The Gamescom 2025 schedule has officially come to a close, with the last few broadcasts from Bethesda seeing out the annual event. It was certainly a memorable year, with some exciting announcements during the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, which kicked off the big event. Showcasing some of the biggest new games for 2025 and beyond, we at last got confirmation of a release date for the likes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, along with a Fallout Season 2 trailer, and so much more.
With Future Games Show at Gamescom 2025 showcase following up ONL, we also got to see a series of Xbox broadcasts live from the show floor, which gave us another look at the new ROG Xbox Ally handheld. And with lots of playable demos available to try throughout – including one for Hollow Knight: Silksong, (which at long last has a release date), there were plenty of highlights which you can read more about in our Gamescom 2025 coverage hub.
Whether you’re looking for a reminder of all of the showcases we saw this year, or you want to catch up on any you might have missed, read on below for a full breakdown of the Gamescom 2025 schedule, with videos for all the biggest streams included.
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What is Gamescom?
Gamescom is an annual gaming event that takes place in the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. Open to the public over the course of several days, the event offers up the chance to try out some of the biggest upcoming PC games, upcoming Xbox Series X games, and upcoming PS5 games ahead of their release, or some of the most recent releases that have already landed.
Gamescom 2025 dates
When is Gamescom?
Gamescom 2025 ran from August 20 – August 24. Attendance was open to the public from August 21, with trade visitors, media and select ticket holders gaining entry on August 20. The main showcase, Opening Night Live, took place August 19 to kick off the event.
At a glance
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Show |
Date |
PDT |
EDT |
BST |
CEST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 |
August 19 |
11am |
2pm |
7pm |
8pm |
|
Xbox Gamescom Broadcast |
August 20 |
6am |
9am |
2pm |
3pm |
|
Future Games Show |
August 20 |
11am |
2pm |
7pm |
8pm |
|
FGS Live from Gamescom |
August 20 |
Directly after the Future Games Show |
Directly after the Future Games Show |
Directly after the Future Games Show |
Directly after the Future Games Show |
|
Xbox Gamescom Broadcast |
August 21 |
6am |
9am |
2pm |
3pm |
|
Gamescom Awesome Indies 2025 |
August 21 |
9am |
12pm |
5pm |
6pm |
|
Bethesda Broadcast |
August 22 – 25 |
10am |
1pm |
6pm |
7pm |
|
FGS Best Of Gamescom |
August 24 |
11am |
2pm |
7pm |
8pm |
What will be at Gamescom 2025?
Gamescom 2025 looks set to be the biggest event yet, with lots of big publishers and developers attending with some exciting new games set to be available to play on the show floor. For starters, Xbox announced it will be bringing 20 titles to Gamescom this year, with a playable demo of Hollow Knight Silksong on PC and its new portable console, the ROG Xbox Ally X.
Other playable demos from Xbox’s third-party partners include the likes of Borderlands 4, PowerWash Simulator 2, Cronos: The New Dawn, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Super Meat Boy 3D, There Are No Ghosts at the Grand, and more. Outside of Xbox’s demos, it’s also going to bring a theater experience to the event for the highly anticipated upcoming Obsidian game, The Outer Worlds 2.