Enthusiast Gaming Hosts Second Version of Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai, Largest Ever Pocket Gamer Connects Barcelona

Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – August 10, 2026) – Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. (TSX: EGLX) (“Enthusiast Gaming” or the “Company”), a number one digital writer centered on constructing instruments, platforms, and experiences for players, at the moment introduced that it hosted its second version of Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai on July 29, which welcomed over 770 video games trade professionals from 40 nations. This 12 months’s version surpassed the occasion’s debut in 2025, drawing a bigger turnout of trade professionals and particular friends together with the Mayor of Pudong and Finland’s Deputy Consul General in Shanghai.

Held on the Shanghai International Conference Center, Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai 2026 reworked the venue right into a hub for innovation, collaboration, and candid discussions about the way forward for the regional and international video games enterprise, showcasing:

• 770+ attendees representing 400+ corporations from 40 nations, with over half (56%) from China
• A various and impactful viewers, with 39% being key decision-makers: senior administration, founders and C-suite executives, alongside a powerful contingent of creators, with roughly 82% of attendees figuring out as game-makers
• 35+ audio system protecting matters together with video games market development, international gaming traits, monetization fashions, and doing enterprise in China
• A VIP supper membership hosted in affiliation with Epic Games

Among the model and companion contributors at Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai 2026 had been Xsolla, Amazon Web Services, Revolution Software, SocialPeta, SayGames, G-bits, Kuuasema, Transcend Fund, Bitkraft Ventures, Play Ventures, BBX Ventures, Aream & Co., Habby, Thatgamecompany, Mattel163, and Kingsoft.

Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai follows a powerful exhibiting in June at Pocket Gamer Connects Barcelona, which welcomed over 1,100 video games trade professionals from 49 nations on June 15 and June 16 for 2 days of dealmaking, debate and discovery, its largest turnout but and an extra signal of the occasion’s rising position within the Pocket Gamer Connects calendar. Highlights from Barcelona included:

• 1,100+ attendees representing 540+ corporations from 49 nations
• 100+ audio system throughout 17+ content material tracks centered on funding, AI, development, and IP
• 1,600+ scheduled conferences through the MeetToMatch platform, with many extra casual conversations and networking all through the venue
• The Aurora: Celebrating Women in Games initiative, championing range, mentorship, and management

Sponsors and companions on-site at Pocket Gamer Connects Barcelona 2026 included Bandai Namco, Rovio, Gameloft, Lab Cave, Scopely, Epic Games, Plarium, Metacore, Crazy Games, Xbox, Nazara, Socialpoint, AppCharge, Xsolla, Digital Turbine, and Stash.

The subsequent flagship occasions within the calendar embrace the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards (August 25) in Cologne and Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics (October 20-21) in Helsinki.

About Pocket Gamer Connects
Pocket Gamer Connects (PGC) is the main unbiased B2B convention collection for the worldwide video games trade, owned and operated by Enthusiast Gaming. Since its inception in 2014, the worldwide PGC collection has hosted over 50 conferences and welcomed over 60,000 delegates, making a venue for over $1.5 billion in offers. Despite a powerful cell focus, the convention collection routinely covers all gaming codecs from PC/console to web3 and XR and consists of a number of content material tracks protecting crucial points for recreation professionals, from the most recent trade traits and technical insights, to new methods to monetize and future development alternatives. Attendees characterize each section of the trade from buyers and unbiased builders to publishers, platform holders, and repair suppliers.

About Enthusiast Gaming
Enthusiast Gaming builds instruments, platforms, and experiences that make each second of play extra significant. Its portfolio of owned and operated digital properties consists of a number of the most recognizable names in gaming, corresponding to U.GG, Icy-Veins, TheSimsResource, Pocket Gamer, Addicting Games, and Fantasy Football Scout, in addition to the worldwide B2B occasion collection Pocket Gamer Connects. Through these belongings, Enthusiast Gaming generates income from programmatic promoting, subscriptions, and occasions, and is concentrated on increasing its owned IP and deepening direct engagement with its viewers.

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