Today the organization of Gamescom sent in a press release announcing some of the confirmed exhibitors at the end of the early bird application phase for exhibitors, which closed on February 22nd.

Among game developers and publishers we have Astragon Entertainment, Bandai Namco, Bethesda Softworks, CD Projekt, Deep Silver (Koch Media), Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Kalypso Media, Konami, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Square Enix, Techland, THQ Nordic, Wargaming, and Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Hardware companies include Asus Computer, Alternate, Caseking, DXRacer Marketing Europe, Medion, Razer, Roccat, Trust Gaming, Gigabyte Technologie, Omen by HP, and Zeus Hardware.

Compared to last year, 13% more applications have been received, reserving 10% more exhibition space. Sixteen country-specific pavilions have been already confirmed.

Exhibitors registered so far hail from forty different countries.

Gamescom will open its gates in Cologne, Germany, from August 21st to August 25th. Of course, you can expect DualShockers to be there to report on all the things. In the meanwhile, you can check out our Gamescom Awards for 2017.