Summer is a time when news and video game news is not as strong compared to the rest of the year, although that does not mean that everything stops completely or that the situation relaxes too much. More than anything because it is also when the Gamescomwhich is one of the most important events of the year and which will return one more year with a new edition.
The one who is considered the best event in Europe it is a key event for certain companies that reserve their best bombshells to drop there, especially in some of the different conferences that will take place. In addition, those who come in person will also have the opportunity to try some of the new arrivals that will be launched in stores.
Just one month after its celebration, the time has come for us to review everything that will make the Gamescom 2023. Therefore, here you can consult all the informationincluding the dates, times, companies that will attend, the conferences that will be held and other details so that you do not miss anything that is coming.
Date and place of Gamescom 2023
Something that has already become a custom is the place where Gamescom takes place, so those who decide to attend in person must travel to cologne in Europey. The venue chosen for its celebration is the Koelnmesse convention center, whose tickets are available through its official website, for you the animals traveling there.
The prices are indicated in the table below, noting that the discounted tickets are for those who are students, retirees, over 65 years of age or who have a severe disability, as well as for social service workers. On the other hand, family tickets are for groups of five people made up of a minimum of two adults and a child between 7 and 12 years of age:
|
Entry Type |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Domingo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
One day |
27 dollars |
27 dollars |
36 dollars |
27 dollars |
|
Discount Ticket |
19,50 dollars |
19,50 dollars |
28 dollars |
19,50 dollars |
|
Family Ticket |
60 dollars |
60 dollars |
75 dollars |
60 dollars |
|
Afternoon entrance (from 4:00 p.m.) |
9 dollars |
9 dollars |
11 dollars |
9 dollars |
Regarding the dates, this year’s edition will be held from Wednesday 23 to Sunday 27 Augusta total of five days that we hope will be well loaded with surprises, announcements, trailers and much more.
Where to watch Gamescom 2023
It is likely that some of you who are reading us do not want to go in person and prefer to find out from your homes everything that happens at Gamescom 2023. That is not a problem, because it will suffice to get The official account of The Game Awards on their channels Twitch, YouTube o Twitter to be aware of the conferences that are issued.
even so, here in iGamesNews we will not miss the appointment and we will also tell you at the moment all the important announcements that are taking place.
Gamescom 2023 Schedule
In the programming established by the Gamescom organization itself, we can observe some details about the key days in which everything will happen. For example, August 23 will be the only exclusive day for all professional visitors and also for those who come as specialized press. The rest of days, from August 24 to 27, the doors will be open for everyone.
This is better reflected in the following image:
Gamescom 2023 Confirmed Conferences
Until now, and as can also be seen in the previous image, the date and time of some conferences that will take place during Gamescom 2023. Here we leave you with the information of each one of them:
Opening Night Live
- When: August 22 at a time to be determined.
An appointment that nobody can miss at all is that of the Opening Night Livethe conference presented by Geoff Keighley and that will serve as a prelude to everything that will take place at Gamescom 2023. Last year he left us with trailers for games like Hogwarts Legacy
Into the Infinite
- When: August 23 at 7:00 p.m. in Europe (12:00 p.m. in CDMX).
Level Infinite is another of the companies that has confirmed that it will hold its own conference with news of some of its games and those it has Tencent In hands. At the moment it has been promised that there will be new titles already existing or already presented, such as Assassin’s Creed: Codename Jade o Wayfinderand totally unexpected announcements.
Future Games Show
- When: August 23 at 8:00 p.m. in Europe (1:00 p.m. in CDMX).
As already happened in No-E3, the GamesRadar+ portal will organize the new annual edition of its Future Games Showin which we can expect more than 40 new video game trailers for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC and there will even be room for virtual reality.
Companies that will attend Gamescom 2023
A month after Gamescom starts, there are numerous companies that have officially confirmed that You won’t want to miss this year’s edition. Among the names there are some very important ones that suggests that we can expect something very special.
Xbox y Bethesda
It has all the appearance of Microsoft You’re not going to broadcast a conference, so any big news you have on your hands is likely to be saved for Opening Night Live. In Non-E3 there was some very notorious absences
Definitely Starfield will have a great role to warm up engines for its launch in September, just like it would be normal to take advantage of the occasion to leave us a new video of Forza Motorsport.
Nintendo
The other great company you won’t want to miss at Gamescom is Nintendo. The big N has not specified which games it will take to the German fair, but the last months of the year are well loaded with very interesting titles for Nintendo Switch users, so maybe we will see information or videos from Super Mario RPG, the expansions of Pokemon Scarlet and Purple, Detective Pikachu: The Return y Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Bandai Namco
They also wanted to add to the list Bandai Namco and has even released the video games that it will carry, among which there are a few very promising ones. Specifically, they are all the following:
SEGA
SEGA It has a good number of video games in development, so it is logical that it does not want to miss Gamescom either. In his case, he has not specified which titles will accompany the company, but the most normal thing is that some of them are Sonic Superstars, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Total War: Pharaoh o Persona 5 Tactics.
other companies
Be very careful because the list does not stop there and these are other companies who will attend this year’s edition:
- Amazon Games
- Return Digital
- Focus Entertainment
- Frontier Developments
- Headup Games
- HoYoverse
- The LEGO Group
- Level Infinite
- Nexon
- Pearl Abyss
- Plaion
- Raw Fury
- Team17
- Ubisoft
However, Sony has announced that it will not travel to Germany, so the only PS4 and PS5 announcements we see will be cross-platform and not exclusives. In the same way, THQ Nordic will not attend either Because in this case, the celebration of its own event is reserved for August 11 at 9:00 p.m. in Europe (2:00 p.m. in CDMX).
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