Tag Archives: Cologne

Interview: What to expect from Gamescom 2016

Following a record-breaking Gamescom 2015, MCV speaks to the event’s project manager Tim Endres about what we can expect from this year’s Cologne-based trade show. This is the eighth Gamescom. How would you evaluate the show’s performance so far?Gamescom is a real success story. Since taking place in Cologne in …

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International Insight: Germany

As the games industry heads to Cologne for Gamescom, Timm Walter, senior manager at local industry body GAME, examines the struggle of Germany’s local market Germany is huge, and thus the German games market is one of the biggest worldwide. Germany’s estimated sales revenue in 2015 for games was €3.27 …

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UK is named partner country for Gamescom

The UK is once again the official partner country for Gamescom 2015. We have been the partner country for Gamescom before, but back then only a handful of big UK companies went. It’s a lot better these days with the help of UKIE and its rather large stand. That will …

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Video Games LIVE coming to Gamescom

The Video Games LIVE touring music concert is coming to Gamescom. The show will perform every night at the home of Gamescom – Koelnmesse – from 8pm on Friday, August 8th, Saturday, August 9th and from 6pm on Sunday, August 10th. The concerts will feature music from iconic game franchises, …

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ESL hosting $250,000 CS:GO tournament in Cologne stadium

ESL announced today the “world’s largest” Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament will be held this August in Cologne’s LANXESS arena for a $250,000 prize pool. The tournament, from August 22-23, will tie for largest prize pool in CS:GO history along with the previous two DreamHack Winters and last year’s ESL One …

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