The hype’s real! We’re just a few hours away from Blizzard unveiling the Midnight cinematic and gameplay trailers at gamescom 2025!
When and Where to Watch
Gamescom 2025’s Opening Night Live (ONL) begins on August 19 at 11:00 AM PDT (20:00 CEST). Here are the start times by region:
- Los Angeles (PDT): 11:00 AM
- New York (EDT): 2:00 PM
- London (BST): 7:00 PM
- Paris / Berlin (CEST): 8:00 PM
- Moscow (MSK): 9:00 PM
- São Paulo (BRT): 3:00 PM
- Dubai (GST): 10:00 PM
- New Delhi (IST): 11:30 PM
- Singapore (SGT) / Manila (PHT): 2:00 AM (Aug 20)
- Tokyo (JST): 3:00 AM (Aug 20)
- Sydney (AEST): 4:00 AM (Aug 20)
Click here to watch the ONL when it starts!
Gamescom 2025 Stage Schedule
Keep in mind we’re only getting the cinematic and gameplay trailers today with dev panels coming tomorrow. Here’s the full schedule:
Community Expectations
What would the community like to see? Let’s take a look!
Ranged Demon Hunter Spec
Reddit user zieloony is hoping to see a ranged Demon Hunter specialization introduced in the Midnight expansion.
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Release Dates!
Some players are expecting Blizzard to reveal launch dates for early access to player housing and a release date for the Midnight expansion.
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New Class
Midnight would be the ideal opportunity to bring a warden/spellbreaker class to WoW, according to the community.
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Some went even as far as mentioning Tinkers, even though they wouldn’t really the expansion thematically.
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Updated Quel’Thalas
Cysia is hoping for an updated Quel’Thalas and they don’t want to see Lor’themar getting obliterated by Xal’atath.
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For context, one still from the teaser trailer had Lor’themar kneeling before Xal’atath.
New Race/Class Combos
As is tradition with the reveals, players would like to see new race/class combos, such as Orc Paladins.
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WoW Console Port
WoW port to consoles would be a dream-come-true for many WoW players! With single-button rotation, there’s no better time to bring the game to consoles!
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Credit to Raetary from MMO-C for the hype train news image!
We’ll keep an eye out for the announcements so you don’t have to! Don’t forget to visit Icy Veins later today for to read all the important bits!