Upcoming Game Developer Conferences in 2025

Game developer conferences are the perfect place for aspiring and professional game developers alike. Whether you want to show off your latest game, network with other game developers or stay up to date with current issues in the game industry, these events are the place to be!

We’ve searched the globe to give you a slice of the conferences for game developers happening around the world in 2025. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and it’s likely that there’s a game developer or game-related conference happening in your country even if you can’t see one here.

Where we can, we’ve also listed ticket prices without the early-bird pricing and as if you were attending as an individual developer. Many of the conferences offer discounts for studios with more than one person, or there are often cheaper, online options if you like the sound of the conference, but can’t make it in person. It’s also common for these events to put a sample of their keynote speaker session on their YouTube channels for free!

Let’s start right at the beginning of 2025 in January…

Pocket Gamer Connects

Date: 20th - 21st January 2025
Location: London
Full Ticket Price: $578

This game developer conference covers all gaming platforms, but also focuses on mobile gaming. Conference sessions delve into global game publishing strategies, market opportunities, and hot topics such as regulation and brand marketing.

For indie developers, the event offers insightful sessions on the game-making process, covering creativity, production, sustainability, and business models to help create successful and profitable games.

One of the standout features of Pocket Gamer Connects is its Investor Connector program, which facilitates meaningful meetings between game developers and top-tier gaming investors.

With events held in multiple locations worldwide, including London, Helsinki and San Francisco, Pocket Gamer Connects has established itself as a vital hub for industry professionals to connect, learn, and stay updated on the latest trends and insights in the gaming world. The event is highly praised for its professionalism, valuable networking opportunities, and the chance for developers to pitch their games to press and publishers in a supportive atmosphere.

Taipei Game Show

Date: 23rd - 26th January 2025
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Full Ticket Price: $7.70 (B2C ticket)

This annual gathering is divided into several key segments; The Asia Pacific Game Summit, The B2B Zone and The B2C Zone. The Asia Pacific Game Summit, held on January 23-24, is a focal point for industry professionals, featuring in-depth discussions, workshops, and keynote speeches by leading figures in the gaming world. This summit provides a platform for networking, knowledge sharing, and exploring what’s new in the world of game development.

The B2B ZONE, also running from January 23-24, is dedicated to business-to-business interactions. Here, game developers, publishers, and industry stakeholders can engage in meaningful meetings, forge new partnerships, and explore business opportunities. The B2C ZONE, open from January 23-26, is designed for the general public and gamers. This area offers an immersive experience with game demos, esports competitions, and interactive exhibits, allowing attendees to engage with the latest games and gaming technology.

DevGAMM

Date: February 2025
Location: Gdańsk, Poland
Full Ticket Price: $275

This game conference has been uniting game industry professionals from Eastern Europe and beyond since 2008 and they’ve had speakers from Nintendo, Ubisoft and Gearbox at events all over Europe.

Attendees can showcase their games to a broad audience, schedule meetings with publishers, and participate in contests and awards to gain visibility. The event features packed content from top industry speakers, providing valuable insights and updates on what’s hot in the gaming industry.

DevGAMM is more than just a conference; it is a vibrant networking hub. It includes an expo where developers can connect with other devs, attend talks, and engage in special activities. The conference also utilises a matchmaking service to facilitate meetings between developers and publishers, enhancing business opportunities.

For those looking to advance their careers, DevGAMM offers a Career Wall where job seekers can be featured, and unique badges help identify those looking for new opportunities. The event is inclusive, welcoming everyone involved in game-making, from famous developers to company owners and aspiring professionals.

Their 2024 event was 14th- 15th November so keep an eye out for more information on the dates for February 2025 in Gdansk and catch up on the 2024 sessions on YouTube.

South by South-West Conference (SXSW)

Date: 7th - 15th March 2025 (game industry specific sessions 9 - 11 March)
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Full Ticket Price: $2,295

This mega-conference focuses on cutting-edge ideas, new interests, and networking for the global community of digital creatives. While it’s much more than a game industry conference, if you’re looking for an event that services creativity as a whole, this is the one for you. Their topics (or “Tracks” as they’re described on the SXSW website) cover almost every major sector from fashion and beauty to sustainability and food so there’s plenty to occupy you before and after the game industry content.

The game development specific sessions are designed to stretch your perception of the industry with intriguing titles such as “Gaming Without Age Limits: The 50+ Opportunity” and “Emotion by Design”.

Game Developers Conference (GDC)

Date: 17th - 21st March 2025
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Full Ticket Price: $2,299

This conference is for game developers, artists, game designers, producers and everyone in between. There are sessions on programming, design, audio, production, business, and visual arts to name just a few.

