The annual IEEE Conference on Games (IEEE CoG) aims to be a leading venue for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and novel approaches to bring innovation in and through games. Games are a great domain to study and develop novel ideas in design, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, psychology, education, sociology, and creativity, as well as their applications in real-world problems.

IEEE CoG 2026 will take place at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, located in Madrid, Spain.

We invite contributions related to all game aspects, including, but not limited to:

    Accessibility and inclusivity in games
    AI for game development (automated playtesting, adaptation/personalization in games, etc.)
    Esports and live-streaming
    Extended reality (virtual reality, mixed reality, and augmented reality)
    Game analytics, game data science, and data visualization
    Game design (frameworks, game mechanics, etc.)
    Game editors and authoring tools
    Game-playing AI
    Game technology (game engines, graphics, audio, animation, physics, networking, controls, etc.)
    Game user research (player/opponent modeling, player experience studies, psychology of play and player types, etc.)
    Games as test-beds for algorithms
    Games for education, learning and development
    Generative AI for games
    Player-computer Interfaces
    Procedural Content Generation
    Serious/applied games (for health, sustainability, etc.)