GSC Game World explained why it decided not to delay the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 for another few years: the extra time would not have guaranteed a better result.
NAVI won the EPL Masters Dota 2 championship for the second time in a row. In the final, the team defeated Klim Sani4 3–0 in a one-sided match and took home $50,000.
Boxing gloves signed by Vitalii and Volodymyr Klychko were sold for €6,500 at a charity auction during gamescom. The event raised a total of €19,000 for the Ukrainian military.