page_title: Gamescom
hierarchical_section_title: Gamescom
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Koelnmesse, Eingang Ost. Im Vordergrund die Deutz-Mülheimer Straße
context_page_description: gamescom is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 2018, it has been organised by game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche; and before that, by the Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware. It supersedes Games Convention, held in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Gamescom is used by many video game developers to exhibit upcoming games and game-related hardware.
  Gamescom is the world's largest gaming event, with 370,000 visitors and 1037 exhibitors from 56 countries attending the show in 2018.
context_section_description: gamescom (stylized) is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 2018, it has been organised by game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche (English: Association of the German video game industry); and before that, by the Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware (BIU). It supersedes Games Convention, held in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Gamescom is used by many video game developers to exhibit upcoming games and game-related hardware.
  Gamescom is the world's largest gaming event, (measured by exhibition space and number of visitors) with 370,000 visitors and 1037 exhibitors from 56 countries attending the show in 2018.
caption: The Koelnmesse (eastern entrance) where the event is annually held.
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