SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twitch, the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers, today announced TwitchCon 2016. With a new date and location, this marks the return of the premier convention dedicated to the culture and community of Twitch’s gaming and creative broadcasters, partners, developers, and viewers.
- What: TwitchCon 2016
- When: September 30 - October 2, 2016
- Where: San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
This follows the event’s successful inaugural showing in September 2015 where 20,000 attendees descended upon San Francisco’s Moscone Center. TwitchCon 2016 will once again provide an opportunity for Twitch’s community of broadcasters, viewers, and developers to network, participate in live events, learn from platform and games industry experts, and do face-to-face what Twitch fans do best: interact, play games and create together.
“Our amazing and passionate community of broadcasters, developers and fans made the first TwitchCon a massive success,” said Emmett Shear, CEO of Twitch. “This year, we will be expanding our footprint and building all new experiences to ensure TwitchCon 2016 is even more compelling.”
More details about TwitchCon 2016 will be revealed in the coming months, including an initial schedule and call-for-content.
For TwitchCon-specific updates, visit the TwitchCon homepage to sign up for the newsletter and Twitter feed.
For all Twitch news, visit the Twitch blog, Twitter feed, and Facebook page. Social links: @twitch, @twitchcon, #Twitch and #TwitchCon2016.
For TwitchCon 2016 sales inquiries contact sales@twitchcon.com.
About Twitch
Twitch is the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers. Each month, more than 100 million community members gather to watch and talk about video games with more than 1.7 million broadcasters. Twitch’s video platform is the backbone of both live and on-demand distribution for the entire video game ecosystem. This includes game developers, publishers, media outlets, events, user generated content, and the entire esports scene. Twitch also features Twitch Creative, a category devoted to artists and the creative process. For more information about Twitch, visit the official website and blog.
