Over half of the attendees hailed from China
39% had been key decision-makers: senior administration, founders and C-suite executives
Recreation makers made up a large 82% of the viewers!
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This week’s PG Connects Summit Shanghai grew on an exceptional first 12 months in 2025,  with a model new venue, an augmented indie developer space, the primary Shanghai Large Indie Pitch, plus an AI summit.Â
We gathered over 770 registrations from 400+ corporations, who stored the assembly tables rammed all day, in addition to attending twin language talks on every little thing from market knowledge and newest development alternatives to advertising and marketing strategies, mini video games and naturally, AI.
Guests got here from 40 international locations, with over half (56%) from China itself, whereas 39% had been key decision-makers: senior administration, founders and C-suite executives. Recreation makers made up a large 82% of the viewers!
In addition to the centered Summit, we additionally hosted a packed night occasion for tons of extra, plus hosted our greatest ever VIP supper membership in affiliation with Epic Video games, all in all serving to to attach a complete of over 1,000 members of the worldwide video games trade.
The assembly tables had been busy all day
Resonating extra yearly
Charles Chiang, founder & COO, MyGamez stated: “Over 770 members this time tells us PGC Shanghai Summit is resonating extra yearly. What we’re most happy with as co-host is bringing The Large Indie Pitch to China for the primary time. It is struck an actual chord with native builders and turn into one of the vital talked about parts of the occasion by way of phrase of mouth.”
Dave Bradley, Common Supervisor, Metal Media stated: “PGC Summit Shanghai has expanded considerably since final 12 months, with a brand new venue, particular company together with the Mayor of Pudong and Finland’s Deputy Consul Common in Shanghai, and the area’s first Large Indie Pitch.Â
“Alongside our biggest-ever VIP dinner, a celebration with Century Video games and a rooftop mixer with EnjoyPay, it was actually busy – so subsequent 12 months we may have to contemplate making it a two-day occasion!Â
“With CIGDC the next day, CGDC and ChinaJoy on the weekend, Shanghai is changing into one of the vital vital locations for the worldwide video games trade to be every summer time, which is not any shock given the extraordinary scale of the market right here. An enormous thanks to everybody who made it occur – and, as Ukie’s Nick Poole kindly put it, helped make PG Connects ‘an awesome British export’.Â
Coming quickly
August 25: Cellular Video games AwardsÂ
The Pocket Gamer Cellular Video games Awards return to Cologne throughout Gamescom week. Celebrating the easiest companies and people driving forth the cell video games trade, we’ll be shining a lightweight on each a part of the ecosystem, from the sport builders and publishers by way of the promoting and monetisation corporations, to the tool-makers and help corporations that allow the magic to occur, in addition to the video games themselves!
The awards shall be introduced throughout a reside gala ceremony, providing you with the possibility to get within the room with the trade’s most interesting for our annual celebration of the cell video games sector’s finest. Introduced in affiliation with Samsung Gaming Hub.
Tickets are promoting quick, with almost three-quarters bought. Do not miss out and e book now!
October twentieth and twenty first: PG Connects NordicsÂ
Returning with its thirteenth version in Helsinki – once more together with the AI Gamechangers Summit and Past Video games: Transmedia Summit – and as soon as extra proudly a part of Finnish Video games Week, however with a brand new identify to totally mirror the occasion’s broader regional remit this 12 months.
Anticipate greater than 1,500 cell, PC and console professionals from the entire Nordic and worldwide video games trade to assemble for 2 programme-packed days of studying from 150+ of the world’s main minds.
Tickets can be found now with Early Hen costs beginning at simply over €150.
