Tuesday, 08/22/2023
8:03 p.m
ONL is live! The first segment revolves directly around Starfield. Someone is playing the piano on the stage, the hall is pitch dark.
The Starfield theme can be heard and images from the game can be seen. So far only known pictures.
8:00 p.m
The final trailer of the pre-show: Homeworld 3. A large-scale strategy game with lots of space combat, hundreds of ships in battle and a mysterious mission.
7:58 p.m
Now a shooter can be seen: Delta Force. The story takes place in 2035, the soldiers have been mechanically improved. Unusual gadgets and a lot of action can be seen.
7:56 p.m
A world premiere: the name “Sigma” is mentioned, it is about the new strategy game in the Warhammer universe: Realms of Ruin. A fast-paced, non-base building strategy game with a focus on combat.
7:52 p.m
The next scary game. Lots of blood, strange figures and shocking images: post trauma.
7:50 p.m
Twitch streamer Gnu will moderate the event on the on-site stage.
The next trailer is in the stream. A ghost and puzzle VR game due out this fall. Pretty brutal: The 7th Guest.
7:46 p.m
A longer trailer of Fea Farm – a cute game reminiscent of Stardew Valley. It will be released on September 8th.
7:45 p.m
Now a trailer is running again, which even looked photorealistic at the beginning. Then the camera went far out and it became clear that it was a building game: Endzone 2.
Then a short artistic presentation of Bulletstorn VR – the crazy combo shooter.
7:43 p.m
Host Geoff Keighley also returns in a segment and reiterates what to expect from the ONL. No fancy surprises – these are updates to well-known games that are coming out soon. Included are about 10 minutes of the CoD MW3 campaign.
7:41 p.m
The next trailer is already starting. A 2D action game that appears to be of high difficulty: Mandragora. The trailer was very short.
Next up is an action RPG that looks like Diablo but uses Greek mythology as the setting: Lysfanga.
7:39 p.m
Streets of Roque is an indie game with cartoon graphics. You have to become president and run across a crazy open world and you can take on different tasks. Breaking things, shooting them, farming and everything in co-op.
7:35 p.m
Kyle Bosman is hosting the pre-show. He spat out a tennis ball to show this is a record.
Here comes the first trailer – Streets of Roque.
7:29 p.m
The pre-show is about to start, the timer runs out at 7:35 p.m. This is the stage:
7:24 p.m
Many gaming companies are launching competitions during gamescom – keep an eye out on Twitter / X in particular. Nvidia is giving away its RTX 4090 monster graphics card:
7:12 p.m
Our colleagues on site report to thousands of spectators who are now pouring into the ONL hall. It starts soon! Colleague Benedict already has the coveted entry stamp:
7:06 p.m
The ONL pre-show starts at 7:30 p.m., and the real action begins at 8 p.m. If you want to catch some trailers now, check out the Indie Bandits Twitter thread – today is Trailer Tuesday.
Included is a survival title that I’ve been waiting for for a long time: Under A Rock. Unfortunately there is only the title screen to see. Click on the post for more trailers:
3:57 p.m
We have prepared a few info articles about gamescom 2023 on MeinMMO:
At the latest at 7 p.m. tonight we will start the ticker with the live accompaniment. See you later!
3:25 p.m
Moderator Geoff Keighley tweeted out teasing a few of the games we’ve got something new to see today:
Activision Blizzard has also announced a segment for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Here you can find more information about the release of CoD 2023. Information about Delta Force: Hawk Ops and Marvel Snap has also been confirmed.
12:30 pm
Hello dear readers. I’m Maik, editor at MeinMMO and I’m accompanying you on the Opening Night Live today.
Our ONL team makes sure the show’s new trailers get to the site quickly. We will also document and comment on the show in the ticker.
We even have local colleagues who give us their impressions of the atmosphere during the event.
If you have any questions or requests, leave a comment and we’ll see what we can do.