It is no surprise. The organization of Gamescom 2021 has confirmed through its website who finally discards his initial plans for a hybrid format between physical and online.
The German Association of the Video Game Industry has taken this decision after “extensive conversations
Looking for a “strong security plan”, now everyone will be able to follow the announcements from home. What’s more for free, so there will be no problem to find out about the news from the most important video game fair in Europe.
The Cologne Convention Center will remain closed for another year, as it happened in 2020. The dates, for now, remain unchanged with that August 25th marked on the calendar and the issuance of the Opening Night Live dirigido por Geoff Keighley.
There will also be room for other formats such as the community (Gamescom epix), news (Gamescom now) or Awesome Indies, dedicated to the independent field.