What time is the Konami Press Start showcase?

It starts at 8:00am PT on 3 September 2026, which is 11:00am ET, 4:00pm BST in the UK, 5:00pm CEST in central Europe and 8:30pm IST in India. The broadcast runs about 30 minutes, so it should finish by 8:30am PT.

Where can I watch the Konami Press Start showcase?

Konami is streaming it worldwide on its own YouTube channel, and a reminder can be set on the scheduled stream page ahead of time. No paid access or account is needed to watch.

Which games are confirmed for Konami Press Start?

Konami has named five: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Silent Hill: Townfall, Rev. NOiR, eFootball: Kick-Off! and an unrevealed title referred to as Project Zircoin. The company says other upcoming and already-released games will also feature, but has not listed them.

Will there be Silent Hill remake news at the showcase?

No. Published reports say Konami has cautioned ahead of the stream that the show will not include news on a Silent Hill remake. Silent Hill: Townfall is the series entry confirmed to appear.

Does Konami Press Start clash with the PlayStation State of Play?

No. State of Play airs the same day at 6:00am PT, followed straight after by State of Play Japan, and Konami Press Start begins at 8:00am PT. The broadcasts run one after another rather than overlapping.

Konami Press Start Airs September 3 at 8am PT

Konami has set its next showcase for Wednesday 3 September, and it runs 30 minutes from 8:00am PT. The stream is called Konami Press Start, it goes out worldwide on the publisher's YouTube channel, and the company has already named five games that will appear: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Silent Hill: Townfall, Rev. NOiR, eFootball: Kick-Off! and the still-unrevealed Project Zircoin.

That is an unusually specific pre-announcement. Most publishers keep the line-up secret until the show starts, so anyone deciding whether to set an alarm already knows roughly what half an hour buys them.

What time does the Konami Press Start showcase start?

The show begins at 8:00am PT on 3 September. Converted, that is:

8:00am PDT — Los Angeles, Vancouver
10:00am CDT — Chicago, Mexico City
11:00am EDT — New York, Toronto
4:00pm BST — London, Dublin
5:00pm CEST — Berlin, Paris, Madrid
8:30pm IST — Delhi, Mumbai

Runtime is roughly 30 minutes, so it should be done by 8:30am PT. Konami has described the broadcast as covering news and updates on games both upcoming and already released, with new footage and video messages from development teams.

Which games are confirmed for the showcase

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is the headline for Nintendo owners. Published reports put its launch at 15 October 2026 on Switch, which makes a September showcase slot the obvious place for a release-date trailer or a hands-on look rather than a first reveal.

Silent Hill: Townfall is the other draw, and it comes with a caveat worth knowing before you tune in. Konami has reportedly cautioned that the show will not carry news about a Silent Hill remake, so treat any pre-show speculation on that front as unconfirmed. The series has been busy on the technical side lately regardless — we covered the Silent Hill 2 patch 1.07 rollout on PS5 and PS5 Pro, which Konami ended up investigating after players reported problems.

Rev. NOiR, a new Konami IP built around a supernatural event that kills anyone it touches, was first shown during a PlayStation State of Play earlier in 2026. eFootball: Kick-Off! is already out on Switch 2. Project Zircoin is the wildcard: it has a codename and a confirmed slot, and nothing else has been detailed publicly.

It shares a day with PlayStation's State of Play

3 September is crowded. Sony's State of Play airs the same morning at 6:00am PT, with a separate State of Play Japan following immediately after it. Konami's show starts two hours behind that, so the three broadcasts stack rather than clash — you can watch all of them back to back without missing anything.

There is one more Konami date on 3 September, and it points the other way. Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls shuts down its service that day, ending the mobile entry in the series on the same date a new console Castlevania gets stage time.

How this fits the run-up to Tokyo Game Show

Japanese publishers are lining up broadcasts ahead of Tokyo Game Show 2026, and Konami is early in the queue. Capcom has taken a later slot — the Capcom Spotlight airs on 16 September, the day before the show floor opens in Chiba. Konami's timing, nearly two weeks ahead of that, suggests a show built around dated releases rather than TGS-floor reveals.

Nothing in the announcement mentions platforms for the unannounced material, and Konami has not said whether Project Zircoin is a console game, a mobile title or something else. Everything beyond the five named games and the 30-minute runtime is unconfirmed until the stream runs.

What to expect if you skip the stream

Thirty minutes across five games, at least one of which is already released, means individual segments will be short. If you only care about one title, the pattern for shows this size is a trailer plus a short developer message per game, with the dated releases getting the longest slots. For Switch and Switch 2 owners specifically, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and eFootball: Kick-Off! are the two segments that concern your hardware.

Konami has not announced a re-broadcast or an on-demand cut, though showcases of this type are normally left up on the publisher's channel afterwards. If you want more on what the Switch 2 has been getting lately, our write-up of the Pikmin 3 Deluxe 1.2.0 update and its Switch 2-only improvements covers what the newer hardware actually changes.