Finalists to Be Honored During the Independent Games Festival Awards On March 18, 2020 at the Game Developers Conference 2020 SAN FRANCISCO – July 30, 2019 – Informa Tech, organizer of the Game Developers Conference® (GDC) 2020, is now accepting submissions for the 22nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF), the longest running festival, summit and […]
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2020 Game Developers Conference Opens Call for ‘Core Concepts’ Submissions Through August 15th
SAN FRANCISCO – July 16, 2019 – Informa Tech, the organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020, are now accepting submissions to present lectures, roundtables, and panels for the Core Concepts part of the event, taking place from Wednesday through Friday of the GDC week. Proposals will be open from now until Thursday, August […]
Events Video of the Month – GDC 2019 Unity Keynote
Unity is becoming even more critical to indie (and AAA) developers around the world. Hit games like Hearthstone, Wasteland 2, Cities Skylines, and many others were developed on the platform. Here’s a video from the Unity Keynote at GDC 2019 on some of the exciting changes coming to the platform in the year ahead: Whether […]
Game Developers Conference 2019 Breaks Attendance Records with 29,000 Attendees
SAN FRANCISCO – March 25, 2019 – The 2019 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest and longest-running event serving professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games, concluded its 33rd edition on Friday, March 22 after a week of networking, learning and inspiration. The event broke last year’s record attendance with a […]
Game Developers Conference 2019 Begins Today in San Francisco
The World’s Largest Professional Game Industry Event Kicks Off 33rd Edition With Five Days of Education, Inspiration, and Networking SAN FRANCISCO – March 18, 2019 – The 2019 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest event for professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games, kicks off today with its 33rd edition at […]
Conference Battle Royale 2019: GDC vs. GTC
March is one of those complicated months, at least in and around the games industry, that throws around a lot of scheduling headaches for event planners and attendees. In recent years, the schedules for South by Southwest (SXSW), Penny Arcade Expo East (PAX East), NVIDIA’s GPU Tech Conference, and the Game Developers Conference have sometimes […]
Events for Gamers’ GDC 2019 Party List (2nd Update)
The legendary Game Developers Conference (GDC) party list we posted last year is back and rebooted — just in time for GDC 2019! The same rules from last year apply: only public (not private or invite-only events) events within GDC’s conference window, which is between Monday, March 17th and Friday, March 22nd, will be listed. Included in […]
GDC Releases 2019 State of the Industry Survey, Showing Nearly Half of Respondents Supporting Unionization
Annual Survey of Nearly 4,000 Game Industry Professionals Indicates that A Majority Believe Steam No Longer Justifies Its Revenue Share San Francisco – January 24, 2019 – The 2019 Game Developers Conference (GDC) has released the results of the seventh annual State of the Industry Survey, revealing trends in the game industry ahead of GDC […]
2019 Game Developers Choice Awards to Honor Veteran SEGA Game Developer Rieko Kodama with Pioneer Award
19th Annual Awards Ceremony to Take Place Wednesday, March 20 at GDC in San Francisco San Francisco – January 17, 2019 – Organizers of the 19th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA), the premier accolades for peer recognition celebrating the industry’s top games, studios and developers, have revealed that veteran legendary game developer Rieko Kodama […]