People ask us what WGE stands for. It's a fair question, and the answer is the shortest version of our whole story.
WGE is WarriorsGate Entertainment.
Before the gate
This company started as Walker ASL Pictures. A filmmaker, a camera, and films made in ASL because that was the language the stories lived in.
That name described one person's work. What we were building needed room for more than that.
Why WarriorsGate
"My father used to record our family reunions on an old camera. I remember watching him do it and wanting to know what that thing was — what it did, how it worked.
Here's what I figured out. It doesn't matter what camera it is. A RED, a DSLR, a Blackmagic, a cheap one you found somewhere. Whatever you point it at, it keeps. Forever. That's the part that got me. Whatever you capture on set is what people are going to remember.
I'm a Black Deaf man. That is not an easy way to walk into Hollywood and ask for a job. So I didn't. I built my own network instead, one person at a time, and that network is what led me to my first crew job — on Jesus, with Deaf Missions.
That's the Warrior. It isn't a metaphor. It's what it takes.
The Gate is what happens next. Because I'm not the only one. Deaf talent is getting into rooms that were closed a few years ago, and every one of us got there by working hard enough to break something open. A gate that opens for one person can open for the next.
That's why I want to make BIPOC Deaf content — so people can see what our lives actually look like from the inside. So a hearing person can sit in our shoes for two hours and understand something they could never just be told.
WarriorsGate. That's the name." - Rydrea Walker
What WGE is now
WarriorsGate Entertainment is a Deaf-led media and entertainment company built across several divisions. Each one carries the WGE name because each one is doing the same work in a different room:
- WGE Studios — films, television, and documentaries. Deaf stories, made by Deaf creators, owned by the company that makes them. You'll find the work on WGE+.
- WGE Streaming — home of WGE+, our streaming platform. wgeplus.com
- WGE Sports — a Deaf-centered sports media and athlete development platform. We cover the events, tell the stories, and build the infrastructure Deaf athletics has always deserved. wgesports.com
- WGE Film Festival — a home for Deaf filmmakers to screen work and find an audience. wgefilmfestival.com
- WGE Advertising — creative and campaign work for brands that want to reach this community properly. wgeadvertising.com
- WGE Technology — the tools the industry needs, including SignedCredits. signedcredits.com
WGE+
WGE+ is where the work lives.
It's a streaming platform built for Deaf and hard of hearing audiences from the first line of code — not a mainstream service with accessibility bolted on at the end. That difference sounds small on paper. It isn't. It changes what gets made, who makes it, and who it's actually for.
WGE+ launches Christmas Day 2026 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific.
At launch you'll find us on iOS, Android, web, tvOS, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung, LG, Google TV, Xfinity, Xumo, and Xbox.
We're also looking hard at Nintendo Switch — a platform the major streaming services have largely skipped. That's exactly the kind of gap we're built to walk through.
What WGE Sports is building
We've partnered with the National Deaf Cheer Competition since 2022, and this year we're hosting NDCC's fifth annual event at Texas School for the Deaf in Austin.
We also broadcast the CAAD Invitational basketball tournament from Indiana School for the Deaf in Indianapolis, with Naptown hosting.
That's the pattern. Show up for the events that already matter to this community, and give them the coverage they'd get anywhere else.
On the plus
Of course you can watch. Films, television, documentaries — that's the foundation, and it's why we built the thing.
But the plus means more than a catalog. It means you're not only watching.
Anyone can go live. Stream from any device, the way you would on YouTube — then save it to your folder and download whatever you want, whenever you want.
Live sports, broadcast properly. As it happens, with full access. Not captioned three days later.
News in ASL. In the language, not translated into it.
Community and reels. Upload a reel, swipe up and down through what other people are making. Mobile only, because that's where it belongs.
This community has spent a long time waiting for access, watching without it, or skipping things entirely. WGE+ is built the other way around.
Why the letters
We use WGE the way ABC and NBC use theirs. Short, consistent, the same across every division so you always know who you're dealing with.
The letters are the shorthand. WarriorsGate is the reason.