Overview

• Opening Night Live will stream on Tuesday, August 19 via the official Gamescom and The Game Awards YouTube channels with Geoff Keighley at the helm.
• The show will include the full reveal of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 along with trailers for Resident Evil Requiem, World of Warcraft: Midnight, The Outer Worlds 2, Ghost of Yotei, Ninja Gaiden 4 and Lords of the Fallen 2.
• Attendees and viewers can expect the first teaser for Prime Video’s Fallout season 2 and a live musical performance celebrating the soundtrack of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
• Outlets differ on start times, reporting everything from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET (also cited at 6 p.m. BST and 8 p.m. CEST), highlighting lingering scheduling ambiguities ahead of the stream.
• The livestream precedes the in-person Gamescom expo in Cologne, running August 20–24 and projected to draw more than 35,000 attendees.