Amplifying New Voices will be managed by AIAS.

Amplifying New Voices will train diverse game creators to be industry speakers

Amplifying New Voices is launching its third year of hands-on training and boot camp for diverse people in the gaming industry. The group has opened applications and nominations for its latest batch of trainees.

The boot camp will take place March 18 at the Game Developers Conference 2018 in San Francisco, and it will accept 36 to 45 students. Amplifying Voices grew from the need to better prepare up-and-coming professionals who want to grow their work and public profiles.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.