What’s New at DiGRA
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Call for Chapters
Call for chapter proposals for Dragon Age: Worlds of Power and Play, an edited collection examining the Dragon Age franchise through narrative, systems design, identity, ethics, player agency, and transmedia storytelling. Abstracts (max 750 words) are due June 1, 2026; submissions and inquiries should be sent to reardond@mst.edu .
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Call for Chapters – Games and the Gothic
A new edited collection, Games and the Gothic: Playing in the Shadows, is seeking chapter proposals. Co-edited by Jeff Howard (Falmouth University) and Chloé Wake (Manchester Metropolitan University) with Edinburgh University Press, the collection explores the Gothic across digital, tabletop, material, and role-playing games — examining how Gothic aesthetics, affect, and atmosphere intersect with mechanics,…
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CfP: Chinese DiGRA 2026!
Call for Papers is now open for Chinese DiGRA 2026! Theme: Chinese Game Studies: Publishing, Platforms, and Player Cultures Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 May Notification of acceptance July 20th Conference Dates: 19–20 September. Location: Wuhan, China. More details here: https://chinesedigra.org/call-for-papers/
Our Next Conference
DiGRA 2025
DiGRA 2025 will take place in Valletta, Malta, 30th June – 4th July 2025. A pre-conference will be held one day prior to the official beginning of the conference, on Monday 30th June, with a PhD Consortium and Workshops.
The theme of the conference will be Games at the Crossroads, exploring games and game studies at points of (cultural, disciplinary) encounter and divergence.
Digital Games Research
DiGRA Research Resources
DiGRA’s Digital Library and Research Journal provide an open access archival service for research papers and proceedings from a variety of academic venues including DiGRAs flagship and regional conferences.
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