COVID-19 brought with it a huge shift in the way we do things, and it continues to impact businesses and events around the world. This obviously extends to gaming exhibitions such as Gamescom, which have been operating on a purely digital level since 2020. This year, however, the German show will be returning to in-person attendance, inviting the public back to the huge expo later this year.
As reported by VentureBeat, Gamescom 2022 won't sell as many tickets as it used to, but co-organiser Felix Falk says it will still be the "world's largest game expo" when it opens between 24th and 28th August.
It sounds as though the event will be responsible with regards to COVID restrictions, and is aiming for a "climate-neutral" approach to carbon dioxide emissions. "It has all the digital parts we developed in the last two years," Falk says. "We have COVID measures already in mind, and because we have six months to go we are looking to the measures that we will have at the end of August... We are very confident that, together with some measures we already have in place, we can get a really nice Gamescom atmosphere and feeling back."
It will be interesting to see whether any other events follow suit, slowly bringing in-person attendance back. What do you think? Will you be heading to Cologne for Gamescom 2022? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source venturebeat.com]
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You can have either covid restrictions or climate neutrality, you can't have both.
I doubt this will stay in-person but we shall see...though personally I'd prefer it stay online only.
With my health I wouldn't go near a crowded building right now. The Pandemic is not over and the sooner people realise this the better. All it takes is one person and we're potentially back to square one again.
These measures won't make a blind bit of difference if that one person transmits the Virus to another person, that's when you have a reignition of numbers like what happened here in Ireland when the Government made the ridiculous decision to reopen the nightclubs. We had an absolute explosion of cases over the Winter and Christmas Day alone saw hundreds of thousands of people get infected.
...and in a few months time there will be another new COVID-19 variant I bet & back to square one... :-/
@jrt87 The other thing is that the war in Ukraine has woken us up to reality and shone a light on stupid policies pursuing not zero that assume that importing oil from across the globe is better for the planet than getting it locally. These people hold conflicting views that just don't go together. Like you say, the connecting thread is whatever is in the media zeitgeist.
@RubyCarbuncle What are you talking about "it only takes one"? We need herd immunity at this stage.
@Apfelschteiner One person gets it transmits it then the person who caught it from said person transmits it and it spreads like wildfire depending on the environment. In a nightclub you're breathing far more than normal expelling more droplets, potentially it's the same here. I have no idea why you mentioned herd immunity tbh because I was not talking about that.
Finally! Yes, I hope every event follow suit. Enough is enough.
@RubyCarbuncle So you are saying that you are for the China no-human rights zero covid approach? You can't stop transmission from one person to another without subjecting the populace to inhumane treatment. It isn't worth it either because more people will die due to the restrictions than they save.
@Apfelschteiner Dude don't go there because that's not what I'm saying here so stop putting words in my mouth please. Thanks.
It's nice to see stuff like this getting back to normal. I'm all for exercising caution but at some point we have trust the vaccines to do their purpose. Could you still get it? Of course and obviously some folks are more at risk than others for multiple reasons but let people decide for themselves I say at this point.
@Korgon This is pretty much what I am saying, exercise caution and take things slowly. I do think people are making too many mistakes again by being too relaxed. I want to get back to normal 100% myself but I don't think we're going to get there any faster if we keep making these mistakes. People have to stop putting themselves first and think of others IMHO.
This won’t be full capacity and probs not even in person at all. See how the next few months transpires
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