On August 20th, the WN Media Group held its second business event in Cologne. It was organized in the run-up to the annual Gamescom conference.
717 gaming industry professionals attended WN Connect Cologne’24, making it one of the largest and most successful events in the company’s history.
Senior executives accounted for 68% of the total, followed by business development and sales managers (19%), game developers (9%) and marketing and PR specialists (5%).
Participants by profession
A total of 484 companies took part in WN Connect Cologne’24, around two thirds of which were developers and publishers. Other notable groups were advertising companies (19%) and platforms (18%). Investors made up 10% of the participating companies.
Participants by company type (Note: Companies can select multiple options)
Among the participants were representatives from Behaviour Interactive, Epic Games, Miniclip, NCSoft, NetherRealm Studios, BoomBit, Sensor Tower, Tencent Games, Newzoo and more. Marketing platform Aarki sponsored the event, while The Games Fund served as a partner.
The event in Cologne was the seventh WN Connect this year. Since January, the WN Media Group has organized similar events in the UK, Pakistan, Spain, Vietnam, Poland and Croatia.
