????超過35萬的歐洲玩家（還有一些北美和亞洲玩家）帶著朝圣般的心情，趕赴人口剛過100萬的德國科隆市，參加一年一度的游戲盛會。美國動視（Activision）在展覽中首次公布了Sledgehammer Games工作室的多人游戲《使命召喚：高級戰爭》（Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare），現場玩家親身體驗了這款將于11月3日正式發布的游戲。

????索尼（Sony）宣布，其游戲主機Playstation 4s已經在全球售出超過1,000萬臺，這預示著對玩家客廳的爭奪戰今年將繼續上演。為了維持增長態勢，索尼在展會上發布了一系列獨家游戲，包括Ninja Theory開發的動作游戲《地獄之刃》（Hellblade），《雷曼》（Rayman）制作商Michel Ancel開發的開放世界式冒險游戲《荒野》（Wild），Housemarque開發的射擊類游戲《異化》（Alienation）以及Q版游戲《明日之子》（The Tomorrow Children）。微軟則發布了由Square Enix和Crystal Dynamics制作的《古墓麗影：崛起》（Rise of the Tomb Raider），這是勞拉?克羅夫系列重新啟動后的第二部作品，將在2015年于Xbox平臺獨家發布。Xbox在2015年還有另外一款游戲大作的續集《光暈5：守護者》（Halo 5: Guardians）。

????而在科隆游戲展上正式宣布的特色作品中，《寂靜嶺》（Silent Hills）的最新續集赫然在列。這是科樂美（Konami）最為暢銷的恐怖題材游戲（還據此改編成了兩部電影）。世界級游戲和電影專家，《合金裝備5：幻痛》（Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain）的制作者小島秀夫，以及《環太平洋》（Pacific Rim）的導演吉爾莫?德爾?托羅在這部游戲中強強聯手。曾出演美劇《行尸走肉》（The Walking Dead）的影星諾曼?瑞杜斯將在游戲中擔綱主角。

????以下是我們精選的本屆科隆游戲展最值得關注的新游戲。

????More than 350,000 gamers from across Europe (and some from North America and Asia) have made the annual pilgrimage to the quaint German city of Cologne, which has a population of just over 1 million. Activision used the convention to debut its multiplayer gameplay for Sledgehammer Games’ Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, allowing attendees hands-on access to the November 3 release.

????The global battle for the living room continued in Germany with Sony announcing it 2has sold 10 million PlayStation 4s worldwide. To keep that momentum going, Sony announced a number of exclusive new titles at the show, including the action game Hellblade from developer Ninja Theory, the open world adventure game Wild from Rayman creator Michel Ancel, the shooter Alienation from Housemarque, and Q Games genre-bending The Tomorrow Children. Microsoft announced that Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics Rise of the Tomb Raider, the second game in the rebooted Lara Croft franchise, will be an Xbox exclusive in 2015. Xbox will also be getting another big sequel next year with Halo 5: Guardians.

????One of the more unique games announced at Gamescom was Silent Hills, the latest sequel in Konami’s bestselling horror franchise (which has also spawned two films). The world of gaming and movies combine in this new game, which is being developed by Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain creator Hideo Kojima and Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro. The game will star The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus.

????Here are our top picks for games that debuted at Gamescom 2014.

????《刺客信條：叛變》

????開發商：育碧

????游戲平臺：Xbox 360、PlayStation 3

????發布日期：2014年11月11日

????育碧（Ubisoft）顯然不會讓當代的廣大玩家在今年秋天遭受冷落。將故事定在法國大革命時期的《刺客信條：大革命》（Assassin’s Creed Unity）是次世代的一款獨特作品，而《刺客信條：叛變》（Assassin’s Creed Rogue）則設定在《刺客信條3》和《刺客信條4：黑旗》（Assassin’s Creed Black Flag）的故事之間。游戲發生在七年戰爭時期。玩家將扮演一個曾經在系列游戲中當過反派的圣殿騎士謝伊。謝伊曾經是個刺客，而后來因為某些事情成為了刺客獵人，與曾經的兄弟反目成仇。游戲中包含在加拿大和新英格蘭地區封凍海岸邊的海戰，以及與隱秘刺客的陸地對決。而新增加的武器，比如榴彈發射器，給這個隱秘勇敢者游戲添加了更多的沖擊感。通過這次新的歷程，玩家可以同之前幾部作品中的知名人物，比如《刺客信條3》中的海爾森?肯威等進行互動。

????Assassin’s Creed Rogue

????Developer:Ubisoft

????Consoles: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3

????Release date: November 11, 2014

????Ubisoft won't leave the huge fan base of current generation gamers out in the cold this fall. Assassin’s Creed Unity, which focuses on the French Revolution, is a next-gen exclusive, but Assassin’s Creed Rogue is set between the events of Assassin’s Creed III and Assassin’s Creed Black Flag. The game takes place during the Seven Years War. Gamers take control of a Templar, which had previously been the franchise's bad guys. Shay is actually a former Assassin who’s out to eradicate the brotherhood for good. Gameplay involves engaging in naval battles at sea off the frozen coasts of Canada and New England, and on-land combat against stealthy assassins. New weapons like a grenade launcher add more punch to this darker, grittier game. Throughout this new adventure, gamers will interact with well-known characters from previous games, like HaythamKenway from Assassin’s Creed III.