Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025: Hollow Knight Silksong, Black Ops 7, LEGO Batman and every reveal as they happen
Gamescom’s keynote event promises big reveals for every platform
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 is almost here. As one of the biggest gaming events of the year, Gamescom promises new announcements and extended looks at some of the most anticipated upcoming video games on PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC.
Hosted by Geoff Keighley, Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 comes directly from Cologne, Germany, and will be a two-hour showcase that gamers won’t want to miss. The showcase is set to begin at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT / 7 p.m. BST, and we’re here to guide you through the event from start to finish, ensuring you don’t miss a single world-first reveal.
We already know the show is going to be a special one with titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Resident Evil 9, Ghost of Yotei and Ninja Gaiden 4 confirmed. Plus, we’re set to get a first look at Prime Video’s “Fallout” season 2. And that’s before we consider all the unconfirmed games that could appear, like 007: First Light and Hollow Knight: Silksong.
It’s shaping up to be the biggest gaming live stream of the summer, and Tom’s Guide is here with all the coverage you need before, during and after Gamescom Opening Night Live.
How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 takes place today (August 19) at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT / 7 p.m. BST.
Don’t worry if you’re not fortunate enough to be on site in Cologne, because you can tune in online from anywhere in the world via the Gamescom YouTube and Twitch channels. Or you can just watch the embedded linknk down below!
I'm a Senior Entertainment Editor at Tom's Guide, with more than five years of experience covering the gaming industry. As for what I want to see at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, anything from either FromSoftware or Naughty Dog would make me a very happy gamer.
'Fallout' season 2 gets its first trailer
We're getting a look at some 'Fallout' season 2 footage, and New Vegas fans will be in heaven, as it's taking a lot of cues from the popular installment in the RPG series.
The stars of 'Fallout' season 2 take to the stage
We're taking a break from video games to talk TV shows (Based on video games), the cast and creatives of 'Fallout' season 2 are on the stage to discuss the upcoming season which arrives on Prime Video later this year and will move the action over to fan-favorite setting New Vegas
Games, games and more games
We're really cooking now with back-to-back-to-back reveals, Arknights: Endfield, Europa Universalis V and now Void Breaker (which is out now) keeping the crowd in Cologne, and the homes back at home excited and paying attention.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword up next
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the next game getting a new trailer. It looks like an action-packed feast, and while I've never played an Onimusha title before, this one certainly has my attention!
Monster Hunter Wilds and Final Fantasy are crossing over
Monster Hunter Wilds and Fantasy Final 14 are getting cross over content from the other, Capcom and Square Enix teaming up for a pretty cool collaboration.
LEGO Batman looks like another fantastic family adventure
It doesn't look like LEGO Batman: The Dark Knight Legacy will break too much from the classic LEGO style, but that's no bad thing. One new change is that it will add difficulty levels, so if you've ever thought LEGO games were a total cake-walk then this new feature will be for you. LEGO Dark Souls, next?
New LEGO Batman game confirmed
The rumors have been suggesting a new LEGO Batman video game for a while, and they were spot on. The next announcement is LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, and it appears to be taking source material from across the Batman movies, including "The Dark Knight" and the most recent "The Batman" movie.
It will launch in 2025. Now we're getting extra insight from the head of the development team.
Sekiro is getting an anime adaption
I just started a playthrough of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice earlier this month, so I'm very pleased to see that it's being adapted into an anime called Sekiro: No Defeat. The artstyle looks stunning and it's coming exclusively to Crunchy Roll.
Lords of the Fallen 2 showcased
The CoD section is over (I suspect some viewers are very pleased about that), next up its Lords of the Fallen 2. We've got a swanky CGI trailer, and confirmation it's arriving in 2026. I'm very sure interested in giving this one a try, though I wish we'd got a peak at some gameplay, CGI trailers never quite hit the spot for me.
Black Ops 7's campaign supports 4 player co-op
The Call of Duty chat isn't over, now we're seeing a developer diary which confirms the solo campaign won't be so solo. While it can be played alone, you can also bring up to three friends to play in 4-player co-op, and there's also a PvE End Game mode that lets you carry on playing even when you beat all the missions.
