The Nexus Games Summit returned to Dublin on October 2nd 2025. The annual games conference, which was presented this time from The Foundry @ Google, had the Irish Games Industry trek down to Dublin to share the latest and greatest in games and network with each other. The event included Golf and Pre-Event networking on the 1st, and a post-event networking event on the second. It was a fantastic moment for the Irish Games Sector and Imirt had the honour of being a part of it.
Firstly, our very own Elaine Dowman, Board Member of Imirt, MC’d the event. To say we’re proud of Elaine would be an understatement. The amount of work she put into every aspect of the event, whether run by Imirt or not, is an inspiration to us all.
For Imirt initiatives, we were delighted to put on the Imirt X Nexus Games Showcase, where we highlighted some of the best games coming out of the sector. We had the honour of showcasing;
Eyes of Hellfire from Gambrinous
Éalu from Beyond the Bark
Smash N’ Grab from SLAP-BANG! Digital
Mars Attracts from Outlier
TÖLT from ENIGMA Studio
The Seance of Blake Manor from Spooky Doorway
We are incredibly grateful to these developers for showcasing their games, and hope to find more opportunities in the future to showcase the incredible games coming from the Irish Games Sector.
Our big event of the day was the Nexus Best Pitch, Presented by Imirt. This event saw eight teams pitch their games to a panel of publishers as if they were pitching the game in a meeting. The panel would then give feedback on their pitches, which gave our audience some incredible insight into what they need to do with their own pitches going forward. The event drew an incredible audience, and we’d to thank all that attended.
The event had some incredible games pitched, such as SZeance from Dreamfeel and Lizard Wizard from Carroll Games. It was, however, a competition, and the winner was the amazing Not Here, Not There with Good Folk Café. We’d to thank all of the teams for their incredible pitches and for making the event really special.
We’d also like to thank our amazing panel of judges. Dave McEvoy from RAID Studios, K.A. Pedersen from Fireshine Games, Jairo Lopes from Xbox and Leela Collins from Imirt and Banshee Games. We really appreciate all of the time and effort they put into the event.
Nexus had many other amazing activities and initiatives, from Imirt-alum Maria O’Briens roundtable on tax, to the many amazing panels featuring the likes of John Romero, Tommy Thompson and George Osborne. We’d like to thank the incredible Stuart Dempsey and Colm Roche for the incredible event they put together and invited us to be a part of.