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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47Speakers
10Sponsors
85Exhibitors
25Sessions
130Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Games, in alphabetical order.

Aaron Scherzinger
Senior 3D Programmer · Ubisoft Mainz
Achim Quinke
Founder & CEO · Games-Career.com
Adam Snook
SVP Content Acquisition · Green Man Gaming
Adrien Laurent
Ahmed Sallam
Snr. Software Engineer · King | XBox
Alex Heese
Senior Gameplay Designer · Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Ali Farha
Investor · Behold Ventures
Andreas Hueffer
Player Psychology Researcher · I+E Research GmbH
Annick Vins
Mentor · TVSSoWiG (The Very Secret Society of Women in Games)
Arnaud Briche
Senior Partner Engineer · Unity Technologies
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
Daniel Candil
Studio Art Director · Alkimia Interactive (THQNordic)
Denise Koch
Monstersongs Interactive
Dr. Enrique Pérez
BIMM University Berlin
Fawzi Mesmar
Creative Director / Author · Ubisoft
Fernando Forero
Senior UI Artist · Blizzard
Igor Sobolev
Senior Cinematic Artist · Hangar13 (2K)
Izzie Micul
Operations Coordinator · Safe In Our World
Jane Katsubo
Senior Concept Artist (Full-time Freelancer) · Larian Studios

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Berliner Sparkasse
heo
Medienboard
Metacore Games
Nitrado
RAW FURY
Samsung
SEGA
Unity
Wooga

Agenda

Selected from 25 sessions.

  • 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…

    Impact
  • 12:00 pm

    TEST ITEM

    THIS IS A MASSIVELY GOOD TEST

    Tech & Game Design
  • 12:20 pm - 1:00 pm

    LUNCH BREAK

  • 12:40 pm - 1:20 pm

    LUNCH BREAK

  • 12:50 pm - 1:40 pm

    LUNCH BREAK

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 130 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

130 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
8Sponsoringsponsor only
80Exhibitingexhibitor only
39Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Unity·Wooga·Monstersongs Interactive

Speakers by seniority

34% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite36%
  • Founder / Owner715%
  • VP-level24%
  • Director / Head of49%
  • Manager / Lead36%
  • Engineer · IC511%
  • Research / Science12%
  • Advisor / Investor36%
  • Other roles1940%

Of 47 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1UnitySponsor1
2WoogaSponsor1
3Berliner SparkasseSponsor-
4heoSponsor-
5Independent3
6MedienboardSponsor-
7Metacore GamesSponsor-
8Monstersongs InteractiveExhibitor1
9NitradoSponsor-
10RAW FURYSponsor-
11SamsungSponsor-
12SEGASponsor-
132SyncExhibitor-
142Sync (Arcade Defender)Exhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified10
100% of 10
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