You’ll be able to find and try out new game development tech in the expo, learn from over 1,000 expert speakers in over 700 sessions and meet game industry professionals from around the world. This is the conference that we’re aspiring to attend in the next few years as it provides an opportunity to broaden our horizons beyond the UK and Europe.

Digital Gaming India Expo

Date: 19th - 21st March 2025
Location: New Delhi, India
Full Ticket Price: TBC

The Digital Gaming India Expo is a pivotal event in the Indian gaming industry, aimed at driving growth and innovation in the sector. This expo brings together a comprehensive ecosystem of gaming companies, technology institutions, and industry experts from India and abroad.

The expo offers a multifaceted experience, including the launch of new gaming solutions, brand building opportunities, and connections with key decision-makers. Attendees can network with peers, identify new business partners, and engage with industry experts to address the sector’s most pressing challenges.

The event showcases cutting-edge technologies such as AR/VR, Blockchain, NFTs, and Robotics, providing a platform for attendees to stay updated with the latest trends and innovations. It is an ideal venue for game innovators and enthusiasts to learn best practices, forge new partnerships, and contribute to the development of the Indian gaming sector.

Reboot Develop Blue

Date: 14th - 16th of April 2025
Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Full Ticket Price: $597

In 2025, Reboot Develop Blue will be celebrating their 10 year anniversary and promise to be unique, high-end, breathtaking and inspiring (their words, not mine). This milestone edition promises to be larger and more diverse than ever, offering a rich program of keynote speeches, workshops, and interactive sessions.

The conference is designed to facilitate networking, innovation, and collaboration among game developers, industry leaders, and emerging talents. 2025 will include over 160 speakers across eight stages, a business to business expo area and two award ceremonies. There’s even a sailing event before the gaming industry conference if that floats your boat…

Gamescom Latam

Date: 30 April – 4 May 2025
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Full Ticket Price: $120

Gamescom latam is the Latin American edition of Gamescom. This event combines the global gaming powerhouse of Gamescom with BIG Festival which is the largest gaming festival in Latin America.

The conference offers a diverse and immersive experience, featuring over 400 games for attendees to test, including new releases and unreleased titles from major publishers such as Bandai Namco, Epic Games, and Atari. The event is not just for gamers; it also includes a significant business area where industry professionals can network, develop new partnerships, and promote their projects.

This gaming conference encompasses various aspects of gaming culture and attendees can enjoy eSports tournaments, including high-profile competitions like the COPA All Stars of Brawl Stars, as well as meet & greets with game creators, cosplay sessions, and board game areas. The BIG Festival, integrated into the event, highlights independent games and awards the best in various categories.

Digital Dragons

Date: 18th - 20th May 2025
Location: Krakow, Poland
Full Ticket Price: $243

This game development conference is a premier B2B event for the game development industry in Europe. This annual gathering is designed to bring together industry professionals, indie developers, and key stakeholders to foster innovation, collaboration, and business growth.

The conference offers a comprehensive program featuring keynote speeches, workshops, and panel discussions led by industry experts. It also includes an Indie Zone, where independent studios can showcase their games through the Indie Showcase and Digital Dragons Arena, providing valuable exposure to media, investors, and publishers.

A highlight of the event is the Digital Dragons Awards; a prestigious ceremony that recognizes and celebrates outstanding achievements in the Polish games industry. This gala event is a culmination of the conference, honouring the best in game development.

Nordic Game

Date: 20th - 23rd May 2025
Location: Malmö, Sweden
Full Ticket Price: $791

Attendees can expect a rich program featuring keynote speeches from industry legends and thought leaders, as well as workshops, panels, and interactive sessions. The conference is known for its demo stations, where developers can showcase their latest projects and receive valuable feedback from peers and industry experts.

This gaming conference also offers numerous opportunities for business development, including matchmaking sessions and expo areas where companies can connect with potential partners, investors, and clients. With its strong focus on innovation, community building, and industry advancement, the 2025 edition promises to be an exciting and enriching experience, marking a significant milestone in the conference’s history.

XP Games Summit

Date: 12th- 13th June 2025
Location: Toronto, Canada
Full Ticket Price: $249

The event features a robust program with expert insights from a diverse lineup of speakers, covering a wide range of topics relevant to the gaming sector. Attendees can expect two days of in-depth sessions, workshops, and panel discussions that provide valuable knowledge and updates on current industry trends and innovations.

One of the highlights of the XP Game Summit is its strong focus on networking. The VIP Pass offers exclusive access to a VIP Lounge, where attendees can relax, enjoy snacks (who doesn’t love snacks?!) and refreshments, and connect with colleagues in a conducive environment.

The gaming summit also includes a range of benefits for attendees, such as access to exclusive content, updates on the show, and insider insights through their mailing list. For those interested in sharing their expertise, the organisers invite potential speakers to join their database for future event opportunities.

