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March 23, 2026

Imirt Irish Game Awards 2026 Public Voting Now Open!

Imirt Peile

March 23, 2026

The Imirt Irish Game Awards are taking place on April 24th at the Fís Games Summit and we cannot wait to honour the best Irish games of 2025. Each category is being judged by a specialised panel of experts, and that includes the three awards that voting is opening for today. Voting is now open for three categories that we felt had to be voted on by the community.

Below you’ll see the nominees for three awards; Best Upcoming Game, Emerging Talent and Community Hero. It’s important to recognise the people that make the Irish games community such a warm and welcoming place, and that are succeeding against all odds to make their mark on the industry.

Voting is now open to Imirt members, with members having received voting cards in their email. We encourage you all to get out and vote. It’s a short voting window, with voting ending at 23:59pm on Monday the 30th of March. If you do not receive a voting card, please contact eoghan@imirt.ie who can send you your ballot.

It should be noted that Imirt had no part in deciding the nominees for these categories. We’d like to thank the membership, who nominated multiple members of Imirts staff and board, who did not go forward for the award.

Most Anticipated Game

The Most Anticipated Game award is designed to recognise the amazing games currently in development from developers in the Irish Games Industry.

Breadieval

Create unique baked goods by combining ingredients you find at the market. Befriend the puppet villagers by baking their favourite recipes or by combining tasty flavours. Have fun, you don't have to follow a recipe here.

Breadieval is a cosy sandbox baking game set on a medieval island. Experiment by combining various ingredients to create unique baked products such as apple tarts, chocolate raspberry scones, spiced wholegrain bread, and more. You can choose to follow some of the in-game recipes, or you can make up your own.

ExoDomia

ExoDomia is a return to classic single-player shooter designs. No battle passes. No XP grinds. No microtransactions. Just fast, satisfying combat, hand-crafted levels, and an original campaign built purely for fun. Arm yourself with a diverse arsenal, face off against deadly enemies and bosses, and experience a shooter that puts gameplay first—exactly how it should be.

Fallosophy

Fallosophy is a tough, minimalist vertical pinball-platformer where ascent is earned through precise control of momentum, timing, and discipline. Using only two buttons, players climb a towering world inspired by the history of philosophy, from the cave of ignorance to the spires of modernity. There are no upgrades, no safety nets, and no shortcuts: every mistake can send you falling, and every metre gained must be won back through mastery of the flippers and gravity itself.

Next Day!

Next Day! Is a co-op party board game where you and your friends must work together to deliver packages while simultaneously competing for the Deliverer of Incredible Kindness award (D.I.K.)!

https://www.nextdaygame.com/about

The Corner Cafe

The Corner Cafe is a cozy(ish) retro futuristic cafe simulator set in a mythical Galway City and County in 2160. Players take control of Dan, the new owner of the cafe, with the goal of restoring community to the city.

Players will make coffee and chicken fillet rolls (and more uniquely Irish foods), customise their cafes, explore the city and get to know its eccentric inhabitants (from Fomorians to Camogie players).

TÖLT

TÖLT is a colourful first-person horror adventure with a wildly evolving black comedy narrative where you play as a horse, stylized as a haunted 90's PC game that never saw the light of day.

Questing

A satirical love letter to 16-bit adventure games, with a unique Pong-meets-bullet-hell combat system!

Community Hero

The Community Hero award recognises an individual who has continuously given to the Irish games communnity and who has been a beacon of support for those of us who work in it. These individuals have put an exceptional amount of time and effort into helping people, going above and beyond for those who work in the Irish games community.

Photo Supplied by DCG Photography — **Alanna Kelly**

Alanna is a Galway City based game developer, freelancer and the founder of Galway Game Jam. Over the last two decades she has worked in a diverse range of industries including Game Development, Enterprise Software, Hardware Prototyping, Research and 3D Printing.
In 2013 she established Galway Game Jam as a regular event to encourage community building amongst game developers in Galway. She currently runs Beaglier Systems, a small contracting business.
*photo supplied by DGM Photographic*

**Bunny Hanlon**

Bunny Hanlon loves story-telling in all its forms and in games specifically with every single fibre of her being. She founded Aos Sí Productions as a way to support fellow indie devs that need someone who knows where, how, and whom to gush about their games to, as well as an outlet for her own games and creativity.

**Dan Bergin-Holly**

Dr. Dan Bergin-Holly is the founder of Biscuit Factory Games. An established Producer and Product Manager, Dan has been working in games across both industry and academia for 15 years with a career spanning from mobile to AAA and beyond.
*Having recently moved back home to Ireland from the UK 4 years ago - Dan has been delighted to be able to bring everything he’s learned from his career abroad to the benefit of the local industry.*
Be that sharing resources on community channels, making introductions, mentoring new teams via Imirt and Ardan’s development programmes, or just generally chatting to anyone and everyone about the business of making games.

**Dave McCabe**

Dave is probably best known for writing stuff like The Darkside Detective, The Séance of Blake Manor, Tavern Keeper, and The Necromancer's Tale but he's also probably best known for organising Run For The Border, which is probably Ireland's best event focused on running to the border to network BUT if you are old enough he's also probably best known for lecturing about games BUT if you're even older he's probably best known for hosting the GameCraft games jams. Or maybe he's probably best known for you as a beard with legs.

**Denman Rooke**

Denman Rooke is an art director, concept artist, illustrator and game designer. He is the founder and co-director at studio RÚCACH working on original IP games as well as contracting for projects like Magic: the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Cosmere RPG, League of Legends, and with brands including Star Trek, The Lord of the Rings, and Marvel.
*Rooke is a founding member of Racán Collective, a game dev co-working collective in Galway.*
*He is also a committee member with Game Workers Unite Ireland, the Irish game industry union which aims to strengthen game workers’ rights and build a sustainable industry.*

**Tara Jaye Burke**

Tara Jaye Burke is a Galway raised and residing Multidisciplinary Creative who is immersed in the local and national game development community through hobbyist, educational, and professional pursuits.
*With 7 years of experience as a 3D Artist and Game Designer, Burke currently works as a 3D Generalist Artist for StoryToys and an Assistant Lecturer in Game Design and 3D Animation for ATU.*
Burke has worked on games for brands like LEGO, Marvel, Hasbro, and Disney. She has facilitated workshops, given talks, and served as an administrator for industry support through collaborations with organizations such as Imirt, Eirmersive, Ardán and Wexford County Council.
*In addition to her professional work, she actively volunteers with Galway Game Jam to promote community and creativity within the Galway game development scene.*

**Úna-Minh Kavanagh**

*Úna-Minh Kavanagh is a proud Kerrywoman, games producer and solo games dev with a background in production and Irish language advocacy.*
*She has project managed seven Irish language localisations, including Among Us and is a fierce supporter of promoting high-quality translations.*
The Irish games community has inspired Úna-Minh so much to create, iterate and be fearless about sharing her work. She adores seeing folks’ success and contributing to it, be it by playtesting, offering feedback or simply just shouting about developers from the rooftops!
*Úna-Minh believes in social justice, community reciprocation, empowering folks and is staunchly anti-crunch.*

Emerging Talent

The Emerging Talent award recognises an individual who is a rising star in the Irish games industry, in any development discipline. The nominees in this category were submitted for the award because of the incredible things they have achieved, and the potential they have to find success in the future.

**Adam Englishby**

*Adam is a technical game designer and technical artist whose decade-long journey from hobbyist to industry freelancer has defined him as a versatile powerhouse in the Irish scene.*
A flexible collaborator, he has worked with ENIGMA|STUDIO, Table Topple, and Spooky Doorway. As Saorspell co-founder and a Racán Collective member, Adam is a fixture in the Galway games community. His technical precision and drive for connective art earned recognition through the Wild Galway Games Initiative and consecutive IndieDev Prototype Funds (2024/2025).
*Recently securing a key role on an Irish Games Fund 2025 project, Adam is channeling his skillset of design, art, code, and music into a 2027 solo title.*

**Conor McKenna**

I’m a solo independent game developer working in games for many years, recently going full time. I have worked on a large number of game jams and projects, and recently released my latest platform, an Irish language word game called “Cúpla Focal”, on Google Play.
*As I’m continuing to develop, experiment and grow, I’m eager to share more with, and become more involved in the Irish Game dev community.*

**Dylan Coakley**

I'm Dylan, a passionate Software Engineer based in Cork, Ireland. I spent five years working part time on RelicWar my very first game while working a full time Software Development job and I released it to Steam in September 2025.
*During those five years I attended Develop:Brighton, Run To The Border and Nexus Dublin. I also did a presentation on my game and the experience creating it to a group of local Software Developers.*
I enjoy getting more involved with the Irish Game Development Community and the fresh energy events bring to my new interest. I have gained a lot of knowledge and experience from releasing my first game and I am excited to continue learning and creating in the world of game development.

**Emmet Byrne**

Emmet is an award-winning writer and game designer with a passion for creating tabletop roleplaying games and bringing the folklore of Ireland to gamers around the world. His Irish-inspired campaign setting, Beyond the Woods, raised over €350k across two Kickstarter campaigns in 2025 and 2026.
As well as Beyond the Woods, Emmet has worked on some of the most beloved IPs in the world, including Doctor Who, The Lord of the Rings, Warhammer, and Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere. He is passionate about the Irish TTRPG scene and freely offers advice and guidance to any designers looking to pursue their TTRPG dreams.

**Hazel Blackwood**

Hi, I’m Hazel! I graduated from ATU (then LYIT) way back in 2014. With the lack of game studios hiring in Ireland at the time, and with a strong need for money, I ended up working in I.T in the healthcare sector. Good ol’ I.T. Nothing beats that.
Over the past ten years I’ve worked tirelessly to deliver better care for thousands of patients, I’ve delivered projects worth tens of thousands of euros across multiple hospitals, and I’ve won multiple colleagues of the year awards in the process, and while all of these achievements were rewarding in their own way, none of them compared to the joy I felt when I got a call to tell me I’d been selected for Imirt’s Talent Incubator program.
Thanks to Imirt, I have officially founded my studio - Highlander Labs - and I’ve finally started development of the passion project that’s sat in the back of my mind for over ten years - One Ear Up - a game where you create your dog and travel through a magical, fantasy world to save it from an angry god.

**Jacob McConnell**

I'm Jacob, an indie game developer with a special interest in 3D Art. I graduated from TUD with a first-class honours in Game Design, voted in as class rep for three years and the received the Student of the Year Award. I’m the lead artist and co-founder of indie studio DESKRAGE which has showcased at Comic Con, Gamerfest and Akumakon over 4 years.
I completed Imirt’s Incubator program, which helped me take DESKRAGE from a hobby to a business. I’m currently attending Imirt’s Elevate program, learning valuable insights on leadership and how to take my work to the next level.

