Gaming & Entertainment

Games Ground 2026

Games Ground 2026 is one of Europe’s fastest-growing gaming, industry, and community events, held annually in Berlin. The four-day festival features Business Days and Public Days, offering curated talks, workshops, matchmaking for industry pros, and public entertainment including cosplay, esports, XR zones, indie showcases, and live music. The event brings t…

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31Speakers
8Sponsors
67Exhibitors
5On the bill · sessions
99Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Games, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Scherzinger
Senior 3D Programmer · Ubisoft Mainz
Adam Snook
SVP Content Acquisition · Green Man Gaming
Adrien Laurent
Alex Heese
Senior Gameplay Designer · Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Ali Farha
Investor · Behold Ventures
Attilio Carotenuto
Staff Engineer, Technical Lead · Unity
Beck Niederländer
Foundation for Digital Games Culture
Casilda de Zulueta
Achtung Autobahn eG
Charly Harbord
Co-founder · Brass Knuckle Development
Denise Koch
Monstersongs Interactive
Dr. Enrique Pérez
BIMM University Berlin
Fawzi Mesmar
Creative Director / Author · Ubisoft
Fernando Forero
Senior UI Artist · Blizzard
Izzie Micul
Operations Coordinator · Safe In Our World
Jane Katsubo
Senior Concept Artist (Full-time Freelancer) · Larian Studios
Mafalda Duarte
IGDA Berlin
Mareike Rescheleit
Midnight Muse Games
Maria Maunula
Senior Game Producer · Supercell
Melanie Fussenegger
Selfemployed
Natali Rein
Founder & Mentor · The Very Secret Society of Women in Games (TVSSoWiG)
Peko Lin
Senior UI/UX Designer · Wooga
Rami Ismail
Games Industry Studio & Project Advisor · Independent
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Berliner Sparkasse
heo
Medienboard
Metacore Games
Nitrado
Samsung
Unity
Wooga
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Agenda

Selected from 5 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 am - 10:40 am

    Designing for Every Player: ‘The Chad, the Normie, and the Cheese

    When facing an enemy, one player might want to rush in swinging, another prefers to plan an ambush with traps, while a third schemes to bribe it with gold and flattery. This talk e…

    Tech & Game Design
  • 10:00 am - 10:40 am

    The Story Behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's Sound Design and Immersive Adaptive Ambiences

    Step behind the scenes of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and discover how sound shapes immersion in a living, breathing medieval world. In this talk, I’ll share the creative influenc…

    Arts
  • 10:00 am - 10:50 am

    Daring to “Press Start”: Insights into Founding a Game Studio in 2025

    The Press Start: Games Founding Grant is home to a wide variety of founders. Four of them are sharing their journey so far and what they learned along the way. Successes, failures,…

    Business
  • 10:00 am - 10:50 am

    Game Developers In The Twilight Zone by IGDA Berlin

    This IGDA led panel explores how community-driven initiatives - from mentorship networks and professional associations to local developer groups - can actively support career growt…

    Business, Community
  • 10:00 am - 11:00 pm

    Impact Breakfast by Sustainable Games Alliance, INSTINCT3, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Fraktion Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, BoldBeetle Games , Remote Control Productions, Spielfabrique 360° UG

    The breakfast will open be the opener for the Impact track, organized and supported by Sustainable Games Alliance, Games Ground, INSTINCT3, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Fraktion Bündnis 9…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 99 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

99 companies. three are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
65Exhibitingexhibitor only
25Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Unity·Wooga·Monstersongs Interactive

Speakers by seniority

26% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite13%
  • Founder / Owner413%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of26%
  • Manager / Lead13%
  • Engineer · IC310%
  • Advisor / Investor26%
  • Other roles1755%

Of 31 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01UnitySp1V
  2. 02WoogaSp1V
  3. 03Berliner SparkasseSp
  4. 04heoSp
  5. 05MedienboardSp
  6. 06Metacore GamesSp
  7. 07Monstersongs InteractiveEx1V
  8. 08NitradoSp
  9. 09SamsungSp
  10. 102SyncEx
  11. 112Sync (Arcade Defender)Ex
  12. 122Sync (Candy Chaos)Ex
  13. 132Sync (Elven Arrows)Ex
  14. 142Sync (SyncArena)Ex
Sponsors by tier
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100% of 8