The organizers of Gamescom rule out a postponement or cancellation and have an emergency solution.
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Gamescom 2020 should definitely take place
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The corona crisis overshadows the event industry. Numerous events, trade fairs and major events have already been canceled. This year too
Gamescom
could be affected and the organizers keep an eye on the situation.
Now the organizers have specified their plans. The organizers continue to assume that Gamescom 2020 will take place as planned. If necessary, it will take place in digital form from August 25th to 29th. This also applies to the developer conference
Devcom
(August 22-24). A shift of Gamescom or Devcom is excluded.
“(…) we are now expanding all digital formats at high pressure so that Gamescom 2020 can at least take place digitally,” says Felix Falk, Managing Director of Game – Association of the German Games Industry.
In 2019, digital formats such as “Gamescom: Opening Night Live” and “Gamescom Now” had already proven to be very successful, says Falk. In 2020, the records are to be exceeded again by significantly expanding these successful areas and supplementing them with additional modules.
A further assessment of the situation should only take place together with state authorities in mid-May and will then also take into account the development in the Corona crisis. Only then should it be decided which changes are actually necessary for the implementation of Gamescom 2020. According to the organizers, the top priority was to ensure the health of all participants.
Already paid tickets, as well as payments made by exhibitors, will be fully reimbursed if the gamer fair and the developer fair do not take place at the Cologne exhibition center as announced.
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