**Jamie Clarke**

*Hi there! I'm honoured to have been nominated for the Emerging Talent Award!*
After graduating university, I was faced with the harsh reality of the games industry. Finding a stable job seemed unlikely, even with a degree. Starting Clarke Games wasn't an easy decision, but I believe it's the right one. I found clients that needed small games to be made, and kept working on Next Day!, my passion project for the past 2 years.
*Now with more clients on the horizon, and Next Day! approaching its release, I hope to soon hire local talents and support the Irish games industry!*

**Joakim Svensson**

*My name is Joakim Svensson, I have a Computer Engineering degree. I've started specialising in Mass Entity (ECS) in Unreal Engine.*
I've created a plugin called Scalable Modular Behaviour that uses Mass Entity in the background and enables highly performant NPC logic including combat and Smart Object interaction. It supports thousands of entities running StateTrees by using background processors and allows animation synced blueprint actor transitions.
*I've started working with an indie studio to implement a custom solution on top of the plugin. I'm also working on creating titles that are fun to play and showcase the plugin features.*

**Laura Ryder**

Laura Ryder is a composer and sound designer from Mayo. She started working in games in 2021, when she scored Give Me Strength by James Poole - which won runner up for Best Game Audio in the 2021 Imirt Awards.
*Since then she has enjoyed working with various lovely developers and studios such as Dreamfeel, Space Lion Studios, Enigma Studio, Day Off Interactive, and Round Robin Interactive.*
*Laura enjoys designing and implementing music systems, bullying devs into using audio middleware, and making game music about birds. And talking about birds. And birds.*

**Mark Robinson**

*Mark is co-founder and lead designer of award-winning Space Lion Studios. Originally from England but moving to Ireland in 2016, he started his journey in the industry working in player support before branching out into community management, brand marketing, team leadership and project management, before establishing his own studio in 2023 and adding to his skillset in art, level design, event management and bizdev.
His studio launched Axyz, a puzzle-platformer with a vaporwave aesthetic, which went on to win Most Anticipated at the Irish Game Awards 2025, and they were also a recipient of the IndieDev Prototype Fund for their ongoing project, Balloons of Paradise.
*I have no idea what I'm doing.*

**Niamh Germaine**

*I’m Niamh, a game designer at Larian Studios. I completed a BA in Game Design in 2022, and it’s been a wild ride ever since!*
I’ve worked at Larian as a boardgame playtester, technical editor, and playtesting coordinator for Baldur’s Gate 3 - while assistant-teaching Game Design at TU Dublin and running boardgame demos for Larian at various American gaming conventions. I joined Black Shamrock for a year as a junior game designer, then rejoined Larian in my current role.
*I plan to keep the momentum going until I’m inevitably buried in my own hoard of boardgames and polyhedral dice.*

**Richard Naughton**

*Richard Naughton is an emerging business leader, becoming a successful story of how Indie Dev, New Frontiers and other programs pave the way for the growth of the Irish games industry.*
A strong leader through good planning, connecting with his team and being resourceful with his extensive network of professionals. Richard is innovating on business strategy with the ultimate goal of becoming a sustainable employer.
Confident as a technical creative, Richard can execute any part of a game project to a high standard. He’s an experienced public speaker and a prominent figure in the Galway games community as one of the organisers for Galway Game Jam.

**Tom Daly**

*Tom has been in the games industry for about 3 years and released their first two solo games in 2025, with a focus on continuing to create multiple small games every year.*
Tom is from Wicklow but based in Belfast and has loved being part of both the North and South game dev communities, including taking part in the first-of-its-kind cross-border scheme IndieDev 2024 and NI Screen’s MiniGame programme - both as part of Dott Studios - and gaining invaluable experience and knowledge to take into future projects.

**Úna-Minh Kavanagh**

Úna-Minh Kavanagh is a proud Kerrywoman, producer and solo games dev whose shipped two commercial titles, Saltsea Chronicles (2023) and Eyes of Hellfire(2025), project managed seven Irish language localisations, including Among Us, and has made small, strange, story-driven games like the well-received Chicken Fillet Rolls!
While her main discipline is production and Irish language localisation, Úna-Minh’s also a games writer and most recently wrote about games production for the book CTRL: Essays on Video Games (2026).
*She’s a massive fan of iterative feedback, game jams and adores the mix of playfulness and exceptional creativity that comes with making games.*

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March 12, 2026

Games From Ireland Trailer released as Event and Showcase set to go live Friday, March 13th at 5pm

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March 12, 2026

Imirt - The Irish Game Makers Association are proud to showcase the trailer for the Games From Ireland Steam Event, which goes live tomorrow, Friday March 13th @ 5pm.

The Games from Ireland Steam Event is a week-long digital showcase celebrating games made in Ireland, by Irish developers around the world, and games shaped by Irish creative talent and culture. The event will feature over 150 games, spanning all genres, from internationally successful titles to independent and emerging projects.

Imirt are also proud to say that the Games From Ireland Showcase will air @ 5.30pm on the Games From Ireland Steam Page, which you can find here.

The showcase, which will run for approximately 50 minutes, will feature 30+ games, showcasing some of the best games to release in Ireland, alongside showcasing some incredibly exciting upcoming projects. We hope that you tune in at 5.30pm GMT to see some of the incredible games that are taking part in our event. Keep an eye on Imirt social channels across the week as we highlight some of these titles.

You can find us on all of your favourite social media channels, such as Instagram, TikTok and BlueSky.

We hope to see you on Steam tomorrow for the Games From Ireland Event!

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March 6, 2026

St Patrick's Day Steam Sale Brings Irish Games to a Global Audience

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March 6, 2026

Imirt - The Irish Game Makers Association is proud to present the Games from Ireland Steam Event, a week-long digital showcase celebrating games made in Ireland or shaped by Irish creative talent and culture. The event will run on Steam during St Patrick’s Day 2026, 13th March - 19th March, spotlighting the breadth and success of Ireland’s growing games industry for a global audience.

The Games from Ireland Steam Event will feature over 150 games, spanning all genres, from AAA success stories to award-winning independent games. The event will also spotlight upcoming projects from some of the best teams across the island. Participating games will have a clear Irish connection– developed in Ireland, Irish-led or Irish-majority teams, playable in Irish, or featuring Irish culture, stories, or locations.

We’re delighted to reveal the Irish Games art-piece we commissioned from acclaimed Irish artist and game developer Denman Rooke, showcasing some of the incredible games and characters from across Irish games, alongside touchpoints of Irish culture.

This is just a snippet of the full piece, which will live on the steam page throughout the event, and we’re absolutely thrilled with how it came together. Try and see how many characters you can recognise when the page goes live on March 13th!

Alongside discounts across participating titles, the event will include a special Showcase Broadcast highlighting featured games through trailers, gameplay, and curated clips from Irish streamers.

The Games from Ireland Steam Event is an Imirt-led initiative, developed in collaboration with Irish developers and studios worldwide. The event is designed to present Irish games on an international stage, not only to players but to studios, publishers, and the wider global games industry. St Patrick’s Day is Ireland’s most visible cultural moment worldwide. The Games from Ireland Steam Event uses that moment to showcase the creativity, diversity, and commercial success of Irish game development - at home and across the globe.

If you have any interest in covering the event, whether that means streaming some Irish titles, talking about the event in your news show and chatting to Irish developers or Imirt staff about the event, contact us at eoghan@imirt.ie and marketing@banshee.games. We’re happy to discuss what titles may suit you and your outlet best.

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February 10, 2026

Introducing the Games From Ireland Steam Sale - Presented by Imirt

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February 10, 2026

We’re delighted to announce the Irish Steam Sale, a week-long digital showcase celebrating games made in Ireland, by Irish developers around the world, and games shaped by Irish creative talent and culture. The event will run on Steam during St Patrick’s Day 2026, 13th March - 20th March, spotlighting the breadth and success of Ireland’s growing games industry for a global audience.

The Irish Steam Sale is an IMIRT-led initiative, developed in collaboration with Irish developers and studios worldwide. St Patrick’s Day is Ireland’s most visible cultural moment worldwide. The Irish Steam Sale uses that moment to showcase the creativity, diversity, and commercial success of Irish game development - at home and across the diaspora.

If you want to be included in the Irish Steam Sale, we have a full guide ready for you explaining how you can take part, eligibility criteria, event guidelines, information packets on discounts and marketing, as well as all key dates and deadlines.

You can find that here. We’ll be running information sessions to answer any and all questions, and we’ll be releasing and updating an FAQ after these sessions end.

We have our three Q&A Sessions for the Games From Ireland Steam Event lined-up, with the first one this on Thursday February 12th at 6pm!

Discord Q&A - 12/02 @ 6pm - https://discord.com/events/784781637467504671/1471464070338187358

Zoom Q&A #1 - 18/02 @ 2pm - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83033047789

Zoom Q&A #2 - 19/02 @ 6pm - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86702257632

You can sign up for the event here, via the Expression of Interest Application - https://forms.gle/FvmeRFVEtaPrm3gy5

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February 5, 2026

Imirt AGM 2026 - Progress and Plans

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February 5, 2026

On January 22nd, we had the pleasure of holding our Imirt AGM for 2026 which was graciously hosted by our friends at TU Dublin. Immediately after the Imirt AGM was the IndieDev Speed Pitch showcase followed by a networking reception at Plunkets on Abbey Street. The event allowed us to discuss all of the amazing work done in 2025, introduce some of our plans for 2026, and highlight the new Imirt team, including our project manager, Leela Collins, and our three new board members, Lauren Morgan, Llaura McGee and Craig Walsh.

Progress In 2025

2025 was another huge year for the Irish game development community. Imirt was able to hire Eoghan Watters full-time and bring on Leela Collins as a part-time project manager. This was all a part of delivering the Screen Ireland Digital Games Portfolio, a first of its kind games funding initiative. Beyond this, we were able to work on Imirt as an organisation, creating better systems for governance and a better balance of work for our volunteer board. The work done in 2025 has set us up to do even more in 2026. We were also able to start new initiatives such as the Games Competency Framework and Elevate, which you’ll see more of in 2026.

Corporate Membership

In 2025 Imirt launched corporate membership to better represent our industry and to allow us to do more for the community. Available in multiple tiers, corporate membership is an opportunity for companies to support Imirt and gain benefits as a member. Corporate Membership is an important initiative to legitimise Imirt and show the government that the industry supports us and supports growth in games.

We’re delighted to say that we already have over twenty companies as corporate members. We’d like to thank them for their support of Imirt as we roll out corporate membership. We will be pushing to grow membership throughout 2026.

Dublin Games Springboard

Imirt launched its first incubator, The Imirt Dublin Games Springboard, in early 2025. Ran by Imirt in association with Screen Ireland and the Guinness Enterprise Centre, the programme took eight game developers and gave them mentorship and workshops to help them evolve their business and development skills. The programme was a huge success, with graduates from the programme going onto release critically acclaimed games, join further programmes like IndieDev, and even join exemplary studios such as Larian.

Press Play on Ireland event at GDC

IMIRT - The Irish Game Makers Association were honoured to contribute to a fantastic event held to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and the incredible art that video game makers and composers in Ireland create, hosted at the incredible San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

The event was attended by Imirt CEO Colm Larkin, who took part in the panel; “Press Play on Ireland: A Celebration of Music, Gaming & Storytelling”. The panel was chaired by the Head of Cultural Affairs at the Consulate of General of Ireland in Los Angeles, Siobhra Quinlan. Joining the panel was the extraordinary Irish composer Eimear Noone, and CEO of Ardán Alan Duggan.

The event was followed up by a consulate meeting, where leaders from the industry met with Minister O'Donovan TD to discuss the future of game development and the sector in Ireland.

Imirt Irish Game Awards 2025

The Imirt Irish Game Awards 2025 took place at the Fís Games Summit on the 11th of April. It was a fantastic show and an opportunity to recognise excellence in game making from Irish creators.

Among the winners, Jamie Gavin came away with the Rising Star award, alongside a runner-up in Game of the Year for 2024 and Best Narrative.

Ambertail came away with five awards for their debut game, Amber Isle, including Game of the Year, Game Design and Game Art. In total 21 awards were given out to winners across twelve categories. A full breakdown of the awards can be found here.

Digital Games Portfolio:

Irish Games Fund

As part of the Screen Ireland Digital Games Portfolio, Imirt have had the honour of designing and running the Irish Games Fund, a first of its kind staged development fund for Ireland.

The Irish Games Fund is a staged development fund in order to maximise the use of funding on projects with the highest potential. The fund is judged by external talent from games publishing, allowing the games to be properly judged with no bias and by those who fully understand the market and market conditions. A full breakdown on the progress of the Irish Games fund can be found here.

Digital Games Portfolio:

IndieDev 2025

IndieDev 2025 was a huge part of our day, with the eight IndieDev teams giving their final presentations to our audience. The IndieDev Speed Pitch had the eight teams present their game to our members and a panel of industry experts.

IndieDev 2025 is an initiative managed by Ardán with support from Imirt on behalf of Northern Ireland Screen and Screen Ireland – aimed at supporting indie video game developers based in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Successful teams are supported with funding of up to £15,000 / €15,000 based on programme, mentorship, and team requirements as they work on a game prototype.

Digital Games Portfolio:

the Irish Games talent incubator

The Irish Game Talent Incubator (formerly Imirt Dublin Games Springboard and Wild Galway Games Initiative) aims to develop the creative and entrepreneurial skills that video game developers will require to navigate the professional games industry.

Developed by Imirt and Ardán, with support from CREW and the GEC, The Irish Games Talent Incubator took in 23 participants across Dublin and Galway, who went to bespoke workshops, engaged in networking events and took part in a fantastic closing day event hosted in Portershed in Galway.

