Now that gamescom has taken place twice as a digital trade fair, things should finally get down to business physically again this year in Cologne. But the line-up of the fair now has to accept another setback.
Actually, gamescom in Cologne from August 24th to 28th was supposed to bring shine back to the exhibition halls, but with Nintendo, Activision Blizzard, Take Two and Wargaming, some top-class players are already missing, who have canceled their participation in the exhibition.
Now another highlight of the fair has skipped: Sony Interactive will not be at gamescom this year. So anyone hoping to experience Playstation innovations live and in color, such as PS VR2, God of War or others, is staring into the tube. Announcements or new material from Sony are therefore not to be expected for the period. The same applies to the opening night with Geoff Keighley, because an appearance there is linked to participation in the fair.
This means that two of the three console manufacturers are already gone, which doesn’t exactly increase the attractiveness of the fair for the gaming public – quite apart from the already significantly higher admission prices. It remains to be hoped that the 250 exhibitors who have been confirmed so far can at least compensate for this to some extent. How many of these are actually publishers/developers remains to be seen. Of the larger publishers, only THQ Nordic, Koch Media and Bandai Namco have confirmed their participation so far.
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