The winners of the 2024 devcom Indie Awards. © devcom Events devcom Indie Awards 2024 go to Germany, USA and Saudi Arabia At yesterday's opening dinner event for devcom, the Indie Awards have been given to four studios, among them Munich professor Christoph Minnameier for Dungeons of Dreadrock and Starvania from Saudi Arabia. The results of the speaker's survey have also been revealed. The devcom Developer Conference 2024 By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Felix Falk and Gerald Böse at the then purely digital gamescom 2020 © archive photo, Koelnmesse/ Oliver Wachenfeld Business Gamescom 2024 With 15% More Exhibitors and Still Growing With one week to go, Koelnmesse and game have given a final update on the preparations for gamescom. The number of exhibitors is already over 1400 and registrations are still coming in. The number of pavilions has increased by almost 50 percent. Even before the opening of this year' By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Tim Endres, Director gamescom at Koelnmesse / Stefan Heikhaus, Director of gamescom & Events at game - The German Games Industry Association © Koelnmesse / Dirk Mathesius/game Business gamescom "Helps to Transport and Experience the Unique Gaming Culture Like No Other Event" The first part of the interview with Tim Endres, Director of gamescom at Koelnmesse, and Stefan Heikhaus, Director of gamescom & Events at game, focuses on the role that gamescom can play in society and the influence of the satellite events in Latin America and Asia. Also on the agenda By Marcel Kleffmann • 4 min read
© Koelnmesse Business Gamescom 2024: Day Tickets for Saturday Are Sold Out With just a few weeks to go, Saturday's gamescom is sold out, at least during the day. This was announced by the organisers on social media. It's no surprise, but an important indication that gamescom 2024 is back on track for success. The organisers have announced By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© devcom/Jennifer Pitton Events Devcom 2024: More Speakers and News From the Side Event Program devcom is fast approaching and the conference programme is filling up. In addition to new speakers, the devcom team has also provided an update on the side events. Recent speakers on the list include Jason Latino, Cinematic Director at Larian Studios, Mihir Sheth, Game Director at SIE Santa Monica Studio, By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Felix Falk and Tim Endres © game/Koelnmesse Business Gamescom is the Place to Meet for 'The Biggest Community in the World' At a press conference, game and Koelnmesse presented this year's main theme of gamescom and two industry trends. The organisation focuses on the gaming community and emphasises the social significance of games as a medium. It has become something of a tradition for game - Verband der Deutschen By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
gamescom latam 2024 takes place in São Paulo, Brazil. © gamescom latam Business gamescom latam Announces Exhibitor Line-up With Nintendo and More Unlike gamescom 2024 in Cologne, Nintendo will be an exhibitor at gamescom latam 2024. Ubisoft, Atari, Raw Fury and Akupara will also be present at the first edition of the gaming event from 26 to 30 June. Cipsoft is heading to Brazil too. The first gamescom latam will take place By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
From left to right: Kelsey Beachum (Game Writer and Narrative Designer), Vladimir Lopatin (Senior Technical Artist at Guerrilla Games), Lucie Prunier (Producer at Don't Nod). © devcom Business First 50 devcom 2024 Speakers Announced The first 50 speakers at the devcom 2024 are revealed. Interest in the conference is also growing, with the organisers receiving 50 per cent more speaker submissions than last year. The topics of the submissions have also changed. Production-focused talks have increased, AI remains at last year's level, By Marcel Kleffmann • 3 min read
© devcom/Jennifer Pitton Business devcom GmbH Becomes game events GmbH The game subsidiary devcom GmbH, founded in 2018, has long been organising more events than just the developer conference at gamescom. Consequently, it has now been renamed game events GmbH. Since 2017 and the previous withdrawal of the Game Developer Conference Europe in the run-up to gamescom, devcom has brought By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
© gamescom / game, KoelnMesse Business gamescom 2024 Accreditation for Press and Creators Now Open Since today, press and content creators can use accreditation forms for gamescom and devcom tickets. This year, press and creators have separate guidelines and forms to apply for. Accreditation for press and creators for gamescom 2024 is now open. Interested parties can register via online accreditation at gamescom.global. Press By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
gamescom 2023 counted 320,000 visitors and an increase of 25 percent in trade visitors © Koelnmesse GmbH, Oliver Wachenfeld Business gamescom 2023 closes with significant increase in visitors and viewers 320,000 visitors from 100 countries, a 25 percent increase in trade visitors compared to last year, and 180 million views of the entire show programme on the Internet - gamescom 2023 has once again grown significantly. Above all, it is more international than ever before. On Sunday afternoon, Koelnmesse By Stephan Steininger • 2 min read
Political Debatt(l)e Royale © Franziska Krug Business gamescom congress 2025 with 800 expert participants The gamescom congress closed yesterday, Thursday, with 800 trade visitors and 170,000 livestreams. The keynote speaker Sarah Brin's AI theme, tracks on education, business and society and the political Debatt(l)e Royale dominated the programme. The conference on the potential of video games at gamescom, the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
