Opening Night Live just ran two-plus hours of trailers from Hall 1 at Koelnmesse. Geoff Keighley and Eefje “sjokz” Depoortere hosted. Pre-show at 10:30am PT. Main show at 11:00am PT (2:00pm ET, 8:00pm CEST). Tuesday was the living-room half of gamescom. Wednesday is when Cologne puts a controller in your hand.
We are hyped. A remake finale. A free Witcher remaster plus a new land. E-Day looking like a horror origin. Townfall finally naming faces. Dylan Faden out of the Oldest House. 4A Games back under Moscow. That is a night you stay up for, and it is why the queues in Cologne tomorrow will feel like a reward instead of a chore.
The Night That Opened Cologne
If you only had a couch, you still got the show. The official gamescom VOD is above, from the gamescom channel. Trade visitors hit Koelnmesse on Wednesday, August 26. Public days are August 27 through 30. We already had a how-to-watch page for the 11:00am PT start. This page is what actually landed.
The Headlines We Just Filed
Square Enix put Weapons in the middle of the road for Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Spring 2027. CD PROJEKT RED dated a free Witcher 3 remaster for September 29 and finally walked Letten in Songs of the Past. Xbox dropped the E-Day campaign trailer, ahead of October 6 on Xbox.com.
Konami named the Townfall cast. Remedy sent Dylan into a broken Manhattan, September 24, Steam $59.99. 4A is back in Moscow for Metro 2039 in February 2027. Capcom showed Mega Man: Dual Override for 2027. Ubisoft dated Rayman Legends Retold October 1 at $39.99, rebuilt Heroes of Might and Magic III in Snowdrop, and revealed Rainbow Six Tactics. Go read the ones you care about.
Wednesday Is When You Get Hands On
The Xbox @ Gamescom broadcast is the easy at-home pass. Wednesday, August 26, 7:00am PT (10:00am ET, 4:00pm CEST) on official Xbox YouTube and Twitch. Thursday is the same clock. Hall 7, A-0.61. Twenty-five playable games. One hundred forty stations. Xbox is treating Cologne like a 25-year birthday. We already posted the how-to-watch for those two mornings.
Xbox already named the room: Minecraft Dungeons II, Gears of War: E-Day, Fable’s first public gameplay theater, Forza Horizon 6, Alien: Isolation 2, Alien Deathstorm, METRO 2039. Playground Games puts Fable on a stage on August 26. I am not adding a stream title Xbox did not print.
Future Games Show at gamescom is Wednesday at 10:00am PT (7:00pm CEST). CD PROJEKT RED runs Songs of the Past in business Hall 4.2 from August 26 through 28 and entertainment Hall 8.1 from August 26 through 30, the rooms on the July 21 first-look page. Konami’s Townfall booth is Hall 07.1 from August 26 through 30, same floor note as the August 19 gameplay page. Bandai Namco is Hall 6.1 with Ace Combat 8, Xenoverse 3, and Dawnwalker.
Wednesday is when Cologne actually opens. Official social is @gamescom, the official gamescom YouTube, @Xbox, @SquareEnix, @CDPROJEKTRED, and @Konami. We will be back.