I've been to Gamescom six times - here's what excited me this year
Summary
Gamescom, the world’s largest gaming event held in Cologne, featured big new games this year, including an expansion for The Witcher 3 and the sequel to Alien: Isolation. The event attracted gamers and developers from big companies like Xbox and Sega as well as small indie studios.Key Facts
- Gamescom is the biggest in-person gaming event worldwide, held in Cologne, Germany.
- Over 350,000 people attended last year, and this year’s attendance was even higher.
- A new expansion called Songs of the Past was announced for The Witcher 3, a game originally released 11 years ago.
- The Witcher 3 expansion is free and similar in size to previous expansions Blood and Wine and Hearts of Stone.
- Alien: Isolation 2 is the sequel to the 2014 survival-horror game, featuring a smart and terrifying alien enemy.
- In Alien: Isolation 2, players control Blake, a CEO of the Weyland-Yutani corporation, in both spaceship corridors and outdoor areas.
- The Fable reboot is set for 2027 and focuses on British culture and fairy tales, avoiding common generic English accents in fantasy games.
- Both big companies and indie developers showcased their games alongside each other at the event.
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