Gamescom 2026 is fast approaching, and as always, the festivities will kick off with the Opening Night Live showcase. The two-hour event will begin at 2 p.m. ET on August 25. There is a 30 minute pre-show just before.
However, you don’t need to be at the event in Cologne, Germany to watch it. You can check out the livestream below, or on YouTube or Twitch. We will also have an ONL liveblog, so be sure to join us for that.
Geoff Keighley of The Game Awards and Summer Game Fest is also the host of this event. ONL doesn’t usually have as many blockbuster announcements as other Keighley showcases, but there are often surprises worth listening to.
Some things have been confirmed for the series, including a new look at Final Fantasy 7 revealA Gears of War: E-Day trailer, the latest preview of Silent Hill: Fall of the City and our first glimpse of The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past expansion.
You can also expect details on Mortis Value (a first-person Soulslike from the developers of the Ghostrunner series), Pony Island 2 (Since Encryption creator Daniel Mullins), Path of Exile 2, Monster Hunter Outlanders, Metro 2039 and a new grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Maybe we’ll also get a release date for FromSoftware’s Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, Bloods of Twilightafter this weekend’s network test.
Elsewhere at Gamescom, Xbox will be showcasing a number of its games and streaming the event on YouTube (with separate streams for August 26 and 27) and Twitch. CD Projekt Red will offer several one-day streams starting August 26, including “game previews, special guests, interviews, behind-the-scenes stories and more.”
On August 26 at 1 p.m. ET, you can check out the latest edition of the Future Games Show, which will feature over 40 games, including 13 world premieres. The next day at 2 p.m. there will be an Awesome Indies show which will surely feature some cool games.
