Gamescom 2019, as with this year's E3 2019, feels like a very quiet year for the German conference - but one difference from 2018 is there are actually several press conferences to tune into.

The headliner is one hosted by Geoff Keighley - of The Game Awards fame - with a number of announcements by several major publishers planned, including the tease of something from PlayStation, which won't have its own show for a second year. Blizzard, which usually has its own gamescom conference, won't be revealing anything at the show at all.

Meanwhile, first-party publishers Xbox and Google Stadia will have their own dedicated conferences, and though Nintendo is doing a short indie-focused show, don't expect anything from its own internal studios. That said, several of its games will be playable for attendees.

With next generation consoles not due until holiday 2020, don't expect anything big from gamescom 2019 - but fingers crossed there will still be a surprise or two in store.

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As for gamescom stream links, we'll be populating this page with links to our live texts as each press conference goes live. As always, reviews editor Martin Robinson will have the conn.

Gamescom 2019 conference schedule at a glance Here's when every gamescom 2019 conference is scheduled to go live at a glance. The good news is it's all on the same day - Monday, August 19th - and all bar Nintendo's sort-of-not-gamescom-but-kind-of-is show follow one another, so if you want to tune into every gamescom conference, it's going to be pretty straightforward: Gamescom 2019 schedule Conference Date (UK) UK time (BST) EU time (CEST) East Coast US time (EDT) West Coast US time (PDT) Nintendo Indie World Monday, August 19 14:00 15:00 9:00 06:00 Inside Xbox Monday, August 19 16:00 17:00 11:00 08:00 Google Stadia Connect Monday, August 19 18:00 19:00 13:00 10:00 Gamescom Opening Night Live Monday, August 19 19:00 20:00 14:00 11:00

Google Stadia Connect gamescom 2019 conference times - Monday, August 19 UK: 6pm (BST)

Europe: 7pm (CEST)

East Coast US: 1pm (EDT)

West Coast US: 10am (PDT) Follow the Google Stadia Direct live with our stream and live text The second Stadia Connect - which is Google's Nintendo Direct-style broadcasts for its upcoming streaming service - will take place just before the headline Opening Night Life show. We know "it's all about the games" and that it'll be "revealing brand-new trailers to going behind-the-scenes with our partners". We have an idea of the Google Stadia games on the way already - but more info, including what we hope to be individual game pricing and timings, would be welcome. Stories announced during Google Connect at gamescom: Google reveals more games coming to Stadia, including Cyberpunk 2077 This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. Please enable cookies to view. Manage cookie settings