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Game Developers Conference 2024 Successfully Brought Together Nearly 30,000 Attendees for a Week of Connecting and Learning

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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GDC 2024 featured 1,000+ speakers across 730 sessions, workshops, roundtable discussions in addition to networking opportunities.

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  • GDC 2024 featured 1,000+ speakers across 730 sessions, workshops, roundtable discussions in addition to networking opportunities.
  • “In light of emerging generative AI technologies, layoffs and evolving working conditions, the Game Developers Conference will continue to provide developers with the key understandings and relationships to forge their way forward.
  • GDC 2024 honored the top developers of the past year with the 26th annual Independent Games Festival Awards and the 24th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA).
  • For more details on the Game Developers Conference, please visit the GDC’s official website , or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook or Twitter .

Venba Wins the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 26th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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Visai Games’ Venba won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 26th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards tonight.

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  • Visai Games’ Venba won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 26th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards tonight.
  • The IGF Awards is the longest-running festival, summit and showcase honoring the most innovative and excellent independent games of the past year.
  • Developed by Visai Games, Venba is a narrative cooking game in which players experience life as an Indian mom who has immigrated to Canada with her family in the 1980s.
  • In addition to the Grand Prize, Venba was also nominated in the Excellence in Audio, Narrative and Visual Art categories.

2024 Game Developers Conference Opens Today at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center

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Monday, March 18, 2024
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The 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest gathering of game industry professionals and enthusiasts who are devoted to the art and science of making games, begins its 38th edition today at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

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  • The 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest gathering of game industry professionals and enthusiasts who are devoted to the art and science of making games, begins its 38th edition today at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.
  • The conference continues on Wednesday, March 20, the opening day of GDC’s core conference and commences with the GDC Main Stage Performance titled “A Developer’s Concert” in North Hall at 9:00am PT.
  • Also new this year is the Game History Gallery, created in partnership with the Video Game History Foundation.
  • For more details on the Game Developers Conference, please visit GDC’s official website , or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook , Twitter/X , or RSS.

The Legend of Zelda, Baldur’s Gate 3 and COCOON Lead Finalists for the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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The finalists for the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice awards, the leading peer-based video game event celebrating the industry’s top games and developers, have been revealed.

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  • The finalists for the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice awards, the leading peer-based video game event celebrating the industry’s top games and developers, have been revealed.
  • The Game Developers Choice Awards are uniquely positioned as the leading video game awards that are nominated by, voted on, and decided by video game developers within the industry.
  • Any video game that was released and made publicly available during the 2023 calendar year is eligible for free nomination for the 2024 Game Developers Choice Awards.
  • As in years past, the Game Developers Choice Awards will be live-streamed alongside the Independent Games Festival Awards on the official GDC Twitch channel .

Visai Games Leads Finalists for the 26th Annual Independent Games Festival With Nominations in Four Categories for Narrative Cooking Game Venba

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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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Informa Tech, organizers of the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC) have revealed the finalists for the 26th annual awards ceremony of the Independent Games Festival (IGF), the longest running festival, summit and showcase celebrating independent games and their creators.

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  • Informa Tech, organizers of the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC) have revealed the finalists for the 26th annual awards ceremony of the Independent Games Festival (IGF), the longest running festival, summit and showcase celebrating independent games and their creators.
  • Leading the nominations is Venba from Visai Games with four nominations, followed by five other finalist titles who share the distinction of having three nominations apiece.
  • Venba from Visai Games is nominated for Excellence in Audio, Narrative, Visual Art and for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.
  • For more information on the 2024 Independent Games Festival, including submission specifics and frequently asked questions, please visit the official Independent Games Festival website .

Game Developers Conference 2023 Concludes a Week of Networking, Learning and Inspiration With More Than 28,000 Attendees, More Than Doubling Last Year’s In-Person Attendance; GDC Will Return to the Moscone Center March 18-22, 2024

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
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GDC will be returning to the Moscone Center next year, Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22, 2024 and the call for submissions for GDC 2024 will open this summer.

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  • GDC will be returning to the Moscone Center next year, Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22, 2024 and the call for submissions for GDC 2024 will open this summer.
  • The lower cost virtual GDC Showcase 2023 event will feature session highlights with live interview sessions, roundtables, interactive panels, keynotes, and networking sessions.
  • GDC Showcase is part of a slate of ongoing initiatives aimed at making GDC resources and content available to more developers around the world.
  • For more details on the Game Developers Conference, please visit the GDC’s official website , or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook , Twitter , or RSS.

Betrayal At Club Low Wins the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 25th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards

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Thursday, March 23, 2023
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Cosmo D Studios’ Betrayal At Club Low won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 25th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards tonight.

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  • Cosmo D Studios’ Betrayal At Club Low won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 25th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards tonight.
  • Betrayal At Club Low is an indie-tabletop-inspired RPG that takes place in the eponymous former coffin factory-turned-nightclub.
  • In addition to the Grand Prize, Betrayal At Club Low also won the Nuovo Award, which honors titles that make the awards jurors think differently about games as a medium.
  • Betrayal At Club Low is only the second game in IGF Awards history to receive both the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the Nuovo Award in the same year, with the first game being Cart Life in 2013.

2023 Game Developers Conference Opens Today at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center

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Monday, March 20, 2023
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The 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest event for professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games, begins its 37th edition today, in-person at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

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  • The 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest event for professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games, begins its 37th edition today, in-person at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.
  • The week-long conference will feature more than 330 exhibitors, over 1,000 speakers and more than 650 sessions, workshops, roundtable discussions and networking events.
  • Topics include level design, art direction, AI, UX, community management, technical artistry, game narrative, math in game development and more.
  • For more details on the Game Developers Conference, please visit the GDC’s official website , or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook , Twitter , or RSS.

2023 Game Developers Choice Awards to Posthumously Honor the First Female Game Designer, Mabel Addis With Pioneer Award and Legendary Game Developer John Romero With Lifetime Achievement Award

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Thursday, February 23, 2023
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Mabel Addis, recognized as the first female game designer, will posthumously receive the Pioneer Award, which honors breakthrough business, tech and game design milestones.

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  • Mabel Addis, recognized as the first female game designer, will posthumously receive the Pioneer Award, which honors breakthrough business, tech and game design milestones.
  • The 23rd annual awards ceremony will take place at the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC) on Wednesday, March 22 and held in conjunction with the Independent Games Festival Awards (IGF).
  • The ceremony is available to watch in-person for all GDC 2023 pass-holders as well as livestreamed on the official GDC Twitch channel .
  • Mabel Addis is recognized as the first female game designer, but that title alone does not convey the breadth of her pioneering work.

Elden Ring, Stray, God of War Ragnarök, and Pentiment Lead Finalists for the 23rd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards

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Thursday, January 26, 2023
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The finalists for the 23rd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards , the leading peer-based video game event celebrating the industry’s top games and developers, have been revealed.

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  • The finalists for the 23rd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards , the leading peer-based video game event celebrating the industry’s top games and developