Gamescom 2020 Digital – It’s Still Happening

<p>Gamescom 2020 has been confirmed to still take place&period; The event looks to be a digital endeavor&comma; akin to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;game-developers-carnival-a-viable-alternative-to-e3&sol;">Game Design Carnival<&sol;a>&period; Organizers Koelnmesse and Game &lpar;The German Games Industry Association&rpar; had jointly <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamescom&period;global&sol;news&sol;content-for-media-representatives&sol;press-information-of-gamescom&sol;press-information-of-gamescom&period;php">announced<&sol;a> this&comma; planning for an August 225th-29th time period&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to this reveal&comma; both companies will determine if both events can take place on-site in Cologne&period; Based on the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic&comma; the result is still somewhat unclear&period; If an on-site gathering is possible&comma; an announcement will follow about what changes need to be made&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another bit of information released stating what happens if Gamescom or Devcom cannot take place in person&period; In the event of that happening&comma; visitors will be refunded and reimbursed in full for payments made to Koelnmesse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-156089 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;04&sol;01130320&sol;marvels-avengers-square-enix-crystal-dynamics-e3-2019-reveal-multiplayer-co-op-post-launch-re&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Gamescom 2020 digital" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Statements and Other Information<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>A pair of statements was also released by the organizers in relation to the Gamescom 2020 digital situation&period; You can read them below&comma; and they&&num;8217&semi;re separated by which source it comes from&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From Felix Falk&comma; Game Managing Director&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Millions of fans worldwide are excited about Gamescom 2020&period; That is why we are determined to celebrate the latest news&comma; announcements and world premieres together with the community again this year at the end of August&period; In view of the corona crisis&comma; we are now expanding all digital formats at full speed so that Gamescom 2020 can at least take place digitally in any case&period; We already reach millions of Gamescom fans worldwide with the global show Gamescom&colon; Opening Night Live and the Gamescom now portal&period; Further expansion of our digital strategy is the way to go right now&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And from Oliver Frese&comma; Koelnmesse Managing Director&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Gamescom and Koelnmesse already rank among the digital pioneers in the international trade fair landscape&period; We therefore also see the current corona crisis as a chance to implement digital event formats even more&period; Gamescom 2020 offers the perfect platform for this&period; When we reassess the situation in mid-May for all Gamescom formats at the Cologne fair grounds&comma; the health of our visitors will be our top priority&period; It goes without saying that preparations are well underway both physically and digitally&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Stay tuned for further updates regarding Gamescom 2020&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;ll notify you if other changes occur&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think about the possibility of making Gamescom 2020 digital&quest; Do you think it will come to light&comma; or do you think that the showcase will happen in person&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;