Ubisoft has confirmed plans to attend Gamescom 2022

Ubisoft has confirmed plans to participate at Gamescom 2022.

It tweeted on Monday: “See you at @gamescom! August 24-28, stay tuned for more news…”

Gamescom’s organisers have claimed that over 250 companies will attend this year’s event, but at the time of writing, only a handful of other major publishers including Bandai Namco, THQ Nordic and Koch Media have publicly confirmed plans to participate.

Sony Interactive Entertainment, Nintendo, Activision Blizzard and Take-Two are among the major publishers who have said they will not attend the show.

VGC understands that one issue is that many publishers have simply stopped planning pre-release game demos since the Covid-19 pandemic, such as those made available at events like Gamescom, and thus would have little to show at a big public event.

Gamescom 2022 is set to take place from August 24-28 and will be a hybrid event held on-site in Cologne and simultaneously online.

Ubisoft said earlier this month that it wouldn’t be holding a major product showcase in June.

The French publisher has traditionally held a conference each summer—almost always in June— to coincide with E3.

The Assassin’s Creed maker held its first fully digital conference, Ubisoft Forward, in July 2020 after E3 was cancelled amid Covid-19 concerns. It claimed the format was a success, attracting concurrent viewership that surpassed Ubisoft’s previous E3 conferences.

Ubisoft Forward events were also held in September 2020 and in June 2021.

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