Gamescom Asia 2022 comes back to Singapore in October; Sponsors, participating companies, and speakers announced

Gamescom, one of the biggest tech and video game expos in the world, will be getting back to Singapore this year with Gamescom Asia. Gamescom Asia 2022 has announced the sponsors, partaking organizations, and speakers that will introduce at the event, in front of the events start on 20th October.

Gamescom Asia announces the primary wave of partaking organizations inviting Game driver, TikTok, Microsoft Xbox, Potato Play, Nuvei, and Xsolla as sponsors. PlayStation, 9GAG, Lai Games, Brace Yourself Games, and Hooded Horse are likewise among a portion of the names joining the event this year.

The main satellite event of the world’s biggest video games festival, Gamescom, will get back to Singapore from 20 to 22 October 2022, with a bigger scaled physical Trade Zone, Conference, and a physical Entertainment Zone interestingly. Online segments will be made accessible for all audiences on 19 and 23 October 2022.

Sponsors for Gamescom Asia 2022 incorporate Game driver, TikTok, Microsoft Xbox, Potato Play, Nuvei, and Xsolla. While PlayStation, 9GAG, Lai Games, Brace Yourself Games, and Hooded Horse have affirmed their presence at the event.

Gamescom Asia will have a B2B component, thus far over 80 industry specialists will be available face to face at the Trade Conference and Exhibition side of the event. Expect names from big AAA organizations like Blizzard and EA, more modest anticipated indies like Sloclap and WolfEye Studios, game devs neighborhood to Southeast Asia like Mojiken Studio and Persona Theory Games, as well as different parts of the games industry like esports (ESL) and mobile gaming (King) to be available at Gamescom Asia 2022.

Likewise, to earlier years, the most recent edition of the games industry satellite event will include various talks, hosted by key figures in the games industry.

A total of 19 speakers has been right now announced for Gamescom Asia 2022, which include:

1. Matt Omernick, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Akili Interactive
2. Jedidiah Siah, Co-Founder & Director, AlterCulture Studios
3. Sarah Delahanty, Cinematic Director, Blizzard Entertainment
4. Ryan Clark, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Brace Yourself Games
5. Liam McClure, Director of Asia Marcom Strategy, Electronic Arts
6. Hans Jagnow, Vice President Operations, ESL Pro League
7. Vanesa Lorena Tate, Studio Director & Head of Eternal Games, King
8. Brigitta Rena Estidianti, Co-Founder & Art Director, Mojiken Studio
9. Avichal Singh, Co-Founder & Game Director, Nodding Head Games
10. Jason Lee, Director of Business Development, Overwolf
11. Saqina Latif, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Persona Theory Games
12. Pawel Rohleder, Co-Founder & Studio Director, PixelAnt Games
13. Dylan Cuthbert, Chief Executive Officer, Q-Games
14. Jad Boniface, Head of Community Expansion, Roblox
15. Hannah Donato, Senior Events Manager & Brand Coordinator, Secret 6
16. Theo Caselli, Game & Combat Designer, Sloclap
17. Andreas Betsche, Founder & Editor-In-Chief, Virtual SEA
18. Tim Fields, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Digital Gaming, Wizards of the Coast
19. Raphael Colantonio, President & Creative Director, WolfEye Studios

As per the event’s organizers, however, you could possibly expect more event partners before very long.

Some of the affirmed talks for the Trade Conference of Gamescom Asia 2022 are the following:

1. Applying Immersive Sims Values to Other Game Genres – by Raphael Colantonio, President & Creative Director, WolfEye Studios
2. Ending “Crunch” Through Better Testing – by Shane Evans, Chief Product Officer, GameDriver
3. Hard to Learn, Harder to Master: Composing Sifu’s Convoluted Yet Satisfying Combat System – by Théo Caselli, Game & Combat Designer, Sloclap
4. Our Time is Now: The Global Appeal of Asia-Made Indie Games – by Chia Jun Shen, Global Expansion Incubator Manager, Southeast Asia, Xbox
5. This is the main wave of announcements, with additional partners to be uncovered soon.

Registration for the Trade Zone and Conference part of Gamescom Asia 2022 is right now open, with timely bird ticket sales finishing on September 23. Ticketing for the Entertainment Zone, open to the public, will start sales in August.

There will be an online component to Gamescom Asia 2022, with pre-event show Primetime and post-event show Studio returning once more, and available for everybody online.

Gamescom Asia is the satellite event to Gamescom, the biggest video game festival in the world helped every year in Germany.

Gamescom Asia 2022 hopes to attract 15,000 visitors and more than 100 exhibitors from the Asia Pacific and then some. Up until this point, delegations from a few countries in APAC and past are supposed to accumulate in Singapore as actual events get back in the strong comeback. As of now, those taking part in Gamescom Asia address more than 19 countries and then some. The Singapore and German pavilions have been affirmed, with additional applications from Asia continuous.

Gamescom Asia’s Trade Zone will comprise an Expo region, a Trade Conference, Networking, and a Developer-Publisher-Investor Speed Dating event from 20 to 22 October. Trade visitors and conference delegates can hope to see country pavilions, go to exhibitor talks and ability drives, arrange face-to-face business meetings, and evaluate the Entertainment Zone in front of the opening to public visitors.

Inside the Entertainment Zone, public visitors will be blessed to receive a display of games and interactive entertainment and explore featured regions like esports, cosplay, tabletop games, group play zones, and more, from 21 to 22 October. Pre and post-event online show PRIMETIME and STUDIO return again as teasers and extended content for global audiences.

Gamescom Asia will share updates on additionally affirmed partners, Entertainment Zone programs and exercises, and access details nearer to the date.

Registration to the Trade Zone and Conference is currently open! Prompt bird tickets end on 23 September 2022. The Ticketshop to buy public tickets to the Entertainment Zone will open in August.

From October 20 to October 22, Gamescom Asia’s Trade Zone will have an Expo region, a Trade Conference, networking opportunities, and a Developer-Publisher-Investor Speed Dating event. Trade visitors and conference partaking organizations Gamescom Asia 2022 can expect to see country pavilions, go to exhibitor lectures and ability drives, schedule in-person business meetings, and encounter the Entertainment Zone before it opens to the general public.

From October 21 to 22, the general public can partake in a display of video games and interactive entertainment while investigating unique sections like esports, cosplay, tabletop games, group play zones, and more. Online shows PRIMETIME and STUDIO return as teases and additional substance for audiences across the world when events.