From the Official Page:

Together with host Geoff Keighley, the global gaming community will have all eyes on Cologne on August 25. gamescom Opening Night Live (gamescom ONL) will kick off gamescom 2026 with a spectacular show packed with world premieres, exclusive announcements and surprises. 

Get ready for epic trailer and gameplay reveals, new games, chats with celebrity guests, emotional goosebump moments – plus a first look at the highlights of gamescom 2026. 

Not sure what to expect from this, but... World Premieres, after all.

Let's see if something interesting will show up.

It's in an unfortunate spot this year since just two days later GTA 6 is gonna completely steal all attention away from announcements during it. It'll be a really big three days of gaming news though.

The ending was good but overall that was maybe the most boring one of these shows I've ever seen so SGF was better than usual this year but ONL was the opposite.

Agreed.

ANANTA looks really fun and we have a release date now, Metro 2039 and Mega Man Dual Override are looking good too, but I think that was all.

I was expecting more, but I suppose most companies are saving the best for TGA.

Biggest highlights for me:

Heroes of Might & Magic 3 Remake - GOATED game but I do NOT trust Ubisoft to do the game justice
Gears of War: E-Day looks absolutely incredible!
Witcher 3 Remastered - CDPR been constantly overdelivering since the launch of CP2077, and they have been reworking on the only critiques I ever had with the game. Getting on Switch 2 to go alongside CP2077! Can't wait for the new expansion!
Guitar Hero is BACK in spirit!!
Exodus - Cautiously optimistic that this will deliver
Metro 2039 - Absolute cinema!
Mega Man Dual Override - Should be a fun return for the blue bomber

So much stuff that did not peak my interest though. Overall, a 5/10 show.

I didn't watch most of it, so I don't know if it was really a good show. What I do know if that some relatively exciting games/news have just surfaced, so I'm leaning towards a fairly positive opinion about all this.

Excited about Witcher 3 remastered.
Gonna keep an eye on Ananta as well.

Why does Geoff Keighly host everything? I like him but too much exposure is not a good thing. He doesn't have to be the default face of gaming.

Lots on display but not much jumped out as particularly exciting to me. Metro 2039 and R6 Tactics were highlights for me.