Today gamescom, the world’s largest event for video and computer games, and producer Geoff Keighley (The Game Awards) announced more details about the lineup for gamescom: Opening Night Live, a spectacular live showcase of world premiere game content and announcements.

Opening Night Live, a two-hour live showcase starting on August 27, 2020 @ 8 pm CEST / 2 pm ET / 11 am PT, will stream internationally across all major game streaming platforms in English, with local translations available. A special 30 minute pre-show will feature additional world premieres.

“2020 has been a very different year for gaming events, which makes what we’re producing for gamescom a very special moment,” said Geoff Keighley, producer/host, gamescom: Opening Night Live. “This will be a live 2-hour showcase from Los Angeles filled with games and announcements from developers and publishers across the entire industry.”

Some of the publishers scheduled to make announcements and debut world premiere content during Opening Night Live include: 2K; Activision; Bandai Namco; Bethesda; Blizzard Entertainment; Bungie; Deep Silver; Devolver/Mediatonic; Electronic Arts; Frontier; Focus Home; Gearbox; headup Games; Sony Interactive Entertainment; Square Enix;  Warner Bros. Games; Xbox Game Studios and more surprises to be announced. A number of independent game studios and German game developers will also make announcements. Additional details on specific games and game content will be revealed in the coming days.  IGN’s Sydnee Goodmann will join Geoff Keighley to co-host the Opening Night Live event, which will kick off gamescom 2020, an all-digital celebration of video games.

gamescom: Opening Night Live is executive produced by Geoff Keighley and Kimmie H. Kim, executive producers of The Game Awards, and under exclusive worldwide license to Koelnmesse/game.