Game Con Canada 2026 is just over two weeks away, so we’re here to remind you of everything they have in store, including contests to win tickets!
With Canada’s largest gaming convention approaching fast, we thought we would give you a little refresher on all the amazing things that will be going on at the Edmonton EXPO Centre from June 19 through June 21. Game Con Canada’s Friday festivities will take place between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. MDT, with the weekend days running between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. MDT. After-hours gaming will be hosted on Friday and Saturday until midnight.
CGMagazine has partnered with Game Con Canada to bring you an opportunity to win a pair of All-Access Weekend Passes. If you’d like a chance to win, all you need to do is like, share, and tag a friend you want to bring to Game Con Canada in our contest posts on X/Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook. We are also honoured to be hosting the official 3rd annual Game Con Canada Indie Game Awards!
Game Con Canada will also be holding their own contest, which you can enter by liking and tagging a friend in this post on TikTok, with a bonus entry available if you share the post. Two winners will end up receiving a VIP Ultimate Experience Ticket, Three All-Access Weekend Passes, a one-night stay at the Fantasy Land Hotel which includes Sunday brunch-for-two at the L2 Grill, and a $100 gift card for the West Edmonton Mall.
The ROG Masters North America 2026 finals will be taking place at Game Con Canada. The qualifiers just ended this past weekend, which means four VALORANT 5v5 teams and 8 Street Fighter 6 players will be getting ready to face off live on the main stage on June 21, with prizes up to $10,000 USD on the line.
Besides the tournament finals, here is a recap of the highlights for Game Con Canada 2026.
- Special guests, including:
- Deborah Ann Woll, actress for Karen Page in the Daredevil and Daredevil: Born Again TV series.
- YDB of the Wu-Tang Clan
- Ginny Di, a D&D content creator who has worked with Critical Role
- Noura Ibrahim, an actress who has played Khalida in Vampire: The Masquerade – New York by Night and Ib in Vampire: The Masquerade – L.A. By Night
- Tournaments for tabletop and card games like Warhammer 40,000 and Riftbound: League of Legends
- Cosplay competitions judged by industry pros like Mark Meer, who did voice work for Dragon Age and the Baldur’s Gate series
- Free and paid guided TTRPG adventures led by community celebrities
- Tons of perks included in the VIP ticket experience, including:
- A “special surprise” for the upcoming Supergirl film
- Game sets from Warhammer 40,000 and Cards Against Humanity
- Mystery card gift packs for Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and Riftbound: League of Legends
- Multiple Steam game keys to choose from
- GCC collector’s memorabilia and swag
Just before Game Con Canada is NAGIS, the New North American Games Industry Summit, running from June 18-19. This event will feature tons of guest speakers from across the gaming industry, including Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, Toni Domenech (Hollywood Agent), YDB of the Wu-Tang Clan, Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: The Gathering, and Kate Edwards, CEO of Geogrify and former Executive Director of the IGDA.
If you’re looking to get tickets to Game Con Canada 2026, don’t forget that you can enter all four of our contests across our socials, as well as GCC’s contest on TikTok. If you would like to look further into buying tickets, you can find them on the official Game Con Canada website.
