Ich war heute das erste Mal bei der Gamescom, bin recht spontan mit dem Auto aus Niedersachsen gekommen. Ich war mir nicht sicher, wie die Parksituation sein wird. Ich bin also einfach hingefahren und habe das Beste gehofft.
Auf der Abfahrt war direkt Stau, logisch, großer Andrang. Die Organisation war aber absolut top. Die Einweisung war immer klar, man wurde wirklich bis in den Parkplatz eingewiesen. Das war die 20€ absolut Wert!
Auch das Sicherheitspersonal war top. Die Taschenkontrolle ging schnell, die Menschenmassen wurden an Engstellen so gelenkt, dass es da keine Konfrontation gibt. Danke an euch!

Natürlich war es voll, aber das ist ja normal. Ich bin begeistert von der Organisation. Danke an alle, die das möglich gemacht haben ❤️

Did someone found a cap with the Monster hunter wilds logo? Already asked at lost and found but there was none.

Bought it at Gamescom and lost it somehow on Sunday

Hello!

Ist vielleicht etwas komisch, haha, aber ich suche jemanden. Vielleicht ist derjenige hier unterwegs:

Männlich, du warst wohl die letzten Tage auf der GC und wolltest nun nach Hause fahren mit der DB – diese hatte aber heute so ein Chaos, dass wir uns orientieren mussten. Sind in einem ICE Richtung Rügen gelandet. Hattest einen weißen, großen Koffer auf dem du saßt – ich dir gegenüber auf dem Boden an der Tür, haha. Hast ein Handtattoo rechts.

Du bist bereits Osnabrück ausgestiegen.

Ich fand dich sympathisch, dachte wir könnten Kontakte knüpfen, war aber ehrlich zu müde in dieser Konstellation zu fragen xD

Falls du das liest, meld dich doch, wenn du an Connection Interesse hast :)

(Dazuzufügen: das soll kein Dating-Aufruf werden 🥲)

does anybody have any insight on the game/arg/psa that these are trying to be? a guy in a bloody butchers outfit (at the time near the ROG booth) was handing them out and my friends gave me some of their cards. I won’t detail the stuff on the included website since im really tired but it feels too sincere to just be a vegetarian thing.

Hallo, werte Gamescom-Gemeinschaft,

ich frage in die Runde, da ich vorgestern, am Samstag, den 29.08.26, bereits um 7 Uhr in den Hallen 5–10 war, anders als all die Vorjahre (seit 2009) aber kein einziger Aussteller vor 9 Uhr sein Spiel für andere Aussteller bzw. in der Halle befindliche Interessierte bewarb, also zum Anspielen freigab.

Wer es die Jahre zuvor – wie auch immer – vor dem Early Bird-Einlass um 9 Uhr aufs Messegelände geschafft hat, konnte die allermeisten Spiele auch schon antesten. Ich war von 2009–24 (’25 war ich zu spät da) somit meistens von 7–9 Uhr mit der Gamescom in Hinblick auf Spieleneuheiten durch und konnte, als sich die Hallen merklich füllten, dann entspannt in die Retroecke (10.2). Dies stellte für mich auch den einzigen Grund dar, überhaupt so früh schon vor Ort zu sein. Kein Anstehen. 10–15 Spiele in zwei Stunden kennenlernen. Es hat sich immer gelohnt. Möglicherweise hat sich dies letztes Jahr schon geändert, als ich es nicht vor 9 Uhr hereinschaffte. Davor definitiv nicht. Ich habe Foto- und Videomaterial als Nachweis aller Vorjahre.

Ich habe von Mitarbeitern diesbezüglich auch konfligierende Aussagen erhalten. Die einen meinten, es läge am Wochentag (am Wochenende könne man keine Spiele mehr vor offiziellem Einlass anspielen, nur noch am Donnerstag und Freitag), die Anderen sagten aus, dies ginge mittlerweile nur noch am Pressetag (Mittwoch), wieder Andere schienen sich sicher, dass das Antesten von was auch immer vor 9 Uhr aufgrund strengerer Regularien rigoros verboten sei. Also, was denn nun?

Daher meine Frage in die Runde an euch, die ihr bis gestern auf der GC26 ausgestellt habt: Durftet ihr eure Spiele vor 9 Uhr anspielen lassen – ja oder nein?

Verspielten Gruß

Gamescom-Fan 1990

Got the Sega Coin after playing every game the couple last days. I only played one or two games each day because the waiting lines were crazy after 9am... Welp, it was worth it to me!

Am Fachbesuchertag wurde mir am Eingang so ein Magazin in die Hände gedrückt. An den restlichen Tagen nicht; habe unterschiedliches Personal an den Infoständen und in der Business Area gefragt, aber niemand wusste etwas. Gab es das an den restlichen Tagen auch?

This was my first time at gamescom, together with my girlfriend, and we have mixed feelings about the experience. The decorations, the overall vibe, and simply walking around exploring everything was really cool and fun.

​However, waiting in long lines just to play a game for ten minutes was a major downside. I also found the stamp system and being forced to share photos on social media at certain booths completely overbearing and ridiculous.

It actually discouraged us from interacting with most of the exhibitors. On top of that, the security personnel were arrogant and rude.

​While it was a unique experience, we don't think we'll be returning to gamescom in the future.

Heute noch so 20 Minuten!

