TIGS is coming on October 10 and October 11.
TIGS is coming on October 10 and October 11.
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TIGS 2023 will return as a live event focused on mental health for game developers

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The International Games Summit on Mental Health (TIGS) will feature keynote speakers Osama Dorias and Jamil Mullen Higley at its summit in Toronto on October 10 and October 11.

Organized by longtime game professional Mark Chandler, TIGS seeks to help game developers care more about mental wellness and to get them to talk about it when they need help. Chandler has a unique ability to get people to open up and talk about the mental health challenges of working in the game industry.

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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.