Gamescom 2019 arrives at the tail end of summer, closing out what has been a busy games season that kicked off with an explosive E3. While Gamescom isn’t quite as big as E3 in terms of game reveals and announcements, it is a source of news and new footage for the year’s upcoming fall and holiday titles.
Here’s everything you need to know about Gamescom 2019:
Gamescom 2019 Dates
Gamescom 2019 will take place from Tuesday, Aug. 20 to Saturday, Aug. 24.
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Gamescom 2019 Schedule
Gamescom 2019 will kick off with a special “Opening Night Live” event hosted by The Game Award’s Geoff Keighley. The live-streamed show will feature ”announcements from major game publishers and independent developers, world premieres of new game footage and special guest appearances from the stars of the gaming industry.”
The event kicks off at 2 pm ET on Aug. 19.
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Gamescom 2019 Location
Gamescom is held yearly at the Koelnmesse exhibition center in Cologne, Germany.
Gamescom 2019 Games
While we don’t yet have a list of games we know will be at this year’s show, we do have some good news: both PlayStation and Microsoft will be at Gamescom 2019, which means will get to see both publishers showcase what they have in store for the rest of the year and beyond — a luxury we did not get to enjoy at E3 2019.
Other studios attending the event include 2K Games, 505 Games, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Capcom, CD Projekt Red, Deep Silver, Electronic Arts, Square Enix, THQ Nordic, Ubisoft, and Wargaming. We’ll update this article with a list of games once we have it.
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Gamescom 2019 Tickets
General admission tickets are still available! You can register for the event right here.
Read and download the Den of Geek SDCC 2019 Special Edition Magazine right here!
John Saavedra is Games Editor at Den of Geek. Read more of his work here. Follow him on Twitter @johnsjr9 and make sure to check him out on Twitch.