UGCon 2026 Recap: The First Creator-Led Gaming Conference

Inside UGCon 2026 at Topgolf Las Vegas

UGCon 2026 · The Recap

“For two days last week, a Topgolf in Las Vegas was the center of the user-generated content universe.
Alexander Lee
GamesBeat

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I could hardly take a step through the venue without finding myself dragged into a conversation with an interesting creator.

Alexander Lee  ·  GamesBeat

Panel Highlights

Umoyae FreeSpirit on the Music & Content panel

Day 1 · Music & Content

“Charli XCX × Dress to Impress brought 700,000 new users to Roblox in 14 days.”
Umoyae FreeSpirit
Former Brand Partnerships Manager · Dress to Impress
Mohamed Weheba on the Minecraft's Creator(s) panel

Day 2 · Minecraft’s Creator(s)

“We’re maybe at 5% of Minecraft’s UGC potential right now.”
Mohamed Weheba
CEO · InPvP

Day 1 · Play by Play: Building a Franchise

“Roblox is a new Black List. The originality coming from Roblox right now is incredible.”
Aaron Margolin
Director of Consumer Goods · BlushCrunch
Aaron Margolin on the Play by Play panel
Alex Hicks on the Novel Games panel

Day 2 · Novel Games

“We didn’t see players leave our games to go play Brainrot games. We just saw it as, okay, they’re bringing a ton of people to the platform.”
Alex Hicks
Chief Design Officer · Twin Atlas
Ben Grindrod on the Going In-House panel

Day 2 · Going In-House

“We can do these things in-house now. We don’t need to give a massive cut to an agency.”
Ben Grindrod
Head of Marketplace · Spark Universe
Harry Bienenstock and Mitch Rasmussen on the Games & Sports panel

Day 1 · Games & Sports

“85% of users are more likely to watch NASCAR after experiencing NASCAR inside the game. 38% of the players claim that they are super fans.”
Harry Bienenstock
VP Growth · Voldex