Top Gaming Events 2016
Every year the number of events in the gaming industry is growing. Practically every month of the year, developers, bizs, or marketers gather somewhere in the world to share experiences, find partners, employees, and just take a break from working life.
We have prepared for you a list of game events of 2016 that deserve attention. It is not necessary to attend them all, but even one or two small conferences will give you so many useful acquaintances and experiences that will be enough for the whole next year.
The list is compiled in chronological order * and includes, in our opinion, the most interesting gaming conferences, expo, exhibitions and festivals of this year. Events that are DevGAMM partners are highlighted in bold - you can often find discounts on them in our blog or newsletter.
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* We start the list from April 2016, so we’ll end it with March 2017.
Where to see ALL game events in the world:
www.gameconfs.com
www.eventsforgamers.com
A useful calendar with deadlines for submitting your game to various contests and exhibitions:
www.promoterapp.com/calendar
GameDev Days 2016
When & Where : April 8-9 - Tallinn, Estonia
Type : conference
Number of participants : 300
What to go for : business meetings, indie, reports, the Baltic industry
Cost : from 10 euros
Outsourse People 2016
When & Where : April 8-9 - Minsk, Belarus
Type : conference
Number of participants : 300+
What to go for : outsourcing business
Cost : from 119 dollars
MGF Asia 2016
When & Where: April 12-13 - Hong Kong, China
Type : conference
Number of participants: 500+
What to go for: top managers of China's mobile gaming industry
Cost: Free for mobile developers
Wegame
When & Where: April 16-17 - Kiev, Ukraine
Type : Festival
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: tournaments, cosplay, exhibition
Cost: 250 hryvnia
Quo Vadis 2016
When & Where: April 18-20 - Berlin, Germany
Type : conference
Number of participants: 2000+
What to go for: reports, business meetings, indie, industry in Germany
Cost: from 125 euros
A MAZE / Berlin
When & Where: April 20-23 - Berlin, Germany
Type : Festival
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: reports, indie, a lot of indie, informal atmosphere
Cost: from 60 euros
Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore 2016
When & Where: April 21-22 - Bangalore, India
Type : conference
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: mobile industry, reports, exhibition, indie, parties
Cost: from 60 euros
PAX East 2016
When & Where: April 22-24 - Boston, USA
Type : Expo
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: expo like AAA games, indie, cosplay, parties
Cost: from 30 dollars
Games Industry Law Summit 2016
When & Where: April 28-29 - Vilnius, Lithuania
Type : conference
Number of participants: 100+
What to go for: legal advice in the gaming industry, business, Vilnius :)
Cost: from 99 euros
Reboot Develop 2016
When & Where: April 28-30 - Split, Croatia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 400+
What to go for: beaches, reports, meetings, indie
Cost: from 250 euros
DevGAMM Moscow 2016
When & Where: May 12-13 - Moscow, Russia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1700+
What to go for: reports, indie, exhibition, business, meetings, gamemlynch
Cost : from 75 dollars
Digital Dragons 2016
When & Where: May 16-17 - Krakow, Poland
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1100
What to go for: reports, indie, meetings, showcases, parties, Polish industry
Cost: from 150 euros
Casual Connect Asia 2016
When & Where: May 17-19 - Singapore
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1000
What to go for: meetings, shoukeys, parties, indie
Cost: from 150 euros
Nordic Game 2016
When & Where: May 18-20 - Malmo, Sweden
Type : conference
Number of participants: 2000+
What to go for: reports, indie, meetings, showcases, parties
Cost: from 65 euros
Unite Europe 2016
When & Where: May 31 -1 June - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1000+
What to go for: Unity reports, workshops, trainings, parties
Cost: from 150 euros
E3 2016
When & Where: June 14-16 - Los Angeles, USA
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 50,000+
What to go for: the largest professional gaming exhibition in the United States, the press
Cost: free for those officially working in the industry
White Nights St. Petersburg 2016
When & Where: June 28-29 - St. Petersburg, Russia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1500
What to go for: mobile industry, showcase, business, parties
Cost: from 150 euros
Develop Conference 2016
When & Where: July 12-14 - Brighton, UK
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1800
What to go for: reports, meetings, showcase
Cost: from 90 euros
Casual Connect USA 2016
When & Where: July 18-20 - San Francisco, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: 3000
What to go for: business, meetings, showcases, parties
Cost: from 500 dollars
GDC Europe 2016
When & Where: August 15-16 - Cologne, Germany
Type : conference
Number of participants: 2200
What to go for: reports, business, parties
Cost: from 395 euros
RESPAWN Gathering 2016
When & Where: August 15-16 - Cologne, Germany
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1000
What to go for: reports, meetings, alternative to GDC Europe
Cost: from 69 euros
Gamescom 2016
When & Where: August 17-21 - Cologne, Germany
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 345,000
What to go for: an exhibition of games, business meetings, the press, the entire gaming industry in one place
Cost: from 16 euros
PAX Dev 2016
When & Where: August 31 - September 1 - Seattle, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: sharing ideas with other developers
Cost: from 249 dollars
PAX West 2016
When & Where: September 2-5 - Seattle, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: expo like AAA games, indie, cosplay, parties
Cost: from 45 dollars
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2016
When & Where: September 5-6 - Helsinki, Finland
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1,000+
What to go for: mobile industry, reports, exhibition, indie, parties
Cost: from 69 euros
Wegame
When & Where: September 10-11 - Kiev, Ukraine
Type : Festival
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: tournaments, cosplay, exhibition
Cost: from 150 hryvnia
DICE Summit Europe 2016
When & Where: September 11-13 - Barcelona, Spain
Type : conference
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: CEO, top management of large game companies
Cost: from 2195 dollars
Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2016
When & Where: September 15-18 - Tokyo, Japan
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 270,000+
What to go for: the Japanese game industry
Cost: from 10 dollars
EGX 2016
When & Where: September 22-25 - Birmingham, UK
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 75,000
What to go for: showcase, business
Cost: from 12 pounds
4C: Kyiv
When & Where: September 23-24 - Kiev, Ukraine
Type : conference
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: reports, business meetings
Cost: from 24 dollars
Mixar 2016
When & Where: September 24 - Moscow, Russia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 4,000+
What to go for: 3D, VR, AR, Interactive technologies, reports, exhibitions
Cost: Free
Control conference
When & Where: September 28 - Utrecht, the Netherlands
Type : conference
Number of participants: 300+
What to go for: indie reports, exhibition, game industry of the Netherlands
Cost: from 55 euros
Igromir
When & Where: September 29 - October 2 - Moscow, Russia
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 162,000
What to go for: large gaming companies in Russia, cosplay, press
Cost: from 1100 rubles
Twitchcon
When & Where: September 20 - October 2 - San Diego, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: 20,000
What to go for: streamers, reports, meetings
Cost: from 49 dollars
White Nights Moscow 2016
When & Where: October 11–12 - Moscow, Russia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1000+
What to go for: reports, parties, business meetings
Cost: from 200 euros
MGF Seattle 2016
When & Where: October 18 - 19 - Seattle, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: 500+
What to go for: Top management, mobile gaming industry
Cost: from 99 dollars
Poznan Game Arena (PGA) 2016
When & Where: October 21-23 - Poznan, Poland
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 60,000
What to go for: major gaming companies in Poland
Cost: from 3 euros
GIC
When & Where: October 21 - 23 - Poznan, Poland
Type : conference
Number of participants: 3000
What to go for: reports, Polish companies, business meetings
Cost: from 130 euros
Gameon
When & Where: October 29-30 - Vilnius, Lithuania
Type : Expo
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: reports, exhibition, championships, cosplay
Cost: from 8 euros
Paris Games Week
When & Where: October 27 - 31 - Paris, France
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 300,000
What to go for: major gaming companies in France, exhibition
Cost: from 12 euros
Game Connection Europe
When & Where: October - Paris, France
Type : conference
Number of participants: 2700
What to go for: meetings, reports, business
Cost: from 300 euros
Casual Connect Tel Aviv 2016
When & Where: November 1-3 - Tel Aviv, Israel
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1500
What to go for: marketing, business meetings, indie, exhibition
Cost: from 550 dollars
Game Developers Session
When & Where: November 4-5 - Prague, Czech Republic
Type : conference
Number of participants: 500
What to go for: the Czech game industry, reports, business
Cost: N / a
DevGAMM Minsk 2016
When & Where: November 10-11 - Minsk, Belarus
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1,200+
What to go for: business, reports, meetings, indie, showcase, geymlinch
Cost: from 99 dollars
NextCastle Party
When & Where: November - St. Petersburg, Russia
Type : Festival
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: exhibitions of games, reports, festival
Cost: N / a
GamesGathering
When & Where: December 2-4 - Kiev, Ukraine
Type : conference
Number of participants: 700
What to go for: reports, challenges, meetings
Cost: from 35 dollars
Pocket gamer london
MGF London
Ludicious
PAX South
Global game jam
Central European Game Conference
Casual Connect Europe 2017
When & Where: February 7-9, Berlin
Type : conference
Number of participants: 2000
GDC 2017
When & Where: February 27 - March 1, San Francisco, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: 27,000
Reboot Develop 2017
When & Where: April 20 - 22, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1,000+
What to go for: reports, indie, exhibition, business, meetings, beach
Cost : from 1350 Croatian kuna
DevGAMM Moscow 2017
When & Where: May 18-19 - Moscow, Russia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1700+
What to go for: reports, indie, exhibition, business, meetings, gamemlynch
Cost : from 75 dollars
We have prepared for you a list of game events of 2016 that deserve attention. It is not necessary to attend them all, but even one or two small conferences will give you so many useful acquaintances and experiences that will be enough for the whole next year.
The list is compiled in chronological order * and includes, in our opinion, the most interesting gaming conferences, expo, exhibitions and festivals of this year. Events that are DevGAMM partners are highlighted in bold - you can often find discounts on them in our blog or newsletter.
')
* We start the list from April 2016, so we’ll end it with March 2017.
Where to see ALL game events in the world:
www.gameconfs.com
www.eventsforgamers.com
A useful calendar with deadlines for submitting your game to various contests and exhibitions:
www.promoterapp.com/calendar
April
GameDev Days 2016
When & Where : April 8-9 - Tallinn, Estonia
Type : conference
Number of participants : 300
What to go for : business meetings, indie, reports, the Baltic industry
Cost : from 10 euros
Outsourse People 2016
When & Where : April 8-9 - Minsk, Belarus
Type : conference
Number of participants : 300+
What to go for : outsourcing business
Cost : from 119 dollars
MGF Asia 2016
When & Where: April 12-13 - Hong Kong, China
Type : conference
Number of participants: 500+
What to go for: top managers of China's mobile gaming industry
Cost: Free for mobile developers
Wegame
When & Where: April 16-17 - Kiev, Ukraine
Type : Festival
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: tournaments, cosplay, exhibition
Cost: 250 hryvnia
Quo Vadis 2016
When & Where: April 18-20 - Berlin, Germany
Type : conference
Number of participants: 2000+
What to go for: reports, business meetings, indie, industry in Germany
Cost: from 125 euros
A MAZE / Berlin
When & Where: April 20-23 - Berlin, Germany
Type : Festival
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: reports, indie, a lot of indie, informal atmosphere
Cost: from 60 euros
Pocket Gamer Connects Bangalore 2016
When & Where: April 21-22 - Bangalore, India
Type : conference
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: mobile industry, reports, exhibition, indie, parties
Cost: from 60 euros
PAX East 2016
When & Where: April 22-24 - Boston, USA
Type : Expo
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: expo like AAA games, indie, cosplay, parties
Cost: from 30 dollars
Games Industry Law Summit 2016
When & Where: April 28-29 - Vilnius, Lithuania
Type : conference
Number of participants: 100+
What to go for: legal advice in the gaming industry, business, Vilnius :)
Cost: from 99 euros
Reboot Develop 2016
When & Where: April 28-30 - Split, Croatia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 400+
What to go for: beaches, reports, meetings, indie
Cost: from 250 euros
May
DevGAMM Moscow 2016
When & Where: May 12-13 - Moscow, Russia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1700+
What to go for: reports, indie, exhibition, business, meetings, gamemlynch
Cost : from 75 dollars
Digital Dragons 2016
When & Where: May 16-17 - Krakow, Poland
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1100
What to go for: reports, indie, meetings, showcases, parties, Polish industry
Cost: from 150 euros
Casual Connect Asia 2016
When & Where: May 17-19 - Singapore
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1000
What to go for: meetings, shoukeys, parties, indie
Cost: from 150 euros
Nordic Game 2016
When & Where: May 18-20 - Malmo, Sweden
Type : conference
Number of participants: 2000+
What to go for: reports, indie, meetings, showcases, parties
Cost: from 65 euros
Unite Europe 2016
When & Where: May 31 -1 June - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1000+
What to go for: Unity reports, workshops, trainings, parties
Cost: from 150 euros
June
E3 2016
When & Where: June 14-16 - Los Angeles, USA
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 50,000+
What to go for: the largest professional gaming exhibition in the United States, the press
Cost: free for those officially working in the industry
White Nights St. Petersburg 2016
When & Where: June 28-29 - St. Petersburg, Russia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1500
What to go for: mobile industry, showcase, business, parties
Cost: from 150 euros
July
Develop Conference 2016
When & Where: July 12-14 - Brighton, UK
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1800
What to go for: reports, meetings, showcase
Cost: from 90 euros
Casual Connect USA 2016
When & Where: July 18-20 - San Francisco, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: 3000
What to go for: business, meetings, showcases, parties
Cost: from 500 dollars
August
GDC Europe 2016
When & Where: August 15-16 - Cologne, Germany
Type : conference
Number of participants: 2200
What to go for: reports, business, parties
Cost: from 395 euros
RESPAWN Gathering 2016
When & Where: August 15-16 - Cologne, Germany
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1000
What to go for: reports, meetings, alternative to GDC Europe
Cost: from 69 euros
Gamescom 2016
When & Where: August 17-21 - Cologne, Germany
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 345,000
What to go for: an exhibition of games, business meetings, the press, the entire gaming industry in one place
Cost: from 16 euros
PAX Dev 2016
When & Where: August 31 - September 1 - Seattle, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: sharing ideas with other developers
Cost: from 249 dollars
September
PAX West 2016
When & Where: September 2-5 - Seattle, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: expo like AAA games, indie, cosplay, parties
Cost: from 45 dollars
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2016
When & Where: September 5-6 - Helsinki, Finland
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1,000+
What to go for: mobile industry, reports, exhibition, indie, parties
Cost: from 69 euros
Wegame
When & Where: September 10-11 - Kiev, Ukraine
Type : Festival
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: tournaments, cosplay, exhibition
Cost: from 150 hryvnia
DICE Summit Europe 2016
When & Where: September 11-13 - Barcelona, Spain
Type : conference
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: CEO, top management of large game companies
Cost: from 2195 dollars
Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2016
When & Where: September 15-18 - Tokyo, Japan
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 270,000+
What to go for: the Japanese game industry
Cost: from 10 dollars
EGX 2016
When & Where: September 22-25 - Birmingham, UK
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 75,000
What to go for: showcase, business
Cost: from 12 pounds
4C: Kyiv
When & Where: September 23-24 - Kiev, Ukraine
Type : conference
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: reports, business meetings
Cost: from 24 dollars
Mixar 2016
When & Where: September 24 - Moscow, Russia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 4,000+
What to go for: 3D, VR, AR, Interactive technologies, reports, exhibitions
Cost: Free
Control conference
When & Where: September 28 - Utrecht, the Netherlands
Type : conference
Number of participants: 300+
What to go for: indie reports, exhibition, game industry of the Netherlands
Cost: from 55 euros
October
Igromir
When & Where: September 29 - October 2 - Moscow, Russia
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 162,000
What to go for: large gaming companies in Russia, cosplay, press
Cost: from 1100 rubles
Twitchcon
When & Where: September 20 - October 2 - San Diego, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: 20,000
What to go for: streamers, reports, meetings
Cost: from 49 dollars
White Nights Moscow 2016
When & Where: October 11–12 - Moscow, Russia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1000+
What to go for: reports, parties, business meetings
Cost: from 200 euros
MGF Seattle 2016
When & Where: October 18 - 19 - Seattle, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: 500+
What to go for: Top management, mobile gaming industry
Cost: from 99 dollars
Poznan Game Arena (PGA) 2016
When & Where: October 21-23 - Poznan, Poland
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 60,000
What to go for: major gaming companies in Poland
Cost: from 3 euros
GIC
When & Where: October 21 - 23 - Poznan, Poland
Type : conference
Number of participants: 3000
What to go for: reports, Polish companies, business meetings
Cost: from 130 euros
Gameon
When & Where: October 29-30 - Vilnius, Lithuania
Type : Expo
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: reports, exhibition, championships, cosplay
Cost: from 8 euros
Paris Games Week
When & Where: October 27 - 31 - Paris, France
Type : Expo
Number of participants: 300,000
What to go for: major gaming companies in France, exhibition
Cost: from 12 euros
Game Connection Europe
When & Where: October - Paris, France
Type : conference
Number of participants: 2700
What to go for: meetings, reports, business
Cost: from 300 euros
November
Casual Connect Tel Aviv 2016
When & Where: November 1-3 - Tel Aviv, Israel
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1500
What to go for: marketing, business meetings, indie, exhibition
Cost: from 550 dollars
Game Developers Session
When & Where: November 4-5 - Prague, Czech Republic
Type : conference
Number of participants: 500
What to go for: the Czech game industry, reports, business
Cost: N / a
DevGAMM Minsk 2016
When & Where: November 10-11 - Minsk, Belarus
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1,200+
What to go for: business, reports, meetings, indie, showcase, geymlinch
Cost: from 99 dollars
NextCastle Party
When & Where: November - St. Petersburg, Russia
Type : Festival
Number of participants: N / a
What to go for: exhibitions of games, reports, festival
Cost: N / a
December
GamesGathering
When & Where: December 2-4 - Kiev, Ukraine
Type : conference
Number of participants: 700
What to go for: reports, challenges, meetings
Cost: from 35 dollars
2017
January
Pocket gamer london
MGF London
Ludicious
PAX South
Global game jam
February
Central European Game Conference
Casual Connect Europe 2017
When & Where: February 7-9, Berlin
Type : conference
Number of participants: 2000
March
GDC 2017
When & Where: February 27 - March 1, San Francisco, USA
Type : conference
Number of participants: 27,000
April
Reboot Develop 2017
When & Where: April 20 - 22, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1,000+
What to go for: reports, indie, exhibition, business, meetings, beach
Cost : from 1350 Croatian kuna
May
DevGAMM Moscow 2017
When & Where: May 18-19 - Moscow, Russia
Type : conference
Number of participants: 1700+
What to go for: reports, indie, exhibition, business, meetings, gamemlynch
Cost : from 75 dollars
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