GDC 2024 conclusion
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 by Richard Harris
This year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), the event serving professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games, has officially come to a close after hosting nearly 30,000 registered attendees for five full days of inspiring sessions and networking opportunities with peers and leaders in the games industry. GDC will be returning to the Moscone ...
GDC 2021 event lineup
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 by Freeman Lightner
Informa Tech, the organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), have revealed a new structure for virtual and physical GDC events for the rest of 2020 and 2021, which are continuing to evolve due to changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the inability to meet in person for the near future, organizers are expanding multiple aspects of its program. GDC 202...
Informa Tech announces GDC Summer
Monday, March 23, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Informa Tech 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 but will retain the same high level of expert-led talks as the traditional GDC, along with a freestyle two-day expo show fl...
Independent Games Festival 2020 now accepting submissions
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 by Richard Harris
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 15th at 11:59 PM PT. GDC 2020 marks the 34th edition of the con...
What's happening at GDC 2019
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 by Richard Harris
The 2019 Game Developers Conference (GDC) kicks off with its 33rd edition at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. This year, the GDC will again feature a roster of more than a thousand esteemed speakers across a week of lectures, tutorials, roundtable discussions, and networking events.
This year adds a new showcase presentation in the form of th...
Game Developers Conference is now accepting submissions
Monday, July 23, 2018 by Richard Harris
UBM Tech Game Network, the organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2019, are accepting submissions to present lectures, roundtables, panels and tutorials from now until Thursday, August 16th at 11:59 PM PT. This will be the 33rd edition of GDC, the world’s largest and longest-running event for game developers, and organizers are keen to feature cutting-...
Index San Francisco is now accepting speaker submissions!
Monday, November 27, 2017 by Richard Harris
Speaker submissions are now being accepted for Index - San Francisco, an event taking place February 20-22 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco. Index will bring together the best leaders, builders, and innovators in development for three days of inspiring talks, hands-on learning sessions and networking opportunities. Sessions will cover technology topics rangin...
What we learned at GDC 2017, and dates for GDC 2018 announced
Monday, March 13, 2017 by Richard Harris
The 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest and longest-running event serving professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games, concluded a successful week of networking, learning and inspiration. In total, the conference hosted more than 26,000 professional attendees, 500 lectures, panels, tutorials and roundtable discussions, and ...
Game Developers Choice Awards game of the year goes to..
Friday, March 3, 2017 by Richard Harris
Blizzard Entertainment’s popular and stylish multiplayer shooter, Overwatch, was honored with the prize for Game of the Year at this year's 17th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) ceremony during the 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Overwatch’s carefully calibrated balance and polished gameplay mechanics also earned ...
Red Hat Summit to Be Held in San Francisco June 27 30
Friday, May 27, 2016 by Richard Harris
The Red Hat Summit will be held June 27 – 30 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The open source technology event will showcase the latest innovations in cloud computing, platform, virtualization, middleware, storage, and systems management technologies. The event will include:General Sessions - There are 6 general sessions intended for all Red Hat Summit attendees....
Oracle Invites Java Developers to San Francisco for JavaOne Conference in October
Friday, July 31, 2015 by Richard Harris
Registration is now open for Oracle OpenWorld and JavaOne 2015 to be held October 25 – 29 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. With Oracle OpenWorld attendees can meet and mingle with Oracle business and technology users and partners. JavaOne offers a comprehensive conference for Java developers, bringing together Java experts and enthusiasts for a week of learn...
Lots of App Development Goodies Announced at Google I-O 2015 Including Android M Developer Preview
Friday, May 29, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
A number of new initiatives were announced at the keynote of the 8th annual Google I/O conference as more than 5,600 developers looked on at Moscone Center. The event also was viewed by over 530 I/O Extended communities around the world and millions via the I/O Live stream. During the keynote, Google made a number of announcements that covered the evolution of the ...
Winners Announced at Game Developers Choice Awards Ceremony
Thursday, March 5, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
The annual Game Developers Choice Awards winners for 2015 were announced at the Game Developers Conference during an awards ceremony held at the Moscone Center.Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor was named Game of the Year and mobile puzzle game Monument Valley won two awards including the Best Visual Art, Innovation and Best Handheld/Mobile Game.The Game Developers Choice A...
Google to Host Developer Day Including Code Labs at GDC 2015
Friday, February 27, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google’s GDC Developer Day will take place in Room 2006 of the West Hall of Moscone Center on Monday, March 2. The schedule will include:Opening Keynote - 10AM: Google will kick off the day by sharing how to make games more successful with Google. You’ll hear about new platforms, new tools to make development easier, and ways to measure your mobile games and moneti...
