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CEDEC2026 Registration Opens June 1, First Official Merchandise on Sale

The introduction of official merchandise and expanded Lightning sessions signal CEDEC's effort to build a stronger community identity beyond its core developer conference programming.

Key Facts

  • Registration for CEDEC2026 opened on June 1, with the conference running from July 22 to July 24 at Pacifico Yokohama North and online.
  • Approximately 200 sessions on game development topics, including postmortems and efficiency techniques, will be presented by domestic and international engineers.
  • Six attendance passes are available: Regular, Daily, Expo, Expo & Sponsor, Online, and PERACON, with early bird discounts until June 30.
  • The CEDEC Lightning short-session project returns with up to 30 sessions across all three days, on-site only, expanding from its 2025 debut.

Reporting from 3 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), Inside, GameBusiness.jp.

CEDEC2026 Registration Opens June 1, First Official Merchandise on Sale

The Computer Entertainment Association (CESA) opened registration for the Computer Entertainment Developers Conference 2026 (CEDEC2026) on June 1. The conference will run from July 22 to July 24 as a hybrid event, with the physical venue at Pacifico Yokohama North and online access via the official website. Approximately 200 sessions covering game development topics, including hit title postmortems and efficiency techniques, will be presented by domestic and international engineers. Six attendance passes are available: Regular, Daily, Expo, Expo & Sponsor, Online, and PERACON. Early bird discounts apply until June 30. The Developers' Night networking party on the second evening will sell 500 tickets on-site for 6,000 yen, now accepting cashless payments. The CEDEC Lightning short-session project, introduced in 2025, returns with up to 30 sessions across all three days, held on-site only. For the first time, official merchandise-T-shirts and towels in white, black, and orange-is available exclusively through the online shop, with orange as the 2026 theme color. T-shirts cost 4,000 yen (XS-XL) or 4,500 yen (XXL-XXXL), and towels cost 2,500 yen.

Game Watch notes that the conference is one of Japan's largest gatherings for computer entertainment developers. Session information and timetables are now live on the official website. The sessions cover topics including development backgrounds of hit titles and efficiency improvement know-how, presented by engineers gathered through open calls and invitations. GameBusiness.jp and Inside both report that the four on-site passes (Regular, Daily, Expo, Expo & Sponsor) use a ticket issuance system at the venue, continuing from the 2025 format. On-site pass holders are advised to check their My Page for the QR code needed for ticket issuance.

CEDEC Lightning, introduced at CEDEC2025, consists of consecutive five-minute sessions within an approximately 30-minute slot. This year it expands to a maximum of 30 sessions across all three days, up from its 2025 debut. The sessions are on-site only with no online streaming.

Developers' Night tickets are sold on-site on a first-come, first-served basis. Cashless payments are newly supported this year alongside cash. The official merchandise is limited-edition and will not be sold at the venue, only through the online shop.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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