Black Ops 7 to Hollow Knight Silksong, we're on the floor in Germany to go hands-on with all the most exciting upcoming games

We've compiled every announcement and trailer revealed at Gamescom 2025's Opening Night Live event all into one handy place for you to peruse.

The games being previewed at the event showed relatively few surprises in an industry being battered by job losses and slow growth after the Covid-19 lockdowns ended.

Nintendo Life has also confirmed the game supports 120Hz on Switch 2 with its TV Mode. Now social media is awash with images and videos of the booths, as well as clown memes. This post, from a Silksong subreddit mod, sums up the community's feeling.

You can also wishlist The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin on the PlayStation Store and Steam. The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin will launch globally as a console exclusive on PS5, and on PC and mobile simultaneously.

Europe's biggest game show delivers hype teasers for upcoming titles that will keep you entertained this year and into the next.

Gamescom 2025 officially begins with the Opening Night Live show in the evening of August 19, 2025. The trade fair, held at the Koelnmesse exhibition center in Cologne, will then open its doors the following day on August 20, though only for trade visitors, members of the media, creators, and other specific ticket holders.

Gamescom 2025 kicks off with its splashy Opening Night Live event Tuesday in Cologne, Germany. And while the buzzy presentation hosted by Geoff Keighley is certain to be the flashiest part of the annual video game industry convention — as it is the most live-streamed,