access on September 9. A game that adopts many of the mechanics and the look of Sea of Thieves, but transplants them into a battle royale, Blazing Sails has proven a hit with streamers in beta form, and you'll be able to see why in a bigger release very soon. Check out a reveal trailer below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/29/blazing-sails-trailer-ruthless-battle-royale-action-on-the-high-seas"] The game will allow you to create both a pirate and a ship, team up with others, and set you scavenging across land and sea for loot, resources, weapons and upgrades, as well as taking down every other vessel and enemy you see. There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

ScourgeBringer will get a full release on PC, Xbox One (including Game Pass) and Nintendo Switch on October 21. The stylish 2D action game got a new trailer at Gamescom (below) that shows off its various worlds, including a hint at a secret final area: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/08/29/scourgebringer-trailer-roguelite-platforming-on-a-caffeine-high"] Set in a post-apocalyptic world, ScourgeBringer sees you take on the role of warrior Kyhra as we explores the inside of an unknown structure that destroyed humanity as we know it. After playing the early access version, we said, "It might be structured like Dead Cells, and look like Katana Zero, but this absurdly stylish 2D action roguelite actually reminds me most of Doom". There's much, much more to come from gamescom 2020 on IGN - check out our full gamescom schedule to find out what else is on the way and our roundup of gamescom 2020 highlights. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.