Maven Road analyzes conversations on social media to determine what people are talking about. Gamescom and Devcom took place from August 22 to 28, 2022, in Cologne, Germany. Gamescom gathered over 265,000 gamers, and around 2,500 game developers attended Devcom.
Maven Road conducted an analysis to track conversation dynamics across Twitter, news outlets, blogs, and forums. More than 685,800 mentions were recorded for both Gamescom and Devcom.
The most mentioned game was Sega’s Sonic Frontiers, scheduled for release on November 8, 2022. Hogwarts Legacy, the new Harry Potter game releasing on February 10, 2023, took second place. In third place was a fresh franchise from Neowiz: Lies of P, an action RPG inspired by Pinocchio.
Sonic Frontiers accounted for over 41,100 mentions. About 82% of Gamescom mentions were on Twitter, 11% in news, 5% on forums, and 2% on blogs.
The game demo was well received, with users expressing satisfaction with the gameplay, often citing that 95% of playtesters were “thrilled”. Negative posts were mostly linked to user comments about a dispute between streamers that occurred at the event.