Develop:Brighton

Date: 8th - 10th July 2025
Location: Brighton, UK
Full Ticket Price: $1,487

Designed to cater to every discipline of game making, this game developer conference offers sessions on everything including coding, business to business, audio, design and mobile. The conference includes free roundtables and an Indie BootCamp, providing valuable opportunities for networking and skill development. They also actively encourage gaming journalists to attend, giving game developers an opportunity to expose their games to new audiences.

The main focus of the conference is on practical, vocational content. This emphasis on “skill-up” sessions allows attendees to gain tangible knowledge and insights that they can immediately apply to their work. Whether you are looking to enhance your existing skills or explore new areas of game development, the conference offers a wealth of useful information.

Devcom

Date: 17th - 19th August 2025
Location: Cologne, Germany
Full Ticket Price: $642

Devcom is Europe’s biggest game developer conference and run by Gamescom. It’s also the conference that Game Oracle will be attending, but just as visitors this time. What drew us to Devcom is the wide range of events and sessions for international game developers, publishers, and service providers.

It’s been growing every year since its first event in 2017 with 2024 seeing the conference hit a new record for attendees. For us, it feels like a great place to start for our first conference in terms of size, price and content as well as giving us the opportunity to explore the games industry outside of the UK.

If you’re going to Devcom for the first time and you want some friendly faces to look out for - you can see what we look like on our about page.

Gamescom

Date: 20th - 24th August 2025
Location: Cologne, Germany
Full Ticket Price: $TBC

This is Europe’s most comprehensive business platform for the games industry. There’s something for everyone here, whether you want to exhibit your new game, cosplay your favourite characters or discover the latest gaming releases. There’s even a retro gaming area exhibiting classic consoles and PC games where pixel art games take centre stage.

The conference also features the Gamescom city festival with live music, workshops and exhibitors covering the whole city of Cologne with a breadth of topics to complement the main gaming event. As you’ll have noticed, Gamescom has far-reaching spinoffs from Latin America, to the final conference of this blog: Gamescom Asia.

Gamescom Asia

Date: 30th October - 2nd November 2025
Location: Singapore
Full Ticket Price: $41

The event is expected to attract over 150 exhibitors and 40,000 visitors from the Asia Pacific region and globally. It will showcase a broad spectrum of the gaming industry, including spotlight sessions on Southeast Asian games, AAA titles, and indie games. Attendees can look forward to guest appearances, captivating cosplay displays, and high-level esports competitions.

In addition to the physical event, Gamescom asia also hosts an annual online show that premieres the latest game trailers, teasers, and announcements. This online component ensures that even those who cannot attend in person can stay updated on the latest developments in the gaming world.

The event is designed to be interactive and engaging, with live streams, shows, and numerous opportunities for networking. Whether you are a gaming enthusiast, a developer, or an industry professional, gamescom asia offers a unique platform to connect with peers, discover new games, and experience the latest trends in the gaming industry.

2025 Developer Conference Summary

Perhaps like us, this list has made you want to spend your life savings and the whole of 2025 attending conferences.

As you can probably tell from the descriptions, game developer conferences are designed to be inspirational and set you up for success while also helping you to burst out of your bubble to meet a new, diverse group of gaming industry people. Sometimes with snacks.

Game developer conferences are not like Pokémon, you don’t have to catch ‘em all. It’s about choosing one or a few events that work for you whatever your criteria and developer goals may be.

The more we searched, the more gaming and game developer events pop up, so if you can’t see one in your preferred month or preferred country, it’s likely that there will be some form of games conference occurring that suits you that hasn’t been mentioned in this article. Check the reference section for websites that specialise in rounding up game developer conferences to stay up to date with new ones that emerge.

For now though, we’ve summarised the ones described above and included the additional Pocket Gamer Connects events:

Month	Conference	Location
January	Pocket Gamer Connects	London, United Kingdom
	Taipei Game Show	Taipei, Taiwan
February	DevGAMM	Lisbon, Portugal
March	SXSW	Austin, Texas, USA
	GDC	San Francisco, California, USA
	Pocket Gamer Connects	San Francisco, California, USA
	Digital Gaming India Expo	New Delhi, India
April	Reboot Develop Blue	Dubrovnik, Croatia
	Gamescom Latam	Sao Paulo, Brazil
May	Dubai GameExpo Summit	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Digital Dragons	Krakow, Poland
	Nordic Game	Malmo, Sweden
June	XP Games Summit	Toronto, Canada
July	Develop:Brighton	Brighton, United Kingdom
August	Devcom	Cologne, Germany
	Gamescom	Cologne, Germany
October	Pocket Gamer Connects	Helsinki, Finland
	Gamescom Asia	Singapore