The Game Expo 2026 is this weekend. Get the lowdown on special guests, performances and more

This weekend, The Game Expo returns on March 14-15, 2025 for its fourth annual event celebrating gaming culture! This year sees the event grow with 50% more floor space and tons of ways to participate and have fun across community events, competitions, and creativity. There’s tournaments, freeplay, cosplay, artists, indie games, tabletop and more.

Special guests.include the Marvel Rivals voice actors for Winter Soldier and Psylocke, and a major creator tournament. Plus, Japanese indie studio 17-bit will be previewing their new game AWAYSIS, and iconic video game composer Yuzo Koshiro will be showcasing his game EARTHION.

TICKETS AVAILABLE and more info at www.thegameexpo.com

Let’s take a look at some of the features of TGX 2026

BONUS STAGE SPECIAL MUSIC EVENT – Friday March 13th

As a special pre-TGX event, the musical guests and members of Melbourne’s chiptune scene will be performing live at BONUS STAGE! Enjoy the gaming sounds of cTrix, Jamatar, Ally Mobbs (17-Bit) and Yuzo Koshiro. Info and link to tickets

SPECIAL GUESTS:
- Voice Actors Eliah MountJoy and Alpha Takahashi, voice actors for Winter Soldier and Psylocke of Marvel Rivals. Read more
- Iconic Game Composer Yuzo Koshiro, also head of indie studio ANCIENT, will be spinning his 16-bit Megadrive inspired music and showing new game EARTHION. Alongside, Alex Aniel, author of Resident Evil history “Itchy, Scratchy”. Read more
- Japan based studio 17-bit – Western creators who have carved out a studio in Japan, led by Jake Kazdal, who was artist on Segas’ Space Channel 5. They will be showing their new game AWAYSIS. Read More
- Top Aussie creators like Loserfruit, Pestily and Crayator clash in Marvel Rivals

MORE Homegrown Games! Indie Video Games and Indie Board Games has continued to grow as creators love the highly engaged TGX fans taking time to try out all the games. We even have some debut titles. Explore the list here

COSPLAY SHOWCASE: The incredible Cosplay Cup returns to dazzle with high level competitive cosplay for a $5,000 Cash Prize. TGX this year is an international qualifier for Tournament of Champions Read More

TableTop Zone Features the evey popular Board Game Library, Trading Card Game Demos, and a huge $16,500 prize pool in TCG tournaments – Read more here

MAJOR TOURNAMENTS: The Competitive stages of TGX cater to esports pros and new challengers alike!
- PC Tournaments with a $12,500 Prize Pool. Play Apex, Marvel Rivals, and get to grips with the incredible PC Case Gear PCs powered by AMD
- Fighting Game Tournaments: Partnered with CouchWarriors, we have major tournaments for Street Fighter, Tekken, 2XKO and Smash Bros, with a raft of International guest pro players! Read More

High Score Arcade: A fun area for everyone, play games you may know or try for the first time, and attempt the highest score. A prize per game each day!

MAIN STAGE: PANELS, PERFORMANCES: The Place for Creator panels, Cosplay and Performances!

STAMP QUEST – Everyone has a Stamp card on entry – visit as many zones and complete tasks for a spin of the Prize Wheel – thousands of items from cool souvenirs to free games, merch and tech!

Plus a hall full of amazing Exhibitors, the ever popular Artist Alley, Retro gaming, Just Dance stage, and Much More. Find out more on the website and on the TGX social media with updates throughout the show.