NZGDC opens in Auckland with Shaping Our World theme

The New Zealand Game Developers Conference runs September 30–October 3 in Auckland, with a programme focused on how creators shape games and communities.

The New Zealand Game Developers Conference opens in Auckland on September 30 and runs through October 3. The organisers' event site names Shaping Our World as this year's theme, asking how games and other experiences reflect their makers' values, choices and communities. The 2026 programme is linked from the conference

site. NZGDC also lists a Kiwi Games Zone and activities around the conference. Readers planning to attend should use the organiser's current programme and ticket information for session availability and entry requirements. For people following New Zealand's game-making scene, the four-day gathering puts local work and

industry discussion in one place. The event describes its purpose as learning, creating, discovery and connection; details of any particular talk should be checked against the live programme. Headline image: official NZGDC event-site photograph, courtesy of NZGDC. The site does not name an individual photographer.

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