Games Industry Events in 2019
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January 2019
PAX South
PAX is a three-day gaming festival for gamers of all genres to come together and celebrate the culture of gaming. Unreleased games, big booths, fabulous prizes, game music concerts, the gaming community and industry support puts PAX far above any other show on the planet.
PG Connects London
Now entering its 5th year, the PG Connects events series has grown to become the biggest and most influential mobile games conference in the west as well as the biggest games event overall in the UK and Helsinki
GamesIndustry.biz Marketing Summit 2019
A behind-closed-doors marketing summit for those operating in the video games industry. Including talks from the BBC, 20th Century Fox, Mclaren, discussing topics such as streaming, influencer marketing, retail, relaunching brands and the peak economy.
Attendees include senior execs from Activision, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Sega, Bandai Namco, Warner Bros, Xbox, Nintendo and Sony.
Very limited tickets are available by contacting charlotte.nangle@gamesindustry.biz. Sponsorship packages are still available.
Academic Conference
Part of the new Interactive Futures festival, this one-day conference features 12 sessions targeting academics and researchers, plus school, college and university students
Gaming Istanbul
Gaming Istanbul is not a computer games exhibit. It is a “game” exhibit. Professionals or amateurs, interested in any type of games, will convene under the roof of the GIST.
You could be playing FPS or football games or nostalgic 8-bit games or desktop FRPs. If you wish, you may animate game characters with your Cosplay skills. Come to join us because your seat is already booked up for you. Gaming Istanbul is an exhibit by players for players.
Ludicious - Zurich Game Festival
Ludicious is the personal developer event, centring around thoughtful application of the arts and crafts of game development. We work to support small & midsize developers and communities, and create event formats which bring developers and industry personally together. We showcase a unique curation within each festival edition, led by an annual theme.
Ludicious is where creativity, technology and commercial potential come together.
February 2019
Interactive Futures
The very first instalment of Interactive Futures is set to kick off on Thursday 31 January with 3 days of games action, education, industry events and fun heading to Leamington Spa. The Royal Spa Centre will play host to the majority of the events and sessions taking place over the 3 days with both industry professionals and consumers having the opportunity to purchase tickets and get involved.
Interactive Futures
New games festival exploring opportunities in the games industry with the support of local studios such as Playground Games, Ubisoft Leamington, Sega Hardlight.
Stand Up For GamesAid (Brighton)
The popular Stand Up For GamesAid comedy night comes to Brighton, hosted by Imran Yusuf and featuring Jen Brister, Laura Lexx, Angela Barnes and The Noise Next Door. Tickets just £20
Yorkshire Gaming Festival 2018
A five-day celebration of both video games and the local industry, with a series of expert talks and panels, a Let's Play showcase, and a young developers conference to inspire the next generation. The festival also includes the Up Your Game event, which is a two-day business matchmaking event.
DICE Summit 2019
D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit 2019 is an exclusive high-level conference, gathering the brightest and most creative minds dedicated to exploring approaches to the creative process and artistic expression as they uniquely apply to the development of interactive entertainment.
Esports BAR Cannes
At Esports BAR Cannes, you’ll meet a selection of top-level management people and opinion leaders from around the world.
Whatever your esports business goals are, the Cannes Bar is designed to offer you the most productive and enjoyable 3-day experience. Just focus on brokering a sponsorship deal, negotiating broadcasting licensing, exploring new marketing opportunities or gaining practical business insights.
White Nights Berlin
The 18th edition of the White Nights conference will take place in Germany for the very first time! The conference will be held on February 12-13, 2019 and will gather over 1,300 attendees in the main tech hub in Europe - Berlin.
Fawzi Mesmar, Studio Game Design Director at King, Dylan Tredrea, Head of Publishing at Zeptolab, Amir Shevat, VP of Developer Experience at Twitch, as well as representatives of Facebook, Appodeal, Ogury, Applovin, Nutaku, MediaCube.Agency, Nevosoft, Unreal Engine, Braavo Capital, LabCave, Adjust, VK, MoPub, and other leading companies will share their experience during the White Nights Berlin '19.
Mobile Growth Summit 2019
MGS 19 is a two-day, non-vendor conference in San Francisco which will help you to connect with and learn from mobile growth and brand marketing professionals specializing in the areas of user acquisition, monetization, retention/engagement, re-engagement as well as data science & analytics as it pertains to mobile, retail and mCommerce brands.
