Audiokinetic at GDC 2026

We're back at the AMC Metreon this year!

March 11th & 12th, 202610:30am - 5:00pmAMC Metreon 16 (Theatre 14)135 Fourth St, Suite 3000, San Francisco, California 94103

Featured event — Sounds of Dreamers

Documentary Private Screening (Final Cut)

Sounds of Dreamers is a poetic journey into game audio, revealing how a community of passionate creators has transformed not only how we play, but how we perceive, navigate, and emotionally connect with virtual and physical worlds alike. Three years in the making, this documentary brings together voices and stories from across the world—Montreal, San Francisco, Burbank, Copenhagen, Hilversum, Tokyo, and Shanghai—capturing the passion, ingenuity, and curiosity that make the game audio community extraordinary.

GDC26 Schedule

Save My Spot & Get Reminders

Wednesday, March 11th

Brutal Dreams: Co-Developing with Sound & Music

10:30 am

Kevin Bolen, Tom Brosnahan, Chelsea Rapp, Bill Rudolph, Megan Frazier, Nathan Moody

Civilization VII Mixing: A Sound Strategy

1:00 pm

Kadet Kuhne, Dmytro Nebesh, Joseph Marcus, Dylan Escalona-Sandoval

From Studio to Style: The Fundamentals of Working in Immersive Audio

2:30 pm

Erik Foreman

Beyond Menu Loops: The Interactive Music of Wildgate

4:00 pm

Maclaine Diemer

Thursday, March 12th

Cairn: Audio Feedback and Immersion

10:30 am

Martin Stig Andersen, Alistair Hirst

Panel | Designing for Touch: On Haptics

1:00 pm

James Kneafsey, Andrew Lazdins, Eric Vezzoli, Masatoshi Miyakawa

Haptics Studio + Wwise: The New Standard in Modern Haptics

1:45 pm

James Kneafsey, Andrew Lazdins

Panel | What's Next: Development Today and Tomorrow

2:30 pm

Katelyn Isaacson, Khris Brown, Pablo Schwilden Diaz, Carsten Rojahn, Nicholas Bonardi

SOUNDS OF DREAMERS

4:00 pm (doors open @ 3:30 pm)

Documentary Private Screening (Final Cut)

Three years in the making, this documentary is about the game audio community.

Tuesday, March 10th

GDC Audio Community Karaoke

8 pm - 1 am

The Mint Karaoke Lounge

Note: This is the only event not happening at the AMC Metreon.

Make sure you RSVP.

GDC26 Team

Martin Dufour

CTO

Mike Drummelsmith

Head of Licensing - Global

Guillaume Renaud

Lead, Field Application

Damian Kastbauer

Software Product Manager

Maximilien Simard Poirier

Product Expert, Developer Relations

Etienne Richan

Sr Software Developer

Isaac Gollish

Software Developer

Philippe Quinn

Technical Customer Support Specialist

Masha Litvinava

Marketing Specialist

Lauren Salonin

Marketing Coordinator

Powering interactive experiences and real-time performing technologies, Wwise features a complete suite of design and development tools, making it easy to prototype and bring to life your creative vision for audio, no matter the scale of your project.

Strata is an extensive curated library of high-quality sounds designed for interactive audio production. Collections include complete professional multitrack REAPER projects, with all original audio sources for infinite variations and customization empowering you to create unique sounds for your unique projects, effortlessly. With 50+ collections and over 57,000 SFX for you to explore.