The Gamescom 2020 Opening Night Live showcase revealed several new trailers and demos for video games, including some PlayStation 5 exclusives. New Gamescom Opening Night Live footage included games like Star Wars: Squadrons, Destiny 2, Fall Guys Season 2, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
Prior to Gamescom 2020, host Geoff Keighley announced the show would contain more than 35 games over two hours of livestreaming. This would include new looks at next-gen games, as well as updates to currently available games like Doom Eternal and Destiny 2. With E3 2020 cancelled and replaced by a number of individual game announcement events, Gamescom's showcase served as the last remains of a summer game news schedule interrupted by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
In the pre-show, Keighley explained the 2020 Opening Night Live would consist mostly of news about already announced games, barring a few brand new announcements and surprises. With these expectations set, the showcased began with a scene from the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War campaign, including new information about the game's emphasis on player choice in its single-player story. Read on for more of the announcements and reveals from the show.
Every Game And Trailer In Gamescom 2020's Opening Showcase
The following games were shown off in the Gamescom Opening Night Live showcase and its pre-show. Follow the linked text for full trailers and more information about those particular titles. Brand new game announcements are bolded.
- Scarlet Nexus
- Quantum Error
- DIRT 5
- Jurrasic World Evolution (Nintendo Switch version)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Unknown9: Awakening
- DOOM Eternal - The Ancient Gods Part One
- Untitled Dragon Age game
- Surgeon Simulator 2
- Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
- Untitled Sam & Max game
- World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Stormground
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
- Teardown
- Little Nightmares 2
- WWE 2K Battlegrounds
- Star Wars: Squadrons
- The Sims 4: Star Wars Journey To Batuu
- 12 Minutes
- Godfall
- Warframe: Heart of Deimos
- Override 2: Super Mech League
- Mafia: Definitive Edition
- Lemnis Gate
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Struggling
- Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition
- Chorus
- Fall Guys - Season 2
- Wasteland 3
- Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
- Spellbreak
- Turrican Anthology
- Destiny 2: Beyond Light
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Highlights from Opening Night Live include the surprise tease of a yet-untitled Dragon Age game from BioWare and Blizzard's animated World of Warcraft: Shadowlands story trailer. Viewers also got extended looks at Doom Eternal's campaign expansion, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time's extra challenging Flashback Tapes levels, and Star Wars: Squadrons' space combat story missions. Following Opening Night Live, Gamescom 2020 will continue as a digital event for two more days, with more announcements coming in the Future Games Show on August 28 and the Awesome Indies showcase on August 29.
