Ahead of next weeks ultra-comprehensive seven page guide, MCV offers up a brief reminder of the Gamescom schedule
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Wednesday, August 15th – Sunday, August 19th
Venue: Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany
BUSINESS AREA (Halls 4 & 5)
Wednesday, August 15th ..............9am – 7pm Thursday, August 16th....................9am – 8pm Friday, August 17th ..........................9am – 8pm
ENTERTAINMENT AREA (Halls 6 to 9)
Wednesday, August 15th ..............9am – 7pm Thursday, August 16th....................9am – 8pm Friday, August 17th ..........................9am – 8pm Saturday, August 18th....................9am – 8pm Sunday, August 19th........................9am – 6pm
Wednesday, August 15th is a trade and media-only day
BUSINESS AREA Koelnmesse’s Halls 4 and 5 will once again host Gamescom’s dedicated business area, where the biggest publishers will meet with retailers, distributors and media. Companies with a booth here include:
HALL 4.1 Bethesda Bigpoint Capcom Crytek GREE
Namco Bandai Trion Worlds Wargaming Europe
HALL 4.2 Avanquest
Creative Distribution Kalypso Media Mad Catz
MCV UKIE Valve Vogue Distribution
HALL 5.1
Activision Blizzard Electronic Arts
HALL 5.2 Deep Silver Konami Sony Computer Entertainment Square Enix Take-Two Interactive Ubisoft Warner Bros
ENTERTAINMENT AREA
Just short of 500 companies are exhibiting at Gamescom 2012, and hundreds will be reaching out to consumers directly in the entertainment area. These will include:
HALL 6
Activision Blizzard Electronic Arts Kalypso Media Take-Two Interactive Trion Worlds
HALL 7 Capcom Deep Silver Focus Home Interactive Konami Mad Catz Sony Computer Entertainment Square Enix Ubisoft Valve
HALL 8 Computec eSports lounge Korea Creative Content Agency NCsoft Europe
Nexon Turtle Entertainment Wargaming Europe
HALL 9
1C Softclub Avanquest Bethesda
Bohemia Interactive Gree
Namco Bandai Razer Warner Bros
HALL 10 Bigpoint
CD Projekt Red Gala Networks Europe Inno Games LG Electronics Samsung Steel Series
A full exhibitor list will be published in next week’s issue of MCV 10 August 3rd 2012 www.mcvuk.com