Gamescom launch: How AI is changing gaming
August 2026, 5:00 am Computer players test "World of Warcraft" at Gamescom 2025
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August 2026, 5:00 am Computer players test "World of Warcraft" at Gamescom 2025. Whether jump'n'run, strategy tasks, race or shooter battle: Gamescom begins, the Cologne fair was opened with a stage show in front of 5,000 fans. Other surveys provide similar findings: The Bitkom recently surveyed 1,205 over 16-year-olds in Germany, of which 55 percent occasionally or more often play video or computer games - and the trend is rising. In role-playing games and sports games, AI also controls the figures, which is particularly interesting for multiplayer online games. “If a fantasy action game needs 100 characters, we have waited until 100 people have registered online.” Now it can start with fewer players, as the other figures are taken over by the AI, without human players noticing.
Furthermore, In the future, Germany should be more involved, the federal government is providing 125 million euros in funding for this year and thus much more than before. The exhibition stands of the 1,600 exhibitors can be seen until Sunday, hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected. The younger, the more people are gambled: In 16- to 29-year-olds, the share was 89 percent, in the case of over 65-year-olds only 24 percent.
In addition, Globally, too, things are going up: The market research company Newzoo expects the number of global gamers to rise from 3.55 billion in 2025 to 4.07 billion in 2029. On average, a gamer in Germany plays about 2 hours and 20 minutes a day.
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August 2026, 5:00 am Computer players test "World of Warcraft" at Gamescom 2025. Whether jump'n'run, strategy tasks, race or shooter battle: Gamescom begins, the Cologne fair was opened with a stage show in front of 5,000 fans.
reliability low1/3 sourcesOther surveys provide similar findings: The Bitkom recently surveyed 1,205 over 16-year-olds in Germany, of which 55 percent occasionally or more often play video or computer games - and the trend is rising.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn role-playing games and sports games, AI also controls the figures, which is particularly interesting for multiplayer online games. “If a fantasy action game needs 100 characters, we have waited until 100 people have registered online.” Now it can start with fewer players, as the other figures are taken over by the AI, without human players noticing.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn the future, Germany should be more involved, the federal government is providing 125 million euros in funding for this year and thus much more than before.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe exhibition stands of the 1,600 exhibitors can be seen until Sunday, hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe younger, the more people are gambled: In 16- to 29-year-olds, the share was 89 percent, in the case of over 65-year-olds only 24 percent.
reliability low1/3 sourcesGlobally, too, things are going up: The market research company Newzoo expects the number of global gamers to rise from 3.55 billion in 2025 to 4.07 billion in 2029.
reliability low1/3 sourcesOn average, a gamer in Germany plays about 2 hours and 20 minutes a day.
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