Section 481a - The Digital Games Tax Credit

In Budget 2026 the Irish government has announced a number of initiatives related to game development.

Imirt welcomes the addition of post-release development to the Digital Games Tax Credit, effectively recognising that game development continues beyond the first launch of a game, as well as the extension of the scheme to 2031. This is a meaningful and necessary improvement to the credit and we commend the government for taking this first step.

Imirt firmly believes that additional changes remain key before the tax credit can live up to its potential, particularly in terms of being attractive to international companies looking to open game studios in Ireland.

Nexus

The Nexus Games Summit returned to Dublin on October 2nd 2025, presented this time from The Foundry @ Google. This is a landmark event with attendance from the Irish games community all over Ireland, as well as an impressive proportion of international visitors and Irish government officials.

For Imirt initiatives, we were delighted to put on the Imirt X Nexus Games Showcase, where we highlighted some of the best games coming out of the sector including The Séance of Blake Manor from Spooky Doorway and TÖLT from ENIGMA Studio.

Our big event of the day was the Nexus Best Pitch, Presented by Imirt. This event saw eight teams pitch their games to a panel of publishers as if they were pitching the game in a meeting. The panel would then give feedback on their pitches, which gave our audience some incredible insight into what they need to do with their own pitches going forward. The event drew an incredible audience, and we’d to thank all that attended.

The event had some incredible games pitched, such as SZeance from Dreamfeel and Lizard Wizard from Carroll Games. It was, however, a competition, and the winner was the amazing Not Here, Not There with Good Folk Café. We’d to thank all of the teams for their incredible pitches and for making the event really special.

We’d also like to thank our amazing panel of judges. Dave McEvoy from RAID Studios, K.A. Pedersen from Fireshine Games, Jairo Lopes from Xbox and Leela Collins from Imirt and Banshee Games. We really appreciate all of the time and effort they put into the event.

Digital Games Forum

Imirt had the pleasure of collaborating with IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Ardán on an incredible event “The Digital Games Forum” led by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and driven by Minister Patrick O'Donovan TD and The Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.

Held in Farmleigh House & Estate, the Forum brought together leaders in both government and the games sector to discuss the national strategy for games. The event included panels, roundtable discussions, and key remarks from Screen Ireland, Imirt and the Minister. The event opened with statements by Désirée Finnegan, Chief Executive at Screen Ireland, and Imirt CEO Colm Larkin.

Minister O'Donovan delivered an address to the room, emphasising the government's commitment to the games sector in Ireland. We thank Minister O’Donovan and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland for taking the initiative on this wonderful event, and the passion and support of the Minister was evident in his address. He highlighted the recent changes to Section 481A, The Digital Games Tax Credit, alongside funding advancements and Ireland’s commitment to growing the sector through bespoke activities.

We look forward to working with all of the agencies and departments in attendance across 2026 to deliver on the obvious potential for games in Ireland.

Games Competency Framework

In collaboration with Screen Ireland, Imirt has launched the Digital Games Competency Framework. This piece of work is essential to the long-term success of the sector.

The rapid growth of the Irish Digital Games Industry requires a clear strategy for training, recruiting, retaining, and developing skilled professionals. A well-structured and clearly defined Competency Framework is essential to achieve this shared objective among all industry stakeholders.

The purpose of this work is to research and develop a Competency Framework for the Irish Digital Games Industry, including job role task analysis and career mapping.

If you want to learn more and get involved, check out the post here.

Critical Skills List

The Critical Skills List, which is a set of roles that are essential to economic growth and are in short supply in Ireland, was opened for submissions in September. Imirt submitted a total of 19 roles within games to the critical skills list, which if approved, would allow employers to use the critical skills employment permit to attract people in these roles from the international community.

These are highly specialised roles that are essential to FDI, and this piece of work will prove to be immensely important as we move into the future.

National and International Events

Imirt has been engaging with events at a national and international level. We’ve been delighted to attend and engage with events like Gamerfest, Nexus, Fís Games Summit, Dublin Comic-Con and Run for the Border. Supporting national events is a priority for Imirt and we look forward to supporting more in the future.

Irish games representation at international level is also evolving. The Press Play event at GDC was a huge success, but Imirt was also engaging with international events such as Gamescom and Develop: Brighton. Imirt was able to run an Irish networking event at Develop: Brighton, which was a fantastic evening. Gamescom was a fantastic opportunity to meet other leaders from the European Games Industry and continue growing Ireland's presence internationally.

Other Initiatives

Last year, Imirt became a member of the EGDF (European Game Developer Federation). This move is essential to the overall development of the relationship between the Irish Games Sector and our colleagues across Europe.

Imirt has also been involved in DIGRA 2026. Imirt Board Member, Robert Emerson, has joined the DIGRA organising committee and is currently looking for sponsorships and a call for exhibition and workshops, which has a deadline of February 15th.

These are just some of the programmes and initiatives that IMIRT have run through 2025.

Plans for 2026 and beyond

Following 2025, Imirt holds the same core objectives, dedicated to carefully growing the Irish games sector through high-impact initiatives. Our core goals remain:

to grow our indigenous development community
to develop a world class games ecosystem in Ireland
to promote Irish games at both a national and international level.

Imirt Irish Game Awards 2026

The Imirt Irish Game Awards return for 2026 to celebrate the best of Irish Games from 2025!

This year, we have the joy of introducing two new categories, best student game and best experimental game.

Teams should nominate themselves for awards, and can put forward multiple games in multiple categories as appropriate. Submissions open 22nd of Jan and close on Mon 9th of February at midnight. Judging will follow and an awards ceremony will be announced after that.

You can learn more about the Imirt Irish Game Awards 2026 here.

Digital Games Portfolio:

Irish Games Fund Stage 2 & 3

Stage One of the fund recently wrapped, with all six teams hitting their milestones. We’re delighted to announce that following the successful stage one, three teams have advanced to Stage Two of the fund. These teams are;

Outlier
ENIGMA Studio
Dreamfeel

You can read more about the Irish Games Fund Stage Two teams here.

Elevate Programme

We’re delighted to say that our new business development programme, ELEVATE, run in conjunction with CREW and supported by the Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Stakeholders Fund, will be starting on February 4th. ELEVATE will be running weekly, with workshops taking place on Wednesdays from 11am - 1pm. ELEVATE is a 12-week programme.

Irish Games Census

In 2024, Imirt undertook some research and the size and scale of the video games industry in Ireland. This research told us that we had around 100 companies in the sector and around 2,400 people employed in games in Ireland.

In 2026, we’d like to take on this project again, getting figures for the games industry as of December 31st 2025. The goal here is to continue to have an overview of the size, scale, and companies present in Ireland. This data is incredibly important for promoting the Irish industry internationally, alongside domestic advocacy in regard to funding and tax credits.

This time, we need to get data on financial figures alongside the data on size and scale. This will strengthen our understanding of the power of Irish games and help us in lobbying with national and international bodies for the sector.

Section 481a Review

Imirt continues to work on a series of improvements to Section 481a (Digital Games Relief). Our working group will have its first meeting of the year very soon to represent the industry and put forward improvements to the tax credit.

National and International Events

Imirt are delighted to be attending and supporting a huge number of the events happening nationally in Ireland. Just in Q1, there’s the Leadership Day, Global Game Jam, Games Fleadh at TUS Thurles, Crack the Code with Black Shamrock and Dublin Comic-Con.

Q2 begins with the Fís Games Summit, which we’re delighted to say we’ll be supporting. More information to come on that soon.

Internationally, we look forward to Develop: Brighton and Gamescom, where we hope to celebrate the strength of the Irish Games Industry with our friends in the UK and across the EU

Irish Steam Sale

Imirt are delighted to announce the Irish Games Steam Event (Working Title). This event will run from March 13th - March 20th. This means the event will run alongside St. Patrick's Day.

Additional details about this event will be communicated very soon, so keep an eye on Imirt’s social media for additional information. Make sure to let us know about any games or teams that may be interested in taking part.

Q&A

Q: Will the Irish Games Census cover salary information?

A: The Irish Games Census will not cover salary information for 2025, but we look forward to expanding the research in the coming years.

Q: How many studios and employees currently exist within Ireland?

A: 100+ Studios and 2,400 Employees. 11% Year-On-Year.

Q: In regard to the Irish Games Steam Event, what are the plans in terms of marketing and promotion?

A: We’re going to have takeover videos, gameplay videos, engagement with content creators both national and international, alongside journalists for a big push in the lead up to the event.

We’ll have bespoke artwork commissioned for the event.

Q: Will the Games Competency Framework include a framework for continued professional development/ studios or is this geared at people currently in legislation?

A: Yes. It’s aimed towards the industry at large.

Q: Does Imirt have plans to hire any more staff?

A: We are dependent on our funding to expand. We would like to have more staff in place to increase the different initiatives we’re taking on. We’re looking for funding both nationally and at an EU level. Corporate Membership is another avenue for this.

Q: What kind of initiatives can Imirt members volunteer for?

A: A great example of Imirt members volunteering is the work Craig Breathnach has done with the Imirt Steam Curator list. We encourage members to reach out with anything they want to do, to see if we can help or amplify this idea. We also encourage members to engage with us at events. Keep an eye on the Discord for additional information on volunteering.

Q: Are there any plans to support developers pitching, or to have a country booth at Gamescom 2026?

A: The goal remains to be the development of an Ireland booth at Gamescom. We are working on this, and engaging with government agencies to make it happen. This is unfortunately unlikely to happen this year. We absolutely recognise the need for this space for Irish developers to have a base of operations. This will likely be a multi-year approach, and involve both industry and government investment in both effort and funding.

Q: Have the board considered moving from discord should its relationship with consumers worsen?

A: Yes, we have acknowledged this as staff and are keeping a close eye on whats happening with Discord. The primary platform used by the Irish Games Community has changed on multiple occasions, and we will work to keep the community intact in any scenario.

We encourage members to subscribe to the Newsletter.

Q: Would Imirt consider partnering with a larger studio in order to make the Gamescom stand happen?

A: We’re certainly open to it, but we would need to discuss the exact nature of it.

Q: Are there any plans for Imirt to support Tabletop games further.

A: Imirt has always recognised analog games, but we’re aware there’s been no direct supports. We’re very proud to recognise analog games with the Imirt awards, but scale is an issue for setting up stronger supports. We’d like to note that analog games are included in events like Dublin Comic-Con.

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January 29, 2026

Digital Games Competency Framework

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January 29, 2026

IMIRT - The Irish Game Makers Association and Screen Ireland have recently partnered with Alex Kotsos to create a Competency Framework for the Games Industry.

We’re looking for advice from people of all levels and from all backgrounds. No role is too obscure! You don’t have to be in Ireland to contribute.

The project defines roles and levels within those roles across the breadth of the industry (Development, Publishing and Support Functions) and is generally split departmentally (Engineering, Design, Production, Art, etc.) and across the different levels of those roles (Junior up to Director).

This project is intended to be of use to anyone and everyone who picks it up who has even a passing interest in games:

- Government departments and agencies will actually be able to understand what we do.

- Universities and education providers will be able to better plan courses for future skills needs.

- People starting off will know what skillsets they’ll need to actually transition into the industry.

- Studios will have a ready-made job classification framework to assist with gender pay gap and pay transparency reporting.

- Studios will be able to see skillsets that they currently lack and teach/hire for those competencies.

- People in studios will be able to see what skillsets they’ll need to be able to reach the next level within their career.

- People transitioning to other roles, for example environment to tech art will be able to see any missing skillsets and transition more easily.

This list is by no means exhaustive but gives you an idea of what we’re trying to do.

Please note that the fruits of this project will be made publicly available to anyone across the world who would like to make use of it.

If you’re interested in getting involved, sign up here!

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January 28, 2026

Introducing... The Irish Games Fund - Stage 2

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January 28, 2026

Imirt - The Irish Game Makers Association, in partnership with Screen Ireland through the Screen Ireland Digital Games Portfolio have had the honour of running the Irish Games Fund, a first of its kind, staged development fund for Ireland.

These teams are;

Outlier
ENIGMA Studio
Dreamfeel

Below you can find quotes from each of the teams about how Stage Two of the Irish Games Fund will help them bring these unique stories to life, and even get a glimpse of some of these games.

