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What counted as an announcement at Opening Night Live
The show’s official program listed two kinds of content: “New game announcements” and “Trailer/gameplay reveals.” In practice, most of the broadcast sat somewhere between those two. Some segments introduced a game for the first time. Others showed new footage for a title that had been known for months, or announced a date, a platform or an expansion for a project already on the calendar. It is worth separating the three when you read any recap of the night.
- First reveals: a game or project shown to the public for the first time.
- Trailer and gameplay updates: new footage for a known project, often cinematic trailers or playable segments.
- Release dates and windows: a firm date, a year-long window, or a platform or early-access detail for a game already in progress.
New reveals and first looks
Borderlands 4
Borderlands 4 received its first cinematic teaser at the show. GameSpot’s round-up of the night placed it among the main reveals, and the coverage at the time expected the game in 2025. That window is the only date that was given in the coverage used here, and it should be read as a 2024 expectation rather than a confirmed release.
Infinity Nikki
GameSpot also listed Infinity Nikki among the event’s highlights, alongside the Borderlands 4 teaser and the Indiana Jones date reveal.
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Towerborne
Xbox’s own recap of the show highlighted Towerborne’s early-access announcement. It is an Xbox-scoped highlight, so it describes Microsoft’s view of the night rather than the full list of reveals.
Trailer and gameplay updates for known games
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
The show included extended campaign gameplay for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Xbox Wire’s recap treated it as one of the Xbox highlights of the night.
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Starfield and Shattered Space
Xbox’s recap covered two Starfield items: the REV-8 vehicle and the release-date reveal for the Shattered Space expansion. Both were updates to a game that had already been released, which makes them a different category from the new reveals above.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
The game’s release date was revealed during the show, and Xbox also featured it in its recap. The exact date is not stated in the sources reviewed for this article, so check the publisher’s current listing before relying on it.
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Goat Simulator Remastered
A remaster was announced for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with a launch set for later in 2024.
Release dates and windows as announced in 2024
The table below lists every date mentioned across the sources, with the date as it was stated in 2024 coverage. Where a source gave no date, the cell says so.
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| Title | What was shown | Date as announced in 2024 coverage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borderlands 4 | First cinematic teaser | Expected in 2025 | GameSpot |
| Sniper Elite: Resistance | Listed in the show’s coverage | 2025 | GameSpot |
| Path of Exile 2 | Early Access | November 15, 2024 | GameSpot; Epic Games Store guide |
| Civilization VII | Listed in the show’s coverage | February 11, 2025 | GameSpot; Epic Games Store guide |
| Lost Records: Bloom and Rage | Split into two releases | February 18, 2025 and March 18, 2025 | GameSpot |
| Marvel Rivals | Release date | December 6, 2024 | GameSpot; Epic Games Store guide |
| Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 | Release date | February 11, 2025 | GameSpot |
| Sonic X Shadow Generations | Epic Games Store release | October 25, 2024 | Epic Games Store guide |
| Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves | Epic Games Store release | April 24, 2025 | Epic Games Store guide |
| Goat Simulator Remastered | Remaster for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S | Later in 2024 | GameSpot |
| InZoi | Character creator availability on Steam | August 21–26, 2024; full game release date not stated | GameSpot |
| Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | Release date reveal | Revealed at the show; exact date not stated in the sources reviewed | GameSpot; Xbox Wire |
| Starfield: Shattered Space | Release date reveal for expansion | Revealed at the show; exact date not stated in the sources reviewed | Xbox Wire |
Two things stand out. Dates were spread across the whole of 2024 and 2025, so the show was as much a preview of the next 12 to 18 months as a report on that night. And some of the games in the table, including Sonic X Shadow Generations and Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, were tied to a specific storefront, which is a detail that changes between announcement and launch.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Event scale: organizer-reported figures
Koelnmesse, which runs gamescom, published the following figures in its 2024 press release. They are organizer figures, and the sources used here do not include an independent audit.
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- 335,000 visitors from around 120 countries, for the full gamescom event.
- More than 32,000 trade visitors, for the full gamescom event.
- 1,462 exhibitors from 64 countries, for the full gamescom event.
- More than 310 million views for the full gamescom program, counted as of Saturday evening.
- More than 40 million views for Opening Night Live alone, counted as of Saturday evening.
The view counts are a snapshot taken at one point in the event and do not represent the final totals for the broadcast or the program.
Checking these announcements today
The dates in this article reflect the 2024 coverage. Before you act on any of them, work through this checklist.
- Open the publisher’s official site or the storefront page for the game and confirm the current release date.
- Check the platform list on that page, since a game announced for one platform in 2024 may have since changed.
- For early-access titles, look for a note on whether the game has left early access and what version is live.
- For expansions and DLC, confirm the expansion’s release date on the base game’s storefront page, not only in a 2024 article.
If the page you find shows a different date than the one in this article, the storefront page is the more recent source.
Last updated for 2026 readers. The announcements and dates above are as they were reported in August 2024.
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