--- title: John Romero announced as keynote speaker for Gamescom... description: John Romero, co-founder of id Software, has been announced as the keynote speaker for Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 in Bangkok. His keynote, titled... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/john-romero-announced-as-keynote-speaker-for-gamescom-asia-x-thailand-game-show-rki1c14mo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: John Romero announced as keynote speaker for Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show | daily.dev og:description: John Romero, co-founder of id Software, has been announced as the keynote speaker for Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 in Bangkok. His keynote, titled... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/john-romero-announced-as-keynote-speaker-for-gamescom-asia-x-thailand-game-show-rki1c14mo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rKi1C14mO.png og:image:alt: John Romero announced as keynote speaker for Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # John Romero announced as keynote speaker for Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary John Romero, co-founder of id Software, has been announced as the keynote speaker for Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 in Bangkok. His keynote, titled 'Why We Still Make Games,' will cover his career, setbacks, and decades of industry change. Other speakers include co-founders of AdHoc Studio, Roblox's VP of International, Tencent's Head of Creative Production, Godot's Executive Director, and DigixArt's founder. The event runs October 29–November 1 and will expand floor space by 20% to 35,000 square metres following 206,169 attendees in its inaugural Bangkok year. Romero Games has recently refocused on a smaller indie shooter after a publisher pulled funding for a big-budget FPS in 2025. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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