Starting from June every year, major game manufacturers will hold various large-scale game release events, with the “Summer Game Festival” at the beginning of the month taking the lead. Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft will also hold various press conferences of their own after that. As for the “Gamescom” coming at the end of August, it usually represents the end of the summer game release season. According to the news released by Nintendo earlier today, they have confirmed that they will participate in this event.
Considering that Nintendo usually releases many key new games at its own “Nintendo Direct” conference, what news they will keep for this Cologne Game Show is also a topic worthy of discussion.
Since its inception in 2009, Gamescom has been held every year at the Cologne Exhibition Center in Cologne, Germany, so it is called the Cologne Game Show. The exhibition is held in a manner very similar to the E3 exhibition that has been completely suspended. Major manufacturers will display various key new works at the exhibition venue and hold an opening night “Opening Night Live” event hosted by Geoff Keighley on the opening night.
Although the physical exhibition has been temporarily suspended twice in 2020 and 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, Gamescom is still the largest video game exhibition in Europe, and players can also look forward to seeing the release of various masterpieces at the conference, such as in 2025 At the opening night event in 2017, Blizzard Entertainment and Game Science revealed the “World of Warcraft: Darkest Night” expansion pack and “Dark Myth: Zhong Kui” respectively, and even the second part of the “Afterlife” album version. Nintendo also participated in the exhibition with the just-launched Nintendo Switch 2 console.
Just earlier today, Nintendo officials also confirmed on social platforms that they will participate in Gamescom this year, which is scheduled to be held from August 26 to 30. Although they did not reveal what games players can expect to see at the event, they still called on fans to pay close attention to the official channel for follow-up news.
Nintendo ist 2026 wieder auf der @gamescom dabei! Wir sind vom 26. bis 30. August in Köln und freuen uns, euch dort zu sehen.
Behaltet unsere Kanäle für weitere Informationen im Auge! pic.twitter.com/NPVLXyyKvJ
— Nintendo DE (@NintendoDE) May 18, 2026
Last year, Nintendo’s key works displayed at Gamescom included two of its own titles, “Tonky: The Force Awakens” and “Pokémon Legends ZA,” as well as third-party titles such as “Hades 2” and “Hollow Knight: Silk Song.” As for which new games they will show on site this year, many players believe that the already released “Sprawl: Paint Raiders”, “Star Fox” and “Sacred Fire Conquering Demons: Thousand Threads” are the most likely choices. In addition to the works that have been released, the currently rumored “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remastered Edition” may also be unveiled at this year’s event.
However, this year’s Gamescom seems to have happened at a rather awkward time for Nintendo and their fans, because after this annual event in the video game industry ends at the end of August, Nintendo will officially increase the price of its Nintendo Switch 2 console on September 1.
Source: KOCPC Chinese