Kate Edwards

Another year, another great time at the DICE Summit! It was refreshing to reconnect and catch up with many colleagues and to hear a greater sense of optimism, with a dose of caution.

I was also humbled to get so much positive feedback from people about my work and some of my recent lectures!

Off to the DICE Summit today in #LasVegas, looking forward to seeing a lot of old friends and making new ones! If you're attending and want to catch up about any numbe rof things (especially the challenge of making games in a polarized world), let me know!

I'm heading to DICE as usual and I'm looking forward to reconnecting and having great conversations with colleagues both familiar and new. Happy to meet up to catch up, but also open to discussing culturalization services, SetJetters (the screen tourism app), and many other industry topics.

Thanks for the shoutout, I'm glad this was a useful exercise :)

This GDC scholarship program is a fantastic opportunity for indie game devs and mid-tier devs to attend the @officialgdc.bsky.social, thanks to @xsolla.bsky.social! Don't hesitate to apply - the deadline is this Friday 16 January!

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#GDC2026

I'm happy to be speaking again at Pocket Gamer Connects in London next week, addressing the challenges of making games in a polarized world! After that, I'll be spending several days in Northern Ireland before I act as the MC and a roundtable leader at the game industry Leadership Day in Dublin!

2025 was another crazy year for travel, and incredibly busy work wise and I’m so very grateful for it. And 2026 is looking to be equally busy!

To all the events and organizations who invited me to visit and speak: THANK YOU so very much!

Best wishes everyone for a happy Gregorian New Year!

And for the final trip of the year, I'm off to #NewZealand to givbe a keynote at the Creative Tech Summit organized by Screen Wellington! Given it's my first time to #Aotearoa, I'll be spending an extra two weeks to enjoy and explore. :) I've been looking forward to this trip for a long while!

A huge shout out to all the amazing teams who orchestrate Game Industry Conference, Gamacon, GamesBeat NEXT, Games Ground Berlin, and SET-JET25 for hosting excellent events this year! The response to my talks across all these events was fantastic! Looking forward to my next trip coming up, more soon

Heading out today to speak at the following events:

12 Nov: GamesBeat Next (SF)
14 Nov: Checkpoint Festival (Rome, but online for me)
13-16 Nov: Games Ground (Berlin)
21 Nov: Set-Jet 25 (Birmingham, UK)

Looking forward to all of them, and if you're attending, I hope to cross paths!

I'm heading out today to speak at #Gamacon in #Mexicali, my first time participating in this event and i'm really looking forward to it! The weather is certainly going to be more hospitable than #Seattle at the moment :)

Goodnight from Skopje :)

Today I'm excited to be headed to North Macedonia (for the first time) to keynote Game Dev Rev, their inaugural game industry event! And then it's off to Poznan to speak again at the always fantastic Game Industry Conference. If you'll be attending either event, I look forward to crossing paths!

As a long-time board member of @takethis.org, I'd like to encourage everyone to consider supporting this vital org's mission by grabbing this awesome game bundle!

On Saturday, @setjetters.bsky.social was honored to be at the Old Royal Naval College to help them celebrate their 100th anniversary as a filming location. We also participated in the successful @guinnessworldrecords.com attempt for the Largest gathering of people dressed as film and TV characters!

30+ Years Vet Reveals the #1 Mistake Studios Make Going Global | Kate Edwards - The Gaming Playbook 30+ year games industry legend Kate Edwards joins Harry Phokou on The Gaming Playbook to explore culturalization in gaming, global release pitfalls, and why every studio needs to think beyond localiza...

For some fun listening, check out this ~75 minute podcast session where we cover a LOT of topics from my 30+ years in the game industry!

If you’re building a game for a global audience, then I highly recommend having a listen. :)

🎧 Watch or listen here: phokou.com/podcasts/30-...

It's DLC day! If you're an Indiana Jones fan and a fan of the #IndianaJones and the Great Circle game from the amazing folks at Machine Games, the "Order of the Giants" DLC is available now on your favorite platform :) Sadly, I won't have any time to play it before I depart on 13 Sept - so enjoy it!

Can only fit 5 in the time slot :)

If you’re attending Devcom next week, consider making time for my talk on Monday - you won’t be disappointed :)

#ddc2025

Over the weekend, I hit a milestone of working on 300 games over my career! Thank you to all my colleagues over the years who included me in your creative journeys!

It started with Flight Simulator 5.0 in 1993, but after 28 years, I'm STILL working on Age of Empires (hence this tribute art)!

6 women giving a panel at GDC

Longest-running diversity panel at @officialgdc.bsky.social #1ReasonToBe is looking for panelists for 2026

We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country

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devcom & gamescom! I will be in Cologne 17-22 August and speaking once again at Devcom! I'm scheduling meetings and it's getting busy as usual. Please reach out ASAP to discuss game #culturalization, @setjetters.bsky.social, my event speaking (ask early!), and/or just to catch up!

#ddc2025

If you are heading to San Diego Comic-Con next week or know someone who is, check out the game dev-related sessions that Jonelle and I are hosting as usual during the event! Feel free to share, especially with people looking to work in the game industry. If you'll be on site, I hope to see you!

Happy to be back home after a great, relatively brief (for me) trip to speak at the Morocco Gaming Expo and Develop Brighton! Such great feedback on the talks, and excellent networking.

So now it's home for a busy week before heading to so. Calif. for San Diego Comic-Con!

YouTube video by Events for Gamers Podcast Clip: Discussing Game Industry Unionization, Layoffs, and more with Kate Edwards

Podcast Clip: Game Industry Unionization with Kate Edwards 🎮

An award-winning game industry veteran, Kate Edwards chats with us in this podcast clip about the State of the Game Industry and Unionization 📣: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMAb... @geogrify.bsky.social #GameDev #IndieDevs

Check out this fun podcast interview I did with @eventsforgamers.bsky.social! :)

Today I’m heading out to speak at the Morocco Gaming Expo and then Develop:Brighton. I’ll be giving a culturalization lecture in Morocco and then moderating the keynote session at Develop on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, as well as presenting at the awards! And delivering an online lecture :)

Amity Homecoming: How Martha's Vineyard is marking 50 years of ‘Jaws' This year marks the 50th anniversary of “Jaws” — a movie that revolutionized summer blockbusters, ushered in a new era of film and helped to put one of New England’s gems, Martha’s Vineyard, into the ...

SetJetters is so excited to have a partnership with Martha's Vineyard to help them celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Jaws! We've added a bunch of scenes from the film to collect and replicate, and even a Jaws collectors badge to complete 🙂

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Absolutely!

Before I flew out of JFK yesterday, I visited the amazing TWA Hotel! As someone born in 1965, the hotel’s aesthetic resonates deeply with my early childhood! And of course, it's also been a prime filming location, as found in @setjetters.bsky.social :)