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Germany-based event officially world's biggest gaming expo; 4,400 members of media turn out.

This past Saturday was the final day of Gamescom, which bills itself as Europe's largest gaming convention. However, according to attendance figures released today, the Cologne, Germany-based expo is the world's largest gaming event.

Gamescom organizers announced today that 254,000 people attended last week's expo, which was held at the sprawling K?ln Messe. Of those, some 4,400 were members of the media, and a Cologne city festival held in tandem with the expo drew some 100,000 visitors. By comparison, the Tokyo Game Show draws around 185,000 visitors and the Electronic Entertainment Expo about 43,000.

Exhibitor-wise, Gamescom were 505 companies on the show - from 458 in 2009. Those companies come from 33 countries, two more than the year before.

As outlined in GameSpot's own Gamescom coverage, several companies used the German expo to make major announcements. Electronic Arts introduced a new Need For Speed title of Dragon Age 2, and also showed that Mass Effect 2 is currently ported to the PlayStation 3. At his briefing, Sony introduced a new 160 GB PS3 , which will replace the current 120GB model. A 320GB PS3 will also be available as part of a $400 bundle with the PlayStation Move motion-sensing system.

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