{"id":638,"date":"2026-02-18T22:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.gamesbeat.com\/summit26\/?page_id=638"},"modified":"2026-02-19T21:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:17:08","slug":"themes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.gamesbeat.com\/summit26\/themes\/","title":{"rendered":"Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"638\" class=\"elementor elementor-638\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfae9de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dfae9de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a370579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a370579\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Experience Meets Acceleration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dad17ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dad17ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c81a47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c81a47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Playbook, Upgraded<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ded40b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ded40b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GamesBeat Summit 2026 is a leadership-driven forum designed for the people building, funding, scaling, and operating the future of games. 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