This months Games Industry Gathering has now begun!!

Join at any time over the next 12 hours to hang out and network with your fellow game industry friends in #TheGIG

Informal gathering of GIG folks at #PAXEast

Heading to PAX East this week?

Check out our guide to navigate around PAX and Boston, and if you're a GIG member be sure to join our WhatsApp chat, we'll be having an informal meetup on Friday!

thegig.guide/paxeast

Thank you to everyone who made it to the Games Industry Social event tonight.

5th year we've run it, and it's such a wonderful way to connect and catch up.

Sorry to those who weren't able to RSVP (wait list was 600 people!!), well try to get a bigger venue next year!

Have a great GDC folks!

Have a safe and productive #GDC2026 week for those here in SF.

Reminder that the @thegig.bsky.social GDC Guide features the best tips, tricks, maps, advice, and recommendations for navigating SF and GDC - thegig.guide/gdc

5 hours left of our Pre [ GDC ] Digital GIG event - come join in!

Getting #TheGIG started right with lots of familiar and new folks!

Our special pre #GDC2026 Digital GIG has now begun!

Join at any time over the next 12 hours to connect with industry friends and colleagues, whether you're going to GDC or not!

Heading to #GDC next week?

A bunch of game industry veterans from the @thegig.bsky.social have contributed to this handy guide feat tips, tricks, and more.

Full guide here - thegig.guide/gdc

Thanks to @neurotic.bsky.social @tenaciouschi.bsky.social @alykkat.bsky.social for their contributions

THE GAMES INDUSTRY SOCIAL : San Francisco 2026 Edition

For the 5th year @thegig.bsky.social hosts the perfect kick off event for GDC week, supported by the good folks at @xsolla.bsky.social!

We're almost at capacity, so if you were considering attending you should RSVP ASAP.

www.thegig.social/gdc

Our next digital GIG meetup conveninetly takes place the Friday before GDC!

Whether you'll be in SF or not, this is a great chance to connect and network with your fellow game industry colleagues and friends from all over the world!

Membership is free (but vetted) - games.industrygathering.com

* If you applied to join the @thegig.bsky.social in the last few weeks, please be patient.

As tends to happen around GDC, we get an influx of people joining, it's been about 500 in the last month.

Here's the thing though - we manually vet EVERYONE who joins, so the process takes time and effort.

FAQ

* RSVP confirmations for the GIG party (thegig.social/gdc) will start going out later today.

They go out in batches, and are not entirely based on a 'first come first in', as we work to create a good mix.

That said, if you were one of the first 100 to RSVP, you'll definitely be approved.

⭐️NEW Event Added⭐️

🔍 Games Industry Gathering
🗓️ 9 Mar
🌍 San Francisco, California

Register → thegig.social/gdc/
Follow → @thegig.bsky.social

Find out more about #gamedev events at Game Conference Guide.

We're back for the 5th year in a row with our Games Industry Social event during GDC week.

FYI RSVP ASAP TLDR

thegig.social/gdc/

2 hours left of #TheGIG featuring @damphyr.com hosting, come join us for the final KAOS HOURS!

Our February digital meeup of #TheGIG has now begun!

Join us at any point over the next 12 hours to hang out and network with game industry friends and colleagues!

Hosted by Manny Hachey @yifatshaik.bsky.social @robmanuel.bsky.social @damphyr.com

Planning on attending GDC this year?

Check out our GIG GDC Guide that features tips, advice, discounts, and recommendations for navigating San Francisco, GDC, and the USA in general!

thegig.guide/gdc

It's the @yug.bsky.social hosting hours and it's a great mix of folks in #theGIG tonight, come join us!

Fixing the bias zoom algorithm against @allworms.bsky.social

Great turn out for the first few hours, who else will we see in #TheGIG tonight?

New Year, New GIG!

Start your year off RIGHT and come hang with your fellow game industry friends in our very first GIG digital meetup of the year, starting right...... NOW!

Running for the next 12 hours, come join @timcullings.bsky.social @yug.bsky.social @damphyr.com @s5flare.bsky.social

Good luck with the play testing, and don't stress - we'll be here when you're ready!

The final few @s5flare.bsky.social hours of #TheGIG!

Wonderful way to wrap up the year with friendly familuar faces such as @spritewrench.com @yug.bsky.social @lecta.bsky.social @gioborrows.bsky.social @surfacedfox.net @mechanus.org @johnnyfournier.bsky.social @ludare.bsky.social

#TheGIG is still running for another 6 hours, come join us!

Our final GIG of the year has now begun!

Come join our Holiday party at anytime over the next 12 hours - hang out with your industry friends and peers, win prizes and giveaways, ugly holiday sweaters get you bonus points.

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The November GIG has begun!!

It's almost time for #TheGIG, our November session runs for 12 hours tomorrow, come join your fellow game industry friends and colleagues.

We cost zero dollars to join, plus vet anyone who applys to make sure all our members actively work in the games industry!

For #TheGIG today we are giving away @Discord Nitro codes every hour (in return, if you're game dev go check out discord.com/developers pls ty!)

@popelady.bsky.social kicked it off with the challenge like find a game on steam you've played for 2 hours and review it, best review wins! 😆