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gamescom 2023 Schedule and How to Watch Cosplay Contest

gamescom 2023 is here! Like last year, gamescom will be filled with gaming reveals, news, demos, cosplay looks, interviews, and so much more. Many big attendees will be there this year, including Nintendo and Xbox. What’s more, IGN will be an official media partner of gamescom studio.

This guide will provide everything you need to know to watch gamescom and IGN’s biggest events within, including when each event starts, a list of places you can stream them live with us, and what you can expect to see at gamescom 2023.

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When is gamescom 2023?

gamescom 2023 runs from August 22 through August 27 in Cologne, Germany.

How to Watch gamescom

Here’s the full list of places you can watch the gamescom stream. Keep reading for recaps of anything you may have missed so far!

gamescom Schedule

IGN has you covered for all gamescom content, including an exclusive Post-Show with extended looks, analysis, and follow-up interviews with developers for each day of the event. The TL;DR schedule lineup:

Aug 22: Opening Night Live

Aug 23: gamescom studio Day 1

Aug 24: gamescom studio Day 2

Aug 25: gamescom Award Show / studio Day 3

Still to come:

Aug 26: gamescom studio Day 4

Aug 27: gamescom Cosplay Contest

See the below full schedule for gamescom including IGN’s live coverage throughout the event!

Saturday, August 26

gamescom studio Day 4 – 6am PT/9am ET/3pm CEST

Sunday, August 27

gamescom Cosplay Contest – 6am PT/9am ET/3pm CEST

To wrap up the event on Sunday, be sure to catch some of the most unique, creative and exciting cosplay gamescom has to offer.

gamescom 2023 Highlights So Far

Whether you care about gameplay footage and trailers or you want to get the latest announcements from your favorite studio, there’s going to be some of everything at gamescom this year. We will be giving away 400+ game codes throughout the event*, so you’ll definitely want to tune in! We’ll also be hosting the annual Award show on Friday, August 25, as well as the gamescom Cosplay Contest on Sunday, August 27, which is always a fun time.

Opening Night Live (Aug 22)

In case you missed it, see everything announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023, which highlighted updates including Marvel Snap is now available on Steam, while covering new gameplay, teasers and updates for the following games.

gamescom studio Day 1 (Aug 23)

Day 1 of IGN’s live coverage highlighted new trailers, exclusive interviews, Opening Night Live recap and more. You can rewatch Xbox @ gamescom 2023: Live From The Showfloor Day 1 (aired 7am PT) found on IGN’s YouTube Channel.

gamescom studio Day 2 (Aug 24)

Day 2 of IGN’s live coverage had even more exclusives across titles like Mortal kombat 1, Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel SNAP and more. See the coolest and biggest announcements from gamescom day 2:

gamescom Award Show/ gamescom studio Day 3 (Aug 25)

Rewatch the gamescom award show below, and find out who won in categories including Best Announcement / Trailer, Best Game (across each console), plus exclusive trailers and more.

You can also rewatch Xbox @ gamescom 2023: Live From The Showfloor Day 3 on IGN’s YouTube Channel

What is gamescom?

gamescom is one of the world’s largest events for computer and video games and features some of the biggest game announcements and reveals of the year. Last year, there were 13 million views from gamescom’s Twitch and YouTube streams alone. gamescom represents the entire spectrum of the gaming community; from indie to triple A, action, family, single-player or multiplayer games. See last year’s event recap with some pretty big announcements.

*See Game code giveaway terms and conditions for gamescom 2023.

No purchase necessary. To claim a code in connection with the Giveaway, you must be a viewer of the Sponsor’s gamescom livestream taking place from August 22 to August 27, 2023 from roughly 6 am PST to 8 am PST each day. This Giveaway is open to anyone who is thirteen (13) years of age or older as of the day and time the Giveaway commenced at the time of entry.

What are you hoping to see from Nintendo and Xbox this year? Let us know in the comments.

Author: Lindsey Salzer. [Source Link (*), IGN All]

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