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Sapporo Game Camp 2026 Draws 2,500 Attendees and 21 Partner Companies
The Sapporo Game Camp Executive Committee, which includes Sega subsidiary Sega Sapporo Studio, released its event report on October 27 for Sapporo Game Camp 2026, held October 9 to 11.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Why it matters
The report gives Sapporo's industry-government-academia camp a measurable result: 21 local partner companies and about 2,500 attendees, both the event's highest, with Sega Sapporo Studio's president chairing the committee.
Key Facts
- Sapporo Game Camp 2026 ran from October 9 to 11, 2026.
- The executive committee released the event report on October 27, 2026.
- Twenty-one game companies with Sapporo bases participated as operating partners.
- Three-day attendance reached approximately 2,500.
- The Game Jam produced 20 games from 20 ad-hoc teams over two days.
Twenty-one game companies with Sapporo bases joined as operating partners, and three-day attendance reached about 2,500. The committee said both figures were the highest in the event's five-year run. Programs included 13 talk sessions, a Game Jam that produced 20 games, and a new High School Student Session.
The fifth edition ran three days in October and closed with a report issued by the executive committee, which Sega Sapporo Studio participates in alongside the City of Sapporo and local game companies. The Game Jam put about 160 professional creators and students from inside and outside Sapporo into 20 ad-hoc teams, each producing a finished game over two days on the theme "Hen" (change). A new High School Student Session brought 10 universities and vocational schools to exhibit booths, and committee chair Takaya Segawa, who heads Sega Sapporo Studio, spoke at its talk session and keynote.
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