Sound the horns, bang the drums, fly the flags! The Events for Gamers weekly roundup has begun. We’ve got news about our news. This week, we begin a new weekly post, which will bundle various news bits and blurbs about events. Some news may have found its way into our social feeds, but many posts can get lost easily in the avalanche of information we see every day. Here you’ll find a buffet of very useful information, such as calls for speakers, early bird registration opening, reminders for upcoming events and discounts to attend conferences and conventions. Sounds like good stuff, doesn’t it? Let’s see what we’ve got this week.
Digital Kids Summit
The Digital Kids Summit, which focuses on interactive educational entertainment and game development for children, is up to bat in September in San Francisco. For those wanting to take of advantage of early bird (until July 31) registration and a 10 percent discount (code: JULYVIP), check out the conference and sign up. What might help sway your decision to attend, one way or another, is the Digital Kids Summit schedule, which is online this week.
CES 2016
CES 2016 registration is now open. It’s 100 dollars for new registrants and free for CES alumni.
Intel Buzz Workshop: Seattle
In San Francisco about a month ago, Intel and BeMyApp put together a pretty good one-day Buzz Workshop event, bundling together mobile, indies, virtual reality and computer vision into one package. Next week, the technology giant hopes to repeat the Buzz experience in Seattle. On July 23, for 20 dollars, attendees get a chance to hear from game industry luminaries like Ed Fries, Kate Edwards, Jason Della Rocca and others.
By the way, if you are in Stockholm, Sweden, we hope you had this local Intel Buzz event on your radar on Friday.
Postback 2015
Seattle also is playing host to analytics company, TUNE, next week with Postback 2015.
Among the enterprise, IT and other such heavy topics, game companies also get their spotlight. The list of gaming giants include Supercell, Zynga, EA and more. This is not a cheap conference to attend, but besides the big names and big companies, it comes with all the bells and whistles, such as a big block party and a private cruise. Swanky, huh?
QuakeCon 2015
Hey, the Midwest (or South, depending on your point of view) gets the annual Bethesda showcase, BYOC tournaments and more, except this year it’s the 20 year! Expect some new insights, maybe even new footage, for “Doom,” “Fallout 4,” “The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited | Imperial City and Beyond.” QuakeCon is July 23-26.
California Extreme 2015, PDXLAN 26 and Evo 2015
California Extreme (arcades), PDXLAN 26 (LAN gaming) and Evo 2015 (fighting game competition) are all scheduled for this weekend. Perhaps we’ll see a little post Comic-Con fatigue, but I have a feeling each of these events have their own hardcore following and will produce their own set of great stories.
Post a comment if you have any news or events we might have missed or if there’s more you’d like to see in our Events for Gamers weekly roundup.
