ESA Winter 2026
February 6th – 14th
Malmö, Sweden
ESA invites you to the latest installment of the speedrunning marathon, featuring a week of showcases in aid of Make a Wish Foundation
Location
Quality Hotel View, Malmö Sweden
Discord
All attendees should join the ESA Discord chat server. Attendees should additionally link their ESA-profile to their Discord profile when prompted during the registration process. Both steps are mandatory for volunteers and runners as Discord will be the main tool for all forms of communication leading up to the event, including but not limited to DMs and group pings from organisers, volunteer team leaders, and the game selection team.
Event Hours
- Volunteer badge collection: 0900 Thursday 6 February
- Public badge collection: 1500 Friday 6 February
- Stream 1 begins: Mid day Saturday 7 February
- Stream 1 ends: Around 23:59, Saturday 14 February(24 hour stream)
- Stream 2 begins: Mid day Sunday 8 February
- Stream 2 end: Early afternoon, Saturday 7 February
All rooms except the stream rooms will stay open until 8am on the morning of Sunday 8 February, when power will be disconnected. Attendees are invited to assist with event teardown on Sunday.
Registration
Registration fees and dates are available on the registration page for this event
https://register.esamarathon.com/events/7
Volunteering
Volunteers are required to transform the vision of the event into reality. In return for joining “Team ESA” most volunteers will receive a full discount on registration fees.
You don’t need to wait for the formal volunteering window to introduce yourself to the teams. Introduce yourself in #event-planning on Discord
Link to volunteer appliaction here
Run Submission
Submissions are open from October 3 to October 26
Link to submissions here
Hotel Booking
Rooms at Quality Hotel View can be booked here
Overflow hotels will be posted when required
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