Community Clubhouse at
gamescom dev 2026
Our €399 partner code is the cheapest way to actually attend the conference. The €232.50 Basic ticket includes zero sessions.
When
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Where
Koelnmesse · Confex Conference & Exhibition Center
Cologne, Germany
Community Clubhouse
partner pricing.
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What your €399 unlocks
Full Content ticket, 5 days at gamescom.
Every benefit of the gamescom Business 5 Days Content ticket (sold for €599 on the official shop), at our partner rate.
All conference sessions
210 talks across 350 speakers, Mon Aug 24 + Tue Aug 25, online & on-site, INCLUDING CC's curated community track.
VOD replays
Watch back almost every session after the event. (Workshops + roundtables aren't recorded.)
Online & on-site expo
Full access to the gamescom dev business expo, meet vendors, partners, sponsors.
gamescom dev Sunset Mixer
Official kickoff networking event.
gamescom dev Community Night
The evening party. (Notoriously fun.)
gamescom Business 3-Day Pass
Free access to the main gamescom 2026 business halls Aug 26-28. That's 5 days at gamescom for one ticket.
How the tiers compare on the official gamescom shop
Source: dev.gamescom.global/tickets. €399 partner code applies to the Content tier at checkout on tickets.gamescom.global.
What to expect
A full day of community work, in one room.
Curated single-track program
Eight to ten sessions, no calendar conflicts. You see every talk, meet every speaker.
Real networking time
Morning coffee, programmed breaks, and an evening wind-down, not just sessions back-to-back.
Operators on the panel
Speakers from Netflix, Activision, EA, SEGA, Niantic, Supercell, KRAFTON, people who actually run the work.
Trust, safety, moderation
First-class topic, not an afterthought. Practitioners share what's actually working in production.
Player experience + monetization
PX, LiveOps, retention, D2C, the levers that decide whether a community survives launch year two.
AI in community
Real AI panels (not just hype). What's deployed, what's breaking, what's coming next.
The 2026 program · provisional
How the day runs.
One curated track, August 25, 2026. More sessions, speakers, and topics lock in over the coming weeks.
11:15
60 min
Game Security & Anti-Cheat
Anti-cheat, live security operations, and preparing for major launches.
- Elise Murphy · Senior Director of Game Security, EA
Hosted by Andrew Willans, Intorqa
12:15
60 min
FastSpring sessionTopic soon
- Chip Thurston · FastSpring
13:15
60 min
Owning the Player Relationship
How studios build direct relationships with players when their communities live on platforms they don't control: identity, loyalty, D2C, and creator ecosystems.
- Anna Most Williams · Jagex
- Kyle Billings · Epic Games
More panelists announcing soon
Hosted by Reaktor
14:15
Break & refreshments
Pretzels, drinks, and time to actually talk to people.
15:00
30 min
TELUS Digital sessionTopic soon
TELUS Digital
15:30
30 min
Modulate sessionTopic soon
Modulate
16:00
60 min
Dead by Daylight postmortem
Behaviour Interactive
17:30
Closing toast & raffle draw
Program subject to change. Full lineup and topics announcing soon — subscribe below to be first.
Last year at devcom
What the day looked like in 2025.
Two parallel stages, ten featured sessions. 2026 collapses to one curated track, same caliber of speakers, easier day for attendees.
11:15 AM
Telemetry-Driven Dev: Building Feedback Loops for Live Games
- Josh Loveridge · Stratton Studios
- Oscar Clark · Arcanix
- Andrei Muratov · AWS
11:15 AM
Refactoring for Safety: Modernizing Game Systems for Safer Play
- Christina Camilleri · Head of T&S, Netflix Games
12:15 PM
Road to FAME: A Developer’s Journey into Players’ Hearts
- Fred St-Amour · Frima Studios
12:15 PM
Zero to One: The Game That Almost Wasn’t
- Mark Otero · Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
1:15 PM
Less Disruption, More Engagement: Unpacking Anti-Toxicity in Call of Duty Mobile
- Grant Cahill · Associate Director PM, Activision
1:15 PM
Building a Big Community as a Small Developer
- Jen MacLean · Dragon Snack Games
- Megan Georgette · Candlelight Games
- James Karras · Brain Jar Games
- Niina Fujioka · Playable Worlds
2:15 PM
AI vs AI: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly. What will AI do for Community?
- Mehdi Benkirane · Zenith Pirates
- Peter Gerson · Keywords Studios
- Rakesh Mistry · Helpshift AI
2:15 PM
Fireside Chat: Unlocking US Growth with Direct Monetization (D2C)
- Ben Williams · Co-founder, Community Clubhouse
- Chip Thurston · FastSpring
- Maxim Kirilenko · Gaming Advisor (ex-Playrix)
3:15 PM
The Human Touch in AI-Driven Game Design
- Shayan Sanyal · Head of Game Tech BD EMEA, EA
- Irena Pereira · Unleashed Games
- Kayla Comalli · Lovelace Studio
- Mike Fischer · KRAFTON
- Adam Boyes · Vivrato
3:15 PM
Keeping UGC Safe For Everyone
- Melinda Beyer · Wren & Company
- Ben Kvalo · Midwest Games
- Andrew Hogan · Intorqa
- Alina Soltys · Quantum Tech Partners
2026 program announcing closer to event. Subscribe below to be first.
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