Review of the year 2025 - Game Republic

Game Republic had a busy year in 2025 working harder than ever for game developers, service providers, publishers, educators and more as well as supporting national and international events, campaigns and initiatives. The team has produced a rundown of the year with highlights including the new flagship conference and expo Game Republic New Horizons, the fantastic showcase opportunities and the penultimate event of 2025 with 69 game demos, 500 attendees from across the games industry and the Game Republic Awards – GaMaYo.

Game developers supported through Game Republic network

374 businesses supported with game feedback, introductions, matching, investment insights and showcase opportunities
27 events in Leeds, York, Salford, York, Liverpool, Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Wakefield, Sheffield, London, Brighton, Croatia, San Francisco, Birmingham
93% success rate on the Game Republic skills bootcamp
1824 businesses attendees at GR business events
65000 consumers attendees for trade show partner events MCM Comic Con, MegaCon Live and GR WX Games Weekend
Over £2500 raised for charities SpecialEffect, Safe In Our World and GamesAid
Millions of views gained in media coverage on BBC News, BBC Look North BBC 5 Live, BBC Radio Leeds, Tees, Sheffield, York, Yorkshire Post, Northern Echo, Business Insider, Games Industry.biz, MCV Develop, Pocketgamer, Team Debug, Pixel Addict, mobile gamer and many more.
1940 meetings organized for GR members to secure deals / contracts
400 hours on advocacy and support of the UK videogames industry
13 Game Republic Awards
Estimated £20m of deals made through GR work

We started 2025 with a creative boost prescription for our members, and we hope it helped them.

Game Republic would not have been able to achieve any of this without our members (companies, affiliates and educational institutions), supporting agencies and associations including BAFTA and BFI, event partners and networks, Government departments including DBT, DFE, Mayoral authorities, local authorities, our speakers and panelists, sponsors and partners who with us have all worked together to support the games industry.

Thanks to our Official Partners – Red Kite Games, Barclays Games and Creative, and Xsolla

Thanks to sponsor support in 2026 – Double Eleven, Behaviour, KudosQA, Eaton Smith Solicitors, Plus Accounting, HP, AMD, Lenovo, Copilot+PC, Autodesk, Revolution, Escape Technology, Distinctive Games, Pitstop Productions, Sumo Digital, Tees Valley Labs, Game Studio Training, Atomhawk, Other Things, GameMaker, Parker Consulting, Mastered, Next Gen Skills Academy, Supercell, VOBJ Management, Tees Valley Combined Authority, Panda Cat Games, Game Academy, PQube, Johnston Carmichael Accountants and Yogscast Games

Special thanks to our media and event partners – GamesIndustry. Biz, The Game Business, MCV Develop, Pocket Gamer, Develop, MCM EGX, MegaCon Live, Mobile Gamer, ReedPop and Devcom

To find out about future Game Republic events and webinars visit the events page.

If you would like to access GR events for free and business support and access to our webinar recordings of full sessions with other experts including Valve, Other Things, Eaton Smith, Lewis Silkin, Johnston Carmichael, Plus Accounting and more – you can apply to join Game Republic here

If you are developing or supporting games in The North, you can join the Great Northern Games Discord here

Here’s a gallery of just some of the highlights of this year.