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Ubisoft and Sony vet Heikhaus is new Gamescom director News Nov 23rd, 2023

Ubisoft and Sony vet Heikhaus is new Gamescom director

He says the event is "an outstanding event format that is closely followed by other industries around the globe"

Gamescom 2023 attracted 320k attendees News Aug 29th, 2023

Gamescom 2023 attracted 320k attendees

That's a 21 per cent increase year-on-year

Enchanted Works mind-bending puzzler Nomori wins The Big Indie Pitch News Sep 8th, 2022

Enchanted Works mind-bending puzzler Nomori wins The Big Indie Pitch

Winners breakdown

Gamescom 2022 attendance dips 29% from 2019 levels News Aug 30th, 2022

Gamescom 2022 attendance dips 29% from 2019 levels

This is the first time the show has been held in three years

Gamescom once again eyes hybrid event for 2022 News Mar 10th, 2022

Gamescom once again eyes hybrid event for 2022

Show returns this August

Gamescom 2021 attracted 13m viewers News Sep 1st, 2021

Gamescom 2021 attracted 13m viewers

That's a 30 per cent increase year-on-year

Gamescom goes all-digital for 2021 show News May 6th, 2021

Gamescom goes all-digital for 2021 show

Organisers ditch plans for hybrid physical and online event

Gamescom 2021 will be both physical and digital News Mar 18th, 2021

Gamescom 2021 will be both physical and digital

"Because one thing is clear: Hybrid events will shape the future"

Gamescom 2021 to combine physical and digital events News Sep 2nd, 2020

Gamescom 2021 to combine physical and digital events

Follows this year's real-life show being canned thanks to coronavirus

Gamescom goes digital for 2020 News May 19th, 2020

Gamescom goes digital for 2020

Follows Germany putting ban on major events due to coronavirus

Gamescom and Devcom 2020 pulled after Germany bans events News Apr 16th, 2020

Gamescom and Devcom 2020 pulled after Germany bans events

But organisers say show will take place digitally

373,000 people attended Gamescom 2019 News Aug 27th, 2019

373,000 people attended Gamescom 2019

"Gamescom once again impressively continued its success story this year: on-site and online"

Gamescom 2019 - HP Omen has softened up its branding to make games more welcoming News Aug 21st, 2019

Gamescom 2019 - HP Omen has softened up its branding to make games more welcoming

"The word I use to describe it is British-English - we don't use it in the US - but it captures it really well, is cheeky"

Gamescom 2019 - MachineGames says it never meant Wolfenstein titles to be relevant and that it's "incredibly disappointing" that they are News Aug 20th, 2019

Gamescom 2019 - MachineGames says it never meant Wolfenstein titles to be relevant and that it's "incredibly disappointing" that they are

We never meant for our stories to be relevant, we wanted to tell great, interesting stories to the best of our abilities"

Gamescom 2019 - Microsoft's new Age of Empires arm isn't a developer, firm overseeing other studios working on IP News Aug 20th, 2019

Gamescom 2019 - Microsoft's new Age of Empires arm isn't a developer, firm overseeing other studios working on IP

"We do have an internal team but we're really providing oversight to our wonderful development partners"

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