Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show has announced that id Software program co-founder John Romero will headline the enterprise space convention of this yr’s occasion in Bangkok, with a keynote entitled “Why We Nonetheless Make Video games” about “a lifetime of constructing video games, overcoming setbacks and navigating many years of trade change.”
Beforehand announced audio system embody Nick Herman and Dennis Lenart, co-founders of Dispatch developer AdHoc Studio; Roblox VP and Head of Worldwide Zhen Fang; Jane Lau, Head of Inventive Manufacturing at Tencent; Emilio Coppola, Govt Director at Godot and Yoan Fanise, artistic director and founding father of indie developer DigixArt. The occasion runs from October twenty ninth to November 1st in Bangkok.
Romero at present runs Romero Video games along with his spouse Brenda, who instructed GamesIndustry.biz that “the trade’s in a extremely horrible place” at a Game Republic occasion in Wakefield earlier this yr. The agency was pressured to put off employees after an unnamed writer, extensively reported to be Microsoft, pulled funding for a big-budget FPS in 2025; it has since refocused on to work on a smaller indie shooter.
Gamescom Asia partnered with Thailand Game Show in 2025, after happening in Singapore for the primary 4 years of its existence. This yr’s present will enhance flooring area by 20% to 35,000 sq. metres, the organisers stated, following a profitable first yr that attracted 206,169 attendees. Confirmed exhibitors embody Nintendo, Capcom, Sega, the Pokémon Firm, Bandai Namco and AMD.
“Final yr we proved that Bangkok is able to host a world-class gaming occasion at scale,” stated Prakash Ramajillu, Normal Supervisor of Asia-Pacific, Koelnmesse. “This yr we’re elevating that bar in each path — extra space, extra manufacturers, extra experiences, and one of the vital iconic figures in gaming historical past taking the stage. The response from the trade has been extraordinary, and we’re solely simply getting began.”