Two months after the opening of the Summer Game Fest with the traditional conference, we have the right this evening at theOpening Night Live which marks the launch of Gamescom. It is the latest summer event that will close this new edition of the Summer Game Fest 2025. As always, the show will be led by Geoff Keighley and should promise us two hours of show with great announcements and beautiful game presentations, with a few “World Premier”.
Where to follow the Night Live 2025 opening?
Subscribe to Journal du Geek
- Date : August 19, 2025 at 8 p.m.
- Duration : 2 hours approximately
- Where to look : YouTube – Twitch
As always, the Night Live Opening Ceremony will be followed on the official YouTube channel or the official Twitch channel of Gamescom. Although this is an event produced and led by Geoff Keighley, this event, unlike the Summer Game Fest is not broadcast on the channel and the Game Awards networks. The event will start this evening with a pre-show at 7:30 p.m. and the ceremony will start at 8 p.m.
What to expect from the Opening Night Live 2025?
This year, the Opening Night Live program should be quite rich and interesting. Several games have already been confirmed as:
- Black myth: Wukong – (possible announcement of a DLC)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – (World presentation)
- Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion -(new trailer)
- Fallout (Amazon) Season 2 -(new trailer)
- Ghost of Yotei -(new trailer)
- Honor of Kings: World -(new trailer)
- Lords of the Fallen 2 – (Announcement of a new chapter)
- Ninja Gaiden 4 – (new presentation)
- Resident Evil Requiem – (new presentation)
- The Outer Worlds 2 – (new presentation)
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin -(new trailer)
- Silent Hill F -(new trailer)
- World of Warcraft – “Midnight” – (announcement of the next extension)
In addition to the already confirmed games, we also have some rumors around ads of new games:
- The new Lego game – (which should be Lego Batman, taking up the structure of Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga)
- OD – (possible teasing)
- Hollow Knight Silksong – (possible new trailer)
- Xbox Rog Ally / Rog Ally X – (possible trailer with release date and price)
Of course, in addition to all this, it will be necessary to count on “World Premier” With the announcement of games that have never been shown to date!
The announcements of the opening night live minute per minute
8 p.m. – Long introduction to introduce us and tease us the next two hours.
8:05 p.m. – The show begins with a presentation of Call of Duty Black Ops 7. We have the right to a new trailer which presents the solo campaign of the game and confirms the release date on November 14, 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ega6pj485ea
8:12 p.m. – After unveiling more information on the Opening Night Live, Raven Software and Treyarch teams reveals a developer journal that allows us to learn a little more about the Call of Duty Black Ops 7 experience (Solo, End Game, Multi, Zombies…). Our Complete Preview of Call of Duty Black Ops 7 is also available. You can find it right here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mojn1xy5mza
8:14 p.m. – Place now at the first World Premier of the evening. This is Lords of the Fallen 2 which had been confirmed a few hours before the start of the Night Live Opening. For the moment, no planned release date.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1-wucwko9e
8:17 p.m. – New World Premier with the announcement of the next From Software project and the adaptation of Sekiro in animated series. Sekiro No Defeat will soon arrive on Crunchyroll.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX384L4Q4OS
8:19 p.m. – TT Games is back with the announcement of the Lego Batman game. As with Lego Star Wars the Skywalker Saga, this Lego DC Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight should trace all the films in the saga The Dark Knight. The release of the game is expected on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2 for 2026.
The gameplay of the title will be greatly improved, as with the previous Lego Star Wars game, taking up the gameplay and combat mechanics of the Batman games of Rocksteady.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bid2kamfbe
8:25 p.m. – New ad with Dawn of War IV, the new Warhammer game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly_k7heUfi
8:28 p.m. – Small moment centered on Monster Hunter Wilds with new content to come. The crossover with Final Fantasy XIV is announced, with the new big update #3 which will arrive in September 2025. After a long sequence of exchanges between the Capcom and Square Enix teams, we are entitled to a new presentation of the cross-over cross in October.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ssf7kg8yw
8:37 p.m. – Capcom remains at the center of attention with a new overview of the next Onimusha Way of the Sword which is still expected for 2026 without further details.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yumevpaemfg
8:39 p.m. – Announcement of Endfield.
8:41 p.m. – Announcement of the new Europa V game of interactive paradox.
8:44 p.m. – Place now in the trailer for season 2 of Fallout who will arrive on Amazon Prime in December. Part of the producer and two of the main actors, Ella Purnell (Lucy) and Aaron Monten (Maximus) came to the stage for the occasion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
8:52 p.m. – New overview of the Indiana Jones DLC and the old circle. This DLC will make us travel in the footsteps of a mysterious secret to the heart of Rome. The DLC The Order of Giants is expected for September 4 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. At the end of the presentation, the Switch 2 version is formalized.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
8:57 p.m. – New World Premier with the announcement of the 2.0 update of Worlds of Tanks which will be released on September 3 in Europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOWYGOZCVFS
8:58 p.m. – New presentation by John Carpenter Toxic Commando by Focus Home Entertainment. The game will be released in early 2026.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz512uniswk
9:03 p.m. – Medley of several advertisements of modest games.
9:10 p.m. -Announcement of a crossover between Fortnite and Squid Game.
9:11 p.m. – Place now at the concert on the music of the obscure light French phenomenon: Expedition 33.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y17JLC1RBOC
9:15 p.m. – After a single music of Clair Obscur, we have the right to a new presentation of Ninja Gaiden 4, expected for October 2025 on Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh1dn6cq9ja
9:17 p.m. – Make way for a new gameplay of the Korean game Cinder City.
9:20 p.m. – Place now for a new presentation of Silent Hill F, whose release is expected for September 25, 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNU85BMWVUC
9:25 p.m. – New presentation of Cronos: The New Dawn, the next La Blooder Team game that will be released on September 5 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Switch 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVAEU9TGNLK
9:28 p.m. – Place now for the new presentation of The Outer Worlds 2, expected for October 28, 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwvrn-2g7i0
9:31 p.m. – Presentation of the DLC Island Geteway, the first DLC of Inzoi which is released on August 20 and which will allow us to visit the new city of Cahaya.
9:32 p.m. – New advertisement medley of several modest games and a small presentation of the second extension of Kingdom Come Delivrance 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ_H_JRQ7CS
9:41 p.m. – Place now for the presentation of the new World of Warcraft extension: Midnight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNLQJRQHRB8
9:48 p.m. – Make way for a new World Premier with the announcement of the new game of teams that produced Delta Force. A new Psychological Survival-Horror game with strange creatures. This is Project Spectrum that will be released soon. No release date is announced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ijwvyby4
9:53 p.m. – Place now to the new presentation of Ghost of Yotei, the new Punch Sucker game, which will be released exclusively on PS5 on October 2, 2025. The studio takes the opportunity to confirm and announces the Legends mode, a multiplayer DLC in cooperation for 2026 which will be free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
9:55 p.m. – We continue with the new presentation of Resident Evil Requiem now. We have the right to a gameplay sequence. The game is still expected for February 27, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH7TVA8YUF8
10 p.m. – The One More Thing of this Opening Night Live 2025 will be dedicated to the DLC of Black Myth Wukong: Zhong Hui. No release date is announced at the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwyz7xc2v80
10:04 p.m. -This is the end of this Opening Night Live 2025. See you tomorrow for the start of Gamescom!