3 and 4 December 2026 | Universidade Lusófona | Centro Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

For over fifteen years, Videojogos has brought together researchers, developers, artists, educators, designers, students, and industry professionals to discuss the evolving role of games in society. The conference provides a multidisciplinary forum for presenting cutting-edge research, innovative design practices, critical perspectives, and creative projects that explore games as technological, cultural, educational, artistic, and social phenomena.
As games continue to shape how we learn, communicate, create, work, and imagine futures, Videojogos 2026 welcomes contributions that challenge assumptions, bridge disciplines, and advance the state of knowledge in games research and practice.

The Portuguese Society for Videogame Sciences (SPCV), in partnership
with the Universidade Lusófona – Centro Universitário de Lisboa, invites submissions for the 16th
International Conference on Videogame Sciences and Arts (Videojogos 2026).

The conference welcomes submissions addressing, but not limited to:

Game Studies and Society
• Critical Game Studies
• Play Studies
• Games and Culture
• Gaming Communities
• Streaming and Content Creation
• Esports
• Ethics of Play
Design and Development
• Game Design Methodologies
• User Experience and Player Experience
• Participatory Design
• Artificial Intelligence
• Procedural Content Generation
• Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality
• Independent Game Development
Games for Impact
• Serious Games
• Game-Based Learning
• Gamification
• Games and Health
• Games and Mental Health
• Behaviour Change
• Sustainability and Climate Action
Accessibility and Inclusion
• Accessible Games
• Disability and Play
• Neurodiversity
• Inclusive Design
• Universal Design
• Gender and Diversity
• Intersectionality and Games
Arts and Creativity
• Interactive Storytelling
• Narrative Design
• Sound and Music
• Art Games
• Experimental Games
• Hybrid and Tabletop Experiences

Submission Categories
• Full Papers
• Short Papers
• Posters
• Games Competition

Important Dates
• Submission Opening: June 18, 2026
• Full Paper Submission Deadline: Septber 10, 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: October 10, 2026
• Camera-Ready Submission: November 2, 2026

Publication
The scientific contributions accepted in the conference will be published by Springer in a volume
of Communication in Computer and Information Sciences. You can check last year’s edition HERE.
Full papers must have between 12 and 15 pages.
Short papers must have between 6 and 11 pages.
Poster contributions, besides a poster to be exhibited in the conference, might also submit a conference proceedings’ contribution and should follow the short papers guidelines.

Early bird until October 15, 2026 | authors mandatorly need to register until October 31, 2026.
Full Registration | non SPCV: 230€ (early); 260€ (late).
Full Registration | SPCV member:  200€ (early); 230€ (late).
- Conference dinner is included only in the full registration prives. For the others, can be payed
separately.
Presenting Graduate Students | PhD or MsC/non SPCV member: 100€ (early); 120€ (late)
Presenting Graduate Students | PhD or MsC/SPCV member: 80€ (early); 100€ (late)
Undergratuade students | non presenting or game showcase contestants (meals not included): 5€ (early); 10€ (late).
Undergraduate students from Universidade Lusófona | non presenting or game showcase contestants (meals not included): free (prior registration is mandatory until October 31, 2026).

More information soon.

More information soon.

Conference Chair Carla Sousa (Universidade Lusófona, Portugal)
Conference Co-chair José Carlos Neves (Universidade Lusófona, Portugal)

Organising Committee
Filipe Luz (Universidade Lusófona, Portugal)
Pedro Pinto Neves (Universidade Lusófona, Portugal) TBC
Cátia Casimiro (Universidade Lusófona, Portugal)

Scientific Chairs
Bárbara Barroso (Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal)
Mustafa Can Gursesli (Tampere University, Finland)

Scientific Committee
António Coelho - Scientific Chair (INESCTEC, Faculdade Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Bárbara Barroso - Scientific Chair (Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal)
Maria Luz Castro Pena - Scientific Chair (University of A Coruña, Spain)
Alan Carvalho (FATEC, São Caetano do Sul, Brazil)
Ana Veloso (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
Anna Unterholzner (ITI/LARSyS, Portugal)
Anabela Marto (CIIC, ESTG, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)
André Pereira (KTH, Sweden)
Andreas Theodorou (Umeå University)
Alexander Dockhorn (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover, Germany)
Carla Sousa (Universidade Lusófona, CICANT, Portugal)
Eduarda Abrantes (CIIC, ESTG, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)
Eva Oliveira (IPCA, Portugal)
Frutuoso Silva (Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal)
Filipe Luz (Universidade Lusófona, Portugal)
João Dias (Universidade do Algarve, Portugal)
Jorge López Moreno (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain)
Leonel Morgado (Universidade Aberta, Portugal)
Liliana Vale Costa (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
Luís Reis (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Maria Carmen Juan (Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Spain)
Mário Vairinhos (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
Micael Sousa (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Markus Wiemker (Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany)
Mustafa Can Gursesli (Tampere University, Finland)
Nelson Zagalo (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
Óscar Mealha (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
Patrícia Gouveia (FBAUL & ITI/LARSyS, Portugal)
Paulina Tsevetkova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgary)
Pedro Cardoso (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Phil Lopes (Universidade Lusófona, CICANT, Portugal)
Riccardo Fassone (University of Torino, Italy)
Roberto Ribeiro (CIIC, ESTG, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal)
Rui Nóbrega (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia/Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
Rui Prada (IST / INESC, Portugal)
Ruth Contreras Espinosa (University of Vic, Barcelona, Spain)
Terhi Marttila (ITI/LARSyS, Portugal)
Teresa Romão (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia/Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
Valter Alves (Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal)
Salma Elsayed (Abertay University)
Wolfgang Mueller (University of Education Weingarten, Germany)