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Gamescom 2021 Awards participation rules seem to confirm a significant Elden Ring showcase to happen during the event.

Source:

gamescom 2025 | gamescom

gamescom 2025: The Heart of Gaming vom 20.-24. August 2025 in Köln - Europas führende Messe für digitales Gaming.

www.gamescom.global

Nominees for GamesCom Awards 2021 were made public on Monday, listing Elden Ring nominated in 5 categories:

Best Microsoft Xbox Game

• Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Far Cry 6, Ubisoft
• Halo Infinite, Microsoft

Best PC Game

• Age of Empires IV, Microsoft
• Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Syberia: The World Before, astragon Entertainment

Best Sony PlayStation Game

• Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco Entertainment
• The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes, Bandai Namco Entertainment

Best Action Adventure Game

• Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Ubisoft
• Syberia: The World Before, astragon Entertainment

Best Role Playing Game

• Elden Ring, Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Encased, Koch Media
• Tales of Arise, Bandai Namco Entertainment

Being one of the most anticipated titles by the gaming community, it's obvious if such a showcase is indeed planned to happen, it will be the highlight of the big live event - the Opening Night Live!

The host Geoff Keighley has published the official list of Opening Night Live participating publishers that includes Namco Bandai, the publisher of Elden Ring:

Spoiler: Twitter

I addition, FROM has a history of releasing extended gameplay trailers of their every single game since Dark Souls 1 on Gamescom.

Safe to assume, we will all finally see the game tomorrow in its full glory. IT'S HAPPENING

 

[j0hnnix]

Ohhh. Elden Ring.

 

[roosnam1980]

why not TUESDAY?

 

[WitchHunter]

You haven't seen the first reveal? What more you wanna see? It looks great, it's a FROM title. Buying it blindfolded is a sure win.

 

[Kuranghi]

Obligatory reminder of proper audio original trailer you may never have heard before:

 

[Blond]

It's Vaporware till I see a release date

 

[Fake]

The only thing thats matter.

 

[Bartski]

You haven't seen the first reveal? What more you wanna see? It looks great, it's a FROM title. Buying it blindfolded is a sure win.

I wanna see the announcement of special edition preorders to send them some money. 10 mins of gameplay deep-dive would be perfect, I'm definitely not watching any more cinematic promo trailers cut by the publisher spoiling all the bosses.

 

[WitchHunter]

I wanna see the announcement of special edition preorders to send them some money. 10 mins of gameplay deep-dive would be perfect, I'm definitely not watching any more cinematic promo trailers cut by the publisher spoiling all the bosses.

And? You'll forget them until release. Plus you will swear like a bartender after the 125th try.

 

[Kuranghi]

The only thing thats matter.

Fuck! Are you saying the rest of the universe (including us!) is incorporeal? This is bad and we need to tell science so they can fix it.

 

[V4skunk]

It's Vaporware till I see a release date

? We have a release date.

 

[Barakov]

It's Vaporware till I see a release date

It's coming out in January, mang.

 

[Fushitsusha]

It's coming out in January, mang.

Imagine a delay.

 

[Blond]

It's coming out in January, mang.

Color me shocked…

 

[Bartski]

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[SSfox]

Elden Ring and maybe PS related news. May lord Geoff save us.

 

[Shubh_C63]

As I said, I am ready for my 10 minute Elden Ring gameplay video

 

[octiny]

Nice, can't wait to see HALO today!

 

[skit_data]

Fuck yes, I wanna see that HUD and how it plays, really wanna get a better grip on how the open world works

 

[Shubh_C63]

What's an Elden Ring?

That which commands the sky.

 

[Moonjt9]

Come on Geoff, don't let me down now!

 

[mortal]

lol

 

[Bartski]

...feel free to roast, or lock. Or both.

 

[Kiya's Guard]

I assume by the last comments that gamescom is now over, and elden ring wasn't shown. Well, better for me, so I don't get hyped needlessly over the coming months

 

[Airbus Jr]

 

[VolticArchangel]

Hey OP

 

[CamHostage]

I assume by the last comments that gamescom is now over, and elden ring wasn't shown. Well, better for me, so I don't get hyped needlessly over the coming months

No, yeah, Elden Ring was shown, you didn't see it?



A showing of 2.5 seconds, but oh man, that horse...

 

[bender]

A showing of 2.5 seconds, but oh man, that horse...

Those were the best 2.5 seconds of our miserable, pathetic lives.

 

[roosnam1980]

 

[reksveks]

What's weird is that we know that journalists did see the saints row gameplay that I don't think was shown tonight

 

[Bartski]

It still could happen later into the event, like it was the case with all previous FROM games. Or behind closed doors for press only for previews.

 

[CamHostage]

What's weird is that we know that journalists did see the saints row gameplay that I don't think was shown tonight

Technically, it's Day Zero of Gamescom 2021.

There's no show floor this year, so the whole thing is another of these Zoom roadshows. Few of these companies seem to have scheduled time for their unveilings if they have any plans (good god, that Gamescom Schedule is a jam-packed with nothing-scheduledes...) and Bandai Namco doesn't have anything I can see on the calendar, but it's bound to have some public presence, even if it is just the same previous trailer footage and maybe some producer comments?

 

[V4skunk]

Meh.
When can we expect some proper gameplay though? Xmas?

 

[Portugeezer]

What a pile of shit.

 

[Danjin44]

I still I don't understand the logic behind these awards, are you telling me SMT series is so niche that it can't against Just Dance!?

 

[Mozzarella]

I'm very hyped for Elden Ring, it looks like it will enter my top favorite games of all time. Can't wait to play it.

 

[The Cockatrice]