DreamHack Leipzig
A three-day gaming festival for the German-speaking countries. It features esports tournaments, the latest hardware and software from the DreamExpo and in the DreamStore, Germany's largest LAN party, cosplay, and stars and starlets of the esports community
C3AFA Hong Kong 2019
An annual convention about Japanese pop culture, such as anime, manga, games, music, novel, and more. Every year C3AFA brings the hottest and coolest content to fans with latest news, popular goods, well-known artists and wonderful stage performance, making it one of the most representative conventions in Asia.
March 2019
DGC Dubai
Meet and do business with fellow industry counterparts, access your most promising prospects and witness the very latest innovation, and technology all under one roof - at the Middle East’s epicentre for gaming.
Digital Games Conference in Dubai is the leading Conference & Exhibition for the MENA region Games Industry. In 2018 500+ companies participated from more 42 countries, in addition to the presence of 60 renowned speakers.
Achievement unlocked
Join us for a night of games, talks and activities as we explore diversity in the gaming and tech industries. Black scientists, researchers and gamers from across the UK will discuss their work, bringing interactive activities for you to enjoy. Talks will be on throughout the evening alongside live gaming sessions in the theatre.
GDC 2019
GDC brings together 28,000 attendees to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry with five days of education, inspiration, and networking at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.
Attendees include programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games and immersive experiences.
Game Connection America
International marketplace and deal-making event where games firms can network with developers, publishers and other businesses to find new partners
GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit @ PAX East
The team behind GamesIndustry.biz is bringing its sell-out UK Investment Summit to PAX East in March.
Run by the same team as the UK version, with support from the PAX team, the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit @ PAX East is designed to connect independent game creators with investment firms and publishers.
PAX East
PAX is a festival for gamers of all genres to come together and celebrate the culture of gaming. Unreleased games, big booths, compelling panels, game music concerts, the gaming community and industry support puts PAX far above any other show on the planet. We present to you a captive and perfectly-matched audience eager and willing to learn about the latest products you have.
April 2019
London Games Festival
A city-wide celebration of video games, encompassing a myriad of events such as the LGF Hub, Now Play This and Ensemble exhibitions, Games Finance Markets and a games character cosplay parade
Tentacle Zone Indie Dev Party
In the spirit of Tentacle Zone and helping indie developers on their journey, Payload Studios is opening its doors for a party on Wednesday 3rd April, ahead of Rezzed, with two special guest speakers:
Joel Hughes, European Director at Indiegogo will discuss how to get funding for your game.
Kris Skellorn, Principal Designer at Payload Studios will talk about community driven development, a model that reduces risks for developers: involving players in your on going game development and giving players early access to new/unfinished features.
The event is free to attend, although places are limited.
More Than Just A Game V
MTJG V is dedicated to the role that games and interactive entertainment play in society and their profound impact on human interactions and in our democracy. Leading international academics, practitioners, in-house counsel and industry experts will discuss how the rules of the games and the legal structures of the ‘real world’ interact with one another
EGX Rezzed
EGX Rezzed is a video games event brought to you by the team behind EGX. Although it's a smaller event than its older brother, it still features many of the attractions you love about our events; playable pre-release games on both PC and console (with a strong focus on indie titles), developer sessions by well known game designers and the opportunity to chat with developers on the show floor.
Industry events at the show include the Industry Party, The GamesIndustry.biz Zone and the GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair.
gamesweekberlin
The gamesweekberlin is the leading cross-industry communication and networking platform for games business, development, and culture in Europe. Over seven days, the umbrella brand combines multiple events for industry representatives and game enthusiasts alike. In 2018 about 15,000 international and German game developers, publishers, investors, and influencers from public institutions and the media industry as well as gamers, families and fans came to Berlin.
Quo Vadis
QUO VADIS, is the core B2B event during two days of gamesweekberlin. It consists of keynotes, talks, roundtables and workshops focusing on individually tailored tracks for business developers, game developers, community developers and other industries interested in digital games. It’s one of Europe’s hot spots for gaming professionals: Decision makers, creative minds and leaders of the gaming industry come together and lay the foundation for future success.
Amaze Berlin
An international festival focusing on the art and culture of games and playful media. Amaze invites creatives from over 35 countries to experience inspiring talks and workshops, and to celebrate the art of making video games.
Womenize!
Womenize! is an action program for females in Games and Tech, combining practical and theoretical program parts. The format is designed specifically for professionals and emerging talents in the fields of games, media and IT industry – including HR & culture managers, decision makers, institutions and multipliers.
UK Best Selling Game Awards - 30 Years of Play
Join us at the Best Selling Game Awards on the 11th April, where we'll be commemorating the best selling physical games in the UK over the past thirty years.
