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Women-Led Games Showcase Announces 2024 Event Dates and Schedule

This three-day online showcase is focused on highlighting the amazing games coming from women-led and majority-women game studios from March 8th to 10th

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February 27, 2024

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[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]

Women-Led Games :

February 27, 2024 - The Women-Led Games Showcase is back for its second annual event between March 8th and 10th, and it is bigger and better this year with the support from incredible sponsors such as Devolver Digital, WINGS, and Big Blue Sky Games! This three-day online showcase kicks off on International Women’s Day and is a unique event focused on highlighting women-led and majority-women game studios, developers, and content creators.

 

Women don’t need to ask for a seat at the table: we’re creating the spaces we want to see.” - Women-Led Games Showcase

 

Check out the official announcement trailer for a look at what to expect:
 


 

The daily Twitch and YouTube livestreams during the event between 5:00pm - 6:00pm EST will feature game trailers, announcements, and interviews with developers and content creators.
 

March 8th - Game trailer and announcement showcase featuring 22 different videos, including console announcements, release date, and new game reveals. Expect to see a console launch reveal from Nerial and a brand-new game reveal from Big Blue Sky Games!

 

March 9th - Developer deep dive interviews with some of the games shared in the showcase, including Sydney Stockdale from SunnySide, Tamara Alliot from Nerial, and Crystal Sciarrino from Critter Crops.
 

March 10th - Content creator panel hosted by the radiant KiwiOnTheSticks, where she’ll be talking with guests sweetxsage, KleopatrahJones, ChelseaBytes, Knimbly, DontBGelas, and YessieXO in three superb segments:

 

  • Segment 1: Tech + Setups ft. ChelseaBytes and KleopatrahJones - Chelsea's experience with building gaming PCs. Small Setup Tour with KleopatrahJones. Tech representation in content creation

  • Segment 2: Cozy Games + Calm Brains ft. Sweetxsage and Knimbley - Maintaining mental wellness in content creation. Creating a cozy community. How games positively impact mental health.

  • Segment 3: On the Rise ft. DontBGelas and YessieXO - Establishing yourself as a content creator. People who inspire them and how they use that inspiration on their journeys. Setting goals as an up-and-coming creator.
     

In addition to the livestreams, viewers can play demos for the games participating in the event during the WINGS Women’s Day Steam Sale Event that runs from March 1st to 10th. Celebrate International Women’s Day by playing these demos and adding them to your wishlist. It’s an excellent way to support women!

 

Keep an eye on the official website, Twitter, and Discord for any event updates and information. 


About Devolver Digital

Devolver Digital, purveyors of fine digital entertainment from independent artists worldwide, is a boutique game label consisting of a distributed team that replies to internal slack threads with a non-stop deluge of hilarious gifs and passive-aggressive shots at one another. Founded in 2009, Devolver works with indie developers to produce and promote some of the most original, eccentric, and beloved games of the past decade, including the critical and commercial successes, Cult of the Lamb, Enter the Gungeon, GRIS, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood and the Reigns series.

 

About WINGS Interactive

WINGS is an investment fund focused on indie games by teams in which women and gender marginalised developers have key positions. Our investment decisions are driven by a selection committee of outstanding women game developers. We focus on high potential games that will be successful on the market. WINGS is also the organizer of games industry diversity initiatives like the Elevate Programme and the annual Women's Day Sale on Steam. To apply for funding, visit wingsfund.me, and explore the full roster of WINGS-funded games at wingsfund.me/games. For more information about WINGS, email [email protected].

 

About Big Blue Sky Games

Big Blue Sky Games is a meaningfully diverse, distributed group of wildly talented game development professionals working to make the games you want to play. Founded in 2022, we’re on our way to wondrous new experiences, so fasten your seat belts and join us on all of our flights of fancy.

 

About Women-Led Games Showcase

Women-Led Games brings recognition to the hard-working women in the games industry with a yearly showcase featuring innovative games coming from women-led and majority-women studios. They aim to highlight all the amazing things women do in games and support their efforts to create a more equitable games industry. Women don’t need to ask for a seat at the table: we’re creating the spaces we want to see.

 

 

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