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FastSpring is once again sponsoring Pocket Gamer Connects, this time as a Platinum sponsor of PGC Nordics in Helsinki, Finland on Oct. 20-21, 2026. 

This major Nordics gaming industry conference draws more than 1,500 attendees from across Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, as well as from the wider European and global markets. The event is tailored to the region and will feature 150+ speakers across 15 featured content tracks on topics such as funding, webstores, QA, growth and marketing, UA, development, and more.

PGC Nordics returns to the Wanha Satama, a 130-year-old brick harbor building that has been converted into a modern conference venue with great facilities onsite and easy access to public transport. 

Catch FastSpring’s Sessions at PGC Nordics 2026

How To Prevent D2C From Wrecking Your In-Game Economy

With D2C and web stores introducing tremendous leverage for publishers and studios to supercharge profitability, many teams are learning that with this great power comes great responsibility to ensure that players are safe, revenue is sound, and your D2C efforts are a positive force for your in-game economy.

In this session, 25-year payments & risk veteran Jeremy Waxman of FastSpring.gg shares his thoughts and actionable insights into why games are such a popular target for bad actors, the key pillars to approaching fraud in gaming commerce, and what you can do to protect yourself and your players.

If you’re rolling the dice with your players’ trust by not having a sound fraud and risk strategy with your web store, don’t miss this session.

FastSpring speaker: Jeremy Waxman, FastSpring Vice President of Payments
Talk type: Session
Location: Track Room 2
Day and time: Tue, Oct. 20, 15:00-15:20

Reallocating Growth: The Business Case For Direct-To-Consumer

As platform fees and user acquisition costs continue to rise, publishers are rethinking where they invest. This panel examines how game publishers are evaluating the ROI of shifting their monetisation strategies from traditional platform-dependent channels toward webstores and broader direct-to-consumer ecosystems, and how to do it.

FastSpring panelist: Cédric Maisonnier, FastSpring Gaming & Strategic Sales Director
Talk type: Panel
Location: Track Room 2
Day and time: Tue, Oct. 20, 15:20-16:00

Where to Get Tickets

Still need to book your ticket? PGC Nordics offers various ticket levels and attendee types, with main tickets including perks such as access to the summit, roundtables, the expo area, the official after-conference party, and more. Get tickets to this leading regional games industry event at the PGC Nordics 2026 registration page. 

How to Connect With FastSpring

To learn more about D2C monetization for your game and how FastSpring makes it easy, stop by booth P1 to connect with our team in person. 

Or, to book time with our team in advance of the show, contact us here to request an in-person demo at the show. 

FastSpring is how gaming studios sell in more places around the world. For over two decades, FastSpring has been a payment provider you can use to sell games or in-game items on your website, web shop, or embedded directly into your game with fully customizable and branded checkouts just for you. FastSpring allows you to offload the complexity of global payments, sales tax and VAT compliance, player payments support, and many other aspects of payments management. Spend less time managing your payments and compliance and more time making great games! Set up a demo or try it out for yourself.