00 / AI & Agentics Council — a department of BGA

The first room where agents and games get built together.

The first consumer industry where autonomous agents will play, trade, and transact is gaming. Through this dedicated department, BGA is making that navigable — for the studios, AI companies, and regulators who will shape this new frontier.

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Founding partners
Six Tier 1 organizations, named at launch.
01 — Thesis · Why this, why now, why BGA
Agentic gaming is not a feature. It is the next infrastructure layer — and someone has to convene it.
The shift

Agents enter consumer life through games first.

Games are the lowest-stakes, highest-complexity environment humans already share with software. Before agents route your payments at scale, they will play alongside you. A matter of sequencing, not speculation.

The gap

Neither industry is organized for this.

Studios don't know which AI companies to talk to. AI companies don't know which studios will ship. Regulators watch from a distance. The rooms exist — they just don't overlap.

The continuity

We have done this before.

For eight years, BGA has organized the movement of autonomous value in games. Now, we are providing the definitive frameworks for Governed Autonomy, Human Accountability, Model-Agnostic Infrastructure, and Agent-Inclusive Economic Design.

[SYSTEM METRICS]
Pillar 01

Enterprise Efficiency

Transforming studio operations. Agents optimizing shared knowledge bases, breaking down data silos, and streamlining the business of game creation across the entire organization.

Pillar 02

Player Experiences

Revolutionizing discovery, seamless in-game peer-to-peer commerce, and hyper-responsive support. The player journey, safeguarded and guided by autonomous systems.

Pillar 03

New Game Design

Mechanics that were previously impossible. AI prompt-to-action commands, live-evolving economies, and dynamic NPC ecosystems that adapt to the player in real-time.

Pillar 04

GenMedia

Real-time content creation. A single source-of-truth generation engine duplicating and deploying dynamic assets, lore, and worlds across multiple platforms instantly.

Signal from the field · The conversation is already happening

The experts are already saying it.

The frontier of agentic gaming is not theoretical. These are professionals already publishing, speaking, and shipping at the intersection of AI and games. BGA is the room where these conversations become infrastructure.
[AGENT]

Stablecoins: The Key to Autonomous Economic Agents

Featured speaker
Industry talk · Teranode
[STUDIO]

Building Lasting Gaming Habits & Value

Featured speaker
Industry talk · OlaGG
[STUDIO]

AI Agents: The Future of Live, Evolving Game Worlds

Featured speaker
Industry talk ·NEXUS
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Membership

Four pillars. One ecosystem.

[STUDIOS] · Games & Gamified Apps

The filter between you and the noise.

  • 01
    Curated access to AI companies by use caseNPCs, economy design, UGC moderation, anti-fraud, live-ops. Scored by capability fit — no cold outreach.
  • 02
    Global showcase across BGA's events and digital channelsDedicated slots at our quarterly gatherounds, GDC San Francisco activation, and BGA's editorial reach — online and offline visibility in front of AI companies, publishers, and investors worldwide.
  • 03
    First-mover visibility on new capabilitiesFounding-partner previews, working group access, and the room where terms get set before competitors.
[PAYMENT] · Payment Providers

The settlement layer for agentic economies.

  • 01
    Early frameworks for agent-initiated transactionsThe economic protocols drafted now will govern how agents spend, earn, and settle at scale. You help write them.
  • 02
    Direct lines to studios building economic systemsMatched to games where payment infrastructure is a design decision, not an afterthought.
  • 03
    A seat in the regulatory working groupWhere digital value definitions are being written. Your compliance window opens here — ahead of public consultation.
[INFRASTRUCTURE] · Compute & Platform

Where agent pipelines actually get deployed.

  • 01
    Active participation in the regulatory working groupBGA's existing EU and UK policy lines, extended to agent questions. The room where definitions become law.
  • 02
    Co-authorship of technical standardsThe working groups setting compute, latency, and model interop baselines for gaming agents. Your architecture shapes the baseline.
  • 03
    Dedicated showcase slots at industry eventsQuarterly gatherounds and our GDC activation. Demo to the studios and AI companies making buying decisions.
[INSTITUTIONS] · Governments & Regulators

The organized industry voice.

