Industry Will Set Sail Again in 2026 with Portside Game Assembly

Gamecity Hamburg has drawn a positive conclusion after the first Portside Game Assembly and announced a follow-up event, including the date. At the side events, the 100 selected studio managers met another 200 contacts from the industry.

We noticed a gap in the calendar of international B2B events for the games industry," explains Dennis Schoubye, Head of Gamecity Hamburg. To fill this gap, the development agency has developed a concept called Portside Game Assembly, which is primarily aimed at managers of indie studios but also involves other parts of the industry through side events. Project manager Margarete Schneider explained the concept in an interview, which GM Plus subscribers can access in the archive.

The organisers consider the first edition of the Portside Game Assembly a complete success. Accordingly, it has already been decided that the event will return in 2026, more precisely on 25 and 26 June 2026.

"With its decades of successful companies and a diverse and growing indie game scene, the games industry is an important part of Hamburg's creative economy. With the Portside Game Assembly, we have developed another building block that consolidates the importance of Hamburg as a games location by bringing important studio managers and industry contacts to Hamburg and thus promoting international exchange," comments Egbert Rühl, Managing Director of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, the supporting organisation of Gamecity Hamburg.

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