gamescom 2025: How to Watch, Schedule, and What to Expect From the Event

gamescom 2025 is astir here, and IGN is erstwhile again the authoritative spouse for gamescom workplace successful Germany! We'll beryllium covering each the large quality retired of gamescom, and this usher volition supply you with everything you request to cognize to ticker gamescom, Xbox, and IGN's biggest livestreams, including erstwhile the biggest events - similar Opening Night Live - start, a database of places you tin ticker them with us, what you tin expect to see, and truthful overmuch more.

While you hold for this year's amusement to begin, consciousness escaped to look backmost astatine the biggest announcements from gamescom 2024 to get an thought of what to expect!

When Is gamescom 2025?

gamescom 2025 runs from August 19 done August 24 successful Cologne, Germany.

What to Expect astatine gamescom 2025

IGN volition livestream Opening Night Live, Xbox's 2 streams, the gamescom Award Show, and 4 days of IGN's in-studio sum with exclusive interviews, trailers, and hands-on demos from games you won't privation to miss.

While we can't uncover everything that volition beryllium featured connected our livestreams, determination person been immoderate teases arsenic to what fans tin expect from gamescom, including a caller look astatine Resident Evil Requiem and the uncover of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 during Opening Night Live alongside Lords of the Fallen II, the opening cinematic of World of Warcraft: Midnight, and overmuch more.

Hollow Knight: Silksong volition besides beryllium playable astatine the Xbox booth connected PC and the ROG Xbox Ally. Will we yet get a merchandise day during ONL? We don't person agelong to find out!

Speaking of Xbox, they volition person a large beingness astatine the show, and the squad has already announced it volition beryllium featuring the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, Grounded 2, Keeper, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Ninja Gaiden 4, Overwatch 2, The Outer Worlds 2, and much during Xbox's authoritative gamescom broadcasts.

As for IGN, we are looking guardant to sharing exclusives for Borderlands 4, Marvel’s Deadpool VR, Anno 117: Pax Romana, Invincible VS, STALKER, Infinity Nikki, and truthful galore more!

gamescom Schedule

IGN volition statesman its gamescom sum with Opening Night Live connected Tuesday, August 19, and volition proceed covering each the biggest moments from the show, including connected our precise ain live-show that volition tally each time of gamescom done Sunday, August 24. See beneath for the docket of gamescom truthful far, and erstwhile you tin drawback our covergage of the festivities!

Tuesday, August 19

gamescom Opening Night Live (with Official Pre-Show and IGN Post-Show) - 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET / 7:30pm CEST

Geoff Keighley is backmost again to big Opening Night Live for gamescom 2025. This large kick-off lawsuit volition diagnostic large reveals, trailers, gameplay, surprises, and overmuch more. To get an thought of what to expect, cheque retired our recap of each the biggest quality from Opening Night Live 2024.

Opening Night Live's authoritative pre-show kicks disconnected archetypal for 30 minutes, and past it kicks implicit to the main show, which volition tally for astir 2 hours. Immediately pursuing the show, IGN volition beryllium close present to interruption down each the biggest reveals from the showcase successful our ain ONL post-show.

Wednesday, August 20

IGN gamescom workplace Day 1 - 6am PT / 9am ET / 3pm CEST

Day 1 of IGN’s unrecorded coverage.

Xbox Day 1 livestream - 6am PDT / 9am EDT / 2pm BST / 3pm CEST

Xbox’s archetypal livestream time volition diagnostic the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, Grounded 2, Keeper, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and more.

Into the Infinite Showcase - 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET / 6:30pm CEST

Thursday, August 21

IGN gamescom workplace Day 2 - 6am PT / 9am ET / 3pm CEST

Day 2 of IGN’s unrecorded coverage.

Xbox Day 2 livestream - 6am PDT / 9am EDT / 2pm BST / 3pm CEST

Xbox’s 2nd livestream time volition diagnostic Ninja Giaden, Overwatch 2, The Outer Worlds 2, and more.

Friday, August 22

gamescom Award Show 6am PT / 9am ET / 3pm CEST

The gamescom Award Show returns to grant the champion games connected show during the show, and you tin find retired the winners close present connected IGN.com.

Saturday, August 23

IGN gamescom workplace Day 3 - 6am PT / 9am ET / 3pm CEST

Day 3 of IGN’s unrecorded coverage.

Sunday, August 24

IGN gamescom workplace Day 4 - 6am PT / 9am ET / 3pm CEST

Day 4 of IGN’s unrecorded coverage.

How to Watch gamescom

Here’s the afloat database of places you tin ticker the gamescom streams:

• IGN.com (homepage)
• IGN's Twitter
• IGN's Twitch Channel
• IGN's YouTube Channel
• IGN's gamescom Steam Page
• IGN's iOS App
• IGN's Android App
• Roku
• IGN App for Android TV
• IGN App for Amazon Fire TV
• Apple TV
• Pluto TV

Get acceptable for a amusive week of celebrating everything gaming successful Germany! Check backmost often for the biggest reveals, coolest demos, and exclusive trailers close present connected IGN.