It’s been barely a blink since we last gathered for an announcestravaganza with Summer Game Fest, but here we are again! It’s time for Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, Geoff Keighley’s second big livestream of the year showing off some of the biggest games of 2025 and beyond. As usual, we’ll expect a couple surprise announcements and looks at a lot of games we already know about, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Resident Evil Requiem.
While the possibility of a Hollow Knight Silksong surprise launch has been hanging over the show, we now know the developers will be hosting a “special announcement” on Thursday. So we’ve likely got two more days to wait for that release date.
When does Gamescom Opening Night Live air?
The 2025 Gamescom Opening Night Live presentation starts at 8 pm CEST on August 19. That’s 11 am Pacific / 7 pm BST.
You can watch Opening Night Live on Twitch or YouTube (or the embed above).
What do we expect from Gamescom Opening Night Live this year?
In our Gamescom 2025 preview, we highlighted some of the games we’re particularly excited to see at this year’s expo:
- The Outer Worlds 2
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword
- Silent Hill F
- World of Warcraft: Midnight
- Resident Evil Requiem
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Most or all of these games should be playable at Gamescom and appear in Opening Night Live. But we’re hoping for some surprises, too.
Team Cherry’s “Special Announcement” on Thursday means we’re not getting a Silksong release date today
Way to scoop Geoff Keighley! The devs at Team Cherry are doing a big announcement themselves on Thursday, which you’ll be able to watch on YouTube.
Also, keep an eye out for a story on the game’s very long development.
Here we go. Silksong will have a “special announcement” on Thursday at 10:30am ET.AND coming from me on Thursday, the story behind why Silksong took seven years to make…Stay tuned! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGe…
— @jasonschreier.bsky.social (@jasonschreier.bsky.social.bsky.social) 2025-08-19T16:17:34.226Z
