Gamescom just wrapped up another successful event in Cologne, Germany, and event organizers announced that it was the biggest year yet for "the world's largest event for computer and video games."
According to their press release, Gamescom 2017 beat its record for visitors, with over 350,000 guests across the full event. That makes it slightly bigger than Gamescom 2016, which had approximately 345,000 visitors, and about 5 times larger than E3, which brought in 68,000 visitors in 2017.
Gamescom's visitors hailed from 106 different countries all coming to visit the convention, which was host to 919 companies showing everything from console and PC gaming, mobile and online, as well as VR and esports.
In response to the record breaking year, Gerald Bose, the president of Gamescom organizer Koelnmesse GmbH, said, "Gamescom 2017 set new standards and a new visitor record. More than ever it proved its exceptional worldwide importance as a 360 degree experience event and leading communications platform for current and future themes of the computer and video games industry."
This year's Gamescom was host to a number of events, including PlayerUnknown's BattleGrounds' first invitational tournament, Devcom (a game development conference with over 3,000 visitors), and a brand new SPOBIS Gaming & Media event focused on competitive gaming. The opening ceremony was hosted by German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, who emphasized the success of Gamescom and its importance as an economic and cultural asset.
Next year's Gamescom will take place August 21 through August 25, 2018, once again in Cologne, Germany.
For all of IGN's coverage of Gamescom, check out our Gamescom 2017 hub.
Sam Stewart is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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