Co-Streaming Guidelines gamescom

This year, gamescom 2023 will take place on-site in Cologne and online from 22 to 27 August 2023. In addition to gamescom: Opening Night Live, you can also watch our other shows on gamescom now, Youtube and Twitch - in both German and English.

You want to co-stream the exciting gamescom shows? We have a prepared a few guidelines for you here, including a couple of valuable tips on programme design and creative procedures:

Important: Anyone can follow gamescom on his or her own personal channel – irrespective of the platform.

1. Set your preferred broadcast software such that the stream is recorded live.
2. Choose between our Cleanfeed of gamescom or one of the platforms we have named above.
3. Get your popcorn and other snacks, turn on the show and enjoy!

• Important: Anyone can distribute gamescom on his or her own personal channel – irrespective of the platform.
• Here it is important that:
  
  • No rights of third parties are violated (these include copyrights, trademark rights, etc.)
  • No content is shown that is racist, homophobic, defamatory, obscene, libelous or glorifies violence
  • No applicable laws are violated (especially criminal law and youth protection)
  • No advertising for the following products or services is actively integrated:
    
    • nicotine, alcohol, cannabis and other addictive substances
    • party politics, especially election advertising
    • pornography
    • gambling, lotteries, casino, poker, sports betting or comparable
    • item or in-game currency trading outside of first party platforms or official offerings
    • online key sales (e.g. MMOGA, G2A & Co.), insofar as these do not involve licensed dealers (e.g. Gamesplanet, Green Man Gaming, Humble Bundle, etc.)
• automated pop-ups, upon which the streamer exercises no influence, are principally permitted and are excluded from the criteria for exclusion listed above
• Here you will find all community guidelines if you choose to live-stream via Youtube, or Twitch .