gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 (event)

Event date: 2025.08.19.

Duration: ~ 2 hour 30 minutes

Event series: Gamescom 2025

Place: Koelnmesse, Hall 1 (Cologne, Köln, Germany) & Online

Attendance: ~5000 (on site)

Website: https://www.gamescom.global/

 

 


Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 will be held as part of Gamescom 2025, more specifically as its opening show. The event will take place on August 19, 2025, at its usual location in Cologne (Köln), Germany, at Koelnmesse Hall 1.
The event will be hosted by Geoff Keighley, who is already familiar to audiences through The Game Awards and the Summer Game Fest series, as well as his decades of experience as a journalist. He has become synonymous with Opening Night Live, so we can expect to hear him make the big announcements and introductions this year.

Opening Night Live will begin at 7:30 p.m. local time with the pre-show, and the main event will kick off at 8:00 p.m. with Geoff Keighley's opening speech. 

The show began with the presentation of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and a discussion with its developers, but other major titles were also represented, such as Resident Evil Requiem, SILENT HILL f, and World of Warcraft: Midnight. We welcomed big announcements such as Lords of the Fallen 2, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, Death By Scrolling, and finally Black Myth: Zhong Kui, which was saved for the end of the show.

Geoff Keighley did not host the show alone, he was joined by the charming Eefje (Sjokz) Depoortere, who is no stranger to the world of gaming.

Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 did not focus exclusively on games: we also saw the Sekiro: No Defeat anime and the latest trailer for the second season of the Fallout series.


PRESENTED GAMES:

Absolum Age of Empires IV Arknights: Endfield Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes Black Myth: Zhong Kui Bubsy 4D Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Cinder City Compensation Not Guaranteed Cronos: The New Dawn Cult of the Lamb Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion Death By Scrolling Delta Force
Denshattack! Enshrouded Europa Universalis V Fate Trigger Final Fantasy XIV Online Fortnite Ghost of Yōtei
Glasshouse He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction Hollow Knight: Silksong Honor of Kings: World Indiana Jones and the Great Circle inZOI John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
Keeper Kingdom Come: Deliverance II La Divina Commedia LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Long Gone Lords of the Fallen 2 Marvel’s Deadpool VR
Monster Hunter: Wilds Neverness to Everness Ninja Gaiden 4 Onimusha: Way of the Sword Outlaws + A Handful of Missions Remaster PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC Project Spectrum
PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant Resident Evil Requiem Road Kings ROUTINE SILENT HILL f Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Swords of Legends
The Darkest Files The Outer Worlds 2 The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin Time Takers UNBEATABLE Valor Mortis Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
VOID/BREAKER Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV World of Tanks World of Tanks: HEAT World of Warcraft: Midnight ZERO PARADES


TIMECODES:

00:07 - Begin of the pre-show...

00:36 - Bubsy 4D trailer: New game announcement - The classic is being remade by Atari.

01:58Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes trailer: New game announcement - It will be released for PC (Steam) in early 2026.

03:28 - Outlaws + A Handful of Missions Remaster trailer: The classic returns as a result of the coordinated efforts of LucasArts and Nightdive Studios. Pre-orders are now available.

04:46 - Denshattack! trailer: The incredible adventures of the yellow locomotive... in the spring of 2026!

06:00 - Keeper developer interview: We learned more about the game through a short interview with Lee Petty (Creative Director).

08:00 - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction trailer: The meme king is coming soon!

08:50 - Absolum trailer: The game will be released on October 9.

09:52 - Long Gone trailer: An exclusive video was shown.

11:31 - Valor Mortis trailer: You can join the playtest.

13:59 - Pre-show top: The top ten reasons to be excited for gamescom Opening Night Live 2025.

15:55 - PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant trailer: The game will be released in the summer of 2026.

17:08 - ROUTINE trailer:The game will be released in the late 2025.

18:52 - Swords of Legends trailer: The beloved Guijan series returns in a development by Aurogon Shanghai.

21:27 - Road Kings trailer: The game will be released in 2026.

23:19 - Sonic and PAC-MAN collaborations trailer: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds: The PAC-MAN DLC pack will be available in early 2026. PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC: The Sonic the Hedgehog pack will be coming to the game in late 2025.

24:19 - End of the pre-show

24:48 - Begin of the gamescom ONL 2025

25:17 - Geoff Keighley's opening speech

26:57 - A key part of the opening speech - Hollow Knight: Silksong gameplay: The game will definitely be released this year, and starting tomorrow, a demo version will be available to play at the Xbox and Nintendo booths.

28:56 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 trailer: Set in 2035, the game takes place in locations such as Nicaragua, Los Angeles, Angola, Tokyo, Alaska, and Avalon. Pre-order available (Reznov Challenge Pack to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Warzone). Vault Edition revealed. Zombie mode. Top-down view mode. The game arrives on November 14.

32:03 - Stage discussion with developers: Miles Leslie (Treyarch) and Natalie Pohorski (Raven Software).

36:15 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 behind the scenes video.

39:05 - Introduction and entrance of co-host Eefje (Sjokz) Depoortere.

39:47 - Lords of the Fallen 2 trailer: World Premiere - The second part of the relaunched series has been announced. The sequel, set 100 years later, is expected to be released in 2026.

42:08 - Sekiro: No Defeat anime presentation based on the game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

43:25 - LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight trailer: World Premiere - The game takes us through all the Batman movies to date. It will be released in 2026.

45:50 - Developer discussion with Jonathan Smith (TT Games), who confirmed that the game will be available to try out at gamescom. There was talk of the tools and combat system, which is most comparable to the Batman Arkham series.

50:07 - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV trailer: World Premiere - The fourth installment of the series has been announced, which will arrive in 2026. Four playable campaigns and 70 missions await us in the game.

52:16 - Final Fantasy XIV Online and Monster Hunter: Wilds collaboration. Title Update 3 Additional Monster Omega Planetes will arrive for the latter game at the end of September.

53:12 - Ryozo Tsujimoto (Producer, Monster Hunter: Wilds) és Naoki Yoshida (Producer & Director, Final Fantasy XIV Online) feljövetele a színpadon, akik a különleges collaboráció hátteréről beszélgettek.

57:51 - Final Fantasy XIV Online trailer: The content from the other game will be available in early October.

58:53 - gamescom 2025 trailer

1:02:08 - Onimusha: Way of the Sword trailer - The game will be released in 2026.

1:03:40 - Arknights: Endfield trailer.

1:05:11 - Europa Universalis V trailer: The pre-purchase option has been launched.

1:06:10 - Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion trailer: The game will be released on September 5 this year. The demo is already available.

1:07:11 - VOID/BREAKER trailer: The game was released today.

1:07:49 - In connection with Amazon Prime's Fallout series, Jonathan Nolan (Executive Producer), Geneve Robertson Dworet (Executive Producer/Showrunner), Ella Purnell (Actress - playing Lucy), and Aaron Moten (Actor - playing Maximus) will take the stage to discuss the upcoming season.

1:13:23 - The trailer for Fallout's second season. Let's go to New Vegas! Available on stream from December 17.

1:16:58 - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle trailer - The first DLC, The Order of Giants, is coming on September 4. The base game will also be released on Nintendo Switch 2.

1:19:50 - Marvel’s Deadpool VR trailer: The following new villains are coming: Mojo, Omega Red, Lady Deathstrike, Mephisto, and Ultimo. The game will be released on November 18 this year.

1:21:02 - World of Tanks trailer: World Premiere - The biggest update to the game yet, 2.0, is coming on September 1 in the APAC region and September 3 in the EU/NA regions.

1:23:30 - John Carpenter's Toxic Commando trailer: World Premiere Gameplay Showcase - The game will be released in early 2026.

1:25:22 - Death By Scrolling trailer: The new game from legendary Ron Gilbert.

1:27:28 - ZERO PARADES trailer: A spy story in isometric view.

1:28:30 - gamescom cares section featuring The Darkest Files, Glasshouse and Compensation Not Guaranteed.

1:30:56 - Neverness to Everness trailer: Pre-registration is now available.

1:31:56 - UNBEATABLE trailer: The game will be released on November 6 this year.

1:32:56 - Honor of Kings: World trailer

1:34:27 - Fortnite trailer: The Squid Game collaboration is coming, Frotn Man arrives August 26.

1:34:58 - Delta Force trailer: The game is available today on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

1:36:29 - Live performancing "Alicia" from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

1:39:14 - Ninja Gaiden 4 trailer: The game will be released on October 21.

1:41:40 - Cinder City trailer: A truly fast-paced MMO developed in Unreal Engine.

1:43:27 -Time Takers trailer: Playtesting will begin soon on Steam.

1:45:19 - SILENT HILL f trailer: We hear Suzie Yeung for the first time in the role of Hinako. Release date: September 25, 2025.

1:48:10 - La Divina Commedia trailer: Is Dante coming back?

1:49:42 - Cronos: The New Dawn section: A little official cosplay and a trailer packed with gameplay footage. To be released on September 5 this year.

1:52:44 - The Outer Worlds 2 trailer: New informations about the companions. Release date: October 29.

1:55:13 - inZOI trailer: The Island Getaway free DLC will be available tomorrow.

1:56:15 - Fate Trigger trailer: The game will be released in Q1 2026.

1:57:15 - The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin trailer: Registration for the closed beta test is now open.

1:58:16 - Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault trailer: The game will be released in Early Access on October 23.

1:59:16 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 trailer: Big surprise: the game will be released on October 21 this year.

2:00:57 - Enshrouded trailer: The seventh update for the game Wake of the Water will be released in October this year.

2:02:10 - Age of Empires IVtrailer : The PS5 version of the game has been announced. What's more, a new expansion, Dynasties of the East, is coming on November 4 this year.

2:03:11 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II trailer: The game's DLC, titled Legacy of the Forge, will be released on September 9 this year.

2:04:14 - Cult of the Lamb trailer: The game's DLC, titled Legacy of the Forge, will be released on September 9 this year.

2:05:25 - World of Warcraft: Midnight section: Holly Longdale (Executive Producer & VP) introduces the latest, 11th expansion and its cinematic trailer. The new "act" will arrive in 2026.

2:12:33 - Project Spectrum trailer: Global Announcement - An impressive concept. An extraordinary PvPvE creation is in the making.

2:15:50 - World of Tanks: HEAT trailer: World Premiere - In the new iteration of THE tank game, we can battle against top predators. 

2:17:46 - Ghost of Yōtei trailer: Although the game has not yet been released, its free DLC, titled Legends, a co-op multiplayer DLC, is already promised for 2026.

2:20:29 - Resident Evil Requiem trailer: We can gain insight into the introductory story of Grace Aschroft, one of the main characters, with a little gameplay preview. Release date: February 27, 2026.

2:24:38 - Geoff Keighley thanks everyone for participating and announces that the event is coming to an end. He also hints that this year's The Game Awards will be held on December 11.

2:25:14 - Black Myth: Zhong Kui :World Premiere - The mythological story begun by Black Myth: Wukong continues.

2:27:35 - The show closes with closing words.