You had to be there very early to be able to take a photo in front of the gamescom sign without thousands of people on it. © Koelnmesse GmbH, Bernd Lauter Business Gamescom 2024 Ends Partly on a Record Hight and a Great Mood 335,000 visitors, including 32,000 trade visitors, 1462 exhibitors, 71 percent of whom came from abroad - gamescom 2024 closes with impressive figures, some of which are new records. More importantly, the industry left Cologne with renewed optimism and can look forward to a comeback in 2025. In the end, By Stephan Steininger • 3 min read
© Koelnmesse Business Gamescom Congress Celebrates New Records Like Devcom And the next records were set: As the gamescom congress draws to a close, it is clear that record numbers have been achieved here too. The gamescom congress 2024 was larger than ever before. 150 experts from all over the world demonstrated in 70 sessions on eight stages how social, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© GamesMarkt Business Bandai Namco and Capcom Dominate Gamescom Awards Little Nightmares 3 and Monster Hunter Wilds picked up multiple awards at this year's gamescom awards. One award also went to Bavaria to Gentle Troll. Meanwhile, the Microsoft-Xbox-Bethesda-Blizzard mega-booth was named Best of Show Floor. At the closing hours of the business area at By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© Steam Business RocketBeans Lauch Their First Own Game as Early Access RocketBeans Entertainment, a strong player in the influencer and media space, has released its first game. The Hamburg-based company released Backyard Beans as an Early Access title on Steam at gamescom. True to the motto "If HandofBlood can do it, so can RocketBeans", the Hamburg-based company By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Star Wars Outlaws © Ubisoft Entertainment, Lucasfilm. Products Star Wars Outlaws When Ubisoft officially announced a new game in the Star Wars universe at the beginning of 2021, it came as a big surprise, as another publisher had held the exclusive rights to the franchise's video games since 2013 - which also represented a strategic change of plan at Lucasfilm/ By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© eSports Cologne Esports eSports Cologne Partners with SK Gaming The partnership between SK Gaming and eSports Cologne e.V. promises synergies for the regional esports scene. Both organisations aim to strengthen esports in the region and create a platform that benefits both professionals and the broader community. The esports organisation SK Gaming and the eSports Cologne (ECO) club have By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
© © Koelnmesse GmbH, Harald Fleissner Business Read GamescomDaily 3 as Epaper With gamescomDaily you won't miss a thing at gamescom. The GamesMarkt editorial team provides you with the most important information about the trade fair in Cologne every day. You can also read the third issue of the magazine free of charge online here. From now on, we offer By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
E-Paper gamescomDaily 2024 #3 Topics in this issue include: Indie Games: What We Think You Should Have Seen, Weekend: Things to Do Beyond the Business Area and Business Area: Floor Plans and Exhibitor Directory. By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
The audience at the Keynote Stage. © devcom Business devcom 2024 Breaks All Records at New Location This year's devcom at the new Confex in Cologne broke all previous records by a considerable margin. The number of participants increased by 45 per cent. The date for next year's event has already been set. The devcom Developer Conference 2024, which was held at Confex By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Geneviève Rolland (left), the team of 01Studio and economic attache Katharina Benz (second from right). © GamesMarkt Publishing Gameforge Secures Publishing Deal for Cubio from 01Studio At gamescom, Quebec General Delegate Geneviève Rolland announced the realisation of a Quebeco-German publishing deal. Karlsruhe company Gameforge will publish Cubio, the next game of Quebec developing team 01Studio. At the Quebec Happy Hour reception of the Canadian state, General Delegate Geneviève Rolland of the Gouvernment of Quebec honoured By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Franziska Giffey, Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises and Mayor of Berlin, at gamescom congress 2024. © GamesMarkt Business Franziska Giffey: "The Federal States are Very Much in Agreement" When asked about the Federal states' harmonious stance on the Federal governments new funding guidelines at gamescom congress, Berlin representative Franziska Giffey explained to GamesMarkt how she sees the relation of the states as competitiors and cooperators and the way to a greater good for the German games industry. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Juno Shin leads the new unit Venture Lab © Tencent Development Tencent Games Announce Venture Lab Unit at Gamescom Venture Lab will be globally headed by Juno Shin and will expand its support and capabilities to help early-game developers grow. Venture Lab was also involved in the launch of Enshrouded by German developer Keen Games. Venture Lab provides early-stage studios with the investment, expertise, tools and network By Team GamesMarket • 1 min read
