The world's largest gaming convention kicks off tomorrow in Cologne.

Amongst the announcements and demos expected are Mafia 3, Dark Souls III, Xbox exclusives Scalebound, Crackdown, and Quantum Break, and a new expansion to World of Warcraft.

Gameplanet editor Matt Maguire will be filing stories from the show floor, but for those of us back home, the major press conferences and reveals are taking place at these times:

Microsoft: August 5, 12:00am AEST / 2:00am NZ (Xbox Twitch channel)
EA: August 5, 6:00pm AEST / 8:00pm NZ (EA Twitch channel)
Microsoft Daily: August 6 + 7, 2:00am AEST / 4:00am NZ (Xbox Twitch channel)
Call of Duty: August 6, 3:00am AEST / 5:00am NZ (COD Twitch channel)
Blizzard: August 7, 2:00am AEST / 4:00am NZ (Blizzard Twitch channel)

Though not confirmed by all, conferences are expected to be streamed live on their respective companies' Twitch and/or YouTube channels.