Sony Won’t Be At Gamescom 2016, Saving Announcements for PlayStation Experience

July 5, 2016

With E3 2016 behind us, the next event that gamers are looking forward to is Gamescom. Scheduled for mid-August, the convention is annually responsible for big announcements and information regarding upcoming games.

Sony has traditionally had a strong presence at Gamescom, where it announced Mass Effect 2 was coming to PS3 in 2010, a PS3 price drop in 2011, Until Dawn in 2012, and the PS4's release date in 2013, among many other notable moments. But despite its strong history of being at the show, Sony is bowing out from attendance for the second year straight.

The full exhibitor list has been released for Gamescom 2016, and it includes the following publishers and products:

505 GAMES
Activision Blizzard Deutschland GmbH
Amplitude Studios
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Germany GmbH
Bethesda Softworks Zenimax Germany GmbH
CCP hf
CD PROJEKT S.A.
Deck 13 Interactive
Deep Silver a division of Koch Media GmbH
Don’t Nod Entertainment
Electronic Arts GmbH
Blizzard Entertainment SAS
Focus Home Interactive
Frontier Development PLC
GAIJIN Network Ltd
GIANTS SOFTWARE ENTERTAINMENT GMBH
HTC Vive
Kalypso Media Group GmbH
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.
Microsoft Corporation
Milestone Srl
Neocore Games
Nintendo of Europe GmbH
NORDIC GAMES GmbH
Novaquark
NVIDIA GmbH
Oculus VR, Inc.
Perfect World Europe B.V.
Rebellion
Soedesco B.V.
Splash Damage
Square Enix GmbH
Take-Two Interactive GmbH
Techland Sp z o.o.
UBISOFT GmbH
Wargaming Europe S.A.S
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc

Similar to last year, Sony is nowhere to be found on the list.

Many gamers have blamed PlayStation Experience, a new Sony-focused convention held in Las Vegas during December, for this change of schedule. There is likely truth to this, as Sony pays a pretty penny to host the young show where it entertains thousands of attendees.

Although Sony won't be at Gamescom, there are plenty of top-tier companies that will be in attendance as listed above, including Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft, and Square Enix.

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