Game Industry

March 10-12, 2024

With a focus on the gaming industry’s continued ascent as a dominant entertainment platform, the Game Industry track programming will emphasize how music content and other media is increasingly migrating to these systems.

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Each year, SXSW calls upon its creative global community to help identify innovative new ideas and the visionaries behind them. The majority of Conference sessions are sourced and voted on by the SX community from PanelPicker®, along with input from SXSW Staff and the PanelPicker Evaluator Committee.

Game Industry Track Access: All SXSW Badges receive primary access to sessions in this track.

Stay tuned for programming announcements throughout the season.

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The SXSW Conference provides an opportunity for global professionals at every level to participate, network, and advance their careers. Explore all 24 tracks of programming across a variety of formats including Keynotes, Featured Speakers, panels, workshops, and more.

Listen to 2023 Game Industry Track Sessions

While you await 2024 programming announcements, take a listen back through hundreds of Conference sessions from SXSW 2023.

2023 Sessions

All About Games. Data, Trends, and What’s Next for 2023

Join video games professor Joost van Dreunen for an update on the biggest trends in interactive entertainment. After two years of super-growth, the $200 billion games industry has switched to hard mode. Consumer demand softened, esports took a massive financial haircut, cloud gaming claimed its first casualty with Google Stadia exiting, and the collapse of crypto took a toll.