Latinx in Gaming celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month!

Hispanic Heritiage Month (Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana) starts this Thursday, September 15^th, and Latinx in Gaming has some great events lined up to promote inclusivity and cultural appreciation and representation by spotlighting Latinx individuals across the games industry.

From September 15^th to October 15^th (and even beyond!) you can check out the following events:

Major Streaming Events:

• #UnidosOnline
  A 3-day live-streaming fundraiser featuring everything from game development talks to Let’s Plays. This event spotlights the intersection of Latinx culture and gaming, and includes organizational partners such as Xbox and Niantic.
• Nuestra Cocina
  A weekly episodic cooking show hosted on Twitch, featuring Latinx content creators and influencers cooking their favourite cultural recipes and talking about growing up Latinx (hosted by Lulaboo)
• National Latina Day
  Latinx in Gaming teams up with Urban Decay Cosmetics to showcase talented Latinas in gaming and hold talks on culture and music.

Game Jams

• Quick Play (October 7 – November 18)
  Latinx in Gaming’s first mobile game jam will be awarding $80,000 to mobile game developers of all backgrounds. The opening ceremony will be held over Zoom on October 7^th, announcing the game jam’s theme. The event will be hosted through itch.io and four winning teams will receive $20,000 each to help the games be fully developed and published on the Google Play Store.
  
  There are no requirements to participate – developers of all heritages are encouraged to apply!