Latest gaming trends at Gamescom - +RE-SENDING TO CORRECT SPELLING OF GAMESCOM+

(23 Aug 2023) GERMANY GAMESCOM SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS +RE-SENDING TO CORRECT SPELLING OF GAMESCOM+ RESTRICTIONS: LENGTH: 7:47 ASSOCIATED PRESS Cologne, Germany - 23 August 2023 1. Various of Transformer character welcoming people to Gamescom 2. Various of entrance 3. Set up Felix Falk, Managing Director of German Games Industry Association 4. SOUNDBITE (German) Felix Falk, Managing Director of German Games Industry Association (Game), organizer of Gamescom together with Koelmesse: “Gamescom is once again the biggest games event in the world, this year it is even more diverse, even more international and even bigger than ever before. You can really find all the highlights of gaming culture here, of course. First of all, the big blockbusters, the big games, but also lots of little gems that you wouldn't have thought of and eSports, cosplay, a family area and a retro area. The whole spectrum of the games universe awaits fans here at Gamescom.” 5. Various of Sega booth 6. SOUNDBITE (German) Felix Falk, Managing Director of German Games Industry Association (Game), organizer of Gamescom together with Koelmesse: “We are proud that Gamescom brings together exhibitors from 63 nations. That is more diverse, more international than ever before. That means the whole world is not only looking at Germany, but is also here at Gamescom. And that's great, of course.” 13. Sonic the Hedgehog character waving to camera 14. Man playing ‘Sonic’ game 15. Camera tilt up of two men playing ‘Endless Dungeon’ 16. Aorus stand 17. SOUNDBITE (German) Felix Falk, Managing Director of German Games Industry Association (Game), organizer of Gamescom together with Koelmesse: “One trend this year is definitely about technological innovations, that is, artificial intelligence, virtual reality. Nobody can do without the ideas and know-how of the games industry any more. With artificial intelligence, everyone has been talking about it being in chatbots for a few months. But it's been in games for decades. And with the software we use to develop games, entire film studios have been replaced or education revolutionised.” 18. ‘Stalker 2’ booth on display at Xbox stand 19. People gaming at Xbox stand 20. ‘Towerborn” booth at Xbox stand 21. Men gaming ‘Towerborn’ 22. Petra Fröhlich, founder and editor-in-chief of “GamesWirtschaft, queuing for presentation at Xbox stand 23. SOUNDBITE (German) Petra Fröhlich, founder and editor-in-chief of “GamesWirtschaft”: “Yes, the games industry was one of the beneficiaries of the Corona pandemic, if you can put it that way, and has grown very, very strongly in recent years, much more strongly than Hollywood, much more strongly than the music industry. And now it's a question of conserving this growth for the coming years. At the moment there is a lot of consolidation going on.” 24. Figure at Xbox stand 25. Wide / camera pan left over people queuing at Xbox stand 26. SOUNDBITE (German) Petra Fröhlich, founder and editor-in-chief of “GamesWirtschaft”: “Yes, in the past years there was always a trend topic, an important topic, an important technology that was the focus. For example, the topic of virtual reality. That's not the case this year. It's rather the great variety and range of games from very small productions, from two-man teams to the big blockbusters that are presented here at the fair. So anyone who wants to find out about the trends in the games industry is in the right place here in Cologne.” 27. Tracking shot of people gaming on Nintendo switch console 28. Bandai Namco stand, with ‘Tekken 8’ being promoted STORYLINE: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metad....ata/youtube/9e50f511