GaymerX Revived, Rebranded as GX3

By John Mack Freeman

Over the summer, it was announced that GaymerX was no more. The gaming convention that focused on providing a safe space for LGBT, minority, and female gamers had hit a rough financial patch during the planning of their second convention. Due to a lack of sponsor support, rising costs, and an explosion in the size of GaymerX, the founders had announced that this year would be the last year it would be in operation.

However, word came down this week that GaymerX is getting a second life. Rebranded as GX3: Everyone Games, the organization has found new funding and sponsorships.

Via Midboss:

“After hosting two yearly conventions, GaymerX organizers were nervous about holding another year of the LGBTQ-focused fan convention that seeks to ‘create a safe space for all gamers, especially gamers who are queer, women, and people of color’ due to the increasing cost of expanding in San Francisco.

However, the indie gaming community, Blizzard and Hornet Networks have stepped up in a big way to throw their support behind the convention, claiming GaymerX was something that needed to continue. GX3: Everyone Games is currently looking to raise about half of their needed funds on the Kickstarter website.

“We are thrilled and humbled by the amount of support we’ve gotten since taking our financial difficulties public” quoted CEO and founder of GaymerX, Matt Conn “With amazing devs and publishers willing to put their money up to help save the concept of an awesome safe space for queer geeks and their friends, it means the world that we’re able to potentially continue this convention”

GX3 will be in the Bay Area, late 2015 and follows GaymerX and GaymerX2 which featured speakers like WWE’s Darren Young, Colleen Macklin, David Gaider, Ellen McLain, Alexis Ohanian, SMBC’s Zach Weiner and companies like 2K Games, Ubisoft, EA, BioWare, Riot Games and MailChimp.

For more information, check out our Kickstarter!”