International Gaming Awards (IGA) 2027

The 20th International Gaming Awards will be held at the InterContinental Hotel Barcelona, on Avenida Rius i Taulet, on the evening of Sunday 17 January 2027. The black-tie dinner is run by Clever Duck Media, the UK publisher of The iGaming Post and Infinity Gaming Magazine. It is timed for the night before ICE Barcelona opens at Fira Barcelona Gran Via on 18 January, with iGB Affiliate Barcelona following on 19 and 20 January. The evening starts with a drinks reception at 17:30. A ticket covers the reception, a three-course dinner with wine, entertainment, the awards presentation and an after-party; the detailed running order goes to ticket holders. Individual seats cost €850 plus 21% VAT and are sold in pairs at minimum, a bundle of five costs €4,200 and a bundle of ten €7,500. According to the organiser, companies based in Spain do not pay the VAT. The organiser says the awards are backed by industry insiders and by clients from across the sector, both online and land-based. Winners of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 ceremonies are listed on the awards site, together with a separate roll of outstanding contribution awards. The event also raises money for charity, and CARE International and Children with Cancer UK are among the causes it names. Clever Duck Media runs a second programme, the Women in Gaming Diversity Awards, which started in 2010. Categories, nominees and sponsors for the 2027 International Gaming Awards have not been published: the official site shows nominations as coming soon and sponsors as to be announced. For affiliates the IGA is a social fixture rather than a business programme. There are no conference sessions and no exhibition, and its value lies in the guest list during the busiest week of the January calendar, when much of the industry is already in Barcelona for ICE.