Not going to Gamescom? No need: CD Projekt RED will stream live from Cologne for five straight days

CD Projekt RED is setting up its own studio at Gamescom 2026 and going live five days in a row — from August 26 to 30, daily from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM CEST. That works out to 9:00 AM–6:00 PM BST and 4:00 AM–1:00 PM ET. All told, that's roughly 45 hours of live broadcasting. You can watch on the studio's official YouTube and Twitch channels.

The format is called REDstreams, and the five days aren't arbitrary: the program is marking its fifth anniversary, hence "five years, five days." The lineup promises game previews, special guests, interviews and behind-the-scenes stories. The hosts will be working from the show floor itself, so this isn't a studio breakdown of pre-recorded trailers but coverage straight from the venue.

The main draw of the week is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past. The studio confirmed back in July that the expansion would appear at the Opening Night Live ceremony on August 25. Now it turns out one evening won't be the end of it: the expansion will be shown all week, both on stream and on the show floor. Guided presentations run in the business area from August 26 to 28 at booth B065 in Hall 4.2, and in the entertainment area from August 26 to 30 at booths B030 and A031 in Hall 8.1.

CD Projekt RED's booth is far from the only reason to head to Cologne. The show sold out every square meter of exhibition space before it even began — a first in its history — and the organizers are already weighing how to expand for 2027. The week opens with Opening Night Live on August 25: Geoff Keighley and Eefje "sjokz" Depoortere are hosting again, and alongside Songs of the Past, new material on Metro 2039 is expected there.

As for what exactly will be shown at the opening ceremony, the studio is being evasive: it has promised new information and a chance to "catch a glimpse" of the expansion. The words "trailer" and "gameplay" appear nowhere in the announcement, though Keighley called it a first look at the project. Only the broadcast itself will clear that up.

The rest of the exhibitors have packed schedules too. Nintendo has laid out its booth, where visitors will get hands-on time with 007 First Light and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort. SEGA is bringing Alien: Isolation 2 and Persona 4 Revival, while Konami is showing Silent Hill: Townfall, Castlevania and Metal Gear Solid.

For context, Songs of the Past is the third expansion for The Witcher 3 and the first in a decade. This isn't a minor DLC but a full-scale expansion on the level of Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine; it's being developed together with Fool's Theory, the studio simultaneously working on the remake of the first game. Release is set for 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S — so the wait continues well past Gamescom. Other projects are likely to surface on the streams as well: the studio has The Witcher 4, the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, Project Hadar and Project Sirius in the works.

Will you watch the streams from Cologne, or wait for the highlight clips?