  • 01
    Direct lines to the companies shaping agentic gamingAI labs, studios, payment providers, and infrastructure in one organized network — no fragmented outreach.
  • 02
    First access to the annual ReportThe field's reference document, co-authored with ADGM and Deloitte. Six weeks before public release.
  • 03
    Active participation in the regulatory working groupBGA's existing EU and UK policy lines, extended to agent questions. The room where definitions become law.
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Programming

Four commitments, with dates.

01

Agent × Studio × Infrastructure gatherounds

Quarterly real-world meetups, like our upcoming Gamescom activation in August. Priority access for members to participate, speak, and demo their latest builds.
Quarterly
Priority to speak & showcase to Members
02

Global Conference Showcases

Dedicated opportunities to exhibit your products, infrastructure, and games at top-tier industry events, including our yearly presence at GDC San Francisco.
Quaterly
Public · Media
03

The Report

Annual, with rolling intelligence in between. The field's reference document — written by members, edited by BGA.
Annual
v2 : Work in Progress
04

Regulatory working group

BGA's existing lines into EU and UK policy, extended to agent questions. Why the department lives inside BGA.
Ongoing
EU · UK · US
04
Proof

What we have already shipped.

BGA Agentic AI in Gaming Report 2026 cover
Available now

The field's first reference document.

Co-authored alongside ADGM, Teranode, and Deloitte, this report moves past the hype to deliver production-ready frameworks for studios and regulators.

120
Pages
1200+
Downloads
12 Contributors
Contributorsincluding Deloitte and AGDM
Download the PDF →
The Agent AI Summit — Gamescom Cologne 2026
August 2026 · Cologne, Germany

The Agent AI Summit — Gamescom.

A builder-focused side event alongside the world's largest games show, dedicated exclusively to the infrastructure, integration, and future of AI Agents in gaming. Live demos from the companies building agent infrastructure, the official gathering of the newly formed Agent AI Council, and high-signal networking.

Register → Apply to Demo →

Showcases

Companies across the ecosystem presenting agent deployments built on the report's frameworks. Selected by BGA. Live outcomes, on the record.

Working group report

First output from the regulatory group. Scoped to agent identity and digital-value definitions in EU / UK consultation.

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Steering committee

Six seats, visibly balanced.

Rytis Joseph Jan[Xsolla]
CFO · Xsolla

Rytis Joseph Jan

Chief Financial Officer at Xsolla, the payments and monetization platform for games.
Alireza Siadat[Deloitte]
Partner · Deloitte

Alireza Siadat

Partner at Deloitte, advising on regulatory and compliance frameworks for digital assets.
Belal Jassoma[DMCC]
Senior Director · DMCC

Belal Jassoma

Senior Director at DMCC, Dubai's flagship free zone authority and a BGA founding partner.
Elyas Felfoul[Qatar Foundation]
Director · Qatar Foundation

Elyas Felfoul

Director at Qatar Foundation, driving national innovation and education initiatives across the Gulf.
Seat open
[Open]
Seeking · Agent seat

AI lab operator

VP Research, co-founder, or platform lead shipping agent products to consumer. Discuss this seat →
Seat open
[Open]
Seeking · Studio seat

Studio operator

Studio head or economy lead shipping live-service or top-10 free-to-play titles. Discuss this seat →
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Contact

One conversation. Real availability.

[BGA] · Agentic AI Department

Book a 30-minute briefing.

Direct from our calendar — no form, no back-and-forth. Pick a slot that works and we confirm within the hour.

Book a slot →
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FAQ

The objections, answered plainly.

Yes. The department extends BGA's scope — it does not replace it. The membership, regulatory lines, and research cadence that existed for blockchain gaming now extend to agentic systems on the same rails.
Two things. Eight years of organized history in the adjacent field, with existing regulatory lines and a 350-member network — and a structure built around commitments with dates, not adjectives.
Scoped per organization — request a briefing for specifics. The fit conversation precedes the pricing conversation. You get the deliverables in the membership section, sized to your role.
Roundtables run Chatham House — participants may use what is said, not attribute it. Reports and convenings are edited by BGA; member quotes and case studies run only with explicit consent.
Public convenings and the Report are open to all. Roundtables, the working group, and curated matchmaking are member-only. The selectivity of the room is the value.
Concept · "Beacon" — bold color-blocked direction · ← back to the editorial version