WN Connect, held the day before Gamescom in Cologne, gathered over 700 participants

On August 20th, the second event by WN Media Group on the banks of the Rhine took place — WN Connect Cologne’24. It was one of the satellite events of Europe's largest gaming exhibition, Gamescom.

The recent connect turned out to be one of the largest and most successful in the history of the organizing company. WN Media Group announced that 717 industry representatives registered to participate in the event.

A significant number of WN Connect attendees were top managers and company owners (68%). There were also business development managers (19%), developers (9%), and game promotion specialists (5%).

Guest distribution by occupation

As for the companies, 484 gaming businesses were represented at the event. Most of them are directly involved in game development (66%), advertising (19%), or are comprehensive service solutions (18%). One-tenth of the companies at the event identified themselves as investors.

Participant companies distribution by specialization (a company can have several specializations)

The companies registered for the event included — Behaviour Interactive, BoomBit, Epic Games, Miniclip, NCSOFT, NetherRealm Studios, Newzoo, Sensor Tower, Tencent Games, and many, many more. The event was sponsored by the marketing platform Aarki, with The Games Fund being a partner.

This was the seventh WN Connect event this year. Since January, WN Media Group has held similar events in the UK, Pakistan, Spain, Vietnam, Poland, and Croatia.