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🎥 Relive the highlights of Europe’s premier B2B gamedev conference. From May 17 to 19, the ICE Kraków Congress Centre in Kraków became the ultimate gathering point for the global gaming industry, drawing a record-shattering crowd of over 2,350 professionals from 56 countries.   Organized annually by the Krakowski Park Technologiczny | Krakow Technology Park since 2012, this milestone edition brought a huge roster of 200 experts, delivering talks across multiple lecture hall in two fully-packed venues. Developers also gained unprecedented access to major platform holders, locking in crucial consultations with teams from Steam, Epic Games, PlayStation, and Xbox.   📸 Find more photos, videos and information on our social media: FB: https://lnkd.in/d5Aa34bU IG: https://lnkd.in/dx5nSU-B LI: https://lnkd.in/e9NnmjEj X: https://lnkd.in/dC7wT_-s Tina Nawrocki | Olek Lebiedowicz | Tymon Smektala | Pete Ward | Wilbert Roget, II | Michał Matysiak | Roee Avramot | Bloober Team | 11 bit studios S.A.

🐉 Digital Dragons 2026: Round Table 🏛️ As part of the Digital Dragons Conference in Kraków, a Round Table dedicated to the development of the Polish video game industry took place on 19 May 2026. The event was attended by representatives of public administration, universities, industry organisations, and gamedev experts. Discussions focused on three key areas: formal education, informal education, and legal issues affecting the sector's development. During the proceedings, various topics were discussed, including: ● Opportunities for support and animation of the gaming community, including students on industry-related courses. ● Mapping events and initiatives created by the gaming industry for the gaming industry (e.g. game jams), coordinated by the Creative Industries Institute. ● Support for R&D projects between universities and the industry, concerning technology as well as "content" innovations. ● Development of gamedev teaching, based on business-university collaboration, internships, as well as student research groups and industry circles. ● Amendment of copyright law for the gaming market, alongside issues related to licensing law. These are merely preliminary proposals, which are expected to take a more concrete shape in the coming days and weeks before being submitted to the relevant entities. 🥇 We invite all institutions interested in joining these efforts to get in touch!

🐉 Thank you for being part of Digital Dragons 2026! We're still buzzing with post-conference energy and reading your wonderful messages and comments. Thank you for that! And as you might expect – we have an announcement to make: 📅 Digital Dragons 2027 will take place on 23–25 May 2027. The full recap is still to come – and we have plenty of content from this year's conference left to share, so stay tuned! #DigitalDragons #dd2026

The time for a full summary will come soon, as the Digital Dragons team is taking a deserved break today, but, in the spirit of 'no rest for the wicked', I'd like to share a few thoughts on my part of the DD - conference programme. For the third year running, we have seen an increase in the average rating of the lectures, and this year's edition ended with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5, making the Digital Dragons 2026 sessions the highest rated in the history of our conference. This success was made possible by the 200 speakers at this year's event and the conference's Advisory Board, which oversees the quality of the presentations. It's a real pleasure to work with such an engaged team! I must also mention the Advisory Board responsible for the Audio Track, who work with such energy and creativity every year that you would think their lives depended on the evaluation of the lectures😉 Sometimes they drive me to the brink of madness, but the results are stunning – the Audio Track was the highest rated track this year, and the room dedicated to it was packed. The first item on the list of improvements for 2027 is to move the Music lectures to a larger space. Mariusz Borkowski マリウシ ボルコフスキ, Agnieszka Rumińska, Patryk Scelina 🔜 Gamescom Dev and Krzysztof Lipka - I can't find the words to express how grateful I am for your involvement in this event. I am personally most proud of the fact that, for the first time in the history of Polish gamedev events, the most important players in the market were brought together in one place: PlayStation, Xbox, Steam,Epic Store, GOG, and Nintendo. Most of them decided to lead dedicated sessions for publishers and developers, and the initial feedback we have received indicates that this was a very necessary and anticipated move on our part.  None of this would have been possible, though, without the amazing team behind the organization of this event: Anna Krampus-Sepielak, Dawid Szopa, Igor Gałkowski, Krzysztof Szeremeta, Maja Wudarzewska, Kamila Kud, Jakub Mirek, Małgorzata Marzęcka, Barbara Wityńska-Słącz, Michalina Jodłowska, Weronika Lipińska, Martyna Karaś, Michał Gliński - thanks for letting me be part of such a fantastic group 🖤

🥁 Community Vote Award 🥇 FIXER Group 🎮 Martial Law: Our Spring Congratulations! #dd26

We kicked off the final day of #DD2026 on the water 🌊✨ Our VIP guests gathered at Aquarius Restaurant for a morning of premium networking right on the Vistula River. And yesterday? Electric Cart City Tour - an exclusive Kraków sightseeing experience! #DD2026 #DigitalDragons #GameIndustry #BusinessNetworking

Where future hits are born and industry insights are shared. 🤝 The Lecture Zone are buzzing with deep dives, while Demo Day is showcasing the next wave of gamedev talent. Make sure to explore the floor and connect with the fantastic sponsors backing this year's event! ✨ #dd26

The results are in! 🏆🐉 Discovering and elevating independent talent has always been at the very heart of Digital Dragons, and this year's showcase proved that the indie scene is stronger than ever. Huge congratulations to the winners of this year's Indie Dragons Awards! Here are the standout indie titles of #DD2026: 🥇 1st Place: MUTTER by Deadlycrow Games 🥈 2nd Place: Foxy Dumplings by Soft Crunch Games 🥉 3rd Place: Demon Bluff by UmiArt A massive thank you to AMD for sponsoring the awards and supporting the next generation of gamedev talent! 🔴💻 The conference isn't over yet! Make sure to head over to the Indie Zone today, meet the teams, and play these incredible winning titles for yourself. See you on the floor! 🕹️🔥 #DD2026 #DigitalDragons #IndieDragonsAwards #Gamedev #AMD

After the excitement of Digital Dragons Awards Gala, it was time to celebrate 🎮✨ At the unique venue of Forty Kleparz, we came together to celebrate the best games of 2025 alongside the incredible gamedev community. #dd2026 #DigitalDragons #DigitalDragonsAwards