20 – 24 August 2025, Cologne, Germany
gamescom 2025, the world’s largest event for computer and video games and Europe’s largest business platform for the games industry, is happening soon in Cologne, Germany.
Creative Europe MEDIA Desks will have a dynamic presence at the event with a stand providing information, guidance and networking opportunities to the professionals of the games industry. The strand’s programme includes the following events:
- SHOWCASE OF INNOVATION TOOLS
Wednesday 20 August, 16.30 – 17.30
Explore cutting-edge, innovative MEDIA-funded projects. Organised by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
- CODECKS is an innovative project and community management tool uniquely designed for game developers by game developers. It gamifies project management tasks, transforming them into an engaging, card game-like experience and has unique community integration features.
- INDIE PLAZA offers a one stop shop for European Indie studios to access key data to reach better deals with financiers and publishers , to develop better arguments when pitching a project, to diversify sources of funding, to reach educated analysis of the best distribution strategies, and to better protect IP.
Event followed-up by a networking Happy Hour.
Organised by: Creative Europe MEDIA
Venue: Creative Europe MEDIA stand – Hall 03.2 / D050g–F051g
Access: Badge needed – No Registration needed
- MEET THE PUBLISHERS
Thursday 21 August, 9.30 – 11.00
Networking event for European publishers and developers with a business focus on narrative video games. Developers will have the opportunity to learn about the publishers’ needs and their future plans. The event welcomes developers from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Germany (NRW). It is organised by thirteen Creative Europe Desks.
By invitation only. Please note that places are limited, and participants will be selected. For further information please contact Creative Europe Desk NRW (info@ced-nrw.eu).
Venue: Creative Europe MEDIA Stand (Hall 03.2 / D050g–F051g)
Access: Trade Visitor Ticket needed to access the Business Area
Please note that the MEDIA stand will be unavailable for private meetings during this event.
For more information, including technical details, please visit the Creative Europe MEDIA page by clicking here. For the gamescom’s full programme please visit the festival’s official webpage here.
