gamescom 2026: How to Watch and Daily Schedule of the Biggest Gaming Event

gamescom is backmost for 2026! IGN is the authoritative spouse and volition beryllium broadcasting unrecorded from Cologne, Germany August 25 - 30 with unrecorded sum of everything from developer interviews to amusement level demos to exclusive trailers and gameplay from unthinkable upcoming games, on with truthful overmuch more. Read connected beneath for each the accusation you request to get excited for the large event!

When Is gamescom 2025?

gamescom takes spot Tuesday, August 25 - August 30 successful Cologne, Germany.

gamescom Schedule

Tuesday, August 25

gamescom Opening Night Live (with Official Pre-Show and IGN Post-Show) - 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET / 7:30pm CEST

Opening Night Live (ONL) is backmost for 2026. This in-person lawsuit volition beryllium livestreamed and kicks disconnected the opening of gamescom! Tune successful and cheque retired large trailers, gameplays, and tons of quality reveals passim the night.

ONL volition person a 30-minute pre-show anterior to the main show, which volition tally for astir 2 hours. Immediately pursuing Opening Night Live, IGN volition beryllium breaking down each the biggest reveals from the amusement successful our ain deep-dive ONL post-show!

Wednesday, August 26

IGN gamescom workplace Day 1 - 6am PT / 9am ET / 3pm CEST

Day 1 of IGN’s unrecorded sum volition diagnostic developer interviews, exclusive reveals, and overmuch more.

Xbox Day 1 livestream - 7am PDT / 10am EDT / 3pm BST / 4pm CEST

Xbox volition person peculiar guests connected their livestream, gameplay reveals, trailers, and more.

Thursday, August 27

IGN gamescom workplace Day 2 - 6am PT / 9am ET / 3pm CEST

Day 2 of IGN’s unrecorded sum volition diagnostic much developer interviews, exclusive trailers and reveals, and more.

Xbox Day 2 livestream - 7am PDT / 10am EDT / 3pm BST / 4pm CEST

Xbox’s livestream volition person much interviews and peculiar guests, caller trailers, and gameplay.

Friday, August 28

gamescom grant amusement and gamescom workplace Day 3 6am PT / 9am ET / 3pm CEST

The gamescom Award Show is backmost for 2026 and IGN is hosting it erstwhile again! We volition beryllium celebrating each the winners, and afloat database volition beryllium published connected IGN.com, on with much reveals successful the livestream.

Saturday, August 29

IGN gamescom workplace Day 4 - 6am PT / 9am ET / 3pm CEST

Day 4 of IGN’s unrecorded sum volition diagnostic much exclusive reveals and developer interviews.

Sunday, August 30

IGN gamescom workplace Day 5 - 6am PT / 9am ET / 3pm CEST

Day 5 of IGN’s unrecorded sum volition diagnostic amusive conversations and deep-dives with IGN's podcast crews.

How to Watch gamescom

Here’s the afloat database of places you tin ticker the gamescom livestreams:

• IGN.com (homepage)
• IGN's Twitter
• IGN's Twitch Channel
• IGN's YouTube Channel
• Eurogamer
• VG247
• Rock Paper Shotgun
• IGN's gamescom workplace Steam Page
• IGN's iOS App
• IGN's Android App

What Reveals to Expect astatine gamescom

Fans tin look guardant to seeing unrecorded developer interviews, exclusive reveals, gameplay, and deep-dives, from Control Resonant, Dune: Awakening, Crimson Desert, Fable, Persona 4 Revival, Alien: Isolation 2, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and galore more!

Xbox volition person have a immense booth astatine gamescom, with 140 gaming stations featuring 25 upcoming games, including Fable, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Alien: Isolation 2, Stranger Than Heaven, Gears of War: E-Day, Minecraft Dungeons II, Metro 2039, and more. Developers volition besides beryllium determination to conscionable players and marque the acquisition that overmuch better.

Stay tuned to IGN for everything gamescom 2026 arsenic each the reveals drop!

Jessie Wade is Associate Director of Editorial Programming astatine IGN. You tin find her playing cozy games connected her Switch these days oregon getting mode excessively into Elder Scrolls Online.