Events for Game Developers in Asia 2019
2 min readApr 8, 2019
Here is calendar of upcoming conferences and conventions for game developers in Asia and beyond in 2019. Please add missing events in comments. Dates for global attention grabbing events E3 & Gamescom are also in the list.
Latest update on October 08, 2019: new event.
- Asia VR&AR Fair & Summit. May 9–11, Guangzhou, China, http://www.vrarfair.com/index.php?lang=en
- E3. June 12–14, Los Angeles, USA, https://www.e3expo.com/
- Global Game Congress hosted by GMGC (GMGC 2019), June 17–18, Beijng, China, http://en.gmgcongress.com/
- Tehran Game Convention. July 4–7, Iran, http://www.tehrangamecon.com/en
- Summer Games Show. July 12–14, Taipei, Taiwan, http://sgs.tca.org.tw/ (No English version!)
- Bekraf Game Prime. July 13–14, Jakarta, Indonesia, https://event.gameprime.org/
- Pocket Gamer Connects + Blockchain Gamer Connects. July 17–18, Hong Kong, https://www.pgconnects.com/hong-kong/
I visited the conference and here are my notes:
17 factoids on mobile games trends from Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019.
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- China Joy. August 2–5, Shanghai, China, http://en2019.chinajoy.net/
- Gamescom. August 20–24, Cologne, Germany, https://www.gamescom.global/
- Kre8tif!. September 3–6, Cyberjaya, Malaysia, https://kre8tif.com.my/
- Tokyo Game Show. September 12–15, Japan, https://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2019/exhibition/en/
- Icon Manila. September 20–21, Philippines, https://www.iconmanila.com/
- Melbourne International Games Week (many events including PAX Australia). October 5–13, Australia, http://gamesweek.melbourne/
- Selangor International Anime & Gaming Festival, October 11–13, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, https://www.sdeconvention.com/
- Game Start Asia. October 12–13, Singapore, https://event.gamestart.asia/
- Electronic Sports and Gaming Summit (ESGS). October 24–27, Pasay City, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines, https://www.facebook.com/ESGSPhilippines/
- Pocket Gamer Connects MENA. November 2–3, Amman, Jordan, https://www.pgconnects.com/mena/
- Level Up KL. November 6–10, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, https://levelupkl.com/
- GameDaily Connect (ex Casual Connect Asia). November 10–12, Shenzhen, China, http://asia.casualconnect.org/
- G-Star. November 14–17, Busan, South Korea, https://www.gstar.or.kr/eng#
- Indonesia Game Developer Exchange (IGDX). November 16, Bandung, Indonesia, https://igdxconf.com/
- The India Game Developer Conference (IGDC). November 22–23, Hyderabad, India, https://indiagdc.com/
- Asia Digital Entertainment Summit. December 12–13, Singapore, http://www.ades-digitalentertainment.com/
2020
- Taipei Game Show. February 2–6, 2020, Taiwan, http://tgs.tca.org.tw/index_portal.php
- Gamescom Asia. October 15–18, 2020, Singapore, https://www.gamescom.asia/
If you know any event, which is not in the list, please add in comments.
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