This 12 months’s Opening Night Live will happen a number of days later than initially deliberate.
The occasion’s coordinator Geoff Keighley confirmed as we speak in a tweet that the present – which kicks off Gamescom every year – will stream digitally on August 27 by means of to August 30. Keighley previously announced the all-digital present would go dwell on August 24.
“Quick update,” writes Keighley. “@gamescom Opening Night Live will now take place live on August 27 and kick off 3 days of @gamescom 2020. We’re planning a spectacular show that will also be the grand finale of @summergamefest.”
Quick replace: @gamescom Opening Night Live will now happen dwell on August 27 and kick off three days of @gamescom 2020. We’re planning a spectacular present that can even be the grand finale of @summergamefest More at https://t.co/KRzKTQeHcs pic.twitter.com/3gVEvG1so7
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) May 18, 2020
“Since the world’s largest event for computer and video games cannot take place on location in Cologne this year due to the corona pandemic, digital formats and platforms are therefore being continually expanded,” reads an announcement launched as we speak.
“From August 27 to 30, there will be lots of new shows, a greatly expanded gamescom now platform as a contenthub for all the latest insights and news, and digital devcom’s wide-ranging program for game developers and other trade visitors as well as so much more.”
Gamescom 2020 will go forward digitally from August 25-29.
Like all main game conventions this 12 months, Gamescom has needed to adapt following the coronavirus outbreak which has pressured many occasions to be both cancelled or go digital. As reported in April, the ban on occasions all through Cologne has prohibited a bodily Gamescom from taking place this 12 months.
“Unfortunately, gamescom will under no circumstances take place on site in Cologne this year,” reads an announcement from the Gamescom staff, made final month. “Just like many of you, we are disappointed, because as the gamescom team, we have been working on a wonderful gamescom 2020 for months, just like the many exhibitors. However, it is also quite clear to us that, in the face of the corona pandemic, we must stand united. This means that we must all be considerate of each other and reduce the risk of infection.”
Opening Night Live debuted in 2019 as a co-production with Keighley and Gamescom.
