The final decision to be taken in May.
Gamescom will expand its digital segment this year with a more open-ended "Night Live" announcement.
The "Gamescom now" broadcast program, with demos and interviews with developers, will also be developed.
As for the exhibition held last year it received an astonishing 373,000 people at a convention center in Cologne. – Communication editors say today there is no final decision.
Whether Gamescom will be in August as usual or only taking the form of a digital event will be made clear in mid-May.
Either way, Gamescom will be the most important gaming event left on the calendar following this year's E3 cancellation – which is usually the second game. Today's announcement that it will add digital presence is likely as a response to E3's leap by 2020 – as many publishers and platform administrators still need to present games and new console details in the run-up to Christmas.
In view of # COVID19, existing digital formats such as #gamescom: Opening First Night with Gamescom will now be greatly expanded. That is # gamesocom2020 will take place as usual or as digital Gamescom will be announced in mid-May.
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