2026 Gamescom
August 26-30, 2026Cologne, Germany | Hall 3.2, aisle B, booth 40
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Gamescom: The biggest games event in the world
Washington is one of the world’s leading centers for interactive entertainment, where storytelling, software engineering, cloud computing and digital artistry come together to create games played by millions around the globe. Our interactive media companies collaborate across gaming, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital content to create the next generation of interactive experiences.
Gamescom offers a global stage to showcase our ingenuity, strengthen international partnerships and connect Washington companies with publishers, investors and customers who help bring great ideas to players everywhere. As a $14 billion industry that supports nearly 30,000 jobs across Washington state, our goal is to help Gamescom attendees Choose Washington for business, investment and long-term growth.*
Washington state delegate companies at Gamescom 2026
Calaway Consulting
Calaway Consulting is an advisory firm working across both sides of external development, the partnerships between game developers and the external studios that build games alongside them. We help developers strengthen their external development programs, and we help service providers worldwide understand where they fit in the market and what sets them apart. We take a deeply human approach to the work, paired with rigorous market data.
Capabilities:
- Research
- Diagnostics
- Hands-on advisory, built to help studios on both sides of external development work better together.
Contact:
Caroline Calaway
Founder
Phone: +1 (832) 567-5370
email: Caroline@callowayconsulting.com
Dark Arts Software
We are an international team of passionate spatial technology experts who are bringing our passion and experience with VR and AR technologies to bear on projects both internal and external. Founded in 2014, we have been supporting spatial technology for more than a decade, offering virtual and augmented reality software products and services. Our latest offering is Trip the Light: Let’s Dance, an award-winning dance game available on the Meta Quest.
Capabilities:
- Trip the Light – AR VR XR product development and WFH services
- Gaming
- LBE
- Training and simulation
Contact:
Patrick Ascolese
CEO
Phone: +1 (206) 240-3322
email: Patrick.Ascolese@DarkArtsSoftware.com
DB Creations
DB Creations is a Washington-based game development studio focused on innovative titles for VR, AR and MR. We have shipped games for a multitude of head-worn devices, including the Meta Quest 3 series, Snap Spectacles, Google’s Android XR line, and more. We pride ourselves on shipping high-quality games and applications that feel seamless to play on any device or platform. Our most recent title is Crystal Commanders, an XR RTS.
Capabilities:
DB Creations is an end-to-end game production studio – from concept to QA and post-launch content, we can build full game titles for any XR hardware.
Contact:
Dustin Kochensparger
Co-Founder
Phone: +1 (425) 499-6037
email: dustin@dbcreations.studio
DigiPen Institute of Technology
DigiPen Institute of Technology is a global leader in game development education and the first school to offer a four-year degree in video game development. For more than 35 years, DigiPen has prepared students for careers in game design and development, computer science, artificial intelligence, digital art and animation and music and sound design. DigiPen has campuses in the U.S., Singapore and Spain.
Capabilities:
Undergraduate programs
- Game design and development
- Computer science
- Artificial intelligence
- Digital art and animation
- Music and sound design
Graduate degree programs
- Computer science
- Artificial intelligence
- Game design
- Digital art
Contact:
Jeff Hill
Vice President of Admissions
Phone: +1 (866) 478-5236
email: admissions@digipen.edu
Digital Pajamas
Digital Pajamas is an indie publisher determined to redefine the standard for publishing. We believe developers deserve fair terms and complete creative control. After launching 80+ games across all platforms in our combined careers, we know how to generate success while keeping the developer’s vision at the heart of every decision.
Contact:
Allie Paul
VP of Publishing
email: publishing@digitalpajamas.com
Gamebeast
Gamebeast is the AI-first intelligence layer for gaming. Our data analytics, live operations, and advertising platform power measurable growth for studios across all of gaming. Every part of Gamebeast is agent-ready, so your own agents and workflows can operate through our API and MCP to do anything and everything that drives your games forward.
Capabilities:
- Gamebeast data analytics
- LiveOps platform
- Gamebeast Ads & UA
Contact:
Zander Brumbaugh
CEO
Phone: +1 (775) 741-2148
email: zander@gamebeast.gg
Gamesight
Gamesight helps leading game publishers engage, understand, and grow their audiences through marketing measurement, creator marketing, and community programs. Supporting more than 500 PC and console games, our recent work includes Marathon, World of Warcraft: Midnight, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Resynced, and Battlefield 6. Gamesight is trusted by publishers including Capcom, Bandai Namco, EA, KRAFTON, Ubisoft, PLAION, and SEGA.
Capabilities
End-to-end creator campaign management, creator programs and marketing measurement.
Contact:
Per Höglund
Head of Sales, Europe
Phone: +39 346 3611342
email: per@gamesight.io
PlayEveryWare
PlayEveryWare is an engineering focused video game codevelopment studio providing support for ports, remasters, licensed IP, and full game development. Partnering with all different size teams from indies to AAA publishers, our studio works on game features, platform retargets, online services, performance and memory optimizations, and console platform porting across Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot, and Proprietary Game Engines.
Contact:
Thomas O’Connor
CEO
email: tom@playeveryware.com
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