Whether it’s confirmations or cancellations, tips for visiting with a toddler or new events on the evening programme – gamescom dominates the day’s news.
It’s sad, but no surprise, dear readers,
that Sony Interactive Entertainment won’t be returning as an exhibitor at gamescom this year either. Given the ever-growing list of confirmed attendees, it won’t make much of a difference to the exhibition as a whole. Especially as there will still be plenty of PlayStation 5 games to try out. But speaking of gamescom: we’ve updated our ‘Road to gamescom’ exhibition guide again today, including advice for all parents in the games industry who want to – or have to – bring their young children to the event so they can do business there. It’s also worth keeping an eye on our other service articles, as the event overview has expanded further.
Here are the news of the day!
Your Stephan Steininger
As in previous years, Sony Interactive Entertainment will not be exhibiting at gamescom in 2026. It remains to be seen whether the company will participate in the event in other ways.
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by Stephan Steininger
From emergency contacts to party guides, tips for traveling in Cologne and information for trade visitors and exhibitors: Learn everything there is to know about being at gamescom on our big service portal.
In our ongoing series about games researchers, we portrait the people wo bring game studies forward and define how game making is taught and learned at universities. Today in the spotlight is Michael Hebel of Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences.
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by Pascal Wagner
Subscribers to GamesMarkt have access to our extensive archive of GM+ content, including articles, interviews and background articles, as well as electronic versions of our print editions. Here are three examples from the archive:
Advertorial | The video game industry is witnessing a significant shift as publishers move toward direct-to-consumer (D2C) channels, bypassing traditional platform gatekeepers like app stores and console marketplaces. Visit Xsolla at Gamescom to learn more.
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by Xsolla
Stepping into the role of CEO after three years as CRO, Joris Goossens is replacing Michelle Van der Wilk-Rouhof at market data expert Newzoo.
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THQ’s role-playing game remake failed to take the top spot, partly because EA Sports FC has returned to number one, boosted by the World Cup.
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Working parent or leisure trip with child? Find all about bringing your baby, toddler or kid to gamescom and gamescom congress, whether you are trade visitor, media, exhibitor or want to check out the entertainment area.
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With the international computer games collection, what is arguably Germany’s largest project for the preservation of video game culture is coming to an inglorious end. Now that the preparations have been completed, there is a lack of public support for the project’s forthcoming institutionalisation.
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The Dutch Games Association board has appointed Kees van der Zwet and Koen Deetman in place of Laurens Rutten and Viktor Wijnen, who left the board. DGA has also introduced a new student initiative to connect games education and industry better. The Dutch Game Awards got two new categories.
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06.07. - 23.08.2026: Esports World Cup (Paris)
10.07.2026: Gamestate Festival BW (Karlsruhe)
14.07. - 16.07.2026: Develop (Brighton)
17.07. - 19.07.2026: MagicCon Amsterdam (Amsterdam)
17.07. - 19.07.2026: Southeast Game Exchange (Greenville, SC, USA)
19.07. - 23.07.2026: Siggraph 2026 (Los Angeles)
22.07. - 23.07.2026: GDD - GermanDevDays - 2026 (Frankfurt am Main)
31.07. - 03.08.2026: ChinaJoy (Shanghai)
05.08. - 07.08.2026: Serious Play Conference (Durham/USA)
23.08. - 25.08.2026: gamescom dev (Cologne)
25.08.2026: gamescom opening night live - tbc - (Cologne/Stream)
26.08. - 30.08.2026: gamescom (Cologne)
27.08.2026: gamescom congress (Cologne)
Find more events in our GamesMarket calendar.
