Description
Gamescom (stylized as gamescom ) is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 2018, it has been organised by game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche (English: Association of the German video game industry); and before that, by the Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware (BIU). It supersedes Games Convention, held in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Gamescom is used by many video game developers to exhibit upcoming games and game-related hardware.
Alongside Gamescom is Devcom, a portion of the convention dedicated to video game development, though activities of Devcom continue year-round.
Gamescom is the world's largest gaming event (measured by exhibition space and number of visitors), with 370,000 visitors and 1037 exhibitors from 56 countries attending the show in 2018.
In May 2019, Koelnmesse announced the expansion of "Gamescom" to Asian region known as Gamescom Asia , to held in Singapore in partnership with Singapore Tourism Board. Initially to take placed in October 2020 at Suntec Convention and Exhibition Centre, but due to COVID-19 pandemic, it postponed and switched to hybrid event in 2021. Gamescom Asia returned as a physical attendance event since 2022. Most recent event was held on October 19-22, 2023.
