Game Republic

Events Calendar

Dates of Game Republic and industry partner events for 2025

Feb 12th – SPECIAL EVENT! Launch of Yorkshire Games Festival 2025 with Game Republic Fireside Chat, Speakers Reception and Dinner at the National Science & Media Museum, Bradford, 4.30pm – 9.30pm.

Exclusive to Game Republic members. Tickets are  just £19 + VAT and include a Fireside Chat with Coal Supper, the dev team behind the brilliant and hilarious Yorkshire game “Thank Goodness You’re Here!”, a drinks reception at the museum and meal at a restaurant nearby with key festival speakers and GR members.

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Feb 25th – Opportunity to meet German companies

Game Republic working with the Department for Business and Trade and Creative Loop on a Salford / Manchester event is bringing together Northern games companies and 15 or so German games companies such as the publisher Kalypso. The event is on 25th February, 11am – 3pm at HOST Salford at Media City, with a few presentations, 1-2-1 meetings and lunch. Later at 6.30pm we are hosting a meet-up at Pixel Bar in Manchester for a more informal networking opportunity.

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March 8th & 9th– Game Republic WX Games Weekend (public event).
If you would like to demo your game or show your released game at this event – complete this form.  10am – 5pm each day – expected audience of 6000 people!

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March 17th – 21st – Game Developers Conference (GDC) Trade Mission. Game Republic is leading this DBT trade mission, which gives you a HQ of Werqwise (a block from the Moscone Center of GDC in San Francisco) for the week, meetings with Valve and more plus networking events.

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March 27th  – GR Unreal Engine Special at the National Videogame Museum in Sheffield, 4pm – 7.30pm. A focused event on the Unreal Engine, featuring talks on best practice and tech tips from Tanglewood Games, UEFN practical tips from Red Kite Games plus Ben Board from Epic Games on the latest announcements from GDC. Other publisher and industry guests TBC. Book tickets – Free for GR Members 

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April  14-16th- GR Meet up at Reboot Develop Blue in Dubrovnik. Watch this space for more info on meetings

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April 22nd – GR exclusive online meet with Valve Steam with interview and Q&A

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May 15th – Join our Game Republic Room at Barclays Games Frenzy in London 

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May 22nd GaMaYo at Project House Leeds – Book here – the event is free for Game Republic and GaMaYo members

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June 17th – Game Republic Student Showcase at Sheffield Hallam University
June 18th – Game Republic Careers Conference and Expo

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July 1st  – Game Republic Summer Party – arcade machines, darts, air hockey, dance games, cocktails, streetfood and much more in a new and exciting space in Leeds TBA soon!

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July 8-10Game Republic Meet Up  at Develop Brighton – https://www.developconference.com/

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Sept 24th – Game Republic Liverpool event – a cracking line-up of guests (To be announced)

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October 16th – Game Republic New Horizons + Expo in the North East – watch this space!

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November 20thGaMaYo  and the Game Republic Awards in Wakefield

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December 4th – Game Republic Christmas Party (with a surprise twist) and quiz

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Please note this programme is subject to change and there will be additional events added as the year progresses.