SAN FRANCISCO – March 19, 2020 – Informa Tech, organizer of the Game Developers Conference® (GDC), has announced GDC Summer, a three-day celebration of the art, craft and business of game development, to be held from August 4-6 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. GDC Summer will be a unique Game Developers Conference experience […]
Most likely you’ve seen the widely publicized news that one of the most influential events in game development, this Game Developers Conference (GDC 2020), the organizers say, will be postponed to sometime this summer. About 29,000 attendees were expected in San Francisco this mid-March, before several significant sponsors like Amazon, Facebook,and Electronic Arts, as well […]
The all-things-digital-security RSA Conference 2020 (RSAC 2020), taking place on February 24-28, 2020 in San Francisco, continues to bring game mechanics into the discussion about information security. Why? As a form of simulation and engagement, to educate consumers, to make STEM topics (like infosec) more attractive to potential talent who might want to consider information […]
San Francisco – December 17, 2019 – Organizers of the 20th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the premier accolades for peer recognition celebrating the industry’s top games, studios and developers, have revealed that Kate Edwards, former head of the International Game Developers Association and current Global Game Jam executive director, will receive the Ambassador Award […]
San Francisco, CA – September 16, 2019 – The fourth annual xRS Week, produced by Greenlight Insights, will take place October 16-18 at the beautiful Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. Featuring presentations from leading business executives, top industry analysts, and global thought-leaders, xRS Week is set to be the premier gathering showcasing the future of […]
With Microsoft’s recent acquisition of the developer Double Fine Productions, some folks may have wondered if the indie game-showcasing tradition of the Double Fine co-produced Day of the Devs event might have continued on. And, yes indeed, this showcase will continue in its seventh year Today, Double Fine and the production company Iam8bit announced that […]
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 […]
When I think of air combat games, I still hear the Afterburner game soundtrack in my head. Now, Sega’s Afterburner is an old-school arcade game from the heyday of arcade gaming in the late 80s, and combat aircraft gaming has come a long way since then. Will Ace Combat 7 make as deep an impression […]
Parks Associates announced new, comprehensive IoT forecasts during the pre-show research workshops for CONNECTIONS™ today. Analysts presented data showing more than 442 million connected consumer devices will be sold in the U.S. in 2020. These sales totals include connected entertainment, mobile, health, and smart home devices. Personal assistant devices, which include speakers with voice control such as the […]
Recently, publisher Bethesda Softworks and developer Arkane Studios hosted a press and fan preview event in San Francisco for their upcoming game sequel, “Dishonored 2.” Hype for the game has been building for a while. It’s been a few years since players first visited the game’s chaotic realm of the Empire of the Isles. I […]
Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, has been dueling in silicon with Intel for decades. Given the long rivalry, it should not be a surprise that during the Intel Developer Forum 2016 in San Francisco this year, AMD hosted a rival announcement-focused event a hop, skip and jump away. MCed by Lisa Su, AMD CEO, and […]
Casual Connect USA 2016 is getting ever-closer to kicking off in San Francisco. With the approach of this major game industry conference is a growing list of events, both official and unofficial, for networkers, coders, partiers and those in between in and around the main event. If more Casual Connect-affiliated events turn up on our radar, […]