The morning rush at Gamescom 2022 on Thursday.
The morning rush at Gamescom 2022 on Thursday.
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Gamescom will have more than 1,400 exhibitors, up 15% from a year ago

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 4 min

Gamescom 2024 will kick off next week in Cologne, Germany, with more than 1,400 exhibitors, a new record at 15% more than a year ago.

The exhibitors from 64 countries will present their products and innovations on 230,000 square meters. The number of country pavilions will also increase significantly to 48 from 37 countries – also a new record. This compares with 33 pavilions from 26 countries in 2023.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.