Gamescom, or the European E3 on the Old Continent, is slowly receiving its dates for some of the broadcasts. We got two of them nailed down.

Let’s start with the bigger fish: Microsoft announced via its official Xbox site that their Gamescom broadcast is going to happen on August 24 (a day before the official opening night!) at 10 AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern. In it, it will feature “in-depth updates from some of our previously announced Xbox Game Studios titles alongside some of our third-party partners, including some of the incredible titles coming to Xbox this holiday, upcoming releases to our monthly subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, and much more.”

They are gearing up for the October-December quarter or the Holiday season if you prefer. Shawn Layden, a former Sony exec, is still not convinced of the success of the Xbox Game Pass model, as we discussed before. You can tune into the Xbox Gamescom stream on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook Gaming, Twitter, VK (the Russian Facebook equivalent), Bilibili (China’s YouTube replacement), and many more. Bethesda Softworks’ German branch will also host a live stream program over several days starting August 26. You will be able to watch it on Twitch.

Also, GamesRadar announced that it will host Future Games Show: Gamescom 2021 on August 26 at 1 PM Pacific / 4 PM Eastern. The broadcast will be hosted by Resident Evil: Village voice actors Maggie Robertson and Aaron LaPlante. It will feature over 40 games from publishers, including Frontier Developments, Koch Media, Team17, and Tripwire Interactive, including “a few surprises.”

You can watch this broadcast on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and Twitter. The site also made a teaser that you can watch below.

This year’s E3 wasn’t that big of a deal, as the coronavirus global pandemic’s effect starts to be felt in the gaming industry. Hence, there are many delays to 2022 (and this list will grow; don’t even think it won’t).

Source: Gematsu, Gematsu