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gamescom 2026 2026/08/23 — 08/30 //// COLOGNE, GERMANY
Games from Cyprus

The first ever Cyprus country pavilion at gamescom

Cyprus game development has been growing quietly for years. In August 2026 it stepped onto the world's biggest stage — one pavilion, one flag, powered by CYGMA and its partners. Here is how it went.

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The biggest games event on Earth official gamescom 2026 figures >>>>
368 000 visitors The largest games gathering anywhere — up 6% on 2025.
131 visitor countries Players, press and publishers fly in from every continent.
1 743 exhibitors / 66 countries A record year — up 11% on 2025, with 48 country pavilions.
233 000 m² exhibition space Sold out for the first time in gamescom history.
why it matters >>>> Every publisher, platform and investor that matters is in Cologne that week. A country pavilion puts Cyprus studios directly in front of them.
The story we told by CYGMA //// 2025 data >>>>

The core narrative of the pavilion was the Cyprus Video Game Industry Report 2025 — the first ever measurement of the industry we came to Cologne to represent.

415 game companies
€3.2B annual revenue
#1 studios, revenue per capita
Read the Report Download the PDF >>>
The very first delegation

Cyprus had never had a country pavilion at gamescom. In 2026, for the first time, the island's game industry — 400+ studios that have been quietly growing for years — showed up under its own flag. The pavilion was powered by CYGMA and its partners.

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gamescom dev
gamescom dev
23—25 Aug Confex, Koelnmesse · Booth B-03
Booth & Talk

Three days of meetings at our 25 m² booth on the developer side — and Cyprus took the stage:

// stage talk "The Last White Spot in EU Game Dev: How Cyprus Quietly Built 400+ Studios" Andrey Ivashentsev · General Manager, CYGMA
CYGMA talk at gamescom dev
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pre-party
Früh am Dom
25 Aug · 18:00—23:00 Früh am Dom · Cologne
Cyprus Nights in Cologne

The night before the show opened, we gathered partners and friends of the delegation at Früh — tasty food, proper Kölsch, and activities with prizes. The Cyprus way to start gamescom week, at full house.

Cyprus Nights in Cologne at Früh
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gamescom expo
gamescom
26—28 Aug Hall 03.2 · Stand F-030G · Koelnmesse
The Country Pavilion

78 square metres of Cyprus in the heart of the business area: studio stations, meeting space and the Games from Cyprus brand overhead. The shared stand carried every delegate company through three days of the expo.

Games from Cyprus country pavilion
how it went >>>> The full recap of the first Cyprus delegation at gamescom — numbers, meetings and moments — is on the CYGMA website. Read the article >>>
Delegation organizer

The pavilion was powered by CYGMA — the national association of game developers in Cyprus. Founded by industry leaders, CYGMA is the voice of game development on the island: it represents studios to government, universities and business, and brought the country to Cologne for the very first time.

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Delegation participants

The companies that went to gamescom with us — and the games they brought to the pavilion. Some titles were shown on our demo stations only, ahead of their public announcement.

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Delegation supporters

The organisations and companies we are grateful to — they supported the delegation and made this dream come true.

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what's next 2027/08 //// COLOGNE, GERMANY
Next stop: gamescom 2027

Preparation for gamescom 2027 is already underway. The submission form for the next delegation — and the delegation's participation in other industry events — will be announced here soon.