The Corona virus naturally also casts its shadow on gamescom 2020 in Cologne. It has not yet been canceled, but the organizers are revising their plans.
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Although the world's largest event for computer and video games will only take place in five months, some of the planned measures have already been announced in view of the corona crisis. Existing digital formats such as gamescom: Opening Night Live and gamescom now will be expanded significantly and additional modules added.
Together, Koelnmesse and the game association of the German games industry announced that gamescom will take place at least in digital form from August 25th to 29th. They excluded a shift. The same applies to the devcom developer conference (August 22-24), which starts the gamescom week.
In mid-May, in view of the subsequent developments in the corona pandemic, an assessment should be carried out in cooperation with the responsible government agencies in which form gamescom can also take place on site in Cologne. At this point it is also clearer what changes there have to be to ensure the health of all visitors on site.
At the same time, the organizers affirm that not only the tickets already paid will be reimbursed to the visitors, but also that the exhibitors will be reimbursed 100 percent of the payments made to Koelnmesse if gamescom and devcom cannot take place in Cologne after an official decision. More information about the digital formats will be announced in the coming months.