GAME CONNECTION
SINCE 2001 · LYON → SAN FRANCISCO → PARIS → SHANGHAI
The Deal Making Event,
reborn as infrastructure.
For 25 years Game Connection put publishers, investors and studios at the same table. Now that table lives online — a world event map, show-week navigators and deal-making tools for the whole games industry.
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CJGC 2026 · Game Development Awards
270 games from 45+ countries and regions, judged by 18 industry buyers. Winners crowned live on the ChinaJoy stage, July 31.
🎪 ChinaJoy Live — 56 side events on one map →What you can do here
Three tools, one goal: fewer missed deals.
World Event Map
2,283 industry events worldwide, searchable by region, type and date. Star what matters and export your annual calendar in one click.
Open the map →Show-week Live
Big shows come with a jungle of side events. Live puts every summit, mixer and after-party of the week on one city map — build your schedule before you land.
ChinaJoy Live →Let's Meet 1:1
The CJGC jury are active buyers — publishers, platforms and investors. Request a 30-minute meeting during the show, we handle the logistics.
Meet the jury →Shows on Game Connection
Register, book a booth or sponsor — directly on each show's page.
FOR ORGANIZERS
Run your show on Game Connection
The exact stack behind CJGC 2026 — registration, booths, sponsorship, awards, 1:1 matchmaking — packaged for your event. Switch on what you need, keep your own brand.
Twenty-five years of deal making. Now becoming infrastructure.
Born in Lyon in 2001. Raised beside GDC in San Francisco. Made Paris a deal-making capital, and now on stage in Shanghai with ChinaJoy. The next chapter: the games industry's permanent, online home for deals, events and people.
THE DEAL MAKING EVENT · EST. 2001