The opening remarks will set the stage for two dynamic days at the XP Game Summit, welcoming attendees from across the game development ecosystem.

Join us live at XP Game Summit 2025 for the XP Indie Pitch Competition where great ideas meet the people who can help bring them to life.

What makes a game into an emotional experience? This talk explores how to make players feel - from unforgettable characters and immersive worlds to authentic themes and narrative structure.

Come hear about our journey on replacing Datadog to monitor our systems at Uken Games and how we migrated to an open source Observability stack.

Many studio heads understand tax credits are important, but few realize their true potential as a strategic leverage tool capable of fundamentally reshaping their studio's trajectory.

In most game studios, designers create the UI and then hand it off to developers to make it functional.

The VTuber industry has experienced significant growth in recent years.

This panel highlights the latest scientific advancements driving innovation in gaming.

Game user experience (UX) is mostly approached very narrowly in the game industry, around a game's UI.

Interactive Ontario's Indie Superboost panel will explore the ongoing balancing act between creative ambition and business realities that every indie developer faces.

Online gaming should be competitive, engaging, and fun—but for too many players, toxicity is turning that experience into frustration.

What if your best playtester never missed a bug—and never needed sleep? From indie teams to AAA studios, developers are using AI bots to rethink playtesting—automating the grind, catching issues earlier, and freeing teams to focus on what matters most: building great games.