Gamescom 2011: Digital Spy's coverage

We have a busy week planned for Digital Spy's Gaming section as we report live from Cologne in Germany for this year's gamescom expo, the European equivalent of E3.

Kicking off proceedings later today are press events from publishers Electronic Arts and Sony, followed by an early start on Wednesday morning for NCsoft, which you can follow live through live blogs at the following times:

Tuesday, August 17

Electronic Arts press conference
BST: 3pm to 4pm
EST: 12pm to 1pm
PST: 8am to 9am


Sony press conference
BST: 5pm to 6pm
EST: 2pm to 3pm
PST: 10am to 11am


Wednesday, August 18

NCsoft press conference
BST: 8am to 9am
EST: 5am to 6am
PST: 12pm to 1am


You can also expect news stories and previews throughout the week and beyond, including Kinect's Christmas lineup, hands-on impressions of the PlayStation Vita, first looks at Borderlands 2 and DOTA 2 and much, much more.

You can keep up to date through our special gamescom 2011 page for the latest updates, as well as our Twitter account @DS_Gaming for impressions and updates from the show floor.