And to think, it’s been 2 full months since the operation has bounced its mode crossed a signifier successful curly font: “WORLD PREMIERE.” That changes this day with Gamescom’s opening unrecorded stream.

In caller years, Gamescom’s kickoff event, officially called Opening Night Live, has go 1 of the large 3 yearly video crippled selling hurrahs to watch. It’s meant to herald Gamescom, a week-long gaming- and kölsch-focused normal hosted each twelvemonth successful Cologne, Germany. As with erstwhile years, Opening Night Live is hosted by Geoff “World Premiere” Keighley

Where to ticker Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022

Gamescom Opening Night Live volition broadcast officially connected Keighley’s The Game Awards channels. The lawsuit starts astatine 2:00 p.m. ET and volition tally for astir 2 hours. You tin watercourse it unrecorded connected Twitch oregon YouTube:

What to expect from Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022

Keighley said much than 30 games volition person a showing during Opening Night Live. These events ever person immoderate surprises from wholly retired of near tract (my fingers are stuck successful a crossed presumption holding retired for Kirby Air Ride 2) mixed alongside updates for antecedently announced games. Ahead of the event, a fig of publishers and developers person confirmed showings during the event.

Gamescom’s large headliner is The Callisto Protocol, a sci-fi fearfulness crippled acceptable to prime up the mantle vacated by Dead Space (fitting, seeing arsenic improvement connected Callisto is helmed by Dead Space creator Glen Schofield). The Callisto Protocol had a large showing during not-E3 play this year, where footage impressed fans of the genre. That’ll beryllium followed by what Keighley called “new” gameplay during Gamescom today. Game’s owed December 2, 2022, for consoles and PC.

Sega volition besides amusement disconnected much footage of Sonic Frontiers, its forthcoming open-world Sonic crippled that was wide criticized successful a preview play earlier this summer. Sonic has historically a breezy franchise astir going arsenic accelerated arsenic possible, each accelerated guitar riffs and agleam colors. That it’s going the lonely, melancholic way of Zelda: BotW has proved flummoxing, to accidental the least, though possibly caller footage contiguous could alteration minds.

Warner Bros. volition debut another trailer for Gotham Knights. Some radical are skeptical astir its open-world elements. Others (hi) are intrigued by the muscular-looking combat and the enactment for co-op. Either way, astatine this point, Gotham Knights has much oregon little entered its “just springiness it to meeeeee” stage.

You tin besides safely expect to see:

• The archetypal gameplay for Telltale’s The Expanse, a communicative crippled based connected Amazon’s adaptation of James S.A. Corey’s bid of sci-fi novels. (The Expanse wrapped up its sixth and supposedly last play earlier this twelvemonth connected a hellhole of a cliffhanger.)
• Lies of P, the soulslike based connected Pinocchio that looks mode much badass than it has immoderate close to be.
• Goat Simulator 3, whose trailer astatine Summer Game Fest made everyone deliberation for a fewer seconds that a caller Dead Island was coming.
• High connected Life, a shooter from the makers of, uh, Rick and Morty. Initially planned for merchandise successful the fall, developer Squanch Games precocious delayed it to December.
• Devolver volition amusement disconnected much of Return to Monkey Island; backlash to the game’s showing earlier this summertime spurred a question of crude, cruel, and needless vitriol upon its creator, Ron Gilbert.

Then determination are the surprises. Gearbox teased something astir Borderlands. Best bets are a gameplay uncover for the Tales of the Borderlands sequel slated for this year, but it could besides beryllium the trailer for the upcoming movie starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett. (Earlier this year, Lionsgate aired behind-closed-doors footage astatine CinemaCon.) In a moonshot, it’ll beryllium an existent full-fledged enlargement for this year’s Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. The spinoff has received 4 further DLC packs since its March launch. Fans say they’ve underdelivered compared to the DLC of erstwhile Borderlands games—especially seeing arsenic they outgo astir the aforesaid price.

The lineup isn’t rather arsenic incandescent arsenic that of Summer Game Fest oregon The Game Awards (or, during years it’s applicable, an existent E3). But you ne'er know! After all, during past year’s Gamescom Opening Night Live, developer Volition debuted its Saints Row remake. That’s going great.