Gamescom officially kicks off in 2020 with an opening night live stream. The event will feature a variety of high-profile announcements, from "Ratchet & Clank" to "Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War" to "Doom Eternal: Rift Apart" to "Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War" to "Doom Those interested in watching the opening keynote, hosted by Geoff Keighley, can do so on YouTube or Twitch.

Channel Gamescom's Opening Night Live: Streaming the opening night live is very easy. The keynote starts at 8:00 pm CEST (2:00 pm EST, 11:00 am PST).

I have embedded the link below so you can watch it on this page. If you prefer to watch on mobile with the YouTube app, you can find the video here. You can also watch it on Twitch, Twitter, and Facebook.

The keynote is two hours long and, oddly enough, will be streamed from Los Angeles, not Cologne, Germany. There will also be a 30-minute pre-show. So if you want to watch the entire keynote in its entirety, you will need to tune in at 1:30 PM ET and turn off the channel at 4:00 PM ET.

While we don't know everything that developers will be showing off at the Gamescom keynote, we do know some of the games that will be the highlight of the event. The biggest announcement, at least as of now, is a full gameplay demo of "Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart" for the PS5. Elsewhere, Gamescom promises the first look at exclusive content for Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War, Fall Guys: Season 2, World of Warcraft, Shadowlands, Doom: Shadowlands [and] exclusive content from Doom Eternal" will be premiered. [But these games alone cannot take up two hours, and there are many other publishers represented at the Gamescom keynote: 2K, Activision, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Blizzard, Bungie, Deep Silver, Devolver, Electronic Arts, Frontier, Focus Home, Gearbox, Headsup, Sony, Square Enix, Warner Bros. and Xbox Game Studios.

You can see a brief promo here:

It would take too long to list all the major franchises from these publishers, but there are many new PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC games from both first and third party studios There is no doubt about it.

The live stream is from the German event, but the audio is in English. However, subtitles in a variety of languages are available, so European gamers who were actually planning to attend Gamescom will have no problem following the digitized event.

After the keynotes, Gamescom will remain online until August 30, and you can follow all the news on the official Gamescom website; Tom'sGuide will be covering the biggest stories from the event, so be sure to check back throughout the week! We hope you'll check back throughout the week.