Devcom Developer Conference will be renamed Gamecom Dev starting from October 2025.
The name change, announced on the conference’s Keynote Stage on August 19, 2025, “firmly integrates the event into the Gamescom brand family and strengthens its presence in the international gaming industry,” an accompanying press release said.
“I am delighted about Devcom’s upgrade in positioning and its inclusion among the key Gamescom sub-brands,” said Stephan Reichart, managing director of game events GmbH and organiser of the Devcom Developer Conference.
“We’ve had an incredible, exciting, and at times very challenging journey with Devcom over the years.
“Right from the start, people kept asking, ‘So you’re the game developer side of Gamescom?’ That is why we decided to add the subtitle, ‘The official game developer conference of Gamescom.’ Now, everyone gets it – everything related to developer content happens at Gamescom Dev.
Established in 2017, Devcom Developer Conference is the official developer conference of Gamescom, organised by game events GmbH, a subsidiary of the German Games Industry Association (game).
The main Devcom Developer Conference takes place in Cologne, Germany, with this year’s event running from August 17 to August 19, ahead of Gamescom’s official start on August 20.
This year’s conference has featured panel discussions, talks, keynotes, fireside chats, roundtables, and workshops on topics including community management, game design, mental health, and more.
AI is a big topic at this year’s event, with a pre-Devcom survey revealing the conference’s speakers have “mixed attitudes” towards the technology.
Following the end of the main conference, from August 20 to August 22, there will be a Devcom booth in Gamescom’s B2B area.
“The Devcom Developer Conference has rapidly grown into one of the world’s most important events for game developers,” said Felix Falk, managing director of game and co-organiser of Gamescom.
“It has become a key pillar of the Gamescom family. By renaming it Gamescom Dev, we aim to create greater synergies with the other Gamescom formats and tap into new opportunities through closer integration with the Gamescom brand world. This will take our success story to the next level.”