Outlier

“Outlier is delighted to be supported by the Irish Games Fund for our next game. IGF Stage 2 enables us to push the prototype even further, developing it to an industry-leading benchmark and pitching it to potential commercial partners prior to the game's announcement. The funding also helps us build out the team in Ireland and support local talent in the industry.” - Paul Froggat [Outlier]

ENIGMA Studio

“Receiving funding to help develop TÖLT with stage 2 of the Irish Games Fund has been nothing short of transformative for the project as well as for my life, both professionally and personally. Having never received funding in the 8 years that I've been releasing games under ENIGMA STUDIO, this funding has enabled a paradigm shift in the way I design and develop games. For the first time ever, I've been able to bring on another programmer whom I work with incredibly closely to enable new design possibilities for the game at 10x the speed of doing it alone, as well as an additional audio designer to compose new totally unique music alongside introducing middleware I've never used before.

On a different note, this newfound financial certainty and its accompanying production schedule also allowed me to take a two week period off over the holidays for the first time since going full-time with ENIGMA STUDIO, meaning I could properly rest with the confidence that my production schedule doesn't begin until January. Approaching development in a more healthy way like this has allowed me to enjoy making it which ultimately results in a better product.” - Jamie Gavin [ENIGMA Studio]

Dreamfeel

“The entire Dreamfeel team is delighted to be selected for Stage 2 of the Irish Games Fund. The Stage 1 participants set a very high bar of quality, no doubt given the high demand that there is for such funding in Ireland, so it is a particularly huge honour.

We’re all excited to get stuck back into development and to work with Imirt again as they were already fantastic throughout Stage 1, and their expertise has made it a uniquely valuable accelerator to be a part of.

Dreamfeel are working on a game, Bog Bodies, that’s draws on Ireland’s rich history and our famous flair for storytelling so I especially hope our game will showcase not just the abilities and potential of Irish creators in this global industry, but also to give the rest of the world the stories and the experiences no one else can.

Before Stage 1 development on Bog Bodies had temporarily stalled because although we had incredible art and an incredible story, the gameplay, ie: the player’s experience, wasn’t up to the same high standards. We suspected the key problem might be that it was far too “linear”, in that there was only one thing to do at a time. So our plan for stage 1 was to design a much more open experience but particularly (and trickily) one in which our powerful story would still work. I’m very grateful that the funding gives us the chance to solve and test this, because it does indeed work incredibly well!

Now in Stage 2 we’re going to build upon that breakthrough and fully develop a mini region of the game’s world, incorporating open exploration and multiple quest lines that players can decide to undertake or not, however they choose. Additionally now that the game’s core identity is fully fleshed out we’re also going to start sharing our game publicly to build a following, both fans of our previous games and new fans alike. So by late Spring the game should be in a fantastic position for the final stretch of development.

We’re very excited to continue this journey and it is with much appreciation and admiration that we’d like to once again thank all the judges who selected us and Imirt for facilitating this fund.” - Llaura McGee [Dreamfeel]

We’re delighted to continue this fund and explore the unique and incredible stories that developers can tell through the medium of games. We look forward to seeing how these projects evolve throughout Stage Two of the Irish Games Fund.

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January 23, 2026

The Imirt Irish Game Awards 2026

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January 23, 2026

The Imirt Irish Game Awards return for 2026 to celebrate the best of Irish Games from 2025!

Teams should nominate themselves for awards, and can put forward multiple games in multiple categories as appropriate. Submissions open 22nd of Jan and close on Mon 9th of February at midnight. Judging will follow and an awards ceremony will be announced after that.

Eligibility Criteria:

- You must be an Imirt Member in order to submit your game. You must be a member at the appropriate band. Operating businesses should be corporate members.

- Game must be largely developed in Ireland (either RoI or NI)

- If your game is only partly made in Ireland, please submit only for categories where that discipline was largely based in Ireland (e.g if art was largely completed in Ireland, then submit for best art).

- Game must have released between 1/1/2025 - 31/12/2025

- Games which were launched in early access in 2025 are eligible, but may not be submitted as a full release game in subsequent years (i.e. decide when it’s best to submit it for you, each game should be considered for one Imirt Irish Game Awards).

- Games launched on new platforms in 2025 are eligible, but may not be submitted again under another platform (i.e. decide which platform is best for you, each game should be considered for one Imirt Irish Game Awards).

- Expansions released in 2025 to games released prior to January 1, 2025 are eligible as their own submissions.

- Experimental games are encouraged to apply.

- Games must be made available to judges free of charge for evaluation.

We ask that all submissions include a five minute video showcasing the game in the category being applied for. This can be gameplay with developer commentary. For example if submitting for best narrative, use the video to showcase writing & narrative.

Imirt AGM 2026 and IndieDev 2025 Closing Event

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January 9, 2026

The next Imirt AGM will be taking place on the 22nd of January 2026. This is your chance to hear our plans for the coming year, meet our new board and the Imirt staff, and to give us your feedback and suggestions.

Our AGM and Q&A (2pm) will be followed by speed pitches from IndieDev teams (4.15pm). These will be judged by a panel of industry experts.

As part of the day we are also including the closing event for the inaugural IndieDev teams. Everything is being hosted by our friends at TU Dublin in their offices in the Grangegorman Campus. We have a lot to update our membership on, as we look forward to 2026 and supporting the games industry in bigger and better ways. Doors will open at 1:30pm with coffee and snacks served, and the AGM will run from 2pm to 4:00pm.

After the AGM, we’ll have the IndieDev Speed Pitch. Eight teams will present their game to our members and a panel of industry experts. Not only will this pitching session be a really great experience for the teams involved, but we believe our members will learn a lot from watching these pitches and from the feedback our panel delivers.

Finally, we’ll be moving to a pub (venue tbc), for the IndieDev Showcase and Networking Event, where teams from our programmes will be showcasing the games they’ve been making, and you can network with other industry professionals.

Attendance of the Imirt AGM is limited to paying Imirt Members. Members should have received an email with a link to the eventbrite page. If you have not received this email, you can also find the link in the members only area of the Imirt website, or you can email us at contact@imirt.ie to receive a link.

We hope to see you all there!

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December 17, 2025

IMIRT Board Election 2025 Results

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December 17, 2025

Voting for the IMIRT Board Elections has concluded, the results have been tallied, and we’d like to say congratulations to the winners!

Justin O’Connor and Carlo Azzari have been re-elected, while Llaura McGee, Lauren Morgan and Craig Walsh (Pictured Left to Right, Craig not pictured) will be joining the Imirt Board.

If you want a reminder of who they are and why they want to be involved with Imirt, check out the news post below. These candidates will be taking the place of outgoing board members Dr. Maria O’ Brien, Alanna Kelly and Sylvain Doreau, who we thank for their work supporting Imirt throughout their terms on the board.

Thank you to everyone who voted and ran in the elections. Remember too that Imirt is a volunteer-run, organisation so if you want to get more involved in Imirt or you have an idea for an event or an initiative, drop an email to contact@imirt.ie and let us know!

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December 11, 2025

Imirt and CREW launch new programme, ELEVATE

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December 11, 2025

Supported by the Screen Ireland Stakeholders Fund, Imirt and CREW were delighted to announce ELEVATE on Friday December 5th at the inaugural Incubator/ IndieDev closing event, a new business development programme designed to upskill early-stage game developers, focusing on;

Leadership
Team building
Strategic development
Financial management
Fundraising

Positioned as a natural next step beyond the incubation stage, it supports start-ups in building the foundational capabilities needed to operate sustainably, navigate commercial opportunities, and prepare for long-term growth.

Imirt CEO Colm Larkin on stage with CREW Programme and Community Manager Ainslie Peters, announcing ELEVATE

ELEVATE has been designed as a natural extension of previous programmes run by Imirt and Ardán, namely the Irish Games Talent Incubator and IndieDev. While this programme is designed with those people in mind, as an all-digital, remote run programme, ELEVATE is open to all individuals in the Irish Games Sector who want to elevate their business skills and desire help in running a successful games studio.

ELEVATE will bridge the skills gap by equipping early-stage game studios with essential leadership, business, legal, and financial capabilities to support sustainable growth and develop confident, resilient studio leaders who can scale their teams, navigate the complexities of the games industry, and establish long-term commercial success.

The programme will consist of 12 x 2-hour online workshops delivered over 12 weeks running from late January until April 2026. It will be complementary for those selected, with a preference given to individuals who have previously taken part in IndieDev, Incubators or similar initiatives.

You can apply for the ELEVATE Programme by filling out the Expression of interest form, which you can find here - https://forms.gle/Rg8NXbV4r6tNsTk5A

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December 8, 2025

IMIRT Board Elections 2025

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December 8, 2025

Voting for Imirt's new board members is now open and will take place until midnight on Monday the 15th of December. Details of how to vote and links needed to vote will be sent to members by email.

There are 5 seats to be filled this year, with Alanna Kelly, Sylvain Doreau and Maria O’Brien stepping down from the Board, and Justin O’Connor and Carlo Azzari re-running for a second term.

We’d like to thank Alanna, Maria and Sylvain for their time on the board. Their service and dedication has been invaluable to Imirt and we hope to continue to work with them in future.

Best of luck to all our candidates!

The Candidates

Jason Adams

Biography

I’m Jason Adams. I began my career in the games industry in the United States with Blizzard Entertainment before transferring to Cork in 2008 to help open their offices. That move brought me into the center of Ireland’s games industry at an important time in its development. Over the next decade, I supported the establishment of operations for Blizzard, Bioware, EA, and Riot in Ireland.

Before working in games, I held leadership roles in other sectors which gave me a strong foundation in people leadership, team development, and organisational effectiveness. My work in Ireland’s games industry covered a wide range of responsibilities including customer service operations, team leadership, scaling teams during rapid growth phases, and supporting both boxed product launches and live service operations. I've worked with teams ranging from small independent developers to large global studios.

In 2018 I co-founded minMAX to focus on executive coaching, team coaching, and leadership development for game studios and technology companies. I'm also a lifelong gamer, which gives me both a personal and professional understanding of the industry. I remain committed to supporting the continued growth of the Irish games sector and the people who make it possible.

Candidate Statement

My name is Jason Adams, and I'm applying for a seat on the Board of IMIRT because I believe strongly in the future of game development in Ireland and want to play an active role in shaping it. I've spent almost 20 years connected to the Irish games industry, both personally and professionally, and I've seen its potential, its challenges, and the opportunities that still lie ahead.

My experience in the sector began with Blizzard Entertainment in the United States and later brought me to Cork in 2008 to help open their Irish operations. Over the decade that followed, I was directly involved in starting up live game and support operations in Ireland for Blizzard, Bioware, EA, and Riot Games. I served in many roles ranging from Customer Service Lead to Programme Manager to Managing Director, and worked at operational, strategic, and cultural levels. Those years gave me a deep understanding of the realities faced by studios at every stage of growth. I continue to work with game companies today across Europe and the US through my coaching practice, supporting leaders and teams across development, live services, and organisational change.

I understand the challenges game studios face in Ireland, from talent retention and funding access to leadership support, operational resilience, and long-term sustainability. I've seen studios succeed, struggle, scale, hyper-scale, and fight to maintain creative identity in a global market. This perspective drives my desire to support IMIRT.

Ireland has made great progress in supporting international investment over the last 20 years, but we've not yet achieved the same level of support for native-grown games companies. There is extraordinary raw talent on this island, but much of it remains under-utilized or under-supported. There are not enough timely financial supports, mentorship structures, or expert guidance available for teams trying to build and sustain studios. Policy progress has begun, in large part thanks to IMIRT and others, but the work is far from finished.

I want to contribute to that work. I believe Ireland can build a thriving ecosystem where independent studios, mid-sized teams, and long-term live service operations can grow sustainably. I want to help ensure future and current developers get the guidance, advocacy, and practical support they need at the moments that matter. I want to help strengthen the foundations that will allow a healthy, creative, and competitive games industry to flourish here.

Thank you for your consideration. I would be honoured to support IMIRT and the wider Irish games community in the years ahead.

Carlo Azzari

Biography

Carlo is a Senior Game Designer whose career has grown alongside the Irish Games Community and Imirt itself, having been a member since it was founded and a Board Member since 2024; he has also co-hosted the Games Co-Op a since 2019, a monthly event in Dublin that serves as a space for developers to playtest and connect with each other.

