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March is here, which means it’s time for another newsletter. 🌸

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Update:
Events marked with a 🌟 are recently added to future events. I’ll also be sharing additional events and updates on the website in case anything is added after this newsletter goes out.

March Events 2026

2nd March SUPER NINTENDO: Keza MacDonald in conversation, Manchester

4th -5th March Autodesk Game Developer Series, online

5th March Ukie Conference 2026, London

12th - 15th March Aircon Analog Gaming Festival, North Yorkshire

9-13th March GDC , San Francisco

12th March Not At GDC, London (Free)

12th March Rave LATE: Games & Nerd Culture, London (Free)

26th March Women in Games Careers Expo 2026 (Free)

28th March GDLX 2026, Farnham (Paid)

March Monthly Meetups 2026

5th March Good Game Dev Club, London (Free)

5th March Playtest Party - Bristol Indie Developers

6th March Dundee Games Meet-up!, Dundee (Free)

10th March Cambridge Game Makers Monthly Meetup

12th March Game Dev Cardiff Monthly Meet-Up, Cardiff (Free)

18th March Brum Indies Gamedev Meetup, Birmingham (Free)

26th March Beyond Games: Games & Education (Free)

Game Dev opportunities

31st March Get into Games: Brighton 2026, Brighton (Free)

Code Coven Aurora Accelerator

Indie Treasures (Applications open April 6th)

Game Dev Co-Working, London (Free)

Debug Indie Showcases

gamescom showcase (Deadline April 10th)

Insider Gaming Showcase (Deadline 31st March) 

GDoCExpo Direct (Deadline 5th June)

GDoCExpo Steam Sale (Deadline 5th June)

Game Devs of Color Expo 2026 - Speaker Application (Deadline 5th June)

Future Events

🌟2nd April RE:FORMAT | Games x Tech Industry Summit https://format.gg/, Manchester

🌟 10th April London Soundtrack Festival Games Music with Richard Jacques & Gareth Coker, London

13th April-19th April London Games Festival

16th April Games meets Music -the B- Side, London

🌟16th April PLAY PRAXIS - LONDON GAMES FESTIVAL, London

16th April Galaxies Spring, online

🌟 22nd April Game Republic x Unity, Sheffield (Paid)

25th April Debug Games Festival, Norfolk Showground

🌟13th May TIGA Start-up, Scale-up, and Grow Conference, London

18th May Industry Talks with GameDev Cardiff

🌟21st May GAMAYO, Leeds

🌟23rd -24th May Gamer Fest, Dublin

26th-29th May: Nordic Game 2026, Sweden

1st-6th June SXSW London, London

🌟4th June Games Growth Summit, London (new)

5th June Summer Game Fest

29th-30th June Global Games Show Riyadh 2026, Riyadh

🌟11th-12th July Glasgow Indie Game Fest, Glasgow

14th-16th July Brighton Develop, Brighton

26th-30th August gamescom, Cologne, Germany

🌟22nd - 25th September Game Devs of Color Expo, Online

7th-8th November AdventureX, London

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