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Is it worth taking part in Gamescom Opening Night Live?
The Fancensus Analytics Team explore the amount of media coverage given to games displayed in last week's showcase
Gamescom 2022
The world's largest video game trade fair is finally back on site in Cologne
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320,000 attendees visited Gamescom 2023
Over 31,000 trade visitors and 1,227 exhibitors were at the Cologne show last week
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Starfield leads Gamescom Opening Night Live
Little Nightmares 3, Killing Floor 3, Thank Goodness You're Here the biggest reveals as show focused on new looks at games like Modern Warfare 3, Tekken 8, and Alan Wake 2
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Sony skips out on Gamescom
The PlayStation firm has not been on the event's show floor since 2019
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Unknown Worlds' Moonbreaker: Canterbury Tales, miniatures, audio dramas and a best-selling author
The Subnautica studio shares more about its first live-service game and the ambitious narrative behind it
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Over 265,000 people attended Gamescom 2022
There were 25,000 trade visitors and 1,100 exhibitors at the Cologne show last week
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Neowiz's Lies of P leads the 2022 Gamescom Awards
The Pinocchio inspired adventure title wins three categories, including Best Action Adventure Game
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Devcom Developer Conference 2022 pulls in a record 3,500 participants
Europe's biggest games industry event taking place in Germany beat out its 2019 attendee numbers
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Xbox: TV key to taking cloud gaming mainstream
Microsoft's Harrison Hoffman says streaming a game needs to be as simple as watching a movie on Netflix
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Bandai Namco: M&As are "affecting some of the smaller publishers in their capacity to access the best studios"
Supermassive acquisition by Nordisk "doesn't change anything in the relationship" with Bandai Namco, Europe CEO says
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Future Games Show saw release dates for Supermassive's The Devil In Me and more
The hour-long event was dedicated to spotlighting titles releasing in the back end of 2022 and those beyond
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A Little to the Left dev: "I want people to reimagine the mundane as something with hidden potential"
As Max Inferno's indie title gets a release date, co-founder Anne Macmillan talks expectations and redefining what games can be
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"For a mainstream product like The Lord of the Rings, you want to do retail"
Daedalic's head of publishing talks retail strategy for Gollum, saying being on shelves remains crucial for big mainstream IPs
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Reflecting on Gamescom Opening Night Live | Podcast
Latest episode available to download now, with guest co-host Alex Donaldson of VG247
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GTA’s Leslie Benzies returns at Gamescom with Everywhere
Trailer for debut from ex-GTA producer's studio Build a Rocket Boy joined by return of Dead Island 2, Sony's DualSense Edge controller, and more
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Ex-Bethesda vet forms Something Wicked
Jeff Gardiner talks about his studio's plan to build an open-world RPG, keeping the scope manageable, and what happened with Fallout 76
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ZeniMax's Rich Lambert: Leaders must "manage our expectations" to avoid crunch
Creative director acknowledges there has been "some" crunch on Elder Scrolls Online
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Devcom participant banned over sexual harassment allegations
Organiser tells GamesIndustry.biz show has a "zero tolerance policy which we execute"
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UN: There’s no "free pass" for the games industry when it comes to green efforts
"Everyone can and must play a part," says Playing for the Planet co-founder Sam Barratt
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Defining limits for loot boxes: "We need to understand the pressures we're putting into games"
In a Devcom talk, Celia Hodent called on the industry to better reflect on the potential effects of loot boxes
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Gamescom aims to unite three global events with B2B community app
New online platform allows industry professionals to access Asia sister event and Devcom, as well as network with attendees and exhibitors
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Gamescom line-up includes Xbox, Ubisoft, Tencent, 2K Games, and more
Organisers confirm over 500 companies are registered so far ahead of August return for world's biggest games show
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Nintendo is not attending Gamescom
Platform holder will instead bring upcoming Nintendo Switch games to “numerous events throughout Germany”
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Can an event as big as Gamescom truly be climate-friendly?
Co-organiser Felix Falk also talks us through how Gamescom will return to being the world's biggest games event as the show heads back to Cologne
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Gamescom returns as “climate-friendly” hybrid event this August
World's largest games show will be in Cologne from August 24 to 28