Interactive Futures 2025

All tickets for Interactive Futures 2025 are FREE

Some of the biggest names in video games will make an appearance at this year’s Interactive Futures conference in Leamington Spa, a lively hub for game development

Prestigious studios including Maverick Games, Playground Games, Rebellion and many more will be exhibiting and talking all things games, careers and skills at The Royal Spa Centre on Friday and Saturday, June 13th & 14th 2025

Friday will see the return of an ‘Industry Day’ aimed at connecting developers and like-minded creatives based locally and right across the UK.

The focus on Saturday will be students, their parents and those looking for prospective careers in the exciting video game sector. Day two will also give attendees a flavour of what the industry has to offer as employers bid to inspire the next generation of talent.

Programme

Friday 13th June

Balcony Sessions

11:15 - Freelancers & Co Dev - Outsourcing the Future

13:15 - We're not in 2021 anymore - What Games Funders Want

14:15 - Wellbeing at Work: Why Happy Teams Make Better Games

15:15 - How to get more women into games - Insights from female leaders

Studio Theatre

10:00 - Welcome Session

10:15 - Animating Complex Emotions: Bringing Authenticity to Character Performance - Super Spline Studios

11:15 - U and Yours with Olly Nicholson - Unity Technologies

13:15 - Unreal Optimisation with Arran Langmead - Epic Games

14:15 - What I've learned from a decade of porting games from PC to console - darbotron

15:15 - Migrating Apex Legends: 5 things we learned from one of the largest live game AWS infrastructure transitions - Code Wizards

Saturday 14th June

Studio Theatre

10:15 - Keynote Talk - Mike Brown, CEO & Founder of Maverick Games

11:15 - Games Grad Life - From Seeking to Hired

13:15 - Making Games - It's Easier Than You Think, But Harder Than You'd Like

14:15 - How to Get Hired - Recruiter Discussion

Balcony Sessions

10:00 - SAE Institute Workshop: BOSS FIGHT WORKSHOP

11:45 - SAE Institute Workshop: Live Programming Demo

13:15 - SAE Institute Workshop: Games Art Live Demo

14:30 - SAE Institute Workshop: BOSS FIGHT WORKSHOP

Timings and talks are subject to change as we finalise the programme

Photography

This event will be photographed and filmed over course of the two days. If you don't want to be pictured, let one of the team know on the day.