What do you need to know
- Xbox Game Studios has announced that it will attend the world’s largest gaming conference, Gamescom 2024, to host what it describes as its “biggest booth yet.”
- In addition, Xbox has announced that it will be bringing several upcoming Xbox titles to the event and plans to reveal more games as Gamescom 2024 approaches.
- Gamescom 2024 will be held in Cologne, Germany from August 21, 2024 to August 25, 2024. However, there will be an opening ceremony on August 20, 2024.
On June 20th, Xbox Game Studios announced on their X account that they would once again be attending the world-renowned gaming conference, Gamescom, and stated that they would be hosting their, quote, “biggest booth yet.”
Xbox Game Studios followed up by saying it plans to showcase several upcoming Xbox titles at its booth.
But you want to know about the games, huh? Just a few you can expect to see: Age of Mythology: Retold, Avowed, Ara: History Untold, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, Diablo Immortal, The Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 76, Towerborne, and World of Warcraft: The War Within. More to come!June 20, 2024
The games that have been announced so far are Age of Mythology: Retold, Avowed, Ara: History Untold, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, Diablo Immortal, The Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 76, Towerborne & World of Warcraft: The War Within.
These won’t be the only games, as Xbox said it will be unveiling more titles at its booth in the coming weeks ahead of Gamescom 2024. Of course, Xbox will also share more information regarding the titles it announced during the Xbox Games Showcase 2024 event and possibly reveal new titles as well.
What is Gamescom and when does it start?
For those of you who don’t know, Gamescom is one of the longest-running games in the world, held annually in Cologne, Germany since 2009. AAA and indie developers and publishers flock to the event to host booths where they present the latest updates on upcoming games and sometimes reveal the projects they’re working on.
What makes Gamescom special is that this conference is open to the general public. People can buy tickets and queue up to play games that have already been released or are in development.
This year’s Gamescom convention will begin with an opening ceremony on August 20, 2024, and the event will be fully launched on August 21, 2024 to August 25, 2024.
The full opening hours (as described on the official Gamescom website) are as follows:
| date | Opening hours |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, 21-8-2024.* | 13:00–19:00 (CET) |
| Thursday. 22-8-2024.** | `0:00–20:00 (CET) |
| Friday. 23-8-2024. | `0:00–20:00 (CET) |
| Saturday. 24-8-2024. | 9:00-20:00 (CEST) |
| Friday. 8/25/2024. | 9:00-20:00 (CEST) |
* Trade Visitors and Media Day. August 21, 2024 is a professional visitor and media day. The organizer may allow a limited number of private visitors access to the entertainment area on Wednesday. Entry for private visitors from 13:00** (with wild card only). Trade Visors don’t need a wild card.
** Entry for professional visitors from 9:00 a.m. with the simultaneous opening of the entertainment area.
| date | Opening hours |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, 21-8-2024.* | 9:00-19:00 (CEST) |
| Thursday. 22-8-2024. | 9:00-20:00 (CEST) |
| Friday. 23-8-2024. | 9:00-20:00 (CEST) |
| Saturday. 24-8-2024. | CLOSED |
| Friday. 8/25/2024. | CLOSED |
* Trade Visitors and Media Day. 21-8-2024 is trade visitors and media day. The organizer may allow a limited number of private visitors access to the entertainment area on Wednesday. Entry for private visitors from 1pm (with wild card only).
| date | Opening hours |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, 21-8-2024.* | 13:00–19:00 (CEST) |
| Thursday. 22-8-2024.** | `0:00–20:00 (CEST) |
| Friday. 23-8-2024. | `0:00–20:00 (CEST) |
| Saturday. 24-8-2024. | 9:00-20:00 (CEST) |
| Friday. 8/25/2024. | 9:00-20:00 (CEST) |
After E3 ended for good, Gamescom became one of, if not, the biggest gaming convention in the world. With that in mind, Xbox and several other studios will want to bring their A-game to the event and engage the audience with their latest upcoming titles.
Personally, the Xbox games I hope to see more of at Gamescom are the hack n’ slash co-op Towerborne (which our own Jez Corden raved about at last year’s Gamescom) and DOOM: The Dark Ages, my personal favorite for Xbox, which was announced at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024 (and like Samuel Talbot, I still haven’t stopped re-watching its extremely awesome reveal trailer).
My most anticipated Xbox game at Gamescom (not published by Xbox Game Studios) is Monster Hunter Wilds, whose appearance was confirmed by the game’s official German X account.
As announced at the Summer Game Fest, the world of Monster Hunter Wilds weltweit zum ersten Mal während der Gamescom 2024 anspielbar sein! Besucht unseren Capcom-Stand in Köln vom 21. bis zum 25. August 2024! #MHWilds #gamescom2024 #MonsterHunter pic.twitter.com/zevJK5G7HZJune 8, 2024
On a side note, my most anticipated Xbox game at Gamescom (not published by Xbox Game Studios) is Monster Hunter Wilds, whose appearance has been confirmed by the game’s official German X account. Not only will Capcom show more gameplay details, but Monster Hunter Wilds will also be playable for the first time for visitors to the event.
With this exciting news, I can’t wait to see what else Xbox, Capcom and all the other game developers and publishers have up their sleeves when Gamescom 2024 starts from August 21, 2024 to August 25, 2024. Here’s hoping we get a public preview of the Monster Hunter Wilds behind-closed-doors demo we saw at Summer Game Fest 2024.