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Epic, Take-Two's Private Division, ex-ESA president Gallagher, Super Evil Megacorp, Bandai Namco and Chet Faliszek, Super Evil Megacorp among first PC Connects Seattle 2019 speakers

Epic, Take-Two's Private Division, ex-ESA president Gallagher, Super Evil Megacorp, Bandai Namco and Chet Faliszek, Super Evil Megacorp among first PC Connects Seattle 2019 speakers

PCGamesInsider.biz is proud to announce some of the names who will be sharing their insight on-stage at PC Connects' debut in the United States this May.

Unreal Engine Evangelist Christian Allen will be speaking for Fortnite firm Epic Games, while the former president of United States video games trade body The ESA Mike Gallagher is also going to be gracing our stage. Valve vet Chet Faliszek is going to be discussing company culture and compensation, too.

Meanwhile, fresh from his debut at PC Connects London 2019, Super Evil Megacorp global publishing GM Taewon Yun is going to be discussing the changes the industry is undergoing and the changes therein.

Kari Toyama, senior producer at Take-Two's new publishing label Private Division - and a vet of both PopCap and Valve - is set to share her insight at PC Connects Seattle 2019, too. 

Finally, Bandai Namco's Karim Farghaly is going to be discussing the Japanese publisher's strategy to expand its expand its Western portfolio.

These are just some of the names that are going to be appearing at PC Connects Seattle 2019 on May 13th.

There are four tracks planned for the show, each covering a different aspect of the PC games landscape. State of Play will give attendees an idea of what the PC games landscape looks like right now, while Digital Discovery will provide insight into getting your project noticed in an ever-saturated marketplace. The CodeShop is our design and development track, taking our guests behind the scenes on making games.

Finishing up the day is The PC Revolution, fresh from its debut at PC Connects London 2019, which is going to be examining the emerging trends, tech and markets that are going to change the PC games industry in the coming years.

Tickets are available right here.

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Oh, and if you were curious, this year's Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 - featuring PC Connects London 2019 - was a massive success


PCGamesInsider Contributing Editor

Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.