We will be handing out awards to international publishers who have released video games that have sold over a million copies on a single platform, as well a handing out awards to UK developers who have sold over 600,000 copies of a single game too.
We'll also be explaining a little bit about what physical retail has done for the UK interactive entertainment and video games industry over the past thirty years.
The event takes place between 18:30 - 21:30.
Reboot Develop Uni
New companion games conference running alongside Reboot Develop Blue, aimed primarily at students and universities with games development courses
German esports Summit
For the second time, the GERMAN ESPORTS SUMMIT will come to the heart of gamesweekberlin on April 11, 2019 in Berlin. The main conference of the German Esports Federation ESBD will push the debate about esports to the next level, taking “The Esports Movement” as the central topic of the event. The focus will be on esports as a digital sports movement that brings together millions of esports athletes competing all around the world. The declared aim of the event is to jointly develop this “esports movement” and to unfold its full potential, helping key stakeholders to develop esports on a societal scale.
Reboot Develop Blue 2019
Prime gathering spot of the best that worldwide games industry has to offer in it’s sixth year expands even more, with record attendance numbers and unbeatable speaker lineup
Gamefest
Gamefest in Berlin is the B2C gaming event of gamesweekberlin. Covering more than 600sqm, it offers an incomparable experience for families and gamers in a relaxed, family- friendly environment. Visitors can play different games, enjoy an extensive stage program with local multiplayer tournaments, music acts and informative interviews and learn something in practical workshops.
From AAA to creative indie titles to VR and board games, everything is possible. Attendees are invited to explore real retro classics and make new friends and enemies in board games. A real-life quest will guide you through the exhibition and reward you with amazing prizes.
The Games Education Summit 2019
The Games Education Summit 2019 is the first of an annual series of conferences to support the next generation of UK game developers, through enabling more collaboration, dialogue and best practice sharing between Further Education, Higher Education and Industry.
40 leaders from the UK’s leading games universities, colleges and development studios will discuss best practice course design, debate the latest trends in technology and games production, review graduate employability, unpack the opportunities and costs of apprenticeships, address diversity and accessibility and review how educators work with industry.
WEGAME 2019
The annual festival of game and geek culture that includes a cosplay show, eSports tournaments, the WEGAME Awards, open lectures, contests, quests, presentations in the exhibition area, board games, and more.
Everything Procedural 2019
A variety of lectures, talks and demonstrations in the field of procedural content generation. The conference will cover various topics ranging from procedural game design, level design, storytelling, world building to generative art.
Nordic Game Jam
Description: 13 years running, Nordic Game Jam is 48 hours of making games, experimenting, coding, drawing and playing with 500 other game developers from over 30 different countries. A perfect environment for pushing your limits, learning in a playful way, and forming bonds with team members that will last for years. On top of the weekend jam, we also have two days of talks and workshops with leading industry experts from around the globe on game startups and making games. It will all happen in the center of Copenhagen on the 25-28th of April.
Crypto Games Conference
The Crypto Games Conference is the world's largest business event for the crypto gaming industry. The third international conference will once again take place in Minsk, Belarus, gathering over 1000 delegates and hundreds of companies from more than 30 countries for two days of networking, learning and doing business.
Conference topics revolve around three segments of blockchain gaming: crypto games, iGaming, and gaming ecosystems and services.
FMX ? Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media
FMX is a globally influential conference dedicated to the art, technology and business of the animation, visual effects, games and immersive media industries and communities. The Conference program features top-class speakers who give presentations and workshops. At the FMX Forum, hardware and software vendors demonstrate their innovations at the Marketplace, companies look for creative talent at the Recruiting Hub, and universities present their projects at the School Campus.
May 2019
LA Games Conference
Join the most influential decision-makers in the digital media industry at Digital Media Wire's LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment!
Held in the iconic W Hollywood Hotel, LA Games Conference (LAGC) is a favorite among game, media and investment leaders for the high energy, focused environment for networking, meetings and deal-making. Featuring two tracks with fireside chats, roundtables, panels and presentations on digital game investment, creation, distribution, marketing and monetization, the event brings together many of the elite in the industry for top sessions and power networking.
USC Games Expo: Class of 2019
Campus-wide showcase of 50+ games and digital projects featuring undergrad and grad student work
LudoNarraCon
This is an inclusive event that can be accessed by anyone, anywhere. Fans of weird and interesting narrative games will be able to join together in a digital space to hear news about exciting upcoming games, play demos, and hear from talented creators.
