Xbox confirms Gamescom event with ‘new looks at upcoming games’

Xbox has confirmed its plans for the all-digital Gamescom event later this month, including a live-streamed event on August 24.

The official Gamescom 2021 Xbox Stream will start at 10:00am PT/6:00pm BST/7:00pm CEST and offer “in-depth updates from some of our previously announced Xbox Game Studios titles alongside some of our third-party partners,” as well as news on titles coming to Xbox Game Pass.

Xbox Game Studios will likely use the event to provide updates on upcoming 2021 games such as Forza Horizon 5 and Halo Infinite.

Users can watch the show on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook Gaming, Twitter, and select regional sites like VK.com in Russia and Bilibili in China.

In addition, Xbox also points to the August 25 Gamescom: Opening Night Live in its show plans brief, which could suggest that the platform holder will also feature some of its games during the Geoff Keighley-hosted show.

In addition to the Xbox event, Bethesda Germany will have its own livestream program over several days, starting August 26. You can tune in to Bethesda’s MainStream on Twitch.

Finally, Xbox will run a digital gamescom Sale “for our fans in Europe”, it’s said. The sale will include savings of up to 75 percent on a range of games for Xbox consoles or Windows 10 PCs. Details will be made available closer to the show.

Gamescom 2021’s main event days will take place from August 26-27, following the Opening Night Live showcase.

Major game publishers recently confirmed their participation in this month’s event including Xbox, EA, Sega and Activision.

Gamescom 2021 will be an all-digital event for the second year running after its organisers abandoned plans to stage a hybrid show combining digital elements with on-site events due to restrictions around the Covid-19 pandemic.