Professionally, he started his journey almost 10 years ago at Simteractive, and moved on to Black Shamrock after that. He also lived in Stockholm for a couple of years, working at Paradox Interactive as a Content Designer for Hearts of Iron 4. After witnessing the vibrancy and scale of the Swedish games industry, he returned to Ireland as a Senior Game Designer at Black Shamrock in late 2023, and joined the Imirt Board, hoping to foster the same kind of dynamic, self-sustaining games Industry and more importantly, game dev community.

Candidate Statement

I want to continue supporting Irish game developers in any way I can, and to help guide Imirt as it transitions into a fully fledged trade organization. Through all of this, I want to make sure we maintain our inclusive grassroots-first approach, and don't lose the spirit that has defined our community, and by extension, Imirt.

More concretely, I want to focus on:

- Finding additional sources of funding for the organization, and strengthening the existing ones: Merchandise, fundraising events, and strategic partnerships can let Imirt run more independently from government funding. This can allow us to broaden the ways we help foster the industry.

- Continue supporting the incubator programme, and push for its expansion and improvement: This programme is a cost-effective way to guide developers who are starting their careers, giving them tools to succeed and a space to connect with each other. I want to make sure this remains an important part of the non-funding ways Imirt helps our island’s game developers.

- Bringing back regular in-person workshops: Online workshops have a lot of advantages, but in-person ones are better at connecting developers to each other and building community. These have not happened as often as they should, so I want to clear the obstacles that prevent Imirt from running more of them. We can make them more self-sustaining by finding partners that can bring the cost and effort down, and finding other efficiencies on how they’re organised.

- Improving our community engagement efforts: There’s still a lot of developers in Ireland who don’t see the benefit, or don’t even know about Imirt, and we need to continue expanding Imirt’s individual member base to be more representative of our industry. To do so I think we can start by finding more tangible benefits for members, professionalising our communications so people know about Imirt’s work and by having a more active participation in events across the island, or even hosting more of our own.

Ed Byrne

Biography

Ed has been making games and interactive software for over 26 years. Before entering the video game industry, he worked as a graphics artist creating interactive training software for Fortune 500 companies. He began making games professionally as a Game Designer at Ubisoft in 1999 as one of the original creators of the Splinter Cell franchise. At Amaze Entertainment he worked on the Harry Potter line of PC titles and new IP development. Ed joined Zipper Interactive (later acquired by Sony) in 2004 where he oversaw the design of both SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo and Fireteam Bravo 2 as lead designer and MAG and SOCOM 4 as studio Creative Director. After running a small start-up studio to work on his dream game, Moon Breakers, he joined Disney Interactive as Lead Designer for their Bellevue, WA studio.

In 2014 Ed took a hiatus from games to help create ParentCraft, an online addiction treatment programme for parents. Returning to the industry in 2014, over the past decade he has served as a Design Director on the Forza Motorsport series at Turn10/XBOX, Design Manager at Bungie on Marathon and as Design Director at Electric Square’s Irish studio.

Ed was raised in Dublin, where he did his Intermediate and Leaving Cert at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir and Grammar Schools. He came to the US to study Illustration and Computer Art, earning his BFA at Trenton State College in New Jersey. He is the author of the book Game Level Design (Charles River Media, 2004), was a recurring speaker at the Game Developers Conference and before moving back to Ireland as an independent developer, a program advisor at Lake Washington Institute of Technology’s game development program in the United States.

Candidate Statement

The Irish game industry is growing by leaps and bounds and I am eager to join IMIRT as an advocate for game education to provide new cohorts of talented game developers across the country who will be designing, building and shipping the next generation of Ireland’s games. I am especially hopeful that through IMIRT we can see industry-driven programs and curriculums, financial and immigration incentives for experienced developers to teach and mentor Irish students, and the establishment of new and expanded vocational programs based on teaching real-world skills and creative techniques.

As our industry reels from several unrelenting years of restructuring, studio closures and a vastly more competitive investment landscape, I hope my own experience and enthusiasm for a new and creatively sustainable era of game development, driven by a new generation of leaders, can help IMIRT in its continuing mission.

Thank you for your consideration,

Ed Byrne

Nicola Clarke

Biography

A recognised gaming industry expert and strategic leader, Nicola Clarke has established a reputation for bridging the gap between gaming culture and mainstream business. Currently serving as Twitch Account Director and Gaming Subject Matter Expert at Twitch/Amazon Advertising, Nicola now leads on developing sales strategy, thought leadership pieces, and gaming initiatives for the UK and Ireland.

Previously, Nicola played a pivotal role in developing Guardian Gaming, creating new revenue streams and establishing innovative approaches to gaming industry coverage. She has worked across a variety of industries, including Government, gaming publishers and leading entertainment companies, finance, CPG and beyond, developing tech and strategic documentation that spearheads gaming in typically novel spaces.

As a thought leader in the gaming space, Nicola regularly speaks at industry events, and leads strategic initiatives both internally and externally to advance gaming industry standards. She is particularly keen to champion gaming in new contexts, and maintains a strong focus on content creators, as well as experiential events through tournaments, roundtables, and TTRPG experiences.

Beyond professional achievements, Nicola actively contributes to industry development through mentorship programs and training initiatives, helping shape the next generation of gaming industry professionals.

Candidate Statement

Dear Imirt Members,

Having returned to Belfast earlier this year from a 15+ year stint in London, I am excited to put myself forward as a candidate for the Imirt board. With over a decade of experience spanning gaming within media and advertising, I believe I can bring unique value to both the north and south's gaming communities during a transformative time in our industry.

My career has been defined by building bridges - between endemic and non-endemic gaming spaces, between creators and commercial opportunities, and between gaming communities and mainstream institutions. As Twitch Account Director and Strategic Lead at Amazon Advertising, I've worked with developers of all sizes, from indie creators to major studios, to both market their releases, and also to champion them through initiatives with other brands. This experience has given me some understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing game developers today, and a deep respect for those working in development currently.

Having worked with organizations from grassroots initiatives all the way up to government bodies, I understand how to build meaningful partnerships that can benefit our entire gaming ecosystem. I have specific expertise in revenue generation and commercial strategy that I would like to bring home with me.

If elected, my priorities would be:

Fostering Collaboration: Creating more opportunities for knowledge sharing and project collaboration between developers across all of Ireland.

Expanding Commercial Opportunities: Using my expertise in both gaming and mainstream media to help Irish developers, whether working in digital or analog games, connect with new audiences and revenue streams.

Supporting Emerging Talent: Building on my experience mentoring and training others to develop programs that support students and early-career developers across Ireland.

Amplifying Irish Gaming: Utilising my public speaking and industry connections to increase the visibility of Irish game creators internationally.

I am particularly passionate about supporting indie developers and ensuring that creators working in all formats - from mobile games to TTRPGs - have the resources and connections they need to thrive. My background in data-driven decision making and strategic planning would bring additional value to the board's initiatives.

The Irish gaming industry is at an exciting inflection point. We can build on our creative heritage to become an even more significant force in the global gaming landscape. I would be honored to contribute to this journey as a member of the Imirt board.

Thank you for considering my candidacy.

Trevor Keane

Biography

I am the co-founder of Feenix Group which includes Feenix Talent and Feenix Studio. I currently lead on gaming strategy, commercial growth and enterprise partnerships. I have worked with major IPs on gaming agreements, game development and rights including Animal Jam (Wild Works), Worms (Team 17) and Paddington Bear. I am a twice published author, Masters in Innovation and also as Masters in Social Humanities with a focus on game design.

Candidate Statement

Dear Imirt Members,

I am honored to put myself forward as a candidate for the Imirt Board. I have a deep commitment to the growth, recognition and long-term sustainability of the Irish games industry, and I believe my experience, strategic outlook and collaborative approach can contribute meaningfully to Imirt’s mission.

Ireland has an extraordinary foundation of creative talent and technical skill in game development. I believe that with the right support structures, the Irish games sector can achieve far greater international visibility and commercial success. Imirt plays a central role in strengthening the ecosystem that enables this growth, and I am eager to contribute to that work.

My motivation for joining the board comes from three core beliefs. First, that the Irish games community possesses exceptional creativity that deserves greater representation both at home and abroad. Second, that the industry can only grow when all voices are supported, including indie developers, emerging talent, established studios and analog game makers. Third, that a strong industry requires strong infrastructure, including access to funding, policy support, education programmes and professional networks. I hope to contribute to advancing each of these areas.

If elected, I intend to focus on four priority themes. The first is advocacy and policy engagement. The Irish games industry needs effective representation with government agencies, funding bodies and policymakers. I aim to contribute to Imirt’s ongoing work to secure improved fiscal supports, funding pathways and industry-friendly policies that can strengthen Ireland’s position as a home for game development.

The second theme is funding, mentorship and talent development. Early-stage developers and small studios often face the greatest barriers to sustainability. I will support initiatives such as the Irish Games Talent Incubator and other programmes that provide mentorship, resources and opportunities for the next generation of creators. Encouraging a steady pipeline of new talent is essential for long-term industry growth.

The third theme is community building and industry visibility. A thriving games ecosystem depends on strong relationships among studios, freelancers, educators and service providers. I will work to encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing and support networks, as well as helping to raise the international profile of Irish games through showcases, events and global partnerships.

The fourth theme is diversity, inclusion and accessibility. A successful industry must be one in which people from all backgrounds feel welcomed and empowered to contribute. I am committed to promoting equal opportunities and helping reduce barriers to entry, whether through outreach, training or community initiatives.

My vision for the future of Imirt is an organisation that continues to strengthen partnerships across education, government and the private sector, while ensuring all members benefit from a supportive and connected community. I believe the board has a vital role in shaping an environment where creativity, innovation and sustainability can flourish.

I would be honored to serve on the Imirt Board and to help support the continued development of a vibrant and globally recognised Irish games industry.

Thank you for your consideration. Trev

Kevin Keating

Biography

Kevin Keating recently relocated to Ireland from California and has nearly two decades of experience in the games industry – the last six with Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE).

As a Global Account Director at SIE (PlayStation), he directed an account management team that supported 3rd party publishers and developers such as Activision, Mojang, Bethesda/Zenimax, WB Games, Bungie, Gearbox, Studio Wildcard, and Microsoft Gaming (Xbox Game Studios) among others.

Over his tenure at Sony, he scaled his scope of account responsibility from $450 million to over $2 billion in annual revenue, encompassing best-selling franchises such as Call of Duty and Minecraft. One of his many highlights included leading the strategic and operational execution of Microsoft’s “Project Latitude,” successfully bringing previously Xbox-exclusive IPs (Sea of Thieves, Gears of War, Forza, Halo) to PlayStation.

Prior to joining Sony, Kevin spent 3 years at Immersion Corporation where he orchestrated the landmark IP licensing agreement with Sony Interactive Entertainment, directly enabling the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller adaptive triggers and advanced haptics.

Earlier in his career, Kevin was at the forefront of streaming games and digital distribution with roles at OnLive, Konami Digital Entertainment, and Ubisoft.

Hobbies include cycling and concert photography when not playing DS2!

Candidate Statement

I am excited to submit my candidacy for the Imirt Board of Directors. As a recent arrival to Ireland, relocating from California, I bring nearly two decades of high-level, global experience in the interactive entertainment industry across platform, publisher, and IP & technology roles. I believe this background provides a unique perspective and a robust skill set to serve and empower Imirt’s leadership and wider membership base.

I commit to utilizing this perspective to actively enhance the stature of the organization within the global industry, positioning Imirt as the essential partner for international investment and collaboration within the industry and State government.

My Platform: Engagement, Value, and Relevance

If elected, my efforts will be concentrated on three interdependent pillars designed to elevate member success and grow the impact of Imirt:

1. Member Engagement:

I strongly advocate for a culture of heightened Member Engagement. Our communication strategy must operate on two levels: Increased Frequency & Relevance. Themes should be focused on topics that will enhance the value of Imirt membership while also ensuring increased association transparency through the proactive release of board meeting summaries and documented rationales for strategic decisions; Active promotion of our members through social, newsletters, release calendars – highlighting member accomplishments, releases or general team or studio news; Effectively turning Imirt into a powerful, unified marketing tool for the entire Irish games industry.

