It's the middle of August, which means it's time for another glimpse at the future of video games with the upcoming Gamescom 2024.
As always, the festivities will kick off with the Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase in Cologne, Germany, during which regular host Geoff Keighley will reveal new trailers and information for some of the biggest games hitting shelves in the foreseeable future.
In this guide, we will let you know when Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live is scheduled to kick off, where you can watch it, and what Switch news you might see along the way.
When is Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live?
Gamescom 2024's Opening Night Live takes place on Tuesday 20th August 2024. You can find all of the different time zone information below:
- North America: 11am PDT / 12pm MDT / 1pm CDT / 2pm EDT
- UK/Ire: 7pm BST
- Europe: 8pm CEST / 9pm EEST
- Asia/Oceania: 3am (Wed) JST / 2am (Wed) AWST / 4am (Wed) AEST
Where can I watch Opening Night Live?
As always, the Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase will be viewable on the Game Awards YouTube channel and its Twitch channel.
Just like previous events, though, we'll be streaming it live right here on Nintendo Life. So if you want to check out the event and chat alongside your fellow community members (and even one of us!), then be sure to tune in at the designated time to take part.
How long is Opening Night Live?
We're not sure exactly how long the Opening Night Live showcase will be, but going off previous events, we're going to guess that it'll clock in at around 2 hours, give or take.
Will Nintendo be at Opening Night Live?
Unlikely. Nintendo has already confirmed that it won't be at Gamescom in a general sense, so we're confident in stating that it won't be participating in the Opening Night Live showcase either.
Consider what's in the pipeline, too. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a little more than a month away at the time of writing, and it just received a fairly substantial trailer from Nintendo itself. We can't see the Big N showcasing the likes of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD or Metroid Prime 4: Beyond at Gamescom if it's not on the show floor, so it's probably safe to say that the company won't feature in Opening Night Live.
What games will be shown during Opening Night Live?
Just because Nintendo itself won't be at Gamescom, that doesn't mean there won't be any Switch games at all. Sure, it'll mostly showcase games for the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, but we're certain a few Switch games will crop up here and there.
So far, Geoff Keighley has confirmed the following:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Sid Meier's Civilization VII (Switch confirmed)
- Kingdom Come Deliverance II
- Dune: Awakening
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO
- Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred
- Batman: Arkham Shadow
- Persona 3 Reload Episode Aigis
- MechaBreak
- The First Berserker: Khazan
- Squid Game: Unleashed
- The Beast Is Coming
- Towerborne
- Marvel Rivals
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Little Nightmares III (Switch confirmed)
- New game from Tarsier Studios
Sega has been known to show up at Keighley's events, with Sonic Superstars being showcased at last year's Gamescom ONL event. It's likely, then, that we might get another peek at the upcoming Sonic X Shadow Generations for the Switch at this year's event.
Will you be tuning into Gamescom Opening Night Live this year? Which games are you hoping to see? Let us know with a comment down below.
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Don't waste your time watching Keighley's vanity game shows full of commercials. Especially if you are a Nintendo fan, there is nothing for you but lost time.
@Axecon Or just watch a streamer you like who will be watching it if you can. So you don't "waste time?"
I wonder what happened to the Sonic 3 movie, it's apparently releasing in 4 months yet there's no news.
@IceEarthGuard maybe it’s my age, but I will never understand how watching someone watch something is not a waste of time. End of kids these day/ get off my lawn comment.
Wait, Geoffrey is running this too?
@Axecon "game shows full of commercials"
I mean, yeah, Gamescom is a marketing event.
Not interested in watching it myself, but I hope those going for it will enjoy it and looking forward to Nintendo Life's article(s) in the case there will be any Switch announcements!
I don’t care about this since Nintendo probably won’t have anything! This is just commercials for live service games that will most likely flop. I’ll wait for the next Nintendo Direct, thank you very much!
Anyways where’s the Sonic 3 trailer? Sonic is the only thing I’d care about here (even though I’m not a huge Sonic fan)
@Axecon Or just wait until this site picks out the Nintendo stuff we want to see
I hate the fact that I am contractually obligated by Amplifier to watch this circle jerk live for the sake of solidarity with Tarsier.
@AdolBannings-Laylee I was thinking exactly the same. In my world there is no such thing as ‘a streamer I like’!
No Nintendo, huh? Gonna pass on this one, dawg
I think any games without release dates after this show won't be coming this year, especially as September - November are already so packed. But hopefully Level 5 give an update on Decapolice during this show, and Lego Horizons gets a release date.
@AdolBannings-Laylee Well it's kinda like watching a movie with someone. And you can react in their comment section instead and have conversations with the streamer and the chat about the presentation. Can't really do that in the main stream when the chat is going too fast and is getting "spammed." Just a better experience imo.
@AJM59 I guess I should have said "a streamer you like to watch for entertainment" as well.
Even though I'm a Nintendo fan, I'm ALSO a fan of PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and even VR stuff, so I'm still capable of enjoying these shows. I'm a gamer. I like seeing what games are coming out in the future.
Good to know this is coming up and the details.
Now, looking at the short list of games, nothing of interest for me. Add to it the pompous host and long list of commercials, and I know I'll be better off playing games during those 2h XD
Tarsier might come up with a nice new game, but if it's like LN 1 & 2, clearly it will be missing the very important polish layer. Happy #3 is made by another studio, hope they will take good care of the franchise going further. Such good ideas and concept, so poorly executed, imo.
The only game announcement I care for is SOMETHING Decapolice with Level-5. I know their presentation got pushed back from April ‘till summer….annnnd summer is nearly over and Level-5 has maintained radio silence. Making an appearance at Gamescon could be a great way to reignite something, but unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be happening.
Removed - disrespecting others
Wonder what "unannounced project" Sega has in store.
@IceEarthGuard it’s still a no 😆. I think it’s an age thing. I don’t follow, watch or even know any names of any streamers. I do understand your point on watching along with them, it’s just definitely not my thing.
Maybe i will watch. But i want Nintendo to reveal the date for the next direct 🥰
Ive heard rumors that Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver will be remastered, the sequel may get the same remastered treatment.
It was first leaked last month, so maybe it'll be revealed then. Or it may be revealed this Friday on the game's 25th anniversary, and then more details could pop up next Tuesday
Only interested in CIV to be honest
@henrizimenoff It was announced on Evercade last week for a September release. No announcement for other platforms at this time though.
I like watching Geoff’s events, as shameless as they are. He tends to do what he can with what he gets these days. It’s popular to make fun of him, but a decade ago he contributed to some of the best game reveals of all time and I suspect he’d do more if he had more material to work with. Looking forward to watching a new trailer for Lost Records and Indiana Jones at the very least.
Ill be here for the writeups after the fact!
I think I remember hearing a brand new game from Sega is being unveiled around this time period? So maybe at Gamescom?
As a Nintendo only player, zero interest in this.
Put Keighley in there, and my interest is negative.
I'll just wait for the highlights like a normal person.
I'll be at work and providing training, so I won't be able to watch a single moment, unfortunately. Excited to see what is shown across all platforms. Would love a Soul Reaver remaster shadow drop (wishful thinking, I know)!
@nin10doom I'm pretty sure it was Two Point Museum that they were talking about.
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