Game Conference Guide

Ukrainian Games Festival @ GDC 2026 · Luma Join us for a two-day celebration of Ukrainian games during GDC week, just steps from Moscone Center! Play ten incredible games from Ukrainian indie studios.…

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🔍 Ukrainian Games Festival @ GDC
🗓️ 10 - 11 Mar
🌍 San Francisco, California

Register → luma.com/86klytmp

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NAGIS FRONT PAGE - NAGIS June 18-19 at the Edmonton EXPO Centre Mega Stage Round Table Discussions The Mega Stage delivers exclusive roundtable discussions and headline conversations featuring top executive leaders and celebr...

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🔍 NAGIS
🗓️ 18 - 19 Jun
🌍 Edmonton, Canada

Register → nagis.ca

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🔍 DICE Europe
🗓️ 21 - 23 Sep
🌍 Athens, Greece

Register → www.diceeurope.org
Follow → @official-aias.bsky.social

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Home 2026 - madgamesshow.com MAD GAMES SHOW 10 y 11 de Abril 2026 Madrid | MAD GAMES SHOW 10 y 11 de Abril 2026 Madrid | 10–11 DE ABRIL · COAM · MADRID SOLICITUD DE STAND ENTRADAS Vuelve Mad Games Show, una iniciativa conjunta de...

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🔍 Mad Games Show
🗓️ 10 - 11 Apr
🌍 Madrid, Spain

Register → madgamesshow.com/en/

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🔍 IndieCade Playable Theatre Symposium
🗓️ 23 - 24 Mar
🌍 Cincinnati, Ohio

Register → www.indiecade.com/playablethea...
Follow → @indiecade.bsky.social

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🔍 Games For Change London Summit
🗓️ 15 Apr
🌍 London, United Kingdom

Register → games.london/g4clondon/
Follow → @gamesforchange.bsky.social

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INDIGO 2026 - INDIGO INDIGO, the Benelux’s leading B2B games event, brings together game professionals from around the world. June 2-3 2026, World Trade Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands!

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🔍 Indigo
🗓️ 2 - 3 Jun
🌍 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Register → indigoshowcase.nl

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Tune in today and watch:

📺State of Play @ 11PM CET @playstation.com
😶‍🌫️Silent Hill Transmission @ 1AM CET (Feb 13) @konamina.bsky.social
🏆DICE Awards @ 5AM CET (Feb 13) @official-aias.bsky.social

Find all the dates, times and details how to watch February showcases here: gameconfguide.com#showcase

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VIVA! Community & Player Feedback A new addition to the VIVA! Series, where we will do a deep dive on all things Community Management & Player Feedback

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🔍 VIVA! Community & Player Feedback
🗓️ 7 May
🌍 London, United Kingdom

Register → www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/viva-commu...

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Tune in today and watch:

📺Blizzard Showcase - Heartstone Spotlight @ 6:30PM CET

LINK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kohf...

Check all the dates, times and details how to watch February showcases here: gameconfguide.com#showcase

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Expo Gamers 2026 | Gaming Industry Event and Expo Opatija, Croatia | 29.-30. MAY 2025. | Sports Hall Marino Cvetkovic

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🔍 Expo Gamers
🗓️ 29 - 30 May
🌍 Opatija, Croatia

Register → www.expogamers.com

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The Game Awards - December 11, 2025 The global celebration of video games. Streams live on all platforms

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🔍 The Game Awards
🗓️ 10 Dec
🌍 Los Angeles, California

Register → thegameawards.com
Follow → @thegameawards.com

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Liv Game Summit 2026 Unlock new opportunities at Liv Game Summit 2026: expert speakers, high-level networking, portfolio reviews and a standout indie showcase.

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🔍 Liv Game Summit
🗓️ 11 Jun
🌍 Liverpool, United Kingdom

Register → www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liv-game-s...

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February 2026 in a nutshell:

🗓️14 Events scheduled
🎪5 Festivals + 9 industry events
📺6 showcases to watch

Stay up to date with all the dates, links and ticket prices here: gameconfguide.com

BGD - BGD - The Nordic Executive Circle

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🔍 BGD - The Nordic Executive Summit
🗓️ 16 - 17 Jun
🌍 Mossbylund, Sweden

Register → bornholmgamedays.com#start

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Mobile Ad Eaters Retreat 2026 - AppAgent Join as on April 23-24, 2026 in Prague on an intimate retreat for mobile gaming creatives and performance leaders, where real conversations happen.

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🔍 Mobile Ad Eaters Retreat
🗓️ 23 - 24 Apr
🌍 Prague, Czechia

Register → appagent.com/ad-eaters-20...

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ENGLISH - CiGA Developers Conference

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🔍 CiGA Developer Conference
🗓️ 20 Nov
🌍 Shanghai, China

Register → www.cigadc.com/english

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English - WePlay文化展WePlay Expo

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🔍 WePlay Expo
🗓️ 21 - 22 Nov
🌍 Shanghai, China

Register → www.weplaymore.com/english

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AdventureX Since 2011, AdventureX is the UK's only convention dedicated to narrative-driven gaming and interactive storytelling.

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🔍 AdventureX
🗓️ 7 - 8 Nov
🌍 London, United Kingdom

Register → www.adventurexpo.org
Follow → @adventurex.bsky.social

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7/7 Make sure you are subscribed, as the next blog post will cover ticket prices for the industry & public events and it will compare them with the previous years.

Year in Review - State of the games industry events Game Conference Guide Insights - January 2026

6/7 Read the whole Year in Review report here with more insights, trends and graphs: gameconferenceguide.substack.com/p/year-in-re...

5/7 Game Conference Guide subscribers in a nutshell, covering 39 states and 95 countries. Thank you to each and every one of you.

4/7 Game Conference Guide is mostly visited from US, UK, China, Canada and Germany. With Poland, France, Spain, Brazil and India closing up Top 10.

Thanks everyone!

3/7 Ever popular Showcases (Directs, State of Plays, etc.) has seen an increase by 29% compared to year before.

There were 134 broadcasts announcing new games in 2025.

Check the four peaks in March, June, September and December

2/7 In 2025, virtual events (festivals, conferences, summits) were down by 45%.

On-site events were dominating the calendar. Notice the number of events during October & November. During these two monts, 1/3 of all events are happening.

1/6 Game Conference Guide - "Year in Review"

In 2025 it has tracked:

🎪343 events
📺198 showcases
⏰121 deadlines
📚1800 events in Archive

The picture shows scheduled events per month spanning 2020 - 2026.

Get ready to tune-in! 🔔 The next chapter of Blizzard begins, and you don’t want to miss a moment.

Franchise Spotlight Schedule (PT):
⚔️ WoW — Jan 29 @ 9am
⚡Overwatch — Feb 4 @ 10am
✨ Hearthstone — Feb 9 @ 9:30am
🔥Diablo — Feb 11 @ 2pm