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Games Gathering 2021 Odessa takes place on June 30th to July 4th News Jun 18th, 2021

Games Gathering 2021 Odessa takes place on June 30th to July 4th

The next Games Gathering takes place both online and in-person in Odessa

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The Games Gathering Conference goes live from tomorrow News Dec 2nd, 2020

The Games Gathering Conference goes live from tomorrow

The Games Gathering team have made their conference a live and online hybrid event following their previous event in the summer.

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Games Gathering Conference 2020 Odessa takes off on July 4th News Jun 19th, 2020

Games Gathering Conference 2020 Odessa takes off on July 4th

A unique event for Ukraine and all of Eastern Europe

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Update: The Witcher: Monster Slayer suffered major issues at launch

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