The G-CON Organizing Committee has revealed the second lineup and detailed session information for 'G-CON 2026'.

This year's main themes are 'Narrative' and 'AI'. As AI takes the lead in content generation, it is paradoxically proving that the core of moving a player's heart is a deep 'narrative'. Amidst these demands of the times, various creators from games, films, dramas, and webtoons will present visions on what specific narrative choices and immersion game creators should build in the era of AI.

During the G-CON 2026 press conference held last August, the first lineup was unveiledas previously announced. Key speakers include Capcom Director Yonghee Cho, who oversaw Pragmata; Shift Up CEO Hyung-tae Kim; Unbound CEO Shinji Mikami; Final Fantasy 7 Remake series directors Yoshinori Kitase and Naoki Hamaguchi; and CD Projekt Red Vice President Marcin Blacha and Narrative Director Philip Weber from The Witcher series.

Additional speakers and lectures have now been revealed. First, Sucker Punch Lead Writer Ariadna Martinez and Art Director Joanna Wang will deliver a lecture under the theme 'Turning the Stories of Strange Lands into Stories of the World'. Based on 'Ghost of Yotei', the speakers will discuss how Western development teams unraveled Eastern sensibilities into a completed worldview.

Following this, a lecture will be held under the theme 'How Game Art Completes a World'. Game Artist Moby Frank, Insomniac Games Senior Art Director Gavin Goulden, Santa Monica Studio Game Director Bruno Velazquez, Remedy Entertainment Art Director Elmeri Raitanen, and thatgamecompany Studio Art Director Cecil Kim will participate.

Artists who have built the worlds of God of War, Marvel's Spider-Man, Control, Team Fortress 2, League of Legends, and Valorant gather in one place. Centering on their respective works and fields, the speakers will introduce the process by which initial ideas and concepts are implemented into actual game worlds through characters, backgrounds, animation, and visual effects. The session will also examine how the visual direction of a work affects gameplay and storytelling, and what processes artists from different fields go through to share a single world and emotion.

Next is 'Team NINJA's Hardcore Action RPG Development Method'. Game Producers Kohei Shibata and Masakazu Hirayama will participate. Focusing on Team NINJA's hardcore action RPG development methods behind titles like Nioh, Ninja Gaiden, and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, the speakers will introduce how characters and worlds have been expressed through action. The session will explore what was considered when structuring the combat and play experience of each title, how the balance of challenge and achievement was designed, and how new systems affect the story and player emotions.

G-CON 2026, with AI story creation platform Crack participating as the main sponsor, will be held from November 19 to 20 on the 3rd floor of the BEXCO Convention Hall in Busan. Additional sessions and the lecture timetable will be released during September.

Visitors wishing to attend can register through the official G-CON websiteby November 15. Purchasing a conference ticket grants admission to both G-CON sessions and the B1C exhibition.