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Now's the time to pitch your talk for the GDC 2019 Narrative Summit!  
by Staff [09.05.18]
Game makers, pitch your talks for next year's GDC Game Narrative Summit, which addresses interactive narrative in all its forms -- from triple-A blockbusters to indie games to mobile/social projects.
VR, Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, GDC
GDC 2019 welcomes a wonderful group of new Summit advisors!  
by Staff [08.31.18]
GDC 2019 welcomes Emily Short, Grace Carroll, Miguel Sicart, Tanya X. Short, Steve Swink, and Katrina Wolfe as advisory board members for the GDC 2019 Summits!
VR, Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, GDC
Submissions for GDC 2019 Summits are now open!  
by Staff [08.30.18]
The wait is over: the call for submissions is now open for GDC 2019’s Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC), GDC Summits, & Game Career Seminar through October 5th at 11:59 pm Pacific Time!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC
Reminder: Thursday is your last day to pitch Main Conference talks for GDC 2019!  
by Staff [08.14.18]
Heads up, game makers: The last day to pitch talks for the 2019 Game Developers Conference is this Thursday, August 16th -- so get your submissions in now!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC
GDC 2019 organizers are looking for smart Business & Marketing talks!  
by Staff [08.06.18]
If you have a great talk that would fit in the Business & Marketing track at Game Developers Conference 2019, organizers want to hear it, and they're taking submissions - but only through August 16th!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing, GDC
GDC 2019 is looking for great Programming talks -- pitch yours today!  
by Staff [07.30.18]
Hey devs! GDC officials seek great submissions of interesting, cutting-edge Programming talks for the GDC 2018 Main Conference, from now through August 17th!
VR, Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, GDC
GDC 2019 welcomes five new members to the Advisory Board!  
by Staff [07.25.18]
As preparations begin for GDC 2019, organizers are proud to welcome game dev luminaries Caryl Shaw, Nick Popovich, Carolin Krenzer, Andreas Fredriksson, and Jamie Cheng to the GDC Advisory Board!
Console/PC, Indie, GDC
To prevent toxicity, design games with community management in mind 1
by Alissa McAloon [03.29.18]
"Community is now, more than ever, an actual part of game design," argued Flaregames' Tara Brannigan. "It’s not something you staple on the end."
Social/Online, Design, GDC
GDC celebrates record-breaking attendance and confirms 2019 dates!  
by Staff [03.28.18]
The 32nd edition of GDC is over, and in its wake organizers confirm it hosted over 28,000 attendees (a new record!) and will return next year the week of Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing, GDC
Telling an emotional tale through mechanics in Monument Valley 2  
by Alissa McAloon [03.23.18]
“The team didn’t want to add the story by usual methods; the goal was to leverage games as a medium and allow the player to feel the game through its mechanics.”
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, GDC
LGBTQ devs & players speak up about the need for authentic queer culture in games  
by Alex Wawro [03.23.18]
 "For many of the [queer] people we talked to, when they were young...games were safe," said Playing With Pride producer Matt Baume at GDC today. When they got older, that changed."
Serious, GDC
One Life Left x GDC podcast: PlayerUnknown, pro wrestling, and positive death  
by Staff [03.23.18]
Gabby DaRienzo, Brendan Greene, and other incredible guests join One Life Left's Ste Curran & Ann Scantlebury & Gamasutra editor-in-chief Kris Graft as they bring the best bits of GDC 2018 to you.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Podcast, Video, GDC
SteamSpy creator says 2017 was Valve's most profitable year yet  
by Simon Parkin [03.22.18]
2017 was Steam’s most profitable year yet, claims Sergey Galyonkin and the creator of SteamSpy, a website that, since 2015, has provided estimates on the number of game sales on the titular digital game store.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing, GDC
How a lack of control fosters empathy in Bury Me, My Love 3
by Emma Kidwell [03.22.18]
Bury Me, My Love's Florent Maurin spoke at GDC to explain how designing outside of conventional norms helps create a feeling of helplessness.
Smartphone/Tablet, Serious, Design, GDC
How Capcom designed Monster Hunter: World to feel approachable and alive 1
by Alex Wawro [03.22.18]
"This is how we were able to realize Monster Hunter: World’s most ambitious change," said game director Yuya Tokuda at GDC 2018 today. "To make it possible to use the environment.”
Console/PC, Design, GDC
How (and why) you should better represent Muslims in your games 35
by Alex Wawro [03.22.18]
“Muslims have a public image problem. And it’s sometimes dangerous to be Muslim,” game designer Osama Dorias said at GDC today. “So we need help addressing the public image problem.”
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, GDC
Laralyn McWilliams on rediscovering creativity following trauma 3
by Simon Parkin [03.22.18]
“When you are in times of distress you feel lost and broken, because you can’t set aside fear and anger," she said. "And if you feel broken your creative work is broken.”
Console/PC, Indie, Serious, Production, GDC
Ubisoft opens two new studios in India and Ukraine  
by Alex Wawro [03.22.18]
The company adds another two beads to its global chain of offices: new studio ins Mumbai and Odesa. Each will be hiring game devs and working alongside Ubisoft's extant studios in the regions.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, GDC
Night in the Woods, Baba Is You win big at the 2018 IGF Awards  
by Staff [03.22.18]
Chuchel, Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy, and Celeste were also among the games honored at tonight's Independent Games Festival Awards.
Indie, GDC, IGF
Breath of the Wild takes top prize at the 2018 Game Developers Choice Awards!  
by Staff [03.22.18]
Other big winners tonight include Gorogoa, What Remains of Edith Finch, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Ambassador and Lifetime Achievement honorees Rami Ismail and Tim Schafer, respectively.
Console/PC, GDC