How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024

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The second in the yearly trifecta of Geoff Keighley-hosted events is here: the Gamescom Opening Night Live premiere. The live show hosted in Cologne, Germany is the kickoff for the Gamescom convention where developers will be showing off upcoming games and products. Like other showcases throughout the year, ONL is an evening full of FPS announcer voice“World premieres,” new trailers, and game reveals.As usual, there have been teasers for games that are definitely turning up to the showcase: Black Ops 6, Monster Hunter Wilds, Dune Awakening, Civilization 7, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and a lot of others. Keighey tends to pack an event pretty tight with trailers so there will likely be some surprises we haven’t anticipated. Oh, but he did do us all a favor andconfirmed ahead of timethat no, Silksong isn’t there.When is Gamescom Opening Night Live?gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 | #ONL #gamescom2024 - YouTubeWatch OnThis yearGamescom Opening Night Live premieres at 8 pm CET on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. You can checkwhat time that is in your time zone, or check what 8 pm CET equates to around the world below:11 am PDT (Los Angeles)2 pm EDT (New York)7 pm BST (London)8 pm CET (Cologne)4 am, August 21 AEST (Sydney)6 am, August 21 NZST (Auckland)Opening Night Live is expected to last about two hours, but given that it is a live show it could very well run long. Here’s a longer list of games that Keighley has confirmed will be turning up to the showcase:Call of Duty: Black Ops 6Monster Hunter WildsIndiana Jones and the Great CircleLittle Nightmares IIIDRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZEROBatman: Arkham ShadowDune AwakeningMarvel RivalsSquid Game: UnleashedA new from Tarsier StudiosSid Meier’s CIVILIZATION VIIKingdom Come Deliverance IILost Records: Bloom & RageMecha BreakInfinity NikkiARC RaidersPersona 3 Reload Episode AigisDelta ForceWe’ll be on the ground at Gamescom, so expect to see more about plenty of the games above on PC Gamer this week.

As usual, there have been teasers for games that are definitely turning up to the showcase: Black Ops 6, Monster Hunter Wilds, Dune Awakening, Civilization 7, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and a lot of others. Keighey tends to pack an event pretty tight with trailers so there will likely be some surprises we haven’t anticipated. Oh, but he did do us all a favor andconfirmed ahead of timethat no, Silksong isn’t there.

When is Gamescom Opening Night Live?

gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 | #ONL #gamescom2024 - YouTubeWatch On

gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 | #ONL #gamescom2024 - YouTube

This yearGamescom Opening Night Live premieres at 8 pm CET on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. You can checkwhat time that is in your time zone, or check what 8 pm CET equates to around the world below:

Opening Night Live is expected to last about two hours, but given that it is a live show it could very well run long. Here’s a longer list of games that Keighley has confirmed will be turning up to the showcase:

We’ll be on the ground at Gamescom, so expect to see more about plenty of the games above on PC Gamer this week.

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