今年的科隆遊戲展給我們玩家帶來了大量令人興奮的新消息，但遺憾的是至少兩起盜竊案給今年的盛會蒙上了一層陰影。
獨立遊戲開發者萊恩·萊利 (Ryan Laley) 透露，他的設備在科隆遊戲展的展位上被盜，他表示這「在經濟和精神上都給他造成了巨大的打擊」。幸運的是，萊利得到了業內人士的大力支持，其中包括《巫師3》和《電馭叛客2077》的開發商CD Projekt Red。
My #gamescom cut short. Our equipment was stolen last night from the booth. Police reports have been filed. At a loss for words to describe the feeling. Just defeated. Gonna do my best with what's left of the week. But a huge blow financially and mentally
在社交媒體上，CD Projekt Red回復了萊利的初始消息，並表示「看看我們是否可以給你寄一些東西」，然後補充道「任何兄弟都不應該從零開始」。
CDPR推文：「我們非常抱歉你遭遇了這樣的事情。希望你知道，你並不是一個人在面對這一切。雖然這話現在可能幫不上你什麼忙，但我們會去查查荒坂的硬體檔案，看看能不能給你寄一些東西過去。沒有哪個兄弟應該被迫從零開始。」
We are very sorry this happened to you. We hope you know you’re not on your own with this. And while it won’t help right this second, we’ll check the Arasaka hardware archives and see if we can send a few things your way. No choom should have to start from zero. 🤝🏼
萊利隨後感謝了CD Projekt Red以及業內其他人士的慷慨相助。他還特別感謝了市場營銷顧問Indie Game Joe，感謝他捐款幫助萊利更換了丟失的設備。
隨後，獨立遊戲玩家喬建議玩家將萊利即將推出的遊戲《Mimic》加入願望清單。
不幸的是，這並非今年科隆遊戲展上唯一一起被報道的盜竊案。Iam8bit公司發布消息稱，儘管展位上有保安人員，但兩台筆記本電腦還是在夜間被盜。該公司還指出，被盜的筆記本電腦里存有《花瓣跑酷》（Petal Runner）和《逃脫學院2》（Escape Academy 2）的早期演示版本。
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. These were machines we were using to demo iam8bit Presents titles Petal Runner and Escape Academy 2 to media and content creators during the show. On top of obviously disrupting our very busy appointment schedule, this theft has potentially put unfinished builds of these games at risk of being leaked. This is hugely disappointing for us and our development teams at Nano Park Studios and Coin Crew Games who worked tirelessly to prepare for this show. We ask that anyone who may have information about what happened to please reach out to us.
