Gamescom Day 3

Published August 24, 2013
Visitors arrive at the Electronic Arts EA exhibtion stand during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 23, 2013.  — Reuters Photo
Visitors arrive at the Electronic Arts EA exhibtion stand during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 23, 2013. — Reuters Photo
Visitors look at a presentation of "Call of Duty Ghosts" at an exhibition stand during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 21, 2013. — Reuters Photo
Visitors look at a presentation of "Call of Duty Ghosts" at an exhibition stand during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 21, 2013. — Reuters Photo
An overview shows the Electronic Arts EA exhibition stand during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 21, 2013.  — Reuters Photo
An overview shows the Electronic Arts EA exhibition stand during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 21, 2013. — Reuters Photo
Visitors queue for "Sims 4" at the Electronic Arts EA exhibtion stand during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 23, 2013.  — Reuters Photo
Visitors queue for "Sims 4" at the Electronic Arts EA exhibtion stand during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 23, 2013. — Reuters Photo
Visitors play "World of Warcraft" during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 21, 2013.  — Reuters Photo
Visitors play "World of Warcraft" during the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 21, 2013. — Reuters Photo

Cologne, Germany, 23 August, 2013 - Another day at the show floor, people still pouring in, buzzing around with loads of activity. Tickets for Saturday and Sunday are officially sold out. People have brought along fold-able garden chairs to wait in lines, which seem to be never ending.

On an average the waiting time to play one game has increased from 5 minutes (on press day) to 1 hour (since yesterday).

Gamescom Job, career and speaker’s corner continued offering new and exciting prospects for upcoming developers as gaming institutes and universities presented their offerings. New speakers and industry leaders gave presentations to an aspiring young crowd, while prospects were distributed among the participants.

Retro Gaming exhibition showcased private collection of gaming consoles and retro projects. Showing a large collection of old games, memory mediums, controllers, handhelds and consoles from nearly a four decade old era.

24hr Livemodding challenge endtered its last stage, while German Casemod Championship, in which participants from all over the world will compete for the title of champion case modification designer. Voting among general members of public will determine the result. Cosplay Village and Gamescom congress held smaller events throughout the day.

Call of Duty: Ghost’s new mode, Create-a- Solider allows upto more than 20000 customization combinations for players. Players have access to more new perk than ever before, they can be allocated from one to five points. Players are allocated a in-game budget to buy primary and secondary weapon, tactical or lethal items.

FIFA 14 next generation video was leaked on internet from games at Gamescom. It looks like they will be shipping the game this year, as when we played it, the game felt pretty finished. Destiny provided a deeper look into the game, with more gameplay trailer and screenshots.

A new trailer for Fighter Within is showcased, which is a kinect based game by ubisoft and by the looks of it can translate your motion into moves, making you digitally throw punches at your friends. Will they remain your friends after the game, trailer doesn’t disclose.

Beyond: Two Souls have some interesting news, that it will feature a co-op mode where Jodie and Aiden both will both be playable. And you can switch between them to use one’s particular skill to complete a challenge.

Sony, in a move to push PS Vita sales, they have grabbed have grabbed Gun Slugs. The game is produced by Orange Pixel and Abstraction studio will handle the port of the game.

Final Fantasy fans rejoice as new trailer for Final Fantasy X-2 / X has been demonstrated in Gamescom with significant improvements in graphics and remastered audio tracks.

Drive club team has uploaded a direct feed trailer of the game on their face book page in High definition.

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