Building on a successful acceleration into digital events in 2020 with over 1 million unique viewers and numerous initiatives to raise visibility for many gaming communities, online programming from The Media Indie Exchange (The MIX) kicks off this month with a two day digital event for Black History Month, followed by a two day Game Dev Direct digital event in March … and more to come!
February 25: Game Changers: Celebrating Black Developers, presented with Twitch
“Game Changers” highlights black voices in the gaming industry, dedicated exclusively to presenting games from Black developers, featuring Black protagonists, and conversations with these creators, continuing initiatives from last year.
In celebration of Black History Month, The MIX and /twitchgaming are teaming up on this co-production to bring talented Black Twitch creators together with Black developers and industry pro’s for a series of 1-on-1 conversations about their work, careers, and perspectives.
Twitch is co-producing this digital event with The MIX in connection with Black History Month, featuring the stream on twitch.tv/twitchgaming
Air time: 1 pm through 4 pm Pacific time
Additional details at event website.
February 26: Black Voices in Gaming showcase, presented with Humble Games
Black History Month programming continues with additional games, guests and discussions.
The MIX will present this digital event with Humble Games with a special emphasis on Humble’s Black Game Developer Fund, also streaming on twitch.tv/twitchgaming, twitch.tv/mediaindieexchange, GameSpot and Steam.
Air time: 1 pm through 4 pm Pacific time
Additional details at event website.
March 13, 14: Game Dev Direct
Game Dev Direct will present new announcements, game footage, special guests, and more from publishers and developers of all sizes.
March 13 kicks off with a special two hour digital event presented by The MIX team, 9 am Pacific time to 11 am Pacific time.
Paradox Interactive will have a brand new Paradox Insider starting at 11 am Pacific time on March 13, an “inside look” at upcoming titles from the publisher’s catalog, featuring new trailers, deep-dives into new game content, and interviews with the developers of Paradox’s award-winning games.
Akupara Games, Another Indie, Graffiti Games, Headup, Hypetrain Digital, Super.com, and Whitethorn Games will also share news on their game projects as part of Game Dev Direct, with additional participating studio announcements to come in the days and weeks leading up to the event!
Game Dev Direct will live stream from twitch.tv/mediaindieexchange, twitch.tv/twitchgaming, Steam and GameSpot with additional channel announcements expected soon.
Air time: Starting at 9 am Pacific time each day
Additional details at event website.
June: Guerrilla Collective
For E3 season, the Guerrilla Collective will present announcements, news, reveals and more from a wide range of developers and publishers with the second Guerrilla Collective, following up from last year’s big inaugural event. Additional scheduling details and more info to be announced soon.
With the event page that will post on Steam starting on each event day, fans can check out demos, wishlist, purchase or pre-purchase many of the games featured in the digital events.
Special thanks to Razer for helping with systems support for MIX produced events!
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