LudoNarraCon is an experiment designed to address discoverability. By livestreaming the event on Steam’s storefront, we hope to recreate the benefits of physical conventions without anyone having to leave their homes or deal with con-flu.
Conceived and organised by indie label Fellow Traveller and made awesome via partnerships with many popular indie publishers and developers.
White Nights Barcelona CEO Summit
The White Nights CEO Summit is a unique collaborative exchange for C-level executives or equivalent of the finest companies that are involved in game development, game publishing, and game marketing. The event will provide an environment where leaders can share their experience and concerns in a setting of openness and trust.
DevGAMM Moscow 2019
Over 90 sessions from top-notch speakers and more than 100 games at the DevGAMM Showcase. Speakers lined up includes Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, former PlayStation VP Adam Boyes, The Witness developer Jonathan Blow and more.
Nordic Game Conference
The Nordic Game conference is held annually in Malmö, Sweden. The 2019 edition of Nordic Game will take place on 22-24 May at a venue near the Malmö city centre, and only minutes away from Copenhagen Airport.
As the leading games conference in Europe, we have a lot to offer, including a program filled with the best speakers from the global industry and our own Nordic heroes, access to international exhibitors and 2000+ professionals, world-class hospitality and a host of networking events, such as MeetToMatch • Expo • Discovery Day • Nordic Game Awards • the new Dinner Experience • and renowned Nordic Party.
Digital Dragons
Digital Dragons is the leading games industry event in Europe. The conference makes up a substantive part of the event with over 75 lectures, workshops and panel discussions held by the leading industry specialists from Poland and abroad. The conference is complemented by the Indie Showcase - the most important competition for independent game developers in Poland, with over 60 titles presented every year. Digital Dragons is a business event where you can meet over 540 companies from 38 countries. Thanks to a meeting application you are able to schedule business meetings in a dedicated business zone.
Casual Connect Europe
Join us in London on 28 - 30 May 2019 to explore how your creativity and business can merge to create beautiful games. Learn from over 100 leaders in established and emerging markets of the games industry – covering game design, esports, social casino, funding, next-generation technology and best practices.
June 2019
E3 2019
The world's biggest video games event returns to Los Angeles. Expect big announcements from the likes of EA, Nintendo and Xbox, plus the chance to play the next generation of major titles. GamesIndustry.biz will be there with the return of our E3 Magazine.
eSPORTconf Ukraine 2019
eSPORTconf Ukraine 2019 is the first Ukrainian event focused on esports as a business and occupation.
The conference falls into three themed blocks. Speakers will talk about money in eSports: how to get a job, advertise a brand, and launch projects. Alongside the conference, an exhibition area will be available, where niche companies will present products and services.
White Nights St. Petersburg
The White Nights St. Petersburg will gather over 1,800 game industry professionals from all over the globe on June 19-20. This is the best time to experience the famous white nights in the cultural capital of Russia right on the Baltic Sea shore.
By attending the conference you’ll get an opportunity to receive the first-hand information about the industry and future market trends. The main reason to attend the White Nights - according to what our attendees say - is an opportunity to meet decision-makers face-to-face. You can have direct communication with any of the conference attendees due to our brand new matchmaking system that we have launched this year.
BIG Festival 2019
BIG Festival (Brazil’s Independent Games Festival) happens since 2012 and is the most important international indie games festival in Latin America. Aiming to strenghten Brazilian’s game ecossystem, the Festival encompass a competition between national and international games with a cash prize, exposition open to the public of the chosen games in the Festival, award ceremony, seminars and business matchmaking. In 2018, BIG attracted over 36.000 attendees, 4.500 speakers, and over 3.000 business meetings. This year, BIG will expand its schedule of seminars and workshops, embracing other areas of the game development, as music, animation, VR and AR, besides a career fair and other content segments from past years.
BIG Festival is a realization of Bits Produções in partnership with various institutions, among them Abragames, Brazilian Game Developers, Apex, SPCine and the Culture Departments of the city and the state of São Paulo.
Guildford Games Awards
A celebration of the thriving UK games hub encompassing multiple events, including the Guildford Games Awards, a public showcase of locally-developed games, a charity games night hosted by Supermassive, and a day of industry talks and presentations
July 2019
European Games Week Summit and Festival
The European Games Summit is a two-day industry event designed to bring together top professionals to discuss the future of the gaming & tech industries in Dublin on 4th-5th of July.