2. Value Creation for a Growing Membership Base:

To secure our future, we must prioritize Growing the Membership Base by demonstrating clear, immediate, and tangible value. This means aligning every initiative—from board decisions to event programming—with direct member benefits, making Imirt membership indispensable. By focusing on creating more value for existing members, we naturally expand our reach, attract new talent, and demonstrate the organizational health required to secure larger funding and strategic partnerships within industry and the State.

3. Industry Relevance:

I will actively leverage my two decades of global relationships to enhance Imirt’s relevance within the game industry. This includes organizing a Strategic Speaker Series to bring leading voices across the industry to engage directly with our membership. Topics will be informed by industry trends and include best practices across engine development, self-publishing, working with platforms, localization efforts, and focusing on the critical issues you want to hear. Furthermore, I will push to ensure Imirt acts as the country's ambassador at leading international game events (Gamescom, TGS, GDC), guaranteeing maximum visibility for Ireland's best developers, companies, and gaming technology.

The Irish games sector is poised for exponential growth, driven by world-class talent, story-telling and creativity – and Imirt should be a leading component of that growth. I am ready to bring my expertise and dedication to the Imirt Board. I ask for your vote to help build a stronger, more connected, and valued association for every game developer in Ireland.

Llaura McGee

Biography

I run an Irish games studio, Dreamfeel, best known for If Found…. Since 2009 when I finished my first video game (a colour-swapping shmup), I’ve experienced almost every level of the games industry: all the way from working for a large software company, to getting involved in the indie scene in the UK and releasing games on Xbox Live Indie Games, to working for a start up in Scotland, to freelancing back in Ireland, to founding and running my own studio for the last ten years. Our games have won multiple awards such as AMaze’s Grand Prize as well as multiple “Game of the Year”s from various websites.

In education I have a Masters from Abertay University in Dundee and have taught game design in universities such as Technical University Dublin, Goldsmiths in London, New York University, and the University of Southern California.

I believe that games can cross borders and boundaries. Curtain was the first game to win a Writer’s Guild of Ireland award in 2015, and in 2016 If Found… was also the first game to win any award in the Irish Design Awards and we won four including the grand prize. My work has been shown internationally not just in game festivals but also in film festivals like Irish Screen America, in museums like the Smithsonian in Washington DC and the V&A Museum in the UK, I’ve had interactive installations in Dutch music festivals, and in English, German and Italian art galleries. I’ve done silly things like have two professional english football teams dress up like frogs for a game of “Frogball”, and serious things like performed my video game, The Infinite Notebook, at a literary festival where it was presented as the “future” of literature (a fairly tall order!).

I’ve experienced highs and lows: a game that spawned its own genre ie, “flatgames”, and resulted in thousands of new games and new creators starting out was initially rejected from festivals for not being “game” enough. I’ve taken games to zine fairs and sold handfuls of copies and I’ve had games at The Game Awards in Los Angeles and sold tens of thousands times more. One game that I co-created, got international press, funding and a publisher for I received just a “special thanks” in return, and I’ve made games that inspired people so much they cycled the entire way from Paris to Achill island. I’ve made business deals at industry mixers with some of the biggest names in the industry and I’ve also helped persuade a few dozen people to go to Inishbofin to play games on the beach in the dark in the rain.

The lows or wild diversions aren’t a counterpoint or failures, they’re necessary stepping stones to be able to reach highs in the first place.

Candidate Statement

First and foremost my goal is to be a voice for games as culture and creativity, and specifically for the people that do the work to create that culture in the first place. Even when it’s acknowledged that games are art, it can still be forgotten that it’s people who create them. I believe that better support and security leads to better work. It’s easy to only focus attention on the teams that have already had success, and I hope as Imirt grows we can provide more pathways for the studios of the future, especially as it is rare that the most creative and promising game makers are also the best at business lingo.

Often those outside our industry can sometimes only see two ways to support us: existing successful studios or students. Existing studios and students are both very important, but there are also very experienced game creators and struggling studios that fit into neither camp. When I started in Ireland in 2013 I was neither, and Dreamfeel took many years to figure out everything we did and to make the connections and the quality games that got us in the door.

In this same way a great sign of a healthy industry is when talented team members have the ability to leave one studio and spawn a half dozen more.

Secondly, I would like to see more focus on the holistic skills of “game making” (and “game directing”) as separate from the individual disciplines that might contribute to a project (eg, modeling, programming, design, or composing). Imirt have really excelled with its workshops in the past and I think there are opportunities for some more “hands-on” workshops to teach the kind of skills that can only be taught through direct feedback on works in progress from professionals (eg, if you want to be a film editor, no book or video tutorial will ever substitute for editing a film). As such I hope to promote the creation of short games as not “unambitious” but actually the path to success.

Lastly I would like to help promote Ireland as an exciting place for game creation. We can do more to document and demonstrate the history of games in Ireland (from Plan 9 from Outer Space to Speed Freaks to forgotten games like the IF game Rameses and to recent successes like Anthology of the Killer and Seance of Blake Manor) and we could look into running games events focused on culture outside of the events that are more business focused (of which we now have some brilliant ones).

Imirt has been going for ten years and has been built up by so many incredible volunteers and now staff. These are just some thoughts and ideas that will depend on demand and interest and I would be delighted to help the Imirt team and the Irish games industry in any way I can by offering my experience and insight. This is a very promising moment for the industry here and if you think my perspective can help I would be honored and grateful for the chance to do so.

Lauren Morgan

Biography

Lauren is an indie game developer and couch co-op enthusiast based in Dublin. Having returned to study game design as a mature student, she is passionate about supporting emerging talent and understands the unique challenges faced by those entering the games industry today.

Before transitioning into game development, Lauren built a professional background in financial compliance and communications. This experience now informs an organized, people-focused approach to production and teamwork. She is dedicated to supporting the growth of the Irish games ecosystem and creating accessible pathways to industry for both new and experienced games professionals across the island.

Candidate Statement

My name is Lauren, and I am running for the IMIRT Board because I believe the Irish games industry is at a place where community, visibility, and meaningful support for emerging talent will shape its long-term future. I am seeking this position not only as a developer, but as a dedicated community advocate who is committed to representing the voices of juniors, students, indies, and career changers who are actively trying to find their place in this sector.

My strengths lie in communicating clearly, organizing effectively, and representing myself and those around me with professionalism. I want to use these skills to help IMIRT engage more directly with educational institutions, studios, community groups, and independent developers. By strengthening these connections, we can build a clearer flow of information, opportunity, and collaboration across the industry.

If elected, I aim to:

- Develop new structured opportunities for emerging talent

Having participated in the first iteration of IMIRT’s Talent Incubator Programme, I know firsthand how beneficial it is to receive practical guidance and mentorship from industry professionals.

I want to contribute to the continuation and improvement of existing programmes such as the Talent Incubator and IndieDev Prototype Fund while creating even more community-driven workshops and practical sessions for members.

- Bridge the gap between education and industry

I want to help position IMIRT as a central hub for professional development by leveraging the combined experience and knowledge of our members. This means connecting employers with new talent and working with studios to create internships and practical industry placements, as well as organizing IMIRT-led portfolio reviews and mentorship sessions.

- Drive community engagement across the Island

I aim to work with the other members of the IMIRT board to develop and maintain a comprehensive database of upcoming industry events, game jams, and networking opportunities. Additionally, I hope to support outreach initiatives to highlight game development in different counties, ensuring that our community feels nationally represented.

I intend to use this opportunity to contribute meaningfully to IMIRT’s important ongoing work in supporting developers at every level across the island. I would be honoured to play a part in helping build a strongly connected and more accessible games industry for everyone.

Justin O’Connor

Biography

I have served 2 years on the Imirt Board, the last 12 months as Chairperson. I advocated and lobbied for the Irish Games Industry for during that time and I contributed to securing important changes to the Digital Games Tax Credit. I played an active role in securing more than €600,000.00 in funding for Games Industry initiatives such as Games Talent Incubator, Irish Games Fund, Publishing Workshop and Nexus Pitching along with funding to employ Imirt's first CEO.

I have tried to ensure that Imirt’s strategic objectives have been furthered, ensuring that Imirt’s whole community has a voice and are heard by government or government agencies. I have pushed to secure Imirt future, through corporate membership and improved corporate governance.

I’ve contributed my experience to Imirt and I’d love the opportunity to build on that even further. With your support, I’ll keep delivering for Imirt in any capacity if elected.

Professionally; I am part of the leadership for StoryToys (Head of Finance), one of Irelands fastest growing studios. I have been a part the team the has claimed the first DGTC. StoryToys has more than doubled our Revenue and employee numbers. I have twenty plus years experience in Finance.

Candidate Statement

I have served 2 years on the Imirt Board, the last 12 months as Chair. I advocated and lobbied for the Irish Games Industry for the last 2 years and I contributed to securing important changes to the Digital Games Tax Credit. I played an active role in securing more than €600,000.00 in funding for Games Industry initiatives such as Irish Games Talent Incubator, Irish Games Fund, Publishing workshop and Nexus pitching event and along with funding to employ Imirt's first CEO.

Whether using my platform of the board or in StoryToys, i have pursued an agenda that benefits the Irish Games Industry, through engagement with our local, regional and national stakeholders.

I am part of the senior leadership for StoryToys (Head of Finance), one of Irelands fastest growing studios in Ireland. I have been a part the team the has claimed the first DGTC. StoryToys has more than doubled our Revenue and employee numbers. I have more than twenty years experience in Finance.

I have applied my experience to my role in Imirt, I will continue to do so regardless of my position within Imirt.

Gavin Wade

Biography

My first commercial game was published in 1985 by Automata (UK) Ltd, one of the forerunner games publishers in the UK. I was still at school, so embarrassingly made it into the local newspaper.

For the next twenty years I developed and published over 50 titles, for 8-bit home computers, then PC, and consoles from the Sega Mega Drive, the original Gameboy, through to Dreamcast, PlayStation, and beyond.

My companies (AVM Ltd, Wave Software Ltd, largely porting houses) worked with more clients than I can list: Warner, Virgin, Ocean, Ubisoft, US Gold, Mirrorsoft, etc.

We were popular for bringing games from Amiga to PC including the Sensible Soccer series, Chaos Engine, and genre defining titles, such as Dune 2.

In 2004, I helped establish one of the first games courses in the UK, later suggesting the creation of the TIGA Accreditation. The Portsmouth courses went on to win the first TIGA Best Educational Institution award, and again a decade later under my leadership.

While teaching I continued collaboration with industry, including The Chinese Room on Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (PC) and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (PlayStation), also developed titles for Nintendo consoles and original content for PC.

In 2023 I relocated from the UK to Ireland for a new adventure as Course Director for Computer Games Development at Limerick University.

Candidate Statement

My 40+ years’ experience in the games industry, and my experience in education, combined with being a relatively new arrival to Ireland, puts me in a somewhat unique position of being able to view and compare the industry here to the UK. There are already positive signs of growth, only this past year Imirt became a formal trade body. It could also be said that the Irish industry benefits due to its compact size, being a more tightly linked group of highly creative people, sharing their knowledge and experiences, supporting each other’s success.

The close network of participants in the Irish industry, combined with the historical creativity, is some of the real value I see, and I hope whether I’m elected or not, to contribute to the growth and recognition of these values in the years to come.

What is a little surprising is how humble the community has been, there should be more shouting about the successes, to let the world know we are here, and it’s great to see the possible introduction of ‘Game Ireland’ in the next year.

To grow the Irish industry, we need to let the local population know we are here. The next generation (and their parents) need to know and believe there is as much possibility of success in games related career, as there is in other traditional subject areas.

Only with confident new creatives coming into our sector can we rapidly grow and provide the new talent the industry needs to support future expansion, we need to encourage and reward interest in our subject area, with placements, mentoring and business support.

If elected to the Imirt Board, I will:

• Use my view of the Irish industry, combined with my knowledge and experience of the UK industry, to contribute to discussion around new directions and approaches to grow the Irish games industry.

• Bridge understanding between university objectives and industry objectives, to better support both. Higher Education is often in awe of industry, industry doesn’t always understand what HE is trying to achieve, both have the growth and success of our subject area in mind.

