Events
Sep 4 – Sep 6, 2026BLAST Open Porto 2026
Porto, Portugal
BLAST closes its second Counter-Strike 2 Open season of 2026 with a three-day arena finals at the Super Bock Arena in Porto, 4-6 September, with six teams and a $1.1 million prize pool on the line.
Sep 11 – Sep 13, 2026Ultimate Fighting Arena 2026
Paris, France
France's biggest fighting game tournament returns to Les Docks de Paris on 11-13 September 2026, with Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear Strive and more on the main stage.
Sep 18 – Sep 20, 2026LEC 2026 Summer Finals
Nice, France
The LEC Summer Split reaches its climax in Nice, where Europe crowns its champion and locks in the region's final tickets to the World Championship.
Sep 19 – Sep 19, 2026Budapest Game Dev Day 2026
Budapest, Hungary
Hungary's game development community gathers at MagNet Közösségi Ház in Budapest on 19 September 2026 for a full day of talks, a playable exhibition and networking.
Sep 21 – Sep 23, 2026D.I.C.E. Athens 2026
Athens, Greece
The European edition of the D.I.C.E. summit runs 21-23 September 2026 at the Athens Marriott - an executive retreat for game industry leaders under the theme 'The Story Ahead'.
Sep 26 – Sep 27, 2026Zurich Pop Con & Game Show 2026
Zurich, Switzerland
Switzerland's biggest autumn pop-culture and gaming festival returns to Messe Zürich on 26-27 September 2026 with gaming, cosplay, comics, anime and K-pop.
Oct 1 – Oct 4, 2026Romics 2026 (37th Edition)
Rome, Italy
Rome's international festival of comics, animation, cinema and games returns to Fiera Roma for four days, 1-4 October 2026.
Oct 2 – Oct 4, 2026HeroFest 2026
Bern, Switzerland
Switzerland's biggest gaming and geek festival takes over BERNEXPO in Bern from 2-4 October 2026: gaming, cosplay, anime, a medieval market and live music.
Oct 3 – Oct 11, 2026ESL Pro League Season 24
Katowice, Poland
Top-tier Counter-Strike 2 returns to Poland: 16 teams, a $1,000,000 prize pool and live playoffs at Katowice's Spodek Arena, 3-11 October 2026.
Oct 9 – Oct 11, 2026Polaris Convention 2026
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's community convention for gaming, esports, anime and Asian pop culture returns to Hamburg Messe from 9 to 11 October 2026 for its fifth anniversary edition.
Oct 9 – Oct 11, 2026SAGA Barcelona Game Fest 2026
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona's new flagship gaming festival debuts at Fira de Barcelona Montjuic from 9 to 11 October 2026, merging BCN Game Fest, RetroBarcelona and the SAGA Salo del Gaming into one big event.
Oct 10 – Oct 12, 2026Evo France 2026
Nice, France
The world's biggest fighting game tournament returns to Nice for its second European edition - three days, eight titles, open brackets for everyone.