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Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics 2026
Helsinki, Finland
| Date & Times: |
Tuesday, October 20th - 21st 2026 9am to 5:30pm |
| Location: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Region: | Nordic |
| Expected Size: | 1,000 - 3,000 |
| Ticket Cost: | 300 GBP |
| Target Audience: | Ad Companies, App Advertisers, App Marketers, ASO Practitioners, C-Level, Creatives, Developers, Indie Developers, Investors, Marketing, Media, Publishers, Students, Technical teams, Tool Providers |
| Event Type: | Conference |
| Featured Platforms: | AI, Android, Console, Handheld Console, iOS, Mac, PC, Steam, Virtual Reality, Wearables, Web3, XR |
The leading games industry conference, Pocket Gamer Connects, returns to Finland in 2026 for its 13th edition, again including the AI Gamechangers Summit and Beyond Games: Transmedia Summit as part of its offering, and once more proudly part of Finnish Games Week… but with a new name to fully reflect the event's broader regional remit this year.
As such, expect more than 1,500 mobile, PC, and console professionals from the whole Nordic and international games industry to gather for two programme-packed days of learning from 150 of the world’s leading minds.
Filling 25+ packed conference tracks across multiple stages, they will share their expert insight on everything from monetisation, funding, and AI to the latest development trends, html5, cross-media, and beyond.
Your business is our business
PG Connects has long been established as the premier independent conference series for the games industry. Our events are specifically designed to maximise networking, investment, business dealing, and knowledge-sharing opportunities, whilst maintaining our signature relaxed, 'games industry family' feel.
And PG Connects Nordics 2026 isn't about to mess with that recipe.
PG Connects Nordics 2026 At-A-Glance
- One ticket, multiple events (PGC summits included)
- Over 1,500 global games industry delegates
- Multitrack conference programme on multiple stages
- More than 150 expert speakers sharing their insight – in talks, panels, roundtables
- Mobile, PC, Console, AI, HTML5, XR and more
- A comprehensive expo area with booths and meeting spaces
- Indie showcase tables and pitching competition
- Integrated meeting system for business matchmaking (MeetToMatch)
- Specialised fringe events connecting investors, publishers, and developers
- Evening networking reception, a buzzing industry party, and countless organic networking opportunities
- Proudly part of Finnish Games Week 2026
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Venue
Wanha Satama
Pikku Satamakatu 3-5
Helsinki
Finland
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Diamond Sponsors
Xsolla
https://xsolla.comXsolla is a leading global video game commerce company with a robust and powerful set of tools and services designed specifically for the industry. Since its founding in 2005, Xsolla has helped thousands of game developers and publishers of all sizes fund, market, launch, and monetize their games globally and across multiple platforms.
As an innovative leader in game commerce, Xsolla’s mission is to solve the inherent complexities of global distribution, marketing, and monetization to help our partners reach more geographies, generate more revenue, and create relationships with gamers worldwide. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles, California, with offices in London, Berlin, Seoul, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Raleigh, Tokyo, Montreal, and cities around the world.
For additional information and to learn more, please visit: xsolla.com
Platinum Sponsors
FastSpring
https://fastspring.com/FastSpring is how gaming publishers sell in more places around the world. For nearly two decades, FastSpring has been a trusted payment provider you can use to sell games or in-game items on your website, web shop, or embedded directly into your game with fully customizable and branded checkouts just for you.
FastSpring allows you to offload the complexity of global payments, sales tax and VAT compliance, player payments support, and many other aspects of payments management. Spend less time managing your payments and compliance and more time making great games!
To learn more about how FastSpring supports game developers, visit fastspring.gg/.
Gold Sponsors
Epic Games Store
https://store.epicgames.comEpic Games operates one of the world’s largest games, Fortnite, and develops Unreal Engine, the most open and advanced real-time 3D tool. Through Fortnite, Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers to build, distribute, and operate games and other content.
Silver Sponsors
Meta
Meta Audience Network empowers app developers and publishers to deliver a great user experience whilst growing a sustainable business. With Meta demand from millions of diverse global advertisers, publishers can expand their app's reach, keep users engaged and monetise globally.
Bronze Sponsors
AppSamurai
https://appsamurai.com/gaming/AppSamurai is a mobile user acquisition platform specializing in Rewarded Playtime UA and app monetization for games. Through its offerwall product AppsPrize, AppSamurai connects game publishers and advertisers to deliver highly engaged users at scale with ROAS-driven campaigns across iOS and Android globally. Trusted by leading mobile game studios worldwide.
AppFollow
https://appfollow.io/AppFollow helps apps survive in a crowded marketplace. We built a reputation management platform that turns user feedback into your advantage, acting as your unified inbox for all reputation conversations. Track what people say about your app across app stores and social media, while AI handles review responses and analytics reveal what drives downloads. Companies like Wargaming, Adobe, G5, and Activision choose AppFollow to keep their apps competitive and their users happy.
Track Sponsors
Fingersoft
https://www.fingersoft.comFingersoft is the largest independent game studio in Finland, fully owned by its founders and employees. Founded in 2012, the company is best known for its global mobile hits Hill Climb Racing and Hill Climb Racing 2, which together have accumulated over 2.5 billion downloads across platforms and generated more than €220 million in net revenue. Headquartered in Oulu, Finland, with another office in Helsinki, Fingersoft employs 100 people. For more information, visit fingersoft.com.
Associate Sponsors
Appcharge
https://appcharge.com/Appcharge is a leading direct-to-consumer platform empowering game publishers to maximize profitability by selling directly to their players. Processing over $500 million in annual transactions, Appcharge delivers a purpose-built payment solution tailored for the gaming industry. Publishers benefit from fully customizable webstores, advanced player retention tools, and gamified shopping experiences.
Appcharge supports over 500 payment methods and 80 currencies, offering robust global payments infrastructure and full MoR coverage. Led by industry veterans from Rovio, Huuuge Games, Moon Active, and Play Studios, Appcharge is headquartered in Tel Aviv, with offices across key global markets.
For more information, visit appcharge.com
Nazara
https://www.nazara.comNazara is India’s only publicly listed gaming company valued at ~US $1.3 Bn and operates leading brands across gaming & esports, including Fusebox, Curve Games, Kiddopia, Nodwin Gaming, Sportskeeda, Funky Monky and Smaash. Nazara plans to invest over US $200 Mn in 2026 to acquire global gaming studios.
HyprMX
https://www.hyprmx.comHyprMX is a brand-only ad network delivering premium ad campaigns from Fortune 500 companies. Available for rewarded video, interstitial, and banner ad formats, HyprMX works with all major mediation solutions and is based in NYC. Visit hyprmx.com or email [email protected] to see how brand ads can add value to your games.
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