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SXSW Gaming 2018<\/strong><\/a> will officially take place in downtown Austin, Texas from Thursday, March 15 \u2013 Saturday, March 17<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 2017 marked a monumental year for SXSW as we introduced the SXSW Gaming<\/a><\/strong> Conference & Festival for the first time ever. With over 46,000 gamers enjoying this year’s Gaming Expo, Gaming Awards, and jam-packed schedule of panels, meet ups, parties, and special events, 2018 will be a huge next step for the fastest-growing gaming festival in central Texas.<\/p>\n Highlights from SXSW Gaming 2017 included the return of Nintendo<\/strong> to Austin, SMUG<\/strong> taking home the Fighters Underground crown with the greatest of ease<\/a>, Naughty Dog<\/strong> taking home 7 awards<\/a> (including Video Game of the Year) for masterpiece title Uncharted 4: A Thief\u2019s End<\/strong>, and epic performances for both the Cosplay Contest<\/a> and official closing party featuring Alan Walker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Interested in becoming a part of the SXSW Gaming community? Take a look at some of the ways you can get involved with next year\u2019s event!<\/p>\n The SXSW PanelPicker<\/a><\/strong> serves as an open platform for the public to enter speaking proposals on their creative ideas for each year\u2019s event. Whether you\u2019re an industry professional or die-hard gaming fan, we want to hear your ideas on trends that will lead to the major conversations of tomorrow!<\/p>\n The SXSW Gaming Awards<\/a> celebrates the excellence found in gaming each year. If you have a game, or are working on an up-and-coming project, then mark your calendars for the launch of SXSW Gaming Awards applications on August 1, 2017.<\/p>\n The SXSW Gaming Awards are meant for both professionals and indie developers alike. Explore the results<\/a> of the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards, and see what you can look forward to<\/a> experiencing at next year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n SXSW Gaming will introduce and host a variety of competitions for both industry professionals and fans in 2018. The first of these will be revealed later this year with applications opening up on August 1, 2017.<\/p>\n Interested in keeping up with SXSW Gaming? Follow us @SXSWGaming<\/strong> on Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, and Facebook<\/a>, as well as register for the official SXSW Gaming newsletter<\/a> so that you never miss a beat.<\/p>\n Photo by Lauren Lindley<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n The post Dates Announced for the 2018 SXSW Gaming Conference & Festival: March 15-17<\/a> appeared first on SXSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: SxSW Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SXSW Gaming 2018 will officially take place in downtown Austin, Texas from Thursday, March 15 \u2013 Saturday, March 17. 2017 marked…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":1509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2017\/06\/GamingDatesAnnounced_HeaderImage_LaurenLindley-640x360.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-ok","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHow To Get Involved for SXSW Gaming 2018<\/h3>\n
SXSW PanelPicker | June 26 \u2013 July 21<\/h4>\n
SXSW Gaming Awards | Opens August 1<\/h4>\n
SXSW Gaming Competitions | Opens August 1<\/h4>\n
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