DIGRA 2025

'Games at the Crossroads' - Welcome to the official page of DiGRA 2025.

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We're thrilled to announce that both the Conference Programme and the Evening Events schedule are now live. Start planning your trip accordingly—we can’t wait to see you soon!

📅Conference Programme: https://t.co/1SOvrkdRwy
🌙Evening Events: https://t.co/Egy17RE75j

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We are pleased to offer on-site childcare services at DiGRA! Childcare will be available for children aged 0–10 years.
We will close childcare registrations on 30 May 2025 (23:59 CET). The service will run subject to sufficient demand: https://t.co/ZcSvRljD0N

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📢 DiGRA News: One Week Left for Early Bird Registration 📢

The early bird fee is available until midday on Friday, 4 April 2025 (CET). Register before the deadline to take advantage of the reduced rate: https://t.co/F1OIWwxIHe

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Did you know that Malta has its own version of the Loch Ness Monster? According to local legend, a sea creature called "Il-Belliegħa" lurks in the Blue Grotto! 👀🐉

We are excited to announce that the registrations are NOW OPEN: https://t.co/F1OIWwxIHe

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... through workshops and discussions: https://t.co/cK7ziHfMVs

A heartfelt thank you to our reviewers and track chairs for their dedication and hard work throughout this process. We are truly grateful for your contributions, and we look forward to welcoming you all in Malta!

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After an overwhelming number of submissions, we are pleased to announce that the results have now been communicated to all authors.

We thank everyone for their submissions! For those whose submissions were not accepted, we encourage you to participate in other ways 1/2

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📣 News for EARLY-CAREER Scholars! 📣

We are proud to introduce the Early Career & Precarious Positions Showcase—supporting emerging scholars to share their work and grow their networks.

⏰Applications deadline: 19th Jan, 2025.

⛓ Link to apply: https://t.co/cK7ziHgkL0

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📣We are THRILLED to announce that we received a record-breaking number of submissions for DiGRA 2025 📣

A total of 541 submissions! Thank you to EVERYONE who sent their work. 🌟 Applicants will receive their reviews on the 3rd Feb, 2025.

Let’s make DiGRA 2025 unforgettable!

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Having studied games for so long you would think she would know better than to get involved in developing a game, but currently she is involved in a Creative Europe funded project that is doing just that.

Happy to have you onboard, Dr. Kerr!!

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Here's us announcing our third keynote speaker for DiGRA'25: Dr. Aphra Kerr!

Dr. Kerr is a Professor of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin and she is a Co-PI at the ADAPT Research Centre for Digital Content Technology (2021-2026).

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She is the author of two monographs on digital games, most recently: Global Games: Production, Circulation and Policy, Routledge, 2017.

In 2021 she was elected into the Academy of Europe and in 2016 she received a Distinguished Scholar award from DiGRA.

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🤔Did you know? Malta is home to the Ġgantija Temples, some of the world’s oldest free-standing structures, built over 5,500 years ago—older than the Pyramids of Giza & Stonehenge!

The ⏰ to submit your paper for DiGRA is ticking; exactly ONE week left: https://t.co/R4CzGLVbLD

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In case you forgot, the deadline to submit your abstract is 16th December: https://t.co/qdDafPaHVb

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We're thrilled to make our second keynote announcement for DiGRA 2025 - Games at the Crossroads: Dr. Cameron Kunzelman!
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Cameron Kunzelman is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Theatre at Mercer University where he directs the Communication Theory Research Lab.

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He has worked in academic game studies and the games press for more than a decade. His first book, The World is Born From Zero, is on the relationship between speculation and video games. His second book, out in 2025, is on the Assassin's Creed franchise.

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@LeonXiaoY Hi Leon, we have extended our deadline to 16th December! :)

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We're happy to announce that, by popular demand, we are extending the deadline for full paper and abstract submissions for DiGRA 25 - Games at the Crossroads!

New deadline: Monday, 16th December, 2025.
Link: https://t.co/qdDafPaHVb

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We are excited to have Rasheed onboard for DiGRA 2025 - Games at the Crossroads in Malta!

And in case you missed, the deadline to submit your abstract for DiGRA 2025 is 29th November, 2024.
🔗 for more details: https://t.co/qdDafPaHVb

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Our first keynote for DiGRA 2025: Rasheed Abueideh!

Rasheed is an award-winning Palestinian creative director and game designer, who created Liyla and The Shadows of War (2016) to highlight the impact of the 2014 Gaza War on children.

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A father of five living in Nablus, Palestine, his work has received-along with other global recognition-the Excellence in Storytelling award at the International Mobile Game Awards. Rasheed is currently working on a new game focused on the events of the 1948 Nakba.