• In the shorter term, through conversation focus on supporting the current strengths of Irish university courses to provide clearly defined games content linked to industry requirements, working within the constraints and style of specific institutions. Enabling them to be the best at what they do.

• When the timing is right, work with applicable parties towards the creation of an Imirt Accreditation for teaching and learning.

• Work with industry partners to develop a mentoring and support framework, mentoring startups, early-stage businesses, to inspire and nurture future talent.

• Engage in discussions towards introducing more opportunities to create more incubator opportunities, including funding and creative office spaces around Ireland, to develop the concept of a ‘game development island’.

Craig Walsh

Biography

Hi, my name is Craig Breathnach. I've been a volunteer in the Irish game development community for most of the last decade in varying roles, mostly working with Galway Game Jam and in the last few years assisting Imirt.

I'm also a graduate of Pulse College Galway of their Games Design Course in 2015. Through their active support of the local groups I branched out and have been a part of this community ever since.

I've attended many games related events, branching out my network and learning about the different parts of the industry within Ireland. This has helped immensely in my understanding of the landscape here.

I originally started out as a programmer for games, before realising that was not where my skill set is at it strongest. I've been a writer related to video games ever since, having written several articles published by several different organisations, as well as offering my writing skills as a freelancer.

Candidate Statement

My goals as a Board Member are straightforward, but not easy; I want to support the grassroots and local developers in this great little country of ours. A lot of folks will know me from meeting me at events, events that are usually game developer focused or inclusive of game developers. I made it somewhat of a personal mission of mine to get a "boots on the ground" view of what it's like being a developer in Ireland. And what I saw was not always pretty, but shone beautiful when it did.

To our incredible teams and individuals releasing game after game this year, to the bigger budget juggernauts, I want to grow the industry here more than ever before. Continuing with the support that Galway and Dublin have been getting, and giving many other areas like Cork, Limerick, Kilkenny, and others a chance to show what they can do as developers.

I'd also love to see more collaboration with our friends in Northern Ireland who, just as much as ourselves down South, have been punching so far above their weight in terms of quality of games being created with the resources available to them.

As I said in my submission for last year's Board Member Election, I intend to do my best to get a St. Patrick's Day Steam Festival to happen. Some of you may know the work going on behind the scenes to get this done, but with your support, I can haul this event kicking and screaming over the finish line if given the opportunity. So many other countries around the world have a Festival or Event on Steam celebrating what the talent of their developers have made, and we should have that too. We worked too hard for too long to not show the world what we can do.

Another goal from last year is more presence of Irish game developers at real-life events across Ireland. Anyone who has showcased at events can tell you how crucially important that feedback is when random members of the public playtest your game with no reservations whatsoever. And the importance of getting in front of real people instead of having to compete for their attention on a tiny screen with a million other things is second to none.

Lastly, if I hadn't said it enough, if you work in the Games Industry in Ireland, I want to speak with you. Ardán, Imirt, Screen Ireland, and others have done so well gathering the money and experience they collectively have and producing so much with it. I believe there are more connections like this to be made, with benefits for all parties involved. As a Board Member, I'd like to open up these discussions to learn what we can do together.

Thank you very much for reading.

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November 19, 2025

Imirt Joins EGDF - The European Games Developer Federation

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November 19, 2025

Imirt and the Irish games industry are continuing their growth, with the organisation now joining our partners in Europe as a member of EGDF - The European Game Developer Federation. Imirt is delighted to be part of such an incredible network, and to continue to build relationships with the talent around Europe.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for IMIRT as we join EGDF, and we look forward to strengthening the connections between Ireland and our colleagues all over Europe,” said Colm Larkin, CEO of IMIRT.

IMIRT is the 26th member of the Federation. The Federation has been steadily expanding its activities, especially in East and Southeast Europe, now covering 24 European countries. EGDF is focused on helping European game developers access talent, funding, and a route to the top of the game industry value chain — all challenges Irish game developers are also struggling with.

“Ireland is one of the key emerging game development hubs in the EU. We are more than happy to welcome Irish game developers into our network to share best practices, solve the industry’s challenges, and unite ourselves in building a European game industry on European terms,” said Jari-Pekka Kaleva, managing director of EGDF.

ABOUT EGDF – Uniting the European game dev industry

The European Games Developer Federation e.f. (EGDF) unites national trade associations representing game developer studios based in 24 European countries: Austria (PGDA), Belgium (FLEGA, WALGA), Croatia (CGDA), Czech Republic (GDACZ), Estonia (GameDev), Finland (Suomen pelinkehittäjät), France (SNJV), Germany (GAME), Ireland (IMIRT), Italy (IIDEA), Lithuania (LZKA), Netherlands (DGA), Noth Macedonia (MGI), Norway (Virke), Poland (PGA, IGP), Portugal (APVP), Romania (RGDA), Serbia (SGA), Slovakia (SGDA), Spain (DEV), Sweden (Spelplan‑ASGD), Switzerland (SGDA), Turkey (TOGED) and the United Kingdom (TIGA). For more information, visit https://www.egdf.eu/.

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November 12, 2025

Imirt Board Elections 2025 - Call for Nominees

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November 12, 2025

The 2025 Board Elections for Imirt are coming up and there will be five seats on the board available.

Being on the board of Imirt means working alongside others in our industry to implement the goals of the organisation, contribute to the agenda and help to develop the games industry in Ireland. We look forward to welcoming new faces to the board and would like to encourage anyone in the Irish games sector to consider running.

It would be desirable that candidates can demonstrate experience in at least one of the following;

Project management or production coordination experience
Studio leadership or department head role
Contributing to community initiatives, events, or teams
Academic leadership within a games-related programme

However, the most important qualification is that you are passionate about the work of Irish industry and want to contribute to its growth and development. We welcome all nominees, whether it is your first time or have previously run in the elections to come forward.

The role will take up roughly between 1 and 2 hours each week. .

To become a nominee you simply need to e-mail contact@imirt.ie, expressing your interest in contributing to Imirt by Thursday November 27th. We will then ask for your bio, goals, and an optional photo to put on the Imirt website before the election.

If you have questions about what is involved in being a board member, feel free to reach out to any of the current board members. We look forward to hearing from applicants in the coming weeks and welcoming some fresh faces to the Imirt Board.

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October 10, 2025

The Nexus Games Summit 2025

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October 10, 2025

The Nexus Games Summit returned to Dublin on October 2nd 2025. The annual games conference, which was presented this time from The Foundry @ Google, had the Irish Games Industry trek down to Dublin to share the latest and greatest in games and network with each other. The event included Golf and Pre-Event networking on the 1st, and a post-event networking event on the second. It was a fantastic moment for the Irish Games Sector and Imirt had the honour of being a part of it.

Firstly, our very own Elaine Dowman, Board Member of Imirt, MC’d the event. To say we’re proud of Elaine would be an understatement. The amount of work she put into every aspect of the event, whether run by Imirt or not, is an inspiration to us all.

For Imirt initiatives, we were delighted to put on the Imirt X Nexus Games Showcase, where we highlighted some of the best games coming out of the sector. We had the honour of showcasing;

Eyes of Hellfire from Gambrinous
Éalu from Beyond the Bark
Smash N’ Grab from SLAP-BANG! Digital
Mars Attracts from Outlier
TÖLT from ENIGMA Studio
The Seance of Blake Manor from Spooky Doorway

We are incredibly grateful to these developers for showcasing their games, and hope to find more opportunities in the future to showcase the incredible games coming from the Irish Games Sector.

Nexus had many other amazing activities and initiatives, from Imirt-alum Maria O’Briens roundtable on tax, to the many amazing panels featuring the likes of John Romero, Tommy Thompson and George Osborne. We’d like to thank the incredible Stuart Dempsey and Colm Roche for the incredible event they put together and invited us to be a part of.

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October 9, 2025

Irish Games and Budget 2026

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October 9, 2025

In Budget 2026 the Irish government has announced a number of initiatives related to game development.

Imirt looks forward to working with the government to deliver on the planned improvements to the credit.

Screen Ireland have also received an additional €2.1 Million in funding with a recommendation from Minister O’Donovan to develop a new strategy to grow the games sector in Ireland. We are delighted to see further investment in the games sector come through Screen Ireland, who we are already partnering with on a number of initiatives including the Digital Games Portfolio fund and the development of a Digital Games Competency Framework. We believe these direct supports are a long term foundation from which to build up Ireland’s games sector and we look forward to growing our partnership with Screen Ireland.

Imirt also welcomes the proposal to bring forward a permanent successor to the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, and strongly recommends that art delivered through the medium of games be included.

Alongside all these initiatives linked to Budget 2026, Imirt has also put forward games roles for the Critical Skills Occupations List, and we would urge the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to adopt them to both strengthen the domestic industry and make game development in Ireland even more attractive to foreign direct investment.

Imirt would like to thank the government for these commitments. We also recognise the incredible work from our partners at Screen Ireland and Ardán, and from within our membership to contribute to making all this possible.

Colm Larkin

CEO

Imirt, The Irish Game Makers Association

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October 2, 2025

Six Teams Announced for Stage One of the Irish Games Fund

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October 2, 2025

Just announced at the NEXUS Games Summit by Imirt Board Member, Elaine Dowman, six incredible teams have been awarded the first stage of the Irish Games Fund. We’re delighted to say that the six teams are:

Dreamfeel
ENIGMA Studio
Mystic Systems
Outlier
Pewter Games Studios
Psychic Games

The Irish Games Fund, developed in partnership with Screen Ireland, is a first-of-its-kind games fund for Ireland, giving developers the support they need to validate, develop and deliver their project. Stage one of the Irish Games Fund offers developers €8,000 for project validation, allowing them to execute on ideas that may have previously been out of reach. This staged accelerator fund will invest a total of €200,000 into successful teams as they progress through stages 2 and 3.

These amazing projects come from some of the best talent has to offer. Here’s a word from some teams that were awarded stage one.

“We’re delighted to have received stage 1 funding for a new game which we are prototyping. This funding has enabled us to explore art directions with an experienced artist from the TV/animation sector.”

- Sam Redfern

“We’re delighted to be among the recipients of the first stage of the Irish Games Fund, which will allow us to take a leap forward in the concept and prototype phase of an exciting new project!”

- Christoper Conlon

"We're delighted to be awarded the Irish Games Fund! It is a critical support for expanding our team in Dublin and leveraging Irish talent to create new, innovative games for a global audience. We can't wait to get started on an exciting new prototype and will be revealing the game to the world in 2026!"

- Paul Froggatt

"I was beyond thrilled simply when the Irish Games Fund was announced. For generations Irish talent has emigrated to create video games elsewhere: commercial megahits like No Man's Sky, PUBG or The Room, as well as cultural touchstones like VVVVVV, Slave of God or 10 Beautiful Postcards. I applaud everyone involved in recognizing the rewards we will have when we create them here!

On a personal note I'm honoured that Dreamfeel was selected in this first cohort with Project Carrownagh. It's an ambitious 3d game set that's particularly Irish, set in the bogs and hills of Connacht, but it's also a game that with a little help from the fund will bring our island to the world (nb: we made all the characters cats, because everyone likes cute cats right?).

- Llaura McGee

"The Irish Games Fund is allowing us to explore an idea that would have otherwise gone unexplored. Arts funding is vital for inspiring creative work!"

- Lotte May

The Irish Games Fund had an incredibly competitive pool of applicants, and we’d like to thank all of the teams for putting themselves and their projects forward. We would like to see all of these projects come to fruition in the future, and we hope to see these teams continue to apply to further initiatives.

We’d like to thank Ardán for their continued support of the Irish Games Fund as a part of the shared Digital Games Portfolio, and we’d like to thank Screen Ireland for continuing to support the Irish Games Sector.

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September 17, 2025

24 New Irish Games Talent Incubator Participants Announced for 2025!

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September 17, 2025

Ardán and Imirt are delighted to announce that we have selected the 12 Galway participants and the 12 Dublin participants who will take part in a 12-week Games Incubator coast-to-coast programme from September to December 2025.

Managed by Imirt and Ardán as a part of the Screen Ireland Digital Games Portfolio, these East and West coast games talent incubation programmes are supported by CREW (Creative Enterprise West) in Galway and the GEC (Guiness Enterprise Centre) in Dublin.

Dublin Incubator 2025 Participants

David Abaya

Working Title: ‘Spacedex’.

