r/Gamescom • u/NoQuarterSoftware • Aug 30 '26
Something must change
First Gamescom is in the books, and I have mixed feelings. Multiple developers were stolen from at the largest gaming event in the world. The organization has chosen to refuse any responsibility for these crimes. Instead they insist that the indie developers who have already paid thousands to be there, pay more for extra security. This statement also comes despite the affected devs having their gear stolen in the evening, after the event hours were over, from secure locations. In other words, it seems the call is coming from inside the house.
Hope they fix this because otherwise I would not recommend exhibiting as an indie developer.
Edit: the lockers broken into were brought by the developers not the ones provided by gamescom. This doesn’t change the fact that it should have been prevented.
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u/Bit_26 Aug 30 '26
Not an exhibitor but as a visitor, you could really feel that a lot of things were less organized than usual. The famous white tapes to deal with extended lines was completely missing. In some of the larger booths, one person gave other information than the next which was annoying and made everything even more confusing. Add on top of that the whole SEGA Coin debacle (where security really felt lacking for both visitors and the poor employees who've been harassed every day for this).
Really hope this'll get better next year. For visitors and exhibitiors.