While the rest of the year’s biggest gaming conventions have all but closed their doors, Gamescom is looking at marching ahead, undeterred by the coronavirus.

Gamescom has been nailing theidea of bringing the video game industry to the people for years now. The Koelnmesse is titanic in size, well-equipped and ready to open its doors to anyone with a love for video games. What else is there to do though? What does the pop culture fanatic looking to do more than just play a slice of next year’s hot new release have to do between the hours waiting in line to do so?

Gamescom is the best of the great big gaming extravaganzas. It kicks off in a month, and the first big publisher to reveal its Gamescom plans is EA.

Gamescom organisers are urging all vistors to get ready for more stringent security that even impacts on cosplay.

We have the technology! And, we've finally proven that eSports professionals are athletes. What comes next is a solid look in the mirror and reevaluating our lifestyles if we wish to keep pushing our gaming to the limits.

The numbers are in, and CS:GO knocked League of Legends off the Twitch TV throne for one weekend only.

Here's all you need to know about ESL One Cologne this weekend.

Check out our visual round-up of our first official day of Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.