SXSW Gaming Announces Expo Tournament Stage Games and Programming
By Nicholas Barth ·
SXSW Gaming has announced the two titles making the way to the 2018 SXSW Gaming EXPO tournament stage, and the lineup of featured speakers and programming that fans can look forward to enjoying.
From March 15th to the 17, the SXSW Gaming Expo will be taking place in Austin, Texas. Celebrating gaming culture through exhibitions, esports tournaments, hands-on play, awards, panels, and featured speakers, SXSW Gaming provides fans the opportunity to meet and learn from huge names in the industry, and this year will be no different.
The featured speakers for this year's expo will include: The Know co-host Ashley Jenkins, Player Unknowns Battlegrounds Creative Director Brendan Greene, former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Cloud9 Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert , DBLTAP General Manager Duncan McMonagle, General manager of ELEAGUE and Vice President of Esports at Turner Sports Christina Alejandre, Co-CEO and Owner of Team Liquid Steve Arhancet, esports journalist Travis Gafford, Partner at VVP and Echo Fox owner Rick Fox, Grizz Gaming General Manager Lang Whitaker, Managing Director of the NBA 2K League Brendan Donohue, Jason Concepcion of The Ringer, Founder and Chairman of Fnatic Sam Mathews, Overwatch League Commissioner Nate Nanzer, Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood and the President and CEO of Major League Gaming Pete Vlastelica.
Arena of Valor and Clash Royale will be two of the titles making their to the SXSW Gaming Tournament Stage, along with more being announced in the near future. Mega Ran, NerdOut!, Sammus and others will be the main source of entertainment for the SXSW Gaming Opening and Closing Parties. The SXSW Gaming Awards will also be making a return to honor the best titles across 24 categories. The Awards Ceremony will take place Saturday evening, March 17th from 8:00 to 10:00 PM at the Hilton Austin Downtown.
The Discovery Stage will be bringing panel programming back to SXSW Gaming Gaming Expo floor, and will be hosting visionaries, creators, performers and players in fan-centered talks and workshops. Discovery Stage sessions will include the likes of gaming legends Richard Garriott, Koji Igarashi and Warren Spector, the latest updates on Sonic the Hedgehog from the team at SEGA, how top gaming developers use Dungeons and Dragons for creative breakthroughs and many others.
The Expo will be open to all SXSW registrants and SXSW Gaming wristband holders, which can be found at SXSW Gaming's website.