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[Event news] Games Done Quick Brings a Speedrunning Spectacle to gamescom

gamescom 2026 Partnerlogo GDQ horizontal positiv [Event news] Games Done Quick Brings a Speedrunning Spectacle to gamescom

Games Done Quick (GDQ), the leading organizer of charity speedrunning events, and gamescom, the world’s biggest event for computer and video games, today announced gamescom GDQ, a new live event taking place August 28-30, 2026 at the event. This marks GDQ’s first-ever event hosted in Europe and its first official partnership with gamescom. 

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Tim Endres and Stefan Heikhaus on gamescom 2025, why it is never routine, and how they’re raising the bar again

Tim Endres and Stefan Heikhaus gamescom bg img Tim Endres and Stefan Heikhaus on gamescom 2025, why it is never routine, and how they’re raising the bar again

Ahead of this year’s gamescom trade show, Tim Endres and Stefan Heikhaus tell Vince Pavey about what makes this year’s event better than all of the other ones they’ve done before

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gamescom’s Tim Endres and Stefan Heikhaus: “We simply want everyone to enjoy themselves and to leave with one thought: ‘I’m excited for gamescom 2025!’”

gamescom 2023 header img gamescom’s Tim Endres and Stefan Heikhaus: “We simply want everyone to enjoy themselves and to leave with one thought: ‘I’m excited for gamescom 2025!'”

On the eve of this year’s event, Tim Endres and Stefan Heikhaus – respectively the directors of gamescom at Kolenmesse (the venue) and game (Germany’s industry trade body) – took the time to answer our questions, on everything from organising gamescom 2024 to what it’s legacy might be. What are …

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[From the industry] Gamescom to host first ever ‘Home of XR’ megabooth, revealing new games from world’s top XR studios

Home Of XR [From the industry] Gamescom to host first ever ‘Home of XR’ megabooth, revealing new games from world’s top XR studios

Ahead of what is anticipated to be XR’s biggest holiday season to date, a new industry-focused alliance has confirmed both its formation and exhibition plans for Gamescom 2024 today. The Home of XR megabooth has been established by award-winning companies in the virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality (together …

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Geoff Keighley on what makes gamescom Opening Night Live special, and why there’s no Autumn Game Fest

geoff keighley header Geoff Keighley on what makes gamescom Opening Night Live special, and why there’s no Autumn Game Fest

Ahead of this year's gamescom Opening Night Live showcase, Geoff Keighley has taken the time to talk to Vince Pavey from MCV/DEVELOP about how, when and why the live show happens each year

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