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Foundations of Digital Games 2026 Call for Papers

Jesper — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:51:54 +0000

We will be hosting the ACM conference Foundations of Digital Games 2026 conference here at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen August 10-13 2026.

And the call for papers is out now: https://fdg2026.org/call-for-papers/

Hope to see you (and your paper) at FDG’26.

Important Dates

All deadlines are at 11:59pm (23:59) Anywhere on Earth (AoE).
Note that due to proximity to the holidays, there will be no extensions!

• Workshop, Competition, and Panel Proposal Submissions: 21 November 2025

• Abstract Deadline (for Regular Papers): 5 December 2025

• Regular Paper Submission Deadline: 15 December 2025

• Regular Paper Notifications: 1 February 2026

• Late-Breaking Short Papers & Games/Demos Deadline: 30 March 2026

• Doctoral Consortium Deadline: 30 March 2026

Call for Papers: Future and Reality of Gaming

Jesper — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:50:18 +0000

The Vienna Games Conference 2008 “Future and Reality of Gaming” will be held from 17th till 19th of October in Vienna.

Digital games have become a driving factor of contemporary cultural, social, and economic development. They are enablers of global cultural exchange and serve as entry points for media participation. However, the cultural, social and economic significance of games usually remains underestimated or misunderstood by the general public. In 2007, the City of Vienna decided to host “Game City”, a high profile event bringing together representatives of the games industry, non-profit organizations, academia and the general public for the discussion of the current state of computer games, digital youth cultures and games research. One key element of “Game City” was the Vienna Games Conference, which had the objective of serving as a public information platform as well as an international networking event for game researchers of various disciplines. Due to the overwhelming success of this concept, the “Game City” event and the Vienna Games Conference will be held again in the fall of 2008.Abstract submission: 28th of March 2008

Notification: 25th of April 2008

Full paper: 03rd of October 2008

Conference: 17th till 19th of October 2008

Call for Papers: Computer games, between text and practice

Jesper — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:42:03 +0000

Computer games, between text and practice
call for papers per un numero monografico speciale di E/C,
e-journal dell’Associazione Italiana di Studi Semiotici
edited by / a cura di Dario Compagno e Patrick Coppock

Confirm participation and send the title of your paper before February 29th, 2008.
Papers (maximum length 20 pages, images not included) are due before April 30st, 2008.
From May 1st to June 31st, 2008, authors participate in the review process.
Online publication: July 2008

More here.

(I have decided to start posting more about call for papers and new publications.)