It’s mid-August, which means it’s time for another look at the future of video games with the upcoming Gamescom 2024.
As always, the festivities will kick off with a Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase in Cologne, Germany, during which regular host Geoff Keighley will reveal new announcements and information for some of the biggest games hitting shelves in the foreseeable future.
In this guide, we’ll let you know when Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live is scheduled to start, where you can watch it, and what Switch news you can see along the way.
Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live takes place Tuesday, August 20, 2024. You can find all the information about the different time zones below:
- North America: 11:00 AM PDT / 12:00 PM MDT / 1:00 PM CDT / 2:00 PM EDT
- UK/Ireland: 19:00 BST
- Europe: 20:00 CEST / 21:00 EST
- Asia/Oceania: 3am (Wednesday) JST / 2am (Wednesday) AWST / 4am (Wednesday) AEST
Where can I watch Opening Night live?
As always, the Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase will be available to watch on the Game Awards YouTube channel and his Snatch channel.
But just like previous events, we’ll be streaming it live right here on Nintendo Life. So, if you want to check out the event and chat with your fellow community members (and even one of us!), be sure to tune in at a specific time to participate.
How long is Opening Night Live?
We’re not sure exactly how long the Opening Night Live showcase will be, but taking into account previous events, we’ll guess it will be around 2 hours, more or less.
Will Nintendo be at the opening of Night Live?
Unlikely. Nintendo has already confirmed that they won’t be at Gamescom in general, so we’re pretty sure they won’t be participating in the Opening Night Live showcase either.
Also consider what is in store. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a little over a month away at the time of writing, and it just got a pretty significant trailer from Nintendo itself. We can’t see Big N showing off Donkey Kong Country Returns HD or Metroid Prime 4: Beyond at Gamescom if it’s not at the show, so it’s probably safe to say the company won’t be showing up at 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. Of course, it will mostly feature PS5 and Xbox Series X|S games, but we’re sure there will be a few Switch games here and there.
So far Geoff Keighley has confirmed the following:
Sega have been known to turn up at Keighley events and Sonic Superstars was featured 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 Switch at this year’s event.
Will you be watching Gamescom Opening Night Live this year? What games are you hoping to see? Let us know with a comment below.
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