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The Biggest Announcements at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
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Gamescom Opening Night Live has just wrapped up, with over two hours of announcements for games big and small having been shown off by host Geoff Keighley, best known for The Game Awards and Summer Game Fest.
The show brought with it dozens of announcements and trailers for upcoming games and game-adjacent projects, like film and TV adaptations, and despite its lengthy runtime, was a pretty decent watch overall.
Chinese deity Zhong Kui riding atop a tiger, foggy mountains in the background, in a teaser trailer for Black Myth: Zhong Kui.
Chinese deity Zhong Kui riding atop a tiger, foggy mountains in the background, in a teaser trailer for Black Myth: Zhong Kui.
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If you don't have two and a half hours to kill, though, don't worry — we've put together this list of the biggest announcements at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, including trailers for each and every one of them.
Bubsy 4D Announcement
Bubsy is back in an all-new 3D platformer called Bubsy 4D. The Bubsy IP has had a bit of a rough run since its inception, but Bubsy 4D is looking very good, so perhaps this is the turning point for the series. Bubsy 4D is coming to pretty much every gaming platform at some point in the future.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Gameplay Trailer
After being revealed earlier this year, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 finally got a gameplay trailer — if you can call it that. It did, at least, reveal that there are all sorts of fun gadgets and abilities to play around with, like wingsuits and wall-running set to make an appearance, and the entire campaign will be playable in co-op.
Sekiro: No Defeat Anime Announcement
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is one of From Software's more unique titles, having much more of a focus on active storytelling than other games from the studio like Dark Souls and Elden Ring. That storytelling focus has led to an exciting new project, an anime called Sekiro: No Defeat. It's got a beautiful, hand-drawn art style, and it's coming to Crunchyroll in 2026.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Switch 2 Announcement
Opening Night Live brought a new trailer for Indiana Jones the Great Circle's upcoming DLC, The Order of Giants, but perhaps more exciting was the announcement that it's coming to the Nintendo Switch 2. We didn't get to see footage of the game running on Nintendo's new hybrid console, but it's set to be released in 2026.
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Announcement
A brand-new Lego Batman game is finally on the way, subtitled Legacy of the Dark Knight. It looks to have a lot of references to iconic Batman movies throughout history, an intriguing new combat system, and some great voice talent behind it. Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is coming to Xbox Series X|S, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.
Fallout Season 2 Trailer
We got our first look at Amazon's Fallout season 2, with a new trailer giving us a glimpse at the sights and sounds of New Vegas. Fallout season 2 premieres on Amazon Prime video on December 17.
Silent Hill f Trailer
Silent Hill f got a brand-new trailer, showing off the English voice acting for the game's main character and a good look at its town, creatures, and story. It looks and sounds suitably terrifying, and should bring plenty of scares when it launches on September 25.
Resident Evil: Requiem Trailer
Gamescom Opening Night Live's penultimate focus was a new trailer for Resident Evil: Requiem, the next game in the famous survival horror series. The trailer gave us a better look at the game's protagonist, Grace Ashcroft, and her beginnings as she gets swept up in the whole zombie mess that the series is known for.
Black Myth: Zhong Kui
And finally, the show ended with the announcement of a new game from Game Science, the developer behind Black Myth: Wukong. A sequel is officially in development, focused on the Chinese myth of Zhong Kui, a deity who walks the line between the world of the living and the world of the dead and vanquishes demons and spirits. No release date was announced.