CoD developers are talking Black Ops 7 on stage
We're not stopping with that slick trailer, now a pair of developers on Black Ops 7 are on stage with Geoff giving us extra insight into the game.
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 is up next!
And now we're straight into a new look at Call of Duty Black Ops 7! I looks like Call of Duty, with a sci-fi spin this year (very befitting of the Black Ops name), and as a CoD enjoyer, that's all good with me. This trailer appears to be focused largely on the single-player campaign instead of the multiplayer portion.
Hollow Knight: Silksong starts the show
No clown makeup required today, as Geoff Keighley has taken to the stage to showcase new Hollow Knight: Silksong footage, still no release date, but at least we know it's real and is indeed coming later this year!
10 minute warning!
Gamescom ONL is just 10 minutes away, so if you're not already watching the pre-show, then now is the time to boot up a stream, or use the embedded link below, and get watching, as you won't want to miss this two-hour showcase!
Gamescom ONL pre-show is now LIVE
If you just can't wait 15 more minutes for Gamescom Opening Night Live to begin, good news, the pre show is now live and giving viewers a peak at some upcoming games! Go check it out right now using the link above!
The one PS5 game I don't need to see at Gamescom ONL
We already know that Ghost of Yōtei will be featured at today's Gamescom ONL showcase, but it's actually a PS5 exclusive that I don't want to see any more of.
That's not because of a lack of interest, but quite the opposite. I loved 2020's Ghost of Tsushima, so I was sold on this sequel from the very first trailer, but now, after an extended State of Play presentation dedicated to Sucker Punch's new open-world Samurai adventure, I've seen enough. I'm eager to explore Yōtei for myself, so don't feel the need to have even more of the game spoiled.
I guess I might have to briefly look away during the Ghost of Yōtei segment!
Less than one hour to go!
Now is the time to start getting your setup ready as Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 begins in less than an hour. Now is the time to nip to the nearest shop if you still need snacks, because we're not far away from the good stuff starting!
The spotlight is yours Call of Duty
We know that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is going to feature at Gamescom Opening Night Live, and I feel like this could be an important showcase for the juggernaut shooter series.
Right now, the momentum is with EA's rival Battlefield 6, after a well-received reveal event, and a recent open beta that was so popular I couldn't even play at the weekend because the servers were full (fortunately, I played BF6 at a recent preview event already, and trust me, it's shaping up to be Battlefield at its best).
Call of Duty has been declared "too big to fail" in recent weeks, but I get the sense it needs to leave a positive impression on the watching crowd today to gain back some ground, so I'll be watching the Black Ops 7 portion with great interest.
Well there's at least one reveal confirmed!
Look away if you don't want any spoilers, because we've just got confirmation of a new reveal heading to Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025...
The knightmare looms… pic.twitter.com/ZR1KNE9wa1August 19, 2025
Yup, that's Lords of the Fallen 2 confirmed to be featured tonight at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025. Technically the third game in the series - both the first and second games in the franchise are called Lords of the Fallen - this will be a sequel to 2023's popular Soulslike. I had mixed feeling about the game when I played it around launch, but I hear it's since been updated into very good shape.
We can (probably) expect to see Mr. Bond today
One rumored game that I think we can be confident will feature at Gamescom Opening Night Live is 007: First Light. My colleague Darragh Murphy is on the scene in Germany (I swear I'm not jealous...), and notes that there are plenty of signs that Mr. Bond is going to have a big presence at the show.
This upcoming action-adventure title from Hitman developer IO Interactive was teased back in 2020 and formally revealed at the Sony State of Play earlier this summer. It's set to be released in 2026, so Gamescom seems like the perfect place to showcase more of this first AAA James Bond game in 13 years.
Welcome to our live Gamescom 2025 coverage!
Hello! Welcome to Tom's Guide's live coverage of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, it's going to be a packed showcase running for a whole two hours, and we can expect to see plenty of new reveals as well as insights into some games we can't wait to play in the rest of 2025, and beyond!