In Spacedex, players take the role of quirky space couriers delivering parcels across galaxies. Maintain ship health, manage oxygen and fuel, dodge space pirates, and compete in interstellar parcel races in a chaotic first-person co-op adventure.

Erik Azev

Working Title: ‘Binary Star Odyssey’.

Binary Star Odyssey is a turn-based tactical RPG. Lead a customisable roster of characters enrolled in the Galactic Peace Corp academy. Venture to the core of the solar system to solve the mystery of a recurring calamity ravaging the galaxy.

Hazel Blackwood

Working Title: ‘One Ear Up.’

One Ear Up is an action/adventure game where players take on the role of a dog they get to create in a magical, fantasy world. When Gramundu, the God of Nature, awakens to find his world defiled by humans, he wraps every village in a cage of thorns. As the nimble village dog, you’re the only one able to escape, but you find more than you bargained for. As the god of magic heads off to sleep, she gifts you with a magical collar that will help you bring Gramundu to peace. Now, it’s up to you to save the world, and hopefully make a few new friends along the way.

Jane Tan

Working Title: ‘Good Folk Cafe.’

Wild Narrative is currently developing Good Folk Cafe, a cosy, atmospheric management game, set in Ireland, where you forage for wild plants, craft bespoke dishes, and delight your mysterious otherworldly clientele.

Inspired by the tales that myth-keepers, storytellers, and Sean-nós singers have kindly shared with us, Good Folk Cafe will immerse you in the Irish landscape and its folklore.

James Smith

Working Title: ‘Veil of the Tuatha’.

Every god has secrets. One of them has blood on their hands. Veil of the Tuatha is a narrative murder mystery where Celtic deities gather after the shocking death of the healer Airmid. Every god is a suspect — from the Morrígan to Brigid to the Dagda — and each puzzle uncovers secrets, lies, and shifting loyalties. As the mortal investigator, it’s your task to unravel contradictions and expose the true killer hidden among the gods.

Jacob McConnell

Working Title: ‘Build a Bot’.

Build a Bot is a bullet hell mecha rogue-like where you fight back against the evil mega-corporation. You play as a robot built by a humble farmer who is sick and tired of the evil corporation’s oppression. Fight through the hoards of unique enemies and choose your loot to fight your way.

Joakim Svensson

Working Title: ‘Knights of Blobbert’.

Knights of Blobbert is a physics-heavy Action RPG and RTS hybrid. Take direct control of the commander while defending your base with vast armies. Crustaceans, cephalopods, and slime knights war for survival in a doomed world.

Matthias Greferath

Working Title: ‘They Stare’.

They Stare is a horror game where the player is tasked with investigating a series of unsettling reports coming out of Clear County. The player must gather evidence and escape the horrors in the game’s story or the procedurally generated nightmare mode

Sonny O’Mahony

Working Title: ‘Arcalumis.’

Arcalumis combines frantic real-time dice management with strategic turn-based combat in a roguelite engine-builder. Command your chosen faction in battle against enemy engines. Be rewarded for constructing synergistic builds in your quest for survival.

Stefano Gatto

Working Title: ‘Looming Light’.

Looming Light is a story-driven puzzle-platformer about a masked child who wakes on a shore with no memory. You’ll explore five unique islands separated by a sea of darkness, each reflecting a different facet of depression and isolation. By helping others and understanding their struggles, you’ll slowly remember your past, rekindle lost light, and uncover the origin behind the ancient lighthouses scattered across the world.

Tiziano Coppoli

Working Title: ‘Tiny Clockworks.’

Tiny Clockworks is a tiny puzzle(ish) game for Playdate (a Game Boy with a crank! https://play.date/), about aligning gears and repairing clocks. The game is all about making the player feel like they are repairing a sophisticated clock by aligning the gears and turning them with the Playdate’s unique crank!

Wojtek Borowicz

Working Title: ‘Dziady’.

Dziady is a narrative puzzle game where you play as a huslar, a village elder capable of communicating with spirits. On the day of the dead, wandering souls come to your table. Learn their stories and choose the right food and drink to grant them salvation but beware of evil spirits trying to trick you. In Dziady, Polish culture, history, and myth meet gameplay inspired by Papers, Please! and Phoenix Wright. The game is inspired by a 19th century poetic drama that became the foundational work of Polish romanticism.

Galway Incubator 2025 Participants

Alejandra Vargas

Working Title: ‘Lease & Desist’.

This game is set in an apartment building trapped in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over. As a player you control a cat that can disrupt the lives of the residents and alter the course of events, uncovering different hidden stories within the loop.

Brent Mitchell

Working Title: ‘Hoverderg’.

This is a cozy adventure game of a dog getting their first hovership. Fly a bouncy hovership and blast around an alien planet looking for your mother and uncovering the secrets behind the strange world. Meet the locals, repair alien technology, search for treasure, race the canyons and wear lots of great hats.

Chris Madden

Working Title: ‘Starlight’.

Hollow Moon Studios is developing a 2D cyberpunk-noir roguelite where memory itself can’t be trusted. Players step into detective Blitz Mathers’ fractured mind, reliving broken memories to uncover the truth in a city consumed by corruption.

Dave Ryley

Working Title: ‘The Pig-Keepers Dice’.

Top-down local multiplayer brawler where two wizards (Bristle & Grunt, the pig-keepers from the prologue of the Irish Saga _The Táin_) battle each other using magic dice thrown into the arena that determine the rules of the brawl.

Jamie Clarke

Working Title: ‘Next Day’.

Clarke Games is a development studio focused on co-operative play! We are making a cooperative party game called Next Day! Which will be delivered to your door step with non next day delivery!

Josef Olsson

Working Title: ‘Alltarach’.

An adventure game set in a fantastical version of Ireland, a generation after the death of Saint Patrick. In a time of myth and magic, a young woman leaves her small island behind in search of her missing brother. She finds a disunited Ireland, where the old customs have new rivals and the barrier between the worlds is thin.

Katie Canning

Working Title: ‘Alltarach’.

Lydia C. Fleischer

Working Title: ‘Parish Hopping’.

Plug in your paper shredder! In this narrative-driven puzzle game, you play the church’s marketing manager on a mission to cover up all of your clerics’ little and not so little misdemeanours before an investigative journalist can ruin your reputation. A satirical 2D game for sociocritical people with humour as dark as the devil’s soul.

Max Prediger

Working Title: ‘King’s Palette’.

Deduce who you can trust in a kingdom ruled by a corrupt king and work with them to restore order. Be careful, each character’s personality may not align with their real goals and lead to them betraying you. Avoid the king’s guard and traitors to prevent your network of rebels being discovered.

Sonny O’Kennedy

Working Title: ‘Apocalypse Dogs’.

In this game you play as a dog in a post-apocalyptic city after the humans have fled. spend your days finding supplies, meeting other intelligent dogs to join your pack, and fighting the different effects of the apocalypse… (zombies, robots, aliens, any apocalyptic event you can think of).

Thomas Jacob

Working Title: ‘Chronicler’.

Chronicler is an Isometric Action-Adventure game about exploring and preserving the history and culture of a civilisation as it collapses.

Tuathlaith de Búrca

Working Title: ‘Cluiche Ríomhaire:

Via.’ It is an an Irish-language video game in which you have to explore the world, talk to NPCs, and interact with various puzzles to proceed.

About Irish Games Talent Incubator 2025

The programme will provide game devs with support in both Development and Business Modelling. Participants will have access to dedicated working space at Guinness Enterprise Centre in Dublin and CREW in Galway for the duration of the programme, to work alongside like-minded, early-stage businesses. The programme will develop participants’ entrepreneurial skills, game development skills and portfolios, which will help them on their journey towards sustainable careers in the Irish video game industry.

Participants will leave the programme with the experience necessary to turn their creative skills into a revenue-generating business endeavour. Each of the 24 participants will be paired with an industry mentor, who will meet with them throughout the programme and guide them through the experience, using their professional insights to advise them.

The Irish Games Talent Incubator 2025 is managed by Imirt and Ardán with the support of Screen Ireland’s Digital Games Portfolio, in collaboration with CREW and GEC.

Please email eoin@ardan.ie in Galway or eoghan@imirt.ie in Dublin if you have programme questions. Please email kathryn@ardan.ie if you have press or media queries.

Imirt Peile

September 3, 2025

Imirt and Screen Ireland collaborate to develop a Digital Games Competency Framework

Imirt Peile

September 3, 2025

Imirt - the Irish Game Makers Association and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland are delighted to announce that we’re opening Expression of Interests for the Digital Games Competency Framework.

The purpose of this work is to research and develop a Competency Framework for the Irish Digital Games Industry, including job role task analysis and career mapping.

This study will involve a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods, building on previous work in related areas. The research should employ various methodologies to engage with the industry and its audiences. The successful Consultant(s) will need to collaborate with:

IMIRT and its members
Screen Ireland
Industry stakeholders, including individual talent and relevant companies within the sector; studios, developers, publishers and service providers
Education providers and training bodies, including but not limited to colleges, universities, and Skillnets

The rapid growth of the Irish Digital Games Industry requires a clear strategy for recruiting, retaining, and developing skilled professionals. A well-structured and clearly defined Competency Framework is essential to achieve this shared objective among all industry stakeholders

Project Goals:
The Competency Framework for the Irish Digital Games Industry will be designed as a learning resource and guide, offering direction for personal and career development while providing access to relevant learning and development opportunities within the sector. This framework should align with other existing frameworks in the creative industries, ensuring consistency and coherence with the broader industry approach, except where specific needs unique to the digital games sector dictate otherwise.

Intended Audience:
While this Competency Framework will be developed by Imirt in collaboration with Screen Ireland, it is intended for use by all individuals, companies and agencies currently working in or aspiring to work in the sector. It is not limited to any specific group or organisation and will also support the industry's skills development process, including through initiatives like Section 481. We hope that this framework will inform the structure of current and future companies within the sector in Ireland, offer a roadmap for those outside of the industry, such as government agencies, to understand it and its structures to a greater extent and offer insight to educators within the sector to inform changes required in courses at all levels.

To learn more about the Digital Games Competency Framework, including the key objectives, assessment criteria, and how to send an expression of interest to Imirt, please read the PDF linked below

Digital Games Competency Framework - Expression of Interest

Imirt Peile

September 1, 2025

Nexus Best Pitch - Presented by Imirt

Imirt Peile

September 1, 2025

The Nexus Best Pitch, presented by Imirt, will take place at the Nexus Games Summit in Dublin on October 2nd. Imirt is delighted to offer this unique opportunity for its members to showcase their games to a panel of industry experts and a live audience, competing for the title of The Nexus Best Pitch 2025!!

How it works:

Developers can submit their pitch decks to Imirt Here.
An Imirt panel will review all submissions and select up to eight studios.

The selected studios will then:

Take part in a pitch deck talk/ Q&A with Raw Fury ahead of Nexus.
Refine their pitch decks and practice their pitches.
Present their final pitches to a panel of industry experts on October 2nd at Nexus Games Summit in the Imirt Room.

The timeline is as follows;

Deadline for Pitch Deck Submissions: Friday, September 12th
Pitch Deck Talk/ Q&A with Raw Fury: September 17th
Selected teams will refine their decks and submit final versions: September 29th

Live Nexus Best Pitch

When: October 2nd, during the Nexus Games Summit.
Format:

Each team will have 10 minutes to pitch their game
Followed by 5 minutes of feedback from panel of industry experts
Decks will be scored, and the Nexus Best Pitch 2025 Award will be presented

How to Apply:

Submit your pitch deck HERE!

This is a fantastic opportunity to:

Gain real-world pitching experience
Get direct feedback from industry experts
Level up your pitch with help from Raw Fury
Showcase your work to a wider audience

Let’s show off the best of Irish game development.
We can’t wait to see what you’re working on!

When applying please note:

Open to Imirt member studios only, with a game currently in development.
Up to eight studios will be selected to take part by an Imirt panel.
Pitches must be submitted by midnight on Friday 12th September. Finalists will be contacted shortly afterwards.
Studios must be available to attend Nexus in Dublin on 2nd October.
Travel and accommodation expenses must be covered by the studio

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Dublin Incubator 2025 Participants

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Erik Azev

Hazel Blackwood

Jane Tan

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