Nintendo Confirms Return To Cologne For Gamescom 2013

Coming up this August is gamescom 2013, the annual virtual entertainment convention held in Cologne, Germany, now in its fourth year. Hosting a variety of developers and publishers from all walks of the industry, the event last year went sadly without both Nintendo and Microsoft, a huge loss in terms of presence and relevancy. However, in a new post to the official site, the coordinators confirm that this year will see the return of Nintendo, who have signed on for the four day show despite their previous absence.

Says gamescom project manager Tim Endres:

"The next chapter of gamescom is being written and once again promises the best in entertainment. Nintendo's return is an absolute highlight for our community, exhibitors and trade visitors from around the world. We are also in very promising talks with other key players in the industry with regard to gamescom 2013."

Bethesda Softworks, Bigpoint, Deep Silver/Koch Media, Electronic Arts, Konami, NCSOFT, Riot Games, Ubisoft, Wargaming and Warner Bros are some of the other big names confirmed for the show, which will also host various peripheral, accessory, and hardware manufacturers including AK Tronic, astragon, Bigben Interactive, bitComposer, Caseking, CD Projekt, Fishlabs, flashpoint, Gaya Entertainment, Kalypso Media, Korea Creative Content Agency, Mad Catz, Medion, NVIDIA, Razer, Roccat, UKIE and Turtle Entertainment.

Gamescom 2013 will be held in Cologne, Germany from August 21 through the 25th. A reported 275,000 attendees and over 600 vendors participated in the event last year.