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.)