In order to bring organizations, studios, manufacturers, publishers & legends together in the same environment, the event features over 80 speakers across four rooms dedicated to Diversity & Inclusion, Current & Future Trends, Esports and Game Development.
The EGW Festival is coming to the RDS in Dublin on the 6th-7th of July!
Part of European Games Week, the EGW Festival hosts Ireland's largest Esports event with four titles played over a two-day tournament. This is where home grown heroes and world-class challengers will battle for cash prizes and the title of EGW Champion!
Develop:Brighton
Develop:Brighton has been bringing together the European Game Dev community from global superstars to micro indies - since 2006. Come and learn from your peers and share your experiences, hear from the industry’s leading lights, get up-to-date with the latest tools, techniques and industry trends, plus network with over 2,000 game dev professionals.
Develop Poker Tournament
The Develop Poker Tournament, in support of GamesAid, is back.
The tournament will take place at the Brighton Hilton Metropole on July 9th, and is supported by Blazing Griffin and Games London.
Serious Play Conference Montreal
Serious Play Conference is a leadership conference for both those who create serious games/simulations and those who implement game-based learning programs. Speakers are the most experienced developers and designers in the industry, the top academic researchers and senior program heads from education, corporate, healthcare, government/military, museums and other emerging areas.
Develop:Star Awards
The new Develop:Star Awards will recognise the very best games and talent within the industry with categories that will enable studios of every size to shine.
The awards will be split into 15 different categories, focusing on the achievements of development teams and the success of great games over the previous 12 months. Within the 15 categories, one ultimate ‘Develop Star’ will be awarded to honour an extraordinary game developer.
GamesAid Golf and Spa Day
Exertis will be organising the 12th Annual Entertainment Industry Charity Golf & Spa Day, on Thursday 11th July 2019 at The Grove in Watford, the venue of Tiger Woods' victory in the American Express Championship in 2006 and the British Masters in 2017.
Hopefully you will recall the success of previous year's events, where the efforts of many of the industries key companies from Consumer Electronics, Movies, Music and Games. Who have helped us raise over £500,000 for a nominated selection and UK children's charities chosen and voted on by the games industry.
Serious Play Conference Orlando
Serious Play Conference is a leadership conference for both those who create serious games/simulations and those who implement game-based learning programs. Speakers are the most experienced developers and designers in the industry, the top academic researchers and senior program heads from education, corporate, healthcare, government/military, museums and other emerging areas.
August 2019
PAX West
The major US games expo returns, complete with the latest games, special features, board games, upcoming titles, huge stage shows and a new GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit
Gamescom 2019
The biggest B2B video games show in the world, and also the biggest consumer games show on the planet. Featuring big games and hundreds of companies of all different sizes.
October 2019
Brand Licensing Europe 2019
Brand Licensing Europe is the only pan-European event dedicated to licensing and brand extension, bringing together 280+ leading brand owners with 7,500+ retailers, licensees and manufacturers for three days of deal-making, networking and trend spotting. This year, BLE will feature a large area dedicated to video game and esports licensing.
SHUX (Shut Up & Sit Down Expo)
SHUX returns Oct. 4-6 with the very best of board games and board game culture! Stage shows, massive social games, special events, over 50 publishers, 1,000+ Title Game Library, RPG and Dexterity gaming spaces, and more open gaming than any other show in Canada make these 3 days you?ll never forget. Meet your favourite designers, reviewers, entertainers, and your new best friends; play loads of games, and try and buy the newest unreleased hotness just in time for Christmas.
White Nights Moscow
This show will be the 20th anniversary of the White Nights Conference. Experts from all over the world will join the conference to exchange experiences, find new partners, meet old friends and celebrate this special edition! Expect three tracks of lectures to be held by 70+ industry experts, huge Developer Exhibition, Deconstruction workshop, awesome parties and networking events, and many many more.
EGX
EGX returns to London after four years in Birmingham. The leading consumer show will feature all the biggest games coming to market, plus a series of industry events, including the GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit, the GamesIndustry.biz Zone and the GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair.
Game Industry Conference
The main GIC objective is to provide a platform for discussion and exchange of experiences between professional game makers, academics and educators, future game designers and programmers, scientists, and young people.
The GIC gathers over 3600 attendees from 56 countries.
Middle East Games Con
Middle East Games Con will return for its third edition, after growing by double in size in just two years, with 18,000 visitors and 30 speakers. 2019 will bring the consumer, B2B and conferences all under one roof for three days in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
November 2019
EGX Berlin
Building on its successful debut last year, EGX Berlin returns to deliver one of the biggest gaming shows to games fans throughout Europe