This document contains some information on what’s going on in game studies in different parts of the world. It is intended especially for those (relatively) new to the DiGRA and CEEGS* communities and/or to game studies in general. It is by no means comprehensive, but hopefully it may be a useful starting point!

The document focuses on conferences and communication channels. It complements the Digital Games Research Map, prepared by DIGAREC, and the work of Rachel Kowert, who has compiled lists of game studies journals and video game researchers active on Twitter/X.

The information below is mostly about English-language spaces and events – if you want to know more about game studies in other languages, it may be helpful to contact researchers from a particular country or region. If you are interested in Central and Eastern Europe, please take a look at our list of contact persons from several CEE countries.

The document is updated from time to time (the date of the last update is August 23, 2025). If you have any new information you would like to be included here, please send an email to Stanisław Krawczyk, DiGRA CEE’s board member and inclusivity officer.

1. One way to stay up-to-date is to subscribe to the Gamesnetwork mailing list, used by many DiGRA members (it will provide you with conference announcements and calls for papers, among other things). You can find the instructions here.

2. Your country or region might have other game studies communication channels (for example, DiGRA’s CEE chapter has its own channel on Discord). It may pay off to ask around. If you don’t know whom to ask, try taking a look at the list of DiGRA chapters. For instance, if you’re looking for information on Central and Eastern Europe, you can contact DiGRA’s CEE board.

3. If this hasn’t helped, then the program of DiGRA 2023 includes quite a few panels and papers on games and game studies from various parts of the world. With any luck, you’ll find the name of a person who may know more, and then you can look up their email on the Internet and write to them directly.

4. If you would like to talk to someone in DiGRA about issues of diversity and inclusivity, you may contact the DiGRA Ombuds Team. (If the issue in question concerns Central and Eastern Europe, you can try asking here, too.)

5. There are many game studies conferences and other events (maybe even in your country or region), including both general and more specialized ones. Here is our list of recurring events held at least partly in English, some of which you may want to keep track of:
   
   
   
   
6. In addition, Leon Y. Xiao is maintaining a spreadsheet about current conference CFPs (calls for papers) which may be useful to you. (There is some overlap with the list above.)
   
   
   
   
7. Using the communication channels from paragraphs 1 and 2 above, you might be able to locate some online seminars. If so, then they should be free to attend and could be a way to get in touch with other researchers without leaving your home.
   
   
8. Some conferences are free but many aren’t. If you’d like to attend DiGRA specifically and you lack the money (or your university lacks the money), a potentially helpful option is the DiGRA solidarity fund.
   
   
9. Good luck!

* “DiGRA” stands for “Digital Games Research Association” but it also gathers researchers interested in non-digital games. “DiGRA CEE” is the association’s chapter for Central and Eastern Europe. “CEEGS” stands for “Central and Eastern European Game Studies [conference]”. The first version of this document was published online after CEEGS 2023 in Leipzig, Germany.

Prepared by Stanisław Krawczyk