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What Is Gamescom? The World's Biggest Games Show, Explained
2+ week, 5+ day ago (719+ words) Gamescom is the games industry’s biggest public trade fair, held every August at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. It is part trade show, part consumer festival, and it has spent the last decade quietly becoming the most important date on the…...
AniWeCon 2026 brings anime, gaming, creative communities together in Lagos
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (774+ words) titled “From Fan to Founder,” focusing on the development of locally created intellectual property. Kunmi...
The three most interesting mobile games we saw at Korea's Gamescom pavilion
1+ week, 5+ day ago (455+ words) One of the more understated parts of Gamescom’s show is the country pavilions. While it’s easy to get lost in a maze of merch, business deals and cosplay, these pavilions help to highlight smaller developers from a specific region. And…...
Your geek dreams have a home: Inside Abu Dhabi’s MEFCC 2026 and Otaku District
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1108+ words) From anime to gaming, MEFCC turns Abu Dhabi into a cross-border geek adventure It’s a little disappointing that you can’t just meet your favourite character and badger them with questions. Sigh, the stories Naruto could share. The effort it would…...
Costumes and??? politics: why Anime is taking off across Africa
1+ week, 3+ day ago (12+ words) Costumes and … politics: why Anime is taking off across Africa The Times...
Too many indies, too many creators: Can PlayIndies solve gaming’s discovery dilemma?
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (1028+ words) Along with her co-founder Keith Muelas, the pair were darting frenetically from booth to booth, appointment to appointment, promoting their new venture, PlayIndies. Meeting in Cologne from opposite sides of the world — Hall is based in Western Australia, Muelas near…...
How Disney Ditched Families To Profit Off The ‘Disney Adult’
4+ week, 1+ day ago (190+ words) Armed with far more disposable income than the parents Disney once tried to court, these adults are trapped in their nostalgia. Disney’s D23 is a convention for adult superfans. This is antithetical to the vision of its founder, Walt Disney, who…...
From cardboard to cosplay: Kenya’s anime fans turn creativity into culture
2+ week, 5+ day ago (514+ words) Thousands of anime and manga fans gathered in Nairobi for one of Africa’s biggest cosplay conventions, transforming recycled materials, craft skills and imagination into elaborate costumes. For many enthusiasts, the event is more than entertainment—it is a space for…...
'I wanted to see how far I could push my skills': Inside the UAE’s cosplay scene ahead of MEFCC Abu Dhabi
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (1368+ words) Why UAE cosplayers say it’s never too late or too early to start suiting up A few years ago at the Animenia festival, Abu Dhabi, we met Myrkul, The Lord of Bones. Nearby in the hall, colourful cosplayers milled about,…...
Otaku District at MEFCC Abu Dhabi, 11–13 September
1+ week, 3+ day ago (485+ words) Abu Dhabi’s Comic Con finally gave the anime queue its own neighbourhood. Middle East Film & Comic Con opens its first Otaku District at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 September 2026. Gulf News published the interviews on Wednesday: a…...