Gamescom 2012

Gamescom is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is organised by the Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware (Federal Association of Interactive Entertainment Software). Gamescom is used by many video game developers to show off their upcoming games and game-related hardware.

Gamescom is the Europe’s largest games event with 275,000 visitors, more than 5,000 journalists and 557 exhibitors from 39 countries attending the show in its third year (2011). Gamescom 2012 will take place August 15-19 in Cologne, Germany.