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It’s almost time for Geoff Keighley’s next major gaming show. The 2025 edition of Gamescom’s Opening Night Live event kicks off at 2PM ET today, and you can watch everything on the official livestream on The Game Awards’ YouTube channel. Ahead of the main event, there will also be a preshow at 1:30PM ET featuring “multiple new game announcements.”

After years of silence, Team Cherry has begun stirring again in 2025. In January, co-director William Pellen posted a simple photo of a chocolate cake, harmless at first glance, until fans linked it to the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal. Sure enough, Silksong appeared during April’s Nintendo Direct with a 2025 release window.