Games Industry Events in 2019
See what gaming events are on the horizon. Additional data supplied courtesy of gameconfs.com.
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January 2019
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.
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.
February 2019
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.
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.
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.
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
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
June 2019
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.
October 2019
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