The currently taking place in Cologne gamescom has already broken a record on opening day yesterday. So many exhibitors are represented this year than ever before on the game show, a sign that gaming is an ongoing requirement. Strong growth engines is mainly on online games and mobile games. 550 exhibitors, including industry giants like EA but also newcomers such as Wooga, present since the last news and event networks for mutual benefit. The organizers expect more than a quarter million visitors to Sunday.
For the visitors, who were allowed today from 10:00 clock in the exhibition halls in Cologne Deutz, there are numerous innovations such as the launch of Age of Empires Online, Diablo 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to discover third Also present in hardware companies such as nVidia and others the latest gaming hardware, Sony has blown with a favorable PSP successor (PSP Vita) to fight against mobile devices. 3D is also a trend that this year it is back on the game show – this time without the glasses with the first 3D gaming compatible TV. Yesterday’s Wednesday was intended only for trade visitors and was flanked by several events such as the SpielAffe and Pro7 Party, the audience with the days are held at the same time gamescom festival rounded off in the city of Cologne. Over 300 new products, partly European and world premieres will be offered to the interested public, so that is probably Europe’s most successful computer games gamescom fair. The Federal Association of Interactive Entertainment Software (BIU), the industry continues on the rise: In the first half of 2011, € 793 million were implemented with games, one percent more than in the same period last year. Up to 3%, the growth in total amount, according to experts, worn especially by a strong holiday shopping season. The rainy summer sure to be doing the rest.