Microsoft Build 2015 Developer Conference Registration Opens on January 22
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
In its recent announcement that registration opens for Build 2015 on January 22 the company emphasized that its “shift to a mobile-first, cloud-first company is in full swing.” I’ll be interested to see how that mantra plays out this year.If you plan on attending the event, expect to see Windows 10 front and center as well as plenty on the developer opportunities the co...
Warren Robinett, Veteran Programmer To Discuss Creating Adventure At GDC 2015
Monday, January 12, 2015 by Richard Harris
Warren Robinett, the veteran programmer, designer and The Learning Company founder, will discuss his experience developing the landmark Atari 2600 title, Adventure hit game at the upcoming Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2015.The implementation of "Adventure" will be discussed at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2015, being held March 2-6 at the M...
Hey JavaScript and HTML5 developers! The HTML5Devconf Is Rapidly Approaching!
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 by Richard Harris
There is still time to get in on the cross platform fun and register for the HTML5Devconf which will be held in downtown San Francisco on October 20 & 21 at Moscone Center.The conference features technical software developers, designers and decision makers focused on Internet software technologies such as JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, node.js and other cross platform web,...
Your Complete Guide to the 2014 Game Developer’s Conference (GDC)
Saturday, March 15, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
If you plan on attending the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) you better get plenty of sleep this weekend because the event each day is packed from the crack of dawn to late in the night.We thought we’d provide a highlight of what to see and what to do.GDC Store: Monday – Friday , March 17 - 219:00am - 6:00pmSouth Hall, Street LevelBreakPoint Books is the official book...
Discounted Game Developers Conference Registration Still Available
Monday, March 3, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
If you haven’t registered for The Game Developers Conference (GDC) which is only a couple of weeks away, you still have time to get discounted admission. Just visit the registration page to register and receive the discount.GDC is the worlds largest and longest-running professionals-only game industry event. It will be held at the Moscone Center in S...
Game Developers Conference Announces Ambassador and Pioneer Awards
Saturday, February 15, 2014 by Richard Harris
The Game Developers Conference has announced two of the award winners that will be presented during the 14th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards which are produced in association with Game Developers Conference (GDC).The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 6:30 pm at the San Francisco Moscone Center and is open to all GDC attendees...
Windows Build 2014 Registration is Now Open
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Microsoft has now opened registration for Build 2014 which will again be back at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on April 2 – 4. The registration cost is $2095.Here is what Steve Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President of Developer Platform & Evangelism and Chief Evangelist for Microsoft, had to say about the event.“Build is our premier developer event,...
Windows App Developers Can Now Set Calendars for Windows Build 2014
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 by Richard Harris
Microsoft has set the dates for Windows Build 2014 which will be held April 2 - April 4 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Registration opens Jan 14, 2014 and the cost is $2095.
The event will be sure to feature the launch of what’s next for Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Windows Server, Visual Studio and much more. We’ve already booked our calendars and ...
Big Week for App Developer Events
Monday, October 21, 2013 by Richard Harris
It’s a big week for app developer conferences. Apps World Europe is kicking off in London tomorrow, October 22, and on the same day the HTML5 Developers Conference will begin in San Francisco.
Apps World has become a huge affair, with an almost Disney World like array of exhibits, speakers, seminars and more. It’s a catch-all of everything app related where the center ...
Hit Mobile Games Come to Windows Phone 8 via Marmalade
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 by Richard Harris
Drawing on Marmalade’s recently-announced support for Windows Phone 8 and using the latest beta released on 25 March, both games have been ported and deployed in-house by the developers and are available now for download from the Windows Phone Store. 6th Planet, from Belgian developers Monkube, tells the story of a near future, where the planet Saturn suddenly...
Microsoft Build Developer Conference: June 26 28 In San Francisco
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 by Richard Harris
Build is Microsoft’s developer conference for its Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Server and Azure platforms.The company just announced that Build 2013 will take place June 26-28 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Registration opens at 09:00am PDT, April 2, 2013 Early bird (first 500): $1,595 // Full: $2,095As Steve Guggenheimer, Microsoft’s corporate vic...
AppsWorld North America 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013 by Richard Harris
Developer conference & exhibition: Apps World will be returning to North America in 2013 for two days of engagement and high level insight and discussion around one of the largest growing industries - mobile apps. Apps World North America will be taking place in the technical capital of the world San Francisco on February 7th-8th 2013 at the Moscone Center. We...
