Overview
- Opening Night Live on August 19 is sold out and will be hosted by Geoff Keighley for 5,000 attendees alongside millions watching via live stream.
- From August 20 to 24, over 1,500 exhibitors from 72 countries will showcase games and hardware across Cologne’s expanded Koelnmesse halls.
- Key industry names including Microsoft, Nintendo and Ubisoft will exhibit on the trade floor while Sony again forgoes a physical booth.
- The Indie Arena Booth expands to half of Hall 10.2 with more than 1,000 square metres dedicated to small developers’ new titles.
- Nintendo’s Switch 2 has surpassed six million sales in its first months, driving heightened consumer interest at the event.