The annual London Games Festival returns to the capital today, with a number of consumer and business events taking place across the city and online. The significance of the UK games industry continues to capture headlines both locally and globally, as industry governing body Ukie today reveals the UK video games market reached a record high of £8.7bn in 2025.
New Game Plus, the tentpole games showcase of the London Games Festival, arrives at Exhibition White City on 16-17 April 2026 and is set to welcome thousands of industry professionals and members of the public. The event returns with a bigger line-up of games and talks and builds on the success of last year’s debut as the public-facing centrepiece of the London Games Festival. A limited number of tickets are still available to purchase.
We spy, with our London eye, a collection of fantastic indie games set to descend upon the capital for London Games Festival! From April 16 - 17, trade and consumer visitors to Exhibition White City will be able to get hands-on time with some cracking titles from a variety of genres.
The London Games Festival today announces its wider cultural events programme - featuring a range of varied events across the capital supplementing the wider festival.
Games for Change (G4C) will arrive in London for the first time as part of London Games Festival 2026, marking the organisation’s first event in the UK. The Games for Change London Summit, curated by George E. Osborn, Editor of Video Games Industry Memo and author of forthcoming non-fiction book Power Play, will take place on Wednesday 15 April, 9am-5pm at Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge, as part of the London Games Festival programme running from 13-19 April 2026.