The host and producer, Geoff Keighley, has confirmed that Opening Night Live will be returning this August. Opening Night Live is the pre-show presentation or an opening show for Gamescom, held in Cologne, Germany.

The announcement comes as a welcomed news after E3 2023 cancellation and it appears that Gamescom 2023 will carry on the torch, as the last year show was the first in-person event since 2019. Opening Night Live last year was a big event, going for over two hours and featured more than 35 games. Geoff Keighley briefly tweeted that the show returns live on Tuesday, August 22nd and that he is "excited to be back in Cologne with the fans and industry, streaming video game news directly to you".Gamescom 2023, organized by Koelnmesse and The German Games Industry Association, will take place from August 22nd to August 27th, and has seen at least 10 percent more companies registered in March, compared to the last year. Gamescom did not reveal any big names so far, but Oliver Frese, CEO of Koelnmesse, said that a major company will make a return this year and that first exhibitors will be announced "at a later date". Some of the big names that were present last year included 2K Games, Sega, Ubisoft, Warner Games, Microsoft and others, but both Sony and Nintendo were not present.

Hopefully, we will hear more about Gamescom 2023 lineup soon.