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A list of academic game conferences and their details - will update as needed. Maintained by Richard Zhao (richard.zhao1 at ucalgary.ca)
Link to this document: https://tinyurl.com/GameConferences
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ConferenceTypeSubmission DeadlineDetails
Date of Acceptance Notification
WebsiteProceedingsConference DateLocation
Registration Fee (Regular Early)
Registration Fee (Student Early)
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2026 Conferences
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AIIDE Workshop on Experimental AI in GamesEXAG Workshop Full/Short PaperAug 28, 2026
10-15 pages incl ref (single col, Full paper), 5-9 pages incl ref (single col, Short paper)
Sep 25, 2026
https://www.exag.org/
Nov 9-10, 2026Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment
AIIDE Full PaperJune 26, 2026 Abstract, July 3 Paper
9 pages excluding references
August 7, 2026
https://sites.google.com/view/aiide2026/home
Nov 9-13, 2026Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Joint Conference on Serious GamesJCSG Full/Short PaperMay 31, 2026
12-15 pages (Full paper) excluding references, 6 pages (Short paper) excluding references
June 30, 2026
https://jointconference-on-seriousgames.org/2026
Dec 3-4, 2026Valetta, Malta
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IEEE Conference on GamesCoG Short (Auxiliary) PaperMay 14, 2026
4 pages (double-column) including references
June 17, 2026Sept 1-4, 2026
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IEEE Conference on GamesCoG Full PaperMar 17, 2026
8 pages (double-column) including references
May 1, 2026
https://cog2026.fdi.ucm.es/
Sept 1-4, 2026Madrid, Spain
€500 + US$250 (IEEE + CIS membership)
€300 + US$30 (IEEE + CIS membership)
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Computers and GamesCG Full paperFeb 27, 2026
12 pages including references
Apr 3, 2026
https://icga.org/?page_id=4105
June 19-20, 2026Maastricht, the Netherlands€280€160
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Foundations of Applied Software Engineering for Games Workshop
FASE4Games Full Paper/Extended Abstracts
Feb 25, 2026
8 pages including references (Full paper), 5 pages (extended abstracts)
March 25, 2026
https://fase4games.quest/
https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3803437
July 6, 2026Montreal, CanadaUS$330US$220
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Computer-Human Interaction in PlayCHI Play Full paperFeb 18, 202610,000 wordsJuly 2, 2026
https://chiplay.acm.org/2026/
Nov 2-5 2026York, United Kingdoms
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Foundations of Digital GamesFDG Short PaperMar 30, 2026
6 pages (single col) or 4 pages (double col) including references
Apr 2026Aug 10-13, 2026
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Foundations of Digital GamesFDG Full PaperDec 5, 2025 Abstract, Dec 15 Paper
10 pages (double col) excluding references
Feb 1, 2026
https://fdg2026.org/
Aug 10-13, 2026Copenhagen, Denmark
US$650 + Eventbrite fees (about 7%)
US$530 + Eventbrite fees
US$175 Remote Participation
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2025 Conferences
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Advances in Computer GamesACG Full PaperAug 10, 2025
10 pages including references
Sep 15, 2025
https://icga.org/?page_id=4052
https://link.springer.com/conference/acg
Oct 21-23, 2025Online
Free (€50 is charged for each accepted paper)
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AIIDE Workshop on Intelligent Narrative Technologies
INT Full/Short PaperSep 6, 2025
10-15 pages incl ref (single col, Full paper), 5-9 pages incl ref (single col, Short paper)
Sep 26, 2025
https://sites.google.com/view/int2025/
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-4090/
Nov 11, 2025Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaUS$125US$80
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AIIDE Workshop on Experimental AI in GamesEXAG Workshop Full/Short PaperAug 29, 2025
10-15 pages incl ref (single col, Full paper), 5-9 pages incl ref (single col, Short paper)
Sep 26, 2025
https://www.exag.org/
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-4090/
Nov 10-11, 2025Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaUS$125US$80
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AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment
AIIDE Full Paper
June 14, 2025 Abstract, June 27 Paper
9 pages excluding references
Aug 8, 2025
https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/aiide2025/home
https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AIIDE/issue/archive
Nov 10-14, 2025Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaUS$770US$370
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Joint Conference on Serious GamesJCSG Full/Short PaperMay 15, 2025
12-15 pages (Full paper), 6 pages (Short paper)
June 30, 2025
https://sites.hslu.ch/jcsg2025/
https://link.springer.com/conference/jcsg
Dec 4-5, 2025Rotkreuz, Switzerland450 CHF350 CHF
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IEEE Conference on GamesCoG Short (Auxiliary) PaperMay 30, 2025
2-4 pages including references
June 27, 2025Aug 26-29, 2025
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IEEE Conference on GamesCoG Full PaperMar 15, 2025
8 pages (double-column) including references
May 16, 2025
http://2025.ieee-cog.org
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/11113832/proceeding
Aug 26-29, 2025Lisbon, Portugal
€700 + US$250 (IEEE + CIS membership)
€400 + US$30 (IEEE + CIS membership)
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IEEE Conference on Gaming, Entertainment & Media
GEM Full/Short PaperMar 15, 2025
4-6 pages (Full paper), 2-4 pages (Short paper)
April 30, 2025
https://www.ieee-gem2025.org/
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/1805767/all-proceedings
July 16-18, 2025Kaohsiung
TWD16500 (US$550) + US$228 (IEEE membership)
TWD9000 (US$300) + US$20 (IEEE Membership)
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Computer-Human Interaction in PlayCHI Play Full paperFeb 19, 2025
17-20 pages (single col) excluding reference
July 4, 2025
https://chiplay.acm.org/2025/
https://dl.acm.org/conference/chi-play/proceedings
Oct 13-16, 2025Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAUS$700 + ACM Membership
$375+ ACM membership
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Foundations of Digital GamesFDG Short PaperJan 23, 2025
6 pages (single col) or 4 pages (double col) including references
Feb 10, 2025April 15-18, 2025
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Foundations of Digital GamesFDG Full PaperOct 17, 2024 Abstract, Oct 27 Paper
10 pages excluding references
Jan 13, 2025
http://fdg2025.org/
https://dl.acm.org/conference/fdg/proceedings
April 15-18, 2025Vienna & Graz, Austria
US$500 + Eventbrite fees (about 7%)
US$425 + Eventbrite fees
Also ACM open access fee US$350 (mandatory for authors from institutions with no ACM open agreement)
US$50 Remote Participation
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2024 Conferences
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Computers and GamesCG Full paperSept 15, 2024
10 pages including references
Oct 21, 2024
https://icga.org/?page_id=3907
https://link.springer.com/conference/cg
Nov 25-28, 2024Online
Free (€50 is charged for each accepted paper)
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AIIDE Workshop on Intelligent Narrative Technologies
INT Full/Short PaperAug 30, 2024
8 pages including references (Full paper), 4 pages (Short paper)
Sep 16, 2024
https://sites.google.com/view/int-2024/
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3847/
Nov 18, 2024Lexington, Kentucky, USAUS$125US$80
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AIIDE Workshop on Experimental AI in GamesEXAG Workshop Full/Short PaperAug 30, 2024
9 pages excluding references (Full paper), 4 pages (Short paper)
Sep 23, 2024
https://www.exag.org/
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3926/
Nov 19, 2024Lexington, Kentucky, USAUS$125US$80
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AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment
AIIDE Full PaperJune 26, 2024 Abstract, July 3 Paper
9 pages excluding references
Aug 23, 2024
https://sites.google.com/gcloud.utah.edu/aiide-2024/home
https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AIIDE/issue/archive
Nov 18-22, 2024Lexington, Kentucky, USAUS$770US$370
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Joint Conference on Serious GamesJCSG Full/Short PaperMay 27, 2024
12-15 pages (Full paper), 6 pages (Short paper)
June 30, 2024
https://jointconference-on-seriousgames.org/
https://link.springer.com/conference/jcsg
Nov 7-8, 2024New York City, New York, USAUS$475US$335
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IEEE Conference on GamesCoG Short (Auxiliary) PaperApril 28, 2024
2-4 pages including references
May 28, 2024Aug 5-8, 2024
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IEEE Conference on GamesCoG Full PaperMarch 1, 2024
8 pages including references
April 15, 2024
https://2024.ieee-cog.org/
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/1001974/all-proceedings
Aug 5-8, 2024Milan, Italy
US$700 + $250 (IEEE + CIS membership)
US$400 + $30 (IEEE + CIS membership)
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Computer-Human Interaction in PlayCHI Play Full paperFeb 21, 2024
17-20 pages (single col) excluding reference
July 5, 2024
https://chiplay.acm.org/2024/
https://dl.acm.org/conference/chi-play/proceedings
Oct 14-17, 2024Tampere, Finland€575 + ACM Membership
€300 + ACM membership + €250 for each accepted full paper
Also €250 for each accepted full paper
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IEEE Conference on Gaming, Entertainment & Media
GEM Full/Short PaperFeb 15, 2024
4-6 pages (Full paper), 2-4 pages (Short paper)
Mar 12, 2024
https://www.ieee-gem2024.org/
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/1805767/all-proceedings
June 5-7, 2024Turin, Italy
€547 + US$228 (IEEE membership)
€515 + US$20 (IEEE Membership)
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Foundations of Digital GamesFDG Short PaperMarch 7, 2024
6 pages (single col) including references
April 4, 2024May 21-24, 2024
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Foundations of Digital GamesFDG Full PaperNov 30, 2023
10 pages (double col) excluding references, submit in single col
Feb 22, 2024
http://fdg2024.org/
https://dl.acm.org/conference/fdg/proceedings
May 21-24, 2024Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
US$400 + Eventbrite fees (about 7%)
US$275 + Eventbrite fees
US$50 Remote Participation
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