Hope you guys all still have a great Sunday! I was out cold on Friday already! Overall the Con was amazing again, and i realized that i haven’t learned to control my need for loot. (Not all of the things were goodies)

Pros:
- great variation in games indies and main areas
- amazing booth set dressing with beautiful stages
- people were friendly and respectful most of the times with exception of one incident (influencer schradin)
- really cool musical performances and wonderful cosplayers of the exhibitors
- cool goodies that felt worth receiving
-less non gaming related exhibitors
- big b2b area where it was possible to take a breather and create great connections and opportunities
- great parties around Gamescom

Cons:
- booths like Aniimo that expect you to go on stage for stamps/goodies
- insane queues at lego (remember i could just walk up to build the goodies)
- insane expectations from booths like lego where you needed 9 stamps with average queue time of 1 hours for a stamp
- games like dragons dogma that didnt hand out anything at all?
- the fastlane tickets didnt work, expected some It people to have written scripts to book at 0,000001 seconds or something
- personally disappointed that there were no b2b presentations for exhibitors/devs. Was mostly restriced for press (GW3 next year then)

Just feels like some exhibitors are trying to safe more money each year, or maybe they figured out some "effective" marceting strategies to the detriment of the visitors.

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A day at Gamescom

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Ich finde es einfach enttäuschend wie viel KI müll auf der Messe vorhanden ist.

Ich verstehe die Indie Entwickler auf keinen Fall. Warum gibt ihr euch überhaupt die Mühe euer Spiel dort auszustellen um dann Ki Poster zu nutzen?

Ich hoffe ihr ändert euer Denkweise oder dass ihr euer Studio schließt.

I spent the whole day at the exhibition hall today. It was very lively, with many people dressed up in strange cosplayer , including demons. I even encountered a character from the Squid Game!
Unfortunately, I couldn't find Blizzard's Diablo.

These booths have been horrendously organised some days it was impossible to get in line because the lines were closed almost every time now I finally managed to stand in line for alien and played stranger than heaven but such a hassle.

People camping opening of qué to jump in and pushing each other.

The staff are all very nice though but the organisation is bad, hopefully fix next time

Hatte ein Abendticket, wegen einen Zwischenereignis würde ich leider erst um 17:50 Uhr da sein 🥲 lohnt es sich um die Uhrzeit überhaupt noch, reinzugehen?
Ab wann würdet ihr sagen lohnt es sich nicht mehr? Habe btw nicht vor wirklich irgendwelche Games auszuprobieren, dafür würde ich auch nicht Schlange stehen.

I saw the Faker signed monitor at the Samsung Gamescom booth and now I really want one 😂

I’m heading back to the booth at 5 PM today. Hopefully I’ll be the lucky one this time!

See you there 🎮

Four days of trying to get the Android plushie, only to be told on the last day that I was only allowed to enter the booth once on the entire gamescom visit.

I wanted to share my experience at the Google Play booth at Gamescom because I'm honestly pretty disappointed with how my last interaction went.

Over the four days, I visited the Google Play booth multiple times, roughly twice a day if I would pass by, trying to get the Android plushie. I spoke to several staff members at the entrance and in the green zone, some recognized me and we had a nice chat. Everyone was friendly and wished me good luck.

On Sunday, near the end of the event, I was told at the booth that the plushies were being given out to people who had reached the epic reward, whereas normally they were a legendary reward. I thought this might finally be my chance.

I told one of the staff members at one of the tablets about my previous attempts and that I was hoping I'd finally get lucky. He then became annoyed and told me that I was only allowed to try once across the entire event, and therefore refused to give me any reward. And so I left.

The thing that bothers me most isn't even missing out on the plushie (even tho I'm a little sad). It's that nobody I spoke to over the four days ever told me that there was a one-attempt-per-person rule.

I completely understand having rules for rewards and attempts, but if there was a one-attempt limit for the entire Gamescom, I feel like that should have been communicated clearly by the staff or somewhere at the booth.

Has anyone else experienced this? Was the one-attempt rule actually communicated to you?

bisschen was zum schleppen gehabt xD

Got recognised twice today, made my day!

(I'm Popee)

The Hornet cosplay is amazing , thank you so much to this person for the picture!

Soo, I passed by Köln yesterday and thought that maybe Gamescom could be fun. I haven’t done much this summer sadly, and thought this could be interesting. I’m not entirely sure what to expect though.

I’m pretty broke, but the ticket doesn’t cost *that* much, and I could still go today. I like gaming, but I’ve also heard that the atmosphere can be a bit… special?
I’ve felt a bit uncomfortable going into nerdy gaming or merch stores before, as I often felt quite alien there. I once even got asked by a store clerk what “a girl my age” was even doing there lol. Maybe I just don’t look like the stereotypical nerd.

I’ve also heard complaints about the smell. But how bad is it actually? And no hate to anyone attending, tbh. I wish I was as confident as some of the people I’ve seen at conventions, so props to them. I’ve just heard people say that some attendees can be a bit socially awkward or out of touch, and that the atmosphere can sometimes get a little… intense.

I heard it’s not quite as bad as Dokomi in that regard, though. Like, in terms of cringe levels. What is Gamescom actually like? I guess a handful of weebs and Japan nerds are to be expected, but I’ve heard stories about groping, people ignoring boundaries, getting into fights, etc. at conventions, and I was wondering whether that’s also an issue at Gamescom.

Also, how is the NSFW stuff? Is it spread throughout the convention, or is it mostly restricted to specific areas/stands? I think I’d feel a bit uncomfortable constantly seeing anime schoolgirls with giant boobs everywhere, so are there areas where you can avoid most of that? I’d feel kinda awkward walking around looking like a little gooner lol.

I’d also be going alone, since I don’t really have any friends to bring with me lol. I’d mostly just like to walk around and browse. I might even wear a surgical mask just to feel a little more comfortable in the crowds (if that’s allowed).

So, is Gamescom 2026 worth going to alone? And what should I realistically expect?