Overview
- The trade fair opened this week with Fachbesucher days on Wednesday and a public opening set for Thursday that will be led by President Frank‑Walter Steinmeier.
- CD Projekt Red showed a new Witcher 3 expansion called "Songs of the Past" and Remedy previewed "Control Resonant," and both stands produced queues that at times stretched into multiple hours.
- Gamescom's exhibition space is fully booked with roughly 1,700 exhibitors and organisers are using expanded live streams to reach global audiences and ease hall congestion.
- Industry numbers show a roughly 3 percent drop in German games revenue for the first half of 2026 and the federal government has earmarked €125 million in funding for the sector this year.
- Sony's PlayStation remains absent since the COVID pause and organisers say they are in talks, a gap that highlights calls from industry groups for tax incentives to attract studios to Germany.