GAMING
CURRENT GIVEAWAY
As a gaming content creator, Will aims to entertain, entice, and educate through his live and VOD content. He leans into his passion for telling stories and sharing his love of gaming through podcasts, game impressions, and livestream broadcasts. He got his gaming career start with his Youtube channel, and Blog he ran, leading a team of writers on previews, reviews, and thought provoking articles pertaining to gaming topics and news. Around this time, Will created the Black Oni Podcast, a podcast dedicated to discussing topics in gaming, and bringing people together to share their love for gaming and overall nerdom.
Since then, he has grown a community of over 15k followers on Twitch, and made a name for himself as an expert in all things Metal Gear, Action RPGs, and taking deep dives on art in gaming. He has been featured on Twitch's front page several times, was contracted to work directly with Facebook gaming, partnered with gaming and clothing companies, has led panels on branding, (including the most viewed and attended Twitch creator camp panel at Twitchcon 2018), featured on a Tinder Blog, featured on the "Why I stream" Docuseries, and was featured on publications including Kotaku, Gamespot, Shacknews, superselected, Tinder, Quirktastic, USgamer.net, and more. He was a special guest on podcasts such as the Co-Optional podcast, Gamespot After Dark, The Throwdown Podcast, Mekel Kasanova Podcast, Gameenthus podcast, and more. He is a partner for Warframe, Guilded, and an official member of esports org Noble Gaming as one of their premiere content creators.
Additionally, Will has provided commentary and hosted several tournaments and events, including the Astro Gaming funded tournament series "The Gauntlet" (3 events) in which he organized, Noble Gaming's official Dead by Daylight tournament, Warframe's Quest to Conquer Cancer event, A Space Esports Fortnite Tournament, and was part of several other panels at PAX West, Twitchcon, PAX East, and more. Will played an integral part in advertising campaigns for Twitch, Warframe, and Hyperscape, with other activations and consultations with games such as Ghost of Tsushima, The Cycle, Naraka: Bladepoint, Apex Legends, Call of Duty Modern Warfare (franchise,) Nioh 2, and more. He has worked with hardware companies Logitech and Astro Gaming closely.
WILL
WIGGINS
METRICS
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METRICS
The following are metrics across several platforms.
TWITCH
| Followers
| Total Views
| Avg Concurrent
| Mins Watched
15K
1M
39
14M
| Followers
| Impressions
| Profile Visits
| Mins Watched
6.4K
43K
4K
15K
YOUTUBE
| Followers
|Total Views
| Avg Concurrent
| Hours Watched
3K
553K
1.3M
23K
| Followers
| Reel Views
| Act Reach
| Likes
2K
7K
2.6K
15K
META
| Followers
| Total Views
| Engagements
| Mins Watched
2.5K
2M
58K
682K
TIKTOK
| Followers
| Views
| Likes
290
24K
1k
ARTICLE MENTIONS
Kotaku
Game Informer
USGamer
Twitch
Tinder Swipe Life
Cracked
Gamewisp
Super Selected
For All Nerds
Shacknews
Quirktastic
GUEST PODCASTS
Co Optional
Gamespot After Dark
Game Enthus
Throwdown
Coins 2 Continue
On Comms
Party Chat
Mekel Kasanova
The Show Radio
Talk Nerdy
Limit Break
Panda Fam
Streamer Square
PANELS
Branding yourself on Twitch and Beyond
Twitchcon: The Afterthought
Pleasure Consuming Games
Real Talk: Streaming as a Hobby or Career
Broadcasting safely as a marginalized streamer
TOURNIES CAST
The Gauntlet: MK11
The Gauntlet: SSBU
Space Esports: Fortnite
Noble Gaming: Dead by Daylight
MEDIA PLACEMENTS
The following are outlets Will has has been featured in. This includes written articles, podcasts, video interviews, and more.
BRANDS
The following are brands Will has accepted sponsorships or partnerships with. Will is always open to working with brands that are aligned with his philosophy of DEI, excellent design, effectively fulfilling the needs of gamers, and FUN.
DIGITAL EXTREMES
Live & VOD content, social media engagement
DELIMEX
Live & short-form content, & social media engagement
GEAR
The following are equipment Will uses to create content. This list also brings you to Affiliate links, so if you wish to purchase anything from this list, it'll go directly into supporting Will. Use code "blackoni" at checkout for any logitech/astro gear, and black-oni for epic games.
RESOURCES
The following are resources Will uses and/or provides to create content. Everything here is free to use unless otherwise specified.