Week-Long Event Showcases the $200 Billion Global Gaming Industry

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ATLANTA — Games Week Georgia returns to Atlanta this year October 27 - Nov 2, 2025, to showcase and celebrate all aspects of the global video game and esports industry.  

The annual week of professional development conferences, events and activations, curated by Resurgens Gaming, concludes with the three day gaming lifestyle festival DreamHack Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center from October 31-Nov 2.  Strategically timed during Halloween week, the festival capitalizes on the season's celebration of fantasy, creativity and cosplay that resonates with gaming culture.

“Gaming is now the largest segment of the $2 trillion entertainment industry, expanding beyond players to include brand marketers, esports organizations, and even educators,” said Todd Harris, CEO of Resurgens Gaming. “Games Week Georgia celebrates this evolution by bringing together everyone in the gaming ecosystem for a week that builds to DreamHack Atlanta.”

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The current set of announced Games Week Georgia events include:

• Esports Summit on Wednesday, October 29
• Entertainment Industry Mixer, evening of Wednesday Oct 29
• GirlGamer Atlanta the morning of Thursday, October 30 
• Creator Summit the afternoon of Thursday, October 30
• DreamHack Atlanta on Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2025

The week progresses from industry-focused professional development to public celebration, with each event feeding into DreamHack Atlanta’s broader community.  

Early Bird All-Access Tickets are available for $199 until August 31 and include a 3-Day Pass to DreamHack, creating a seamless experience from professional development events and networking to community celebration.

"It’s fantastic to join Games Week Georgia again in 2025", said Shahin Zarrabi, VP Festivals at ESL FACEIT Group. "DreamHack Atlanta is all about gaming communities coming together to celebrate games and internet pop culture. Being part of this statewide initiative allows us to connect with even more communities, creators, and fans. Georgia has become a true hub for gaming, and we’re proud to contribute to that momentum."

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According to the Georgia Department of Economic Development, digital entertainment is responsible for more than 12,000 direct and indirect jobs across the state. 

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“Georgia continues to engage groundbreaking industries like gaming and esports that attract new career and development prospects for our state,” said Georgia Center of Innovation Senior Industry Engagement Manager Asante Bradford. “Games Week Georgia spotlights our thriving creative ecosystem and shows Georgia’s students that these jobs are within their reach.”

Grant Wainscott, Vice Chair of the Atlanta Esports Alliance added, “Georgia, and specifically metro Atlanta, has solidified its reputation as a global hub of creativity, talent, and influence. Games Week Georgia allows us to demonstrate how gaming drives both innovation and workforce development to feed our overall tech ecosystem.”

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This year, the Southern Interactive Entertainment & Games Expo (SIEGE), the largest videogame industry trade show in the south, also joins Games Week Georgia, with SIEGE education content for game developers being integrated within the Esports Summit event and included in the All-Access Pass. 

As one important element of workforce development and diversifying the gaming industry, Games Week Georgia will host five women from the BroadcastHER Academy Fellowship for Women in Esports and Gaming via an all-expense paid trip to Atlanta, experiential learning and mentoring from Skillshot Media, Ghost Gaming, and other partners of the 1,000 Dreams Fund initiative.

Consumer gaming events like DreamHack Atlanta not only fuel the industry, but draw tens of thousands of guests, vendors, developers, celebrities, and more to the city.

Says Lynda Lee Smith, Chair of the Entertainment Tourism Alliance of Georgia, "With tourism being the purest form of economic development, Games Week is a perfect example and presents unlimited potential for Georgia's hospitality industry.  Entertainment tourism combined with Georgia's natural and diverse landscape elevates the state as a premier destination globally."

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Further information and tickets for all events above are now available at https://www.gamesweekgeorgia.com/

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Multiple Teams. One Goals.

This fundraising competitions among the Georgia Entertainment Industry will benefit Make-A-Wish Georgia, and will help grant life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses.

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Why Does It Matter?

There are curently more than 800 kids waiting for a wish in Georgia. Every dollar makes a difference for a wish kid and their family.

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Rules of Engagement

• The team that raises the most money by May 10th - Walk for Wishes Day - is the winning team!
• Sponsorships and donations count for your team as long as they use the team website.

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What's at Stake?

• Bragging rights to the winner!
• Winning team gets to run with the Home Depot tools on Walk Day.
• If the Georgia Entertainment Industry raises $20K, we can adopt a wish!

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Team Ghost Gaming is participating with representatives from Resurgens Gaming and Skillshot Media.

Sign up your team today!

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Resurgens Gaming, North America’s leading gaming lifestyle and media company, today announced Event Venues Atlanta, over 100,000 square feet of experiential and production space across Metro Atlanta available for booking and event management services via its production division Skillshot Media.

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The expanded event booking and management footprint includes:

• multiple premium spaces at Uptown Atlanta, the Fulton County transit-oriented development straddling the intersection of Buckhead and Midtown, 
• purpose designed production studio spaces in Doraville, and 
• additional locations to be announced in 2025.

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“Since the pandemic, we’ve noticed a significant increase in demand for live event spaces equipped with high-speed internet, superior audio/visual capabilities, and comprehensive event management services.”, said Resurgens Gaming CEO Todd Harris.  “People are eager to gather for live events, but there is also a growing remote audience that seeks an experience more engaging and compelling than a typical Zoom call. Additionally, our booking and activation requests in Atlanta are on the rise, especially with the city set to host eight World Cup games."

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Resurgens Gaming and their venue partners have invested over $5M in production equipment and infrastructure to ensure the spaces represented by Skillshot Media deliver an exceptional high fidelity experience both on site and online.

Games Week Georgia returns to Atlanta this year October 1-6, 2024, to celebrate all aspects of the global video game and esports industry.  

The annual week of events and activations, curated by Skillshot Media and Ghost Gaming, and delivered this year in partnership with the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s InnovATL2024 initiative, will conclude with the three day gaming lifestyle festival DreamHack Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center from October 4-6.

“Gaming is quietly the largest segment of the $2 trillion global entertainment industry,” said Todd Harris, CEO of Skillshot Media. “Games Week Georgia celebrates the gaming and esports industry, bringing together gaming leaders and experts from around the world, and culminating in one of North America's largest gaming festivals — DreamHack Atlanta.”

The current set of announced Games Week Georgia events include:

• Atlanta Digital World Summit on Tuesday, October 1
• Esports Summit on Wednesday, October 2
• Lioness, Girl Gaming Expo the morning of Thursday, October 3
• Creator Summit the afternoon of Thursday, October 3
• DreamHack Atlanta on Friday, October 4 - Sunday, October 6, 2024

“DreamHack's exponential growth in North America is a testament to not only the growth of the gaming industry, but the appetite of fans for in-person, community-driven experiences,” said Guy Bloomberg, Event Director, DreamHack Festivals - Americas, ESL FACEIT Group. “Following a record-setting DreamHack Dallas this year, our return to Atlanta alongside Games Week Georgia doubles down on making this moment a celebration of the state's vibrant gaming landscape.”

According to the Georgia Department of Economic Development, digital entertainment is a $550 million industry in the state, responsible for more than 12,000 direct and indirect jobs. Events like DreamHack Atlanta not only fuel that industry, but draw over 40,000 guests, vendors, developers, celebrities, and more to the city across the weekend.

“Georgia is on the frontlines of innovation and growth and continues to engage groundbreaking industries like gaming, animation and esports that attract new career and development prospects for our state,” said Georgia Center of Innovation Senior Industry Engagement Manager Asante Bradford. “Events like Games Week Georgia put our state’s thriving creative ecosystem in the spotlight and show Georgia’s students that jobs of the future are here and within their reach.”

Grant Wainscott, Vice Chair of the Atlanta Esports Alliance added, “Georgia, and specifically metro Atlanta, has solidified its reputation as a global hub of creativity, talent, and influence. Games Week Georgia as a part of InnovATL2024 allows us to demonstrate how gaming drives both innovation and workforce development to feed our overall tech ecosystem.”

As one important element of workforce development and diversifying the gaming industry, Games Week Georgia will host five women from the BroadcastHER Academy Fellowship for Women in Esports and Gaming via an all-expense paid trip to Atlanta, experiential learning and mentoring from Skillshot Media, Ghost Gaming, and other partners of the 1,000 Dreams Fund initiative.

Further information and tickets for all events above are now available at https://www.gamesweekgeorgia.com/

Animation Summit, a property of Ghost Gaming and produced by Skillshot Media, will debut on Thursday, May 23, 2024 to promote professional development and celebrate the growing animation industry in Georgia.  

The Animation Summit will be hosted at Skillshot Media at Uptown Atlanta, in partnership with the all-ages Geek Culture Convention MomoCon beginning the following day at the Georgia World Congress Center.  

Animation Summit gathers leaders and students from across the animation ecosystem including 2D and 3D animators, visual fx artists, voice actors, producers, marketers and animation studios and IP holders.  Announced event partners to date include MomoCon, ASIFA-South, Trap Sushi, Georgia Entertainment, SCAD, Georgia State Creative Media Industries Institute, Women in Animation Atlanta Atlanta Collective, Georgia Game Developers Association, Atlanta Esports Alliance, MOBIUS, and Atlanta Digital World Summit.

In-person and virtual Animation Summit tickets are now available at https://www.animationsummit.live/tickets