Gamescom 2022 set for August 24 to 28, on-site in Cologne and online worldwide

Gamescom 2022 will run from August 24 to 28 at Koelnmesse in Cologne, organizers Koelnmesse and the game association announced.

The on-site event will be combined with an “extensive” digital program available online worldwide.

A hygiene and safety concept “tested and proven by Koelnmesse many times” will also be deployed at the on-site event, which will be in line with all currently valid regulations to ensure “safety and a high quality of stay.” This includes measures such as improved admission management, digital queue management, extra-wide aisles, or limited ticket allotments.

Gamescom 2022 also marks the start of the “Gamescom Goes Green” project, in which the event as a whole will be designed to be climate-neutral over the medium and long term through the reduction and avoidance of CO2 emissions, and in the short term through carbon offset.

The event will encompass the following on-site and online offerings:

• Entertainment Area and Business Area, as well as additional sections, including for cosplay, retro, and indie fans, with the unique festival feeling of Gamescom on-site.
• Gamescom shows like Gamescom: Opening Night Live, Gamescom Studios, and Gamescom: Awesome Indies with a live audience on-site, as well as streams broadcast on numerous channels.
• Bundled Gamescom content on Gamescom Now.
• Interactive quests on all Gamescom channels and attractive rewards in the context of Gamescom Epix.
• Many cooperative projects with international creators and media partners.

Here is the Gamescom 2022 schedule at a glance:

“All Gamescom fans and partners have been waiting for this for two years: Gamescom is finally returning to the Cologne exhibition halls, and thus also the unique festival feeling we had all been missing so much,” said game association managing director Felix Falk in a press release. “This year we are combining the best of both worlds: our extensive digital program with the incomparable Gamescom experience on-site. In the process, Gamescom is also once again setting new standards in 2022, for example, in matters of sustainability: with our ‘Gamescom Goes Green’ initiative, we will make Gamescom a special and climate-friendly event together with visitors and exhibitors. We thus want to not only be a lighthouse for the many initiatives for environmental protection and climate action in the international games industry, but also a pioneer for international events in general.”