The Kill Screen Festival (often simply known as Kill Screen Fest; formerly two5six) is an annual video game developer conference inaugurated on 11 May 2013 in

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by the print and online magazine ''

Kill Screen ''Kill Screen'' (stylized as ''KILL SCREEN'') was a print and online magazine founded in 2009 by Jamin Warren and Chris Dahlen and owned by Kill Screen Media, Inc. It focused on video games and culture, but also included articles based on ent ...

''. The annual conference focuses on

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and

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and features speakers from both the

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and

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History

The conference was announced on 20 March 2013 by ''

'' on

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and was named two5six, which was filmed at

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. The conference was officially inaugurated on 11 May 2013 at

. It was held on 16 May 2014 again at the

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and at Villain from 15–17 May. Within the 2015 two5six festival, ''Kill Screen'' introduced Game Academy, an event workshop where participants who had little-to-no knowledge of code could learn.

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sponsored some workshops and provided "game scholars", those experienced in programming. It also expanded to include a film festival, effectively making the festival two days longer. In April 2016, Kill Screen announced that two5six became Kill Screen Festival, and was held on 4 June at the Roulette Intermedium.

Conference

References

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