Hello! Normally we’d all be over our EGX hangovers and recovering from our show bugs around now, but thanks to the UK’s biggest gaming expo’s move from Birmingham to London and from September to October, it’s still two weeks away. Feels weird, man.
(Disclaimer: EGX is run by our parent company, Gamer Network. And it used to be called the Eurogamer Expo. So, you know, we’re biased.)
Anyway, the announcements of playable games are starting to pop up, and leading the pack so far is the first UK hands-on for Marvel’s Avengers, Crystal Dynamics’ take on the ubiquitous superhero team. Virgin Media will be hosting the Square Enix game on its stand, along with costumes and props, and there’ll be an appearance from studio head Scot Amos in the EGX Theatre. Marvel’s Avengers is out on 15th May 2020.
Marvel’s Avengers Gameplay – A-Day Prologue 18-Minutes Gamescom 2019 Trailer Watch on YouTube
Bethesda is bringing Doom Eternal, the incoming sequel to the brilliant 2016 reboot of the iconic first-person shooter. As well as hands-on demos on Bethesda’s stand, there’ll be a silly, fun Doom panel session hosted by friend of Eurogamer and “self-confessed video games idiot” Simon Miller on the Friday at 6pm and a community quiz at noon on the Saturday, both in the EGX Theatre.