{"id":941782,"date":"2025-12-30T15:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?post_type=vm_package&#038;p=440839"},"modified":"2025-12-30T15:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:32:20","slug":"gamescom-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/gamescom-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamescom 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An original illustration shows fans wandering around a crowded convention hall while people are watching game demonstrations.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Illustration: &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/cysketch.com&quot;&gt;Cheryl Young&lt;\/a&gt; for Polygon\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/gamescom-2024.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The game industry\u2019s biggest convention is back. This week, Gamescom 2024 kicks off in Germany with an Opening Night Live showcase followed by five days of show-floor demos and events. In 2023, Gamescom announced it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamescom.global\/en\/info\/exhibitors\/exhibit\/facts-figures\">320,000 visitors<\/a>, a 21% jump over 2022\u2019s numbers. That\u2019s over four times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/23\/22568841\/e3-los-angeles-attendees-hotel-nights-economic-impact#\">what E3 got at its peak<\/a> \u2014 and, granted, Gamescom is a public show and the world has changed a lot since 2005. But with crowds like those, it\u2019s a safe bet we\u2019ll see some exciting things rolling in. We\u2019ll have coverage all week. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/441518\/how-to-watch-gamescom-opening-night-live-and-what-to-expect\">How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live and what to expect<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2023\/8\/22\/23841795\/gamescom-announcements-trailers-onl-2023\">The big games, announcements, and trailers from Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23318308\/gamescom-opening-night-live-onl-2022-announcements-trailers\">Everything announced at Gamescom 2022\u2019s Opening Night Live<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Top stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/441518\/how-to-watch-gamescom-opening-night-live-and-what-to-expect\">How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live and what to expect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/impressions\/440977\/silent-hill-2-2024-preview\">Silent Hill 2 (2024) is most successful when it&#8217;s doing its best Silent Hill 2 (2001) imitation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gaming\/441234\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-morrigan-back-who\">Hey look, Morrigan\u2019s back in Dragon Age: The Veilguard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gamescom\/440839\/gamescom-2024-everything-announced\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The game industry\u2019s biggest convention is back. This week, Gamescom 2024 kicks off in Germany with an Opening Night Live showcase followed by five days of show-floor demos and events. In 2023, Gamescom announced it had 320,000 visitors, a 21% jump over 2022\u2019s numbers. That\u2019s over four times what E3 got at its peak \u2014 and, granted, Gamescom is a public show and the world has changed a lot since 2005. But with crowds like those, it\u2019s a safe bet we\u2019ll see some exciting things rolling in. We\u2019ll have coverage all week. How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live and what to expect The big games, announcements, and trailers from Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 Everything announced at Gamescom 2022\u2019s Opening Night Live Top stories&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/gamescom-2024\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":941783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-941782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gamescom 2024 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The game industry\u2019s biggest convention is back. 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