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Explore the wondrous creations of Germany's PC casemod competition

By Brian Crecente

Gamescom is such a massive hit with gamers and game makers around the world because of its eclectic approach to hosting both a public and press show about all things gaming.

At the top of the list of things that aren't games, but are definitely worth checking out, is the show's annual case mod competition.

The 14th German CaseMod Championship (DCMM) ran from Aug. 5 to Aug. 9 and included not just a showcase of some of the most impressive new case mods from around the world, but also a 24-hour, live modding challenge which has teams of case modders building new creations on the fly.

This year's big show broke entries down into five categories:

  1. CaseMods: These are your regular, run of the mill computer case modifications.
  2. CaseCons: Entirely self-planned and self-constructed cases.
  3. CE Mods: A fascinating sub-category that recreates regular consumer electronics with a twist. Often this includes things like external hard drives that look like med kits or other items pulled from games.
  4. Cases on the Move: These are casemods, casecons and CE Mods with moving parts.
  5. 24-Hour Challenge: Two-member teams spend 8 hours a day, for three days, building a case from the same parts at the show.

The biggest winner this year around was master modder Ali Abbas who captured the CaseMod category with his "67th Brigade" case and the CaseCon, Most Spectacular Creation and Cases on the Move categories with "Ragnar's Revenge." He also managed to snatch second place in the special themed category (Beauty Case) by teaming up with Johannes Loew to build Amazing Grace.

Below you'll find a video tour by Abbas of "Ragnar's Revenge" as well as a photo gallery of some of the more spectacular creations. All photos come from the DCMM.

  • Ali Abbas wonderful creation.
  • Krekes Janos' Crysis ROG mod won second place for cases on the move.
  • Monia Reuter's Dragon Stone won second place for most spectacular creation.
  • Part desk, part computer.
  • A CE mod entry.
  • Juri Seibel's Skorpio won third place for CE mod.
  • Ali Abbas and Johannes Loew took second place for Amazing Grace in the Beauty Case category.
  • Another Beauty Case entry.
  • Patrick Betz' '50s radio CE case mod uses an Android tablet for the electronics.
  • Patrick Betz and Oliver Peier's 24-hour live modding challenge winner.
  • This Battlefield 4 M.A.V. remote replica (it's a hard drive) by Henning Wolter won second for CE mods.
  • Pink Princess by Stefan Ulrich and Kathrin Diederich won most beautiful case and third for most spectacular creation.
  • Henning Wolter and Matthias Streser won't second in the 24-hour challenge with this Beauty mod.