Gaming & Esports Events
Upcoming events · 132 found
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Pokémon World Championships 2026
The 2026 Pokémon World Championships arrive at Moscone Center in San Francisco August 28–30, alongside the first-ever PokémonXP fan festival. The highest level of TCG, VGC, and GO competition on earth — plus three days of exclusive merchandise, community events, and the particular intensity of a room where the best players in the world are deciding who goes on the trophy forever. For the serious trainer, this is what the whole season builds toward. Tickets at worlds.pokemon.com.
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128 days away
Board Game Night — Meeples Games SD
Open board game night — the library is massive, the tables are big, and the coffee is hot. Bring a game you've been dying to teach, or discover one you've never heard of. Everything from 20-minute fillers to 3-hour epics gets played here.
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134 days away
PAX West 2026
PAX West 2026 takes over Seattle September 4–7 — the Pacific Northwest's premier gaming expo celebrating tabletop, video games, esports, and gaming culture. Panels, tournaments, developer showcases, and an expo floor packed with playable demos at the Washington State Convention Center. Why go: PAX West is the most community-driven gaming event in North America — built for gamers by gamers. Less corporate, more culture.
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134 days away
Strategicon Gateway 2026
Strategicon Gateway brings four days of tabletop, board games, RPGs, and wargames to the LAX Hilton over Labor Day weekend — September 4–7, 2026. Hundreds of scheduled events, open gaming tables running around the clock, a dealer's hall, and the rare experience of sharing a building with thousands of people who take games as seriously as you do. The largest tabletop gaming convention in Southern California. Tickets at strategicon.net.
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135 days away
Pokemon TCG League Challenge — TCS Rockets
Monthly Pokemon TCG League Challenge — the competitive stepping stone before Regional Championships. Earn Championship Points toward the World Championship invite. Masters, Seniors, and Juniors divisions. Bring your best 60-card deck and your game face. Registration opens at 10 AM, rounds begin at 11 AM.
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135 days away
Pokemon TCG League Challenge — Game Empire SD
Monthly Pokemon TCG League Challenge — the competitive stepping stone before Regional Championships. Earn Championship Points toward the World Championship invite. Masters, Seniors, and Juniors divisions. Bring your best 60-card deck and your game face. Registration opens at 10 AM, rounds begin at 11 AM.
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135 days away
Pokemon TCG League Challenge — Artificer San Diego
Monthly Pokemon TCG League Challenge — the competitive stepping stone before Regional Championships. Earn Championship Points toward the World Championship invite. Masters, Seniors, and Juniors divisions. Bring your best 60-card deck and your game face. Registration opens at 10 AM, rounds begin at 11 AM.
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135 days away
Board Game Night — Meeples Games SD
Open board game night — the library is massive, the tables are big, and the coffee is hot. Bring a game you've been dying to teach, or discover one you've never heard of. Everything from 20-minute fillers to 3-hour epics gets played here.
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138 days away
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Part 3 — Launch Day Gathering
The conclusion to one of gaming's greatest trilogies launches today. Come to GameSync for the launch day community gathering — share your reactions, avoid spoilers in the Discord, and start your journey together.
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143 days away
Pokemon TCG City Championship — San Diego Fall
Pokemon TCG City Championship — a major competitive event awarding Championship Points and prizes toward the World Championship. Top-tier competition across all three age divisions. Come to test your rogue deck or run a proven meta list. Either way, this is where the real game happens.
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145 days away
Marvel's Wolverine
Insomniac Games confirmed September 15, 2026 for Marvel's Wolverine — a PS5 exclusive set within the same universe as Marvel's Spider-Man. James Howlett fights through brutal Madripoor-set action with visceral claw mechanics. Announced at PlayStation State of Play. Why play: If Spider-Man 2 set the standard for superhero games, Wolverine is the darker, more violent counterpart — built by the team that knows how to make Marvel games feel real. Updated: April 7, 2026.
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147 days away
Tokyo Game Show 2026
Tokyo Game Show 2026 runs September 17–21 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan — the world's most influential gaming expo in terms of JRPG, anime, and Asian gaming culture. Business days Sept 17–18 | Public days Sept 19–21. Capcom, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and Sony all historically reveal their biggest Asian-market titles here. Why go: If your gaming tastes run toward JRPG, fighting games, and anime titles — this is the source.
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155 days away
TwitchCon North America 2026
TwitchCon North America 2026 returns to San Diego September 25-27 — the convention built for live streaming culture. The expo hall is a live streaming studio crossed with a gaming lounge — streamers broadcasting from the floor, sub-notification sounds everywhere, and meet-and-greets with people you've watched for 3,000 hours. Variety Arcades, developer showcases, cosplay competitions for game characters, and the inevitable TwitchCon Pool Incident follow-up safety improvements. Why go: Your favorite streamer is probably here and you can actually talk to them. Tickets at twitchcon.com.
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155 days away
MTG Reality Fracture Prerelease — TCS Rockets
New Magic set, new archetypes, new reasons to stay at the game shop until midnight. Reality Fracture prereleases run all weekend — sealed format, six packs, no netdecking, all chaos. Entry includes prerelease promo. All skill levels welcome.
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155 days away
MTG Reality Fracture Prerelease — Game Empire
New Magic set, new archetypes, new reasons to stay at the game shop until midnight. Reality Fracture prereleases run all weekend — sealed format, six packs, no netdecking, all chaos. Entry includes prerelease promo. All skill levels welcome.
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156 days away
San Diego Retro Game Fair 2026
The San Diego Retro Game Fair fills Del Mar Fairgrounds for a weekend of buying, selling, and playing the games that defined the hobby — NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, and the deeper cuts that show up in the back row of a collector's table and make you stop walking. Hundreds of vendors, free-play stations set up across the floor, and the specific joy of finding a CIB copy of something you thought was gone. San Diego's premier destination for collectors who take the hobby seriously and the newcomers who are about to start.
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161 days away
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2
Dive into the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40K in this first-person shooter with fast-paced action, brutal combat, and iconic weapons, ideal for fans of Warhammer, FPS games, and science fiction.
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163 days away
Pokemon TCG League Challenge — TCS Rockets
Monthly Pokemon TCG League Challenge — the competitive stepping stone before Regional Championships. Earn Championship Points toward the World Championship invite. Masters, Seniors, and Juniors divisions. Bring your best 60-card deck and your game face. Registration opens at 10 AM, rounds begin at 11 AM.