Today at gamescom we arrived to our station in the business area hall to discover that our two laptops had been stolen over night, despite the presence of Koelnmesse security.
— iam8bit @ gamescom hall 5.2 stand C051 (@iam8bit) August 28, 2026
These were machines we were using to demo iam8bit Presents titles Petal Runner and Escape Academy 2 to…
This isn't the first year devs have been robbed at gamescom, and their response is unacceptable.
— Indie Game Joe (@IndieGameJoe) August 29, 2026
My full statement: https://t.co/Bq60kdiFRm pic.twitter.com/WzXt04nG33
Gamescom (think European E3) had some major thefts this year from 3 indie studios including one of our long time favs iam8bit. The gaming community is very unhappy with Gamescom's response which basically says these things happen. This is made worse as these locations were robbed with security and at night when there wasn't any attendees. Many speculate online that it was an inside job with bad security guards or staff.
