Game Developers Conference

"The Psychology of Game Design (Everything You Know Is Wrong)." - Sid Meier, Friday, March 12, 10:30-11:30am

When designing a game, particularly one based on real-world or historical topics, it might seem that hard facts, physical principles, painstaking research, and mathematical formulas would provide the foundation for a successful game. Wrong.

Dragon Age: Origins, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Demon's Souls Included In Nominations for the Game of the Year Award in Industry's Prestigious Peer-Based Awards

SAN FRANCISCO - Jan. 19, 2009 – Organizers have revealed the nominees for the tenth annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the leading peer-based video game industry awards. Nominations this year are led by Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2, with seven nominations.

San Francisco – January 14, 2010 – After a successful 2009 debut at which more than 800 members of the Canadian game development community came together for learning, inspiration and networking, the Game Developers Conference™ Canada (GDC Canada) will return for a second year to the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC from May 6-7, 2010.

Game Developers Conference 2010 organizers have announced its first set of Main Conference lectures for the March 9th-13th event, with Uncharted 2, Braid and Brutal Legend-specific talks already confirmed.

GDC Canada Returns for the Second Year with Insights into Managing Established Franchises, Developing New Global Titles, and Key Learnings about New Distribution Models

San Francisco – December 3, 2009 – The call for submissions to present content for lectures, roundtables and panel sessions for the 2010 Game Developers Conference Canada (GDC Canada) is now open through midnight, Tuesday January 5, 2010.

The organizers of the Experimental Gameplay Workshop, a staple of the Game Developers Conference since 2002, have issued a call for submissions to the event's 2010 incarnation, being held in March in San Francisco.

Game Developers Conference 2010 organizers are reminding potential Summit speakers that they have until Friday, Nov. 13th to submit lectures, with IGF Student and Mobile deadlines also impending.

Held on the first two days of GDC 2010 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, March 9 and 10, this year’s GDC Summit line-up includes two new events in the form of the Social & Online Games Summit and iPhone Games Summit.

Anticipate another week of learning, networking, and inspiration at GDC 2010! Had a rough year in the industry? Now’s the time to reinvest in your development skills, make new business contacts, and connect with your peers as the industry convenes at GDC in the spring.

Register now and take advantage of early registration rates through Feb. 4, 2010.

Source: GDC 2010 Website

New Summits for Social & Online and iPhone Games Now Open for Submissions, Along With GDC Mobile/Handheld, Independent Games, and Serious Games

SAN FRANCISCO – October 27, 2009 – Game Developers Conference® 2010, presented by Think Services, has announced that the call for submissions is open for GDC’s suite of Summits, which take place on the first two days of GDC week in San Francisco, March 9th-10th 2010.This year’s GDC Summit line-up includes two new events in the form of the Social & Online Games Summit and iPhone Games Summit, alongside the GDC Mobile/Handheld, Independent Games, and Serious Games Summits, which are all accepting submissions through November 13th.

Great success for the second edition of the Italian developers' National Congress held in Milan at the IULM University

Rome, October 12th, 2009

The second edition of the Italian Videogame Developers Conference (www.ivdconf.it) closed at 8.00 p.m. on Friday 9th of October, 2009, with great satisfaction by the curators and the public, held into the Main Conference Hall of the IULM University in Milan, and organized by AIOMI, the Italian Association for the Interactive Multimedia - Movement for the Videogame Culture (www.aiomi.it), with the collaboration of IULM University Foundation.

To give a Chinese perspective on independent development, the first day of GDC China closed with a panel discussion about the state of the market by three local industry veterans.

The speakers were Billy Hsu, CEO of DJL Worldwide, Anson Xu, CEO of Purple-Zone Interactive and founder of Dream2 Interactive, and Tony Chen, online business development manager for Take-Two Asia. All have long experience at big Western publishers like Ubisoft and EA in addition to their experience at Chinese companies.

Date: October 11-13, 2009
City: Shanghai, China
Location: Shanghai International Convention Center

About GDC China

“GDC China is the ideal venue to explore the groundbreaking frontier of Chinese game development. There’s no group better qualified to act as our guides than the expert developers and executives of the GDC China advisory board. They helped craft the content that makes GDC China the must-attend event for anyone interested in the Chinese game industry.” -Meggan Scavio

Date: October 8-9, 2009
City: Milan, Italy
Location: Main Hall IULM University

About Italian Videogame Developers Conference

The IVDC is the first and only Italian videogame developers National Congress, annual official summit of the Italian Videogame Developers Association in Confindustria, the national employers’ federation. Organized by AIOMI, the Italian Interactive Multimedia Association and Videogame Culture Association, the IVDC will be held in the main lecture hall of the IULM University in Milan, and is directed by Marco Accordi Rickards (chairman) and Raoul Carbone.

Nexon VP to Share Knowledge for Successfully Adapting and Monetizing Asian Games to Western Markets

SAN FRANCISCO—September 29, 2009—Min Kim, vice president of marketing at Nexon America, is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at the 2009 Game Developers Conference China. GDC China, presented by Think Services, a division of United Business Media, will take place at the Shanghai International Convention Center, October 11-13 of this year.

3rd Annual Showcase for Handheld Independent Games Returns to the GDC with $5,000 in Prizes to Award Gameplay and Technological Innovations on iPhone, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, Cellphones and Other Portable Devices

SAN FRANCISCO – September 28, 2009 - The Independent Games Festival (IGF) Mobile, the premiere venue that celebrates creativity and innovation on handheld platforms, has opened submissions for its third annual festival, with the overall winner awarded at the IGF Awards Ceremony, which precedes the Game Developers Choice Awards on March 11th, 2010. Both the IGF Awards Ceremony and the Game Developers Choice Awards are part of the 2010 Game Developers Conference (GDC10), which takes place in San Francisco’s Moscone Center in March.