Gamescom 2014: all the stories from day two

Take a walk with us through the Gamescom village. We'll take a left at the bickering businessmen, and a right at the unusual smells oozing from a punter-packed pub. Finally we'll stop directly in front of a portly town crier, and wait while he bellows thick gobs of gaming news into our surprised faces. This is the news that he shouts.

A familiar face pops up in the new Dragon Age: Inquisition trailer .
Bioware are making a 4-versus-1 online RPG. It's called Shadow Realms .
You can Create-A-Sim right now. Go! Do!
Dean Hall thinks DayZ's console release will also benefit the PC version .
See six minutes of wolf-hunting Witcher 3 action .
What is a "next-gen goalkeeper"? FIFA 15 thinks it knows .
Titanfall's third DLC pack will contain some new maps . I know!
PES 2015 has a release date .
SW:TOR's Galactic Strongholds expansion will be out next week for the game's most special subscribers.
Hooray! Rise of the Tomb Raider won't be exclusive to Xbox forever .
Might & Magic Heroes VII is revealed .
!. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes are coming to Steam .
A Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel trailer appears.
Twelve minutes of Battlefield: Hardline? Sure thing .
ESL One Cologne's CS:GO championship kicks off .
Really? Another trailer? Yup... it's The Crew .

HANDS-ON

Tim puts on his bravest face for Alien: Isolation .
Tom teams up with a fellow murderer in Assassin's Creed: Unity .

OPINION

PC gamers have to fight for PC gaming .

Phil has been writing for PC Gamer for nearly a decade, starting out as a freelance writer covering everything from free games to MMOs. He eventually joined full-time as a news writer, before moving to the magazine to review immersive sims, RPGs and Hitman games. Now he leads PC Gamer's UK team, but still sometimes finds the time to write about his ongoing obsessions with Destiny 2, GTA Online and Apex Legends. When he's not levelling up battle passes, he's checking out the latest tactics game or dipping back into Guild Wars 2. He's largely responsible for the whole Tub Geralt thing, but still isn't sorry.