Gamescom Premieres Witcher 3 Expansion Before Sold-Out Show
Publishers sell gaming's healthiest year at the first sold-out gamescom while enthusiasts note the bill is sequels to 2011-2015 games - nostalgia is the growth industry.
Camille Beaumont
Bureau: Los Angeles
Gamescom Opening Night Live Returns Tonight With Witcher Headliner
Publishers present a locked slate as proof of momentum while fan threads count how many headliners shipped during the previous decade.
Witcher Reveal Tonight Tests CD Projekt's Second Act
Months of leak-thread speculation meet one staged hour tonight; the real verdict arrives in the frame-by-frame autopsies fans publish before midnight.
Gears E-Day and Metro 2039 Fill Tonight's Legacy Undercard
Beneath the Witcher headliner, tonight's undercard is a museum row of franchises from 2011 to 2015 selling familiarity as strength at record scale.
Parton Death Puts Her Self-Penned Catalog on Every Queue
Fan X hits play while the obituary desks file ledger lines - the streaming ripple only works because one songwriter owned what everyone will stream this week.
Our Desk Watches Four Things as Opening Night Live Unfolds Tonight
Publisher X rehearses triumph while leak gamblers price which secrets survive to airtime - our live blog watches the four gaps where the show's real story leaks out.