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This is a list of noteworthy gaming conventions [nb 1] from around the world. This list is sectioned by location, and each gaming convention includes the dates during which it is typically held. Dates listed are approximate or traditional time periods for each convention.
The 2025 London Games Festival, which comprises New Game Plus, the BAFTA Games Awards, Games Finance Market, Screen Play, Now Play This, The Trafalgar Square Games Festival, Side Events and The London Video Game Orchestra will be held in London, England. [4] May 9–11 Evo Japan 2025 is scheduled to be held at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo. [5] 22
The first convention was held in 2015 in San Francisco. In 2019, the first European convention was held in Berlin. TwitchCon is hosted twice a year, in North America for three days and in Europe for two days. [2] All North American conventions were held in California until 2023, in which an event in Las Vegas took place.
A gaming convention is a gathering centered on role-playing games, collectible card games, miniatures wargames, board games, video games, or other types of games.These conventions are typically two or three business days long, and often held at either a university or in a convention center hotel.
PAX (originally known as Penny Arcade Expo) is a series of gaming culture festivals involving tabletop, arcade, and video gaming. PAX is held annually in Seattle , Boston , Philadelphia , and Melbourne .
MAGFest (Music and Gaming Festival, originally the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival) is a non-profit organization and video game, art, music, and culture festival. [3] They hold multiple events throughout the year, with their flagship event being an annual festival held in the Washington metropolitan area the National Harbor .
The convention began in 2009, as a follow up to the Gathering of Strangers [27] board game days that were held at the University of Utah.The first few years were held also at the U of U campus Officer's Club, [28] but as attendance grew, they moved to the Royal Garden Inn, [29] then to the Sheraton, [30] and finally to the Davis Conference Center, where it has been held since 2014.
Gary Con is a gaming convention held in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin every year to celebrate the life and works of Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and commonly considered the father of role playing games. Gygax was raised in Lake Geneva, where the company he later founded TSR, Inc. created and produced the Dungeons & Dragons game for 25 ...