The big reveals show returns once more
It’s another year, and summer’s almost upon us. That means it’s time for more showcases, reveals, and streams, including Gamescom Opening Night Live.
Show host Geoff Keighley confirmed the date and location today onsocial media, as the show will be hosted live from Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany on August 22. No word on the time yet.
Get ready!@gamescom: Opening Night Live returns live on Tuesday, August 22 from Koelnmesse in Germany.
Excited to be back in Cologne with the fans and industry, streaming video game news directly to you.pic.twitter.com/5FGuK5pW2F
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley)June 03, 2025
As for what to expect, well, it’ll be a whole host of video game news. Gamescom Opening Night Live is usually the last big show of the summer of gaming news, sitting right near the end of August and leading right into the Gamescom event.
What this means is a lot of reveals, trailers, and spotlights on upcoming games. For example,last yearis where we sawDead Island 2get a release date (that would eventually get delayed), a leakedSonic Frontiersdate got confirmed, and Hideo Kojima announced his podcast.
After the streams of summer have gone
The summer is going to look quite different this year, though. E3 hasofficially bowed out of the conversation, with the ESA and PAX organizer ReedPop calling off their plans for in-person and digital. Though we’ve been without a proper in-person E3 for a few years now, this news feels a bit like a nail in the coffin.
Meanwhile, Keighley’s Summer Game Fest is still cruising along. The SGF show willair live on June 8, with a live audience.XboxandUbisoftare also planning their own shows for the summer, too. Even without E3 in the mix, the summer seems set to roll on.
