Our tenth yr of delivering deal-making, career-changing convention experiences for the video games business is off to a tremendous begin with a record-breaking PG Connects London.
This Monday twenty second and Tuesday twenty third, we welcomed 2,600 attendees from greater than 1,300 firms – a brand new report. All had been eager to be taught and do enterprise within the UK capital. We frequently say that our occasions are for the worldwide video games business and guests from 65 international locations gathered in London for our flagship occasion of the yr.
A lot of these attendees had been there to listen to the most recent traits and be taught greatest practices in the whole lot from sport design to monetisation. The ultimate tally reached 290 world-class professional audio system delivering the 29-track convention schedule throughout each days. Others got here for the prospect to fulfill key choice makers from among the most fun manufacturers and pioneers within the business, with over 5,000 conferences organised via our official on-line MeetToMatch platform.
Little doubt you’ll bear in mind that it’s a difficult time for the video games business, with quite a few studies of layoffs. We needed to help our colleagues in search of new alternatives with a brand new give attention to the Careers Zone which helped registered jobseekers match with energetic recruiters.
Attendees additionally met their dream enterprise contacts via our curated matchmaking occasions Writer SpeedMatch and Investor Connector, whereas dozens of indie builders bought the unparalleled alternative for real-time professional suggestions, media protection and prizes with our Very Massive Indie Pitch occasions.
This was our busiest present flooring but as properly, bustling with manufacturers demonstrating their services all day, each days.
Making the information
In addition to the very newest business insights and hotly debated subjects onstage, this week’s occasion additionally noticed product launches and an awards announcement. Right here’s a fast roundup of a few of our hottest articles that got here out of PGC London this week.
The way forward for Gen AI: “I don’t see how this doesn’t turn into a key a part of the workflow”
PGC London panel discusses the way forward for video games improvement with synthetic intelligence and its potential menace to the roles market
The Prime 50 Blockchain Sport Corporations revealed
The crew at Blockchaingamer.biz have picked their Prime 50 firms for 2024, and revealed the rundown reside at Pocket Gamer Connects London
You had been laid off… What now?
An insightful PGC London panel discusses expertise with layoffs and what to do subsequent
Jesse Lempiäinen of Geeklab delivers the proper sport launch
Stay from Pocket Gamer Connects London, the ex-Rovio, Geeklab CEO and founder dispels myths and explains why two (or extra) is all the time higher than one…
AI vs NFTs… What’s actually the following massive factor in video games?
Panellists at PGC London focus on the assorted applied sciences prevalent lately and the place they could be going subsequent
A phrase from the boss
Metal Media CEO Chris James (pictured above) was delighted with the amount of video games professionals that joined us to kick off the occasion collection’ tenth yr. This success solely reaffirms the corporate’s plan to assist much more manufacturers and people take their sport companies to the following stage this yr than ever earlier than.
“I all the time sit up for PGC London and to the chance to kickstart the yr with the nice and good – alongside the upcoming brilliant and good – of the video games business with perception, positivity and a way of exhilaration… and I wasn’t disillusioned in ’24!
“Regardless of the miasma of downbeat headlines and the physique blows from hefty layoffs, our record-breaking tenth anniversary present remained each bit as full of infectious vitality, new concepts and (whisper it!) resilient optimism as I can keep in mind.
“I used to be notably overwhelmed by the goodwill from all quarters of the two.600 delegates in the direction of myself, my crew (who frankly deserve it properly) and naturally the convention itself. All I can actually say is that the sensation is VERY a lot mutual.
“I am exceptionally pleased with the present and our superior crew, however much more so of the broader video games business – I actually could not consider a spot I would moderately be than working alongside you all! Finest needs to everybody else in video games for the brand new yr! It could be just a little bumpy, however the future is unbelievably brilliant, so if we stick collectively we’ll be wonderful.”
Thanks and see you quickly
Our tenth anniversary London version had extra attendees, extra exhibitors, extra builders and extra publishers than any of our conferences earlier than! We’re immensely grateful to all those who made this attainable, as we couldn’t have requested for a greater begin to 2024 – thanks to each attendee, speaker and sponsor for this occasion. This magnificent success couldn’t have been attainable with out you.
It was our real pleasure to host you in London – and we will’t wait to see you at certainly one of our exhibits all year long in San Francisco, Dubai and Helsinki.
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