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gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 marks the start of the gaming convention in Cologne, and is always packed full of announcements, trailers and gameplay reveals. It’s a lot to keep track of, so we’re rounding up all the announcements from gamescom ONL as they happen.
We’re expecting to see Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Resident Evil Requiem, and a sneek peak at the second season of the Fallout TV show alongside some surprises, and the whole shebang will be presented by the omnipresent Geoff Keighley.
Speaking of Keighley, earlier this week he confirmed seven of the games that will be shown during ONL, including The Outer Worlds 2, Ninja Gaiden 4, and World of Warcraft: Midnight. Sony is showing up with the upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Ghost of Yotei, Konami has Silent Hill f, and there’s a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 music performance.
While it’s not on Keighley’s list, Game Science has confirmed its blockbuster action game Black Myth: Wukong will be at ONL. Whether that’s to show an Xbox release trailer (it hits Xbox Series X and S on August 20) or to finally reveal DLC is unknown at this point, but fans sure hope it’s the latter. And we also know Lords of the Fallen 2 will be revealed at ONL, via a developer tweet.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Release Date Confirmed for 2025
It might be crumbs, but fans will take any news of a release date now, and Team Cherry apparently empowered Geoff to promise that the game will be out this year.
Bubsy 4D New Game Reveal
Atari has reincarnated Busby for Bubsy 4D, an update to the old school platforming series. There’s no release date, but whenever it does release it’s coming to Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox X and S, and PC.
Battlestar Galactica Scattered Hopes
A brand-new look at a game inspired by the classic (and rebooted) sci-fi series was revealed during ONL. Coming Early 2026.
Outlaws remaster revealed
Night Dive Studios is remastering the 1997 Lucasarts classic Outlaws. Outlaws + Handful of Missions boasts new HD looks and updated features, but hanging is on to a retro harddrawn aesthetic too. The Wild West shooter focuses on some good old fashioned prairie justice, and back in the day boasted one of the first uses of sniper zoom.
He-Man and Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction announced
Another treat for your the elder millennials, Limited Run Games is giving some modern day love to your old cartoon hero He-Man. It’s a beat–em-up action that “puts the power in your hands” arcade controls. Coming soon.
Absolum: New Trailer Shown
We got a brand-new look at Aboslum with a never-before-seen trailer. Absolum is a new roguelite beat ‘em up from Dotemu, a studio usually known for updating classic games with tender loving care. The new trailer shows it still looking like a fantasy game to check out. Release date on October 9.
Swords fo Legends – Official Reveal Trailer
Worldwide Reveal of Valor Mortis
From the creators of Ghostrunner, what started out as a fairly standard trailer scene of combat from the Napoleonic Wars quickly revealed itself to be new action title Valor Mortis. You play a French soldier brought back from death on the battlefield to take on twisted monsters.
New Game Reveal PVKK Is a New POV on War
Tea, British accents and a compelling shot of a dashboard that seems to control a very very big defense cannon, PVKK is out in summer 2026. Its full name – and no this is not a typo caused by a seizure at the keyboard – is PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant. Think Papers, Please but protecting your allies from interplanetary invasion by twiddling knob from a bunker.
Routine – Official Release Window Trailer
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 New Trailer Reveals Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies Details, Release Date, and Much More
We knew it was coming and it didn’t disappoint. Set in 2035 and dystopian looking as all hell, we saw clips starring Black Ops 2’s David Mason (played by Milo Ventimiglia) and a team fighting their way through versions of Nicaragua, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Alaska, the fictional Avalon from Black Ops 6 and Angola where reality seems optional and the law of psychics don’t apply. Also… giants?
Lords of the Fallen 2
The Lords of the Fallen sequel has it all in the first trailer eyeballs, corpses, vines, choking on tentacles. We see the Lamp Bearer getting an inspirational speech before a big flaming sword from the sky is delivered by a not unattractive angelic figure, who seems like trouble. The game is out on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X and S in 2026.
If you want to tune in, check out IGN’s gamescom 2025: How to Watch, Schedule, and What to Expect From the Event guide.
