Games industry events

Develop:Brighton announced some of the first confirmed speakers. There will be an incredible variety of topics and speaker talent who promise to share their inspiring stories, varied experiences & offer practical advice. Details of confirmed talks and speakers so far can be found here, with more being announced over the …

PlanetPlay (www.planetplay.com), the award-winning not-for-profit games marketplace, has unveiled Battle for the Habitats, a landmark biodiversity campaign bringing studios, publishers and players together for the largest collective environmental activation the games industry has ever delivered.

The MCV/DEVELOP Awards have been around for over 20 years, and aim to recognise the successes of the UK games industry in every area that it excels, from innovations in game creation to accomplishments in recruitment, PR, retail and the media. They’re a key industry event in the games calendar, and bring together its exceptionally talented people for a night of celebration and enjoyment.

Another wave of speakers has been confirmed for the 6th Games Growth Summit, taking place on 4th June, with Arden Aspinall, CEO of Cast Iron Games, and Adam Keely, Head of IT at Code Wizards Group / Studio Wizards, joining the growing lineup of industry experts. Adam Keely will take …

BAFTA has announces the nominations for the 22nd BAFTA Games Awards 2026, highlighting an outstanding level of creative excellence from a broad range of UK and international development teams. A total of 42 games across 17 categories were nominated today. View the full list of nominated games here. The 22nd BAFTA Games Awards will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London on Friday 17 April 2026. The Awards will be available to watch on BAFTA YouTube here. 

Accessibility in games is increasingly discussed as both a design discipline and an industry expectation, but it’s still too often approached late in development. Game Jam for All, delivered by Tencent in partnership with the University of Staffordshire, set out to flip that thinking by making accessibility the starting point of the brief.

The MCV/DEVELOP Awards return on Thursday, June 18, 2026, heading back to the glorious Royal Lancaster Hotel, overlooking London’s Hyde Park.  BUT THERE'S NOT LONG LEFT TO ENTER!

Perforce Software, the DevOps company for global teams seeking AI innovation at scale, today announced a series of community initiatives, including a conversation with Tom Guillermin, co-founder of Sandfall Interactive — the studio behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, that will kick off at the 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming Conference. Each initiative is designed to connect, inform, and empower the artists, technical directors, and pipeline engineers creating tomorrow's digital worlds and experiences.

Battlefield 6 Dev Director Anna Norrevik has been announced as a headline speaker at Europe’s premier B2B games conference, Nordic Game Spring 2026 (NG26), which returns on 26–29 May to Malmö’s iconic Slagthuset venue.

Facepunch Studios, the developers behind Rust and Garry’s Mod two of the biggest selling games on Steam, are officially sponsoring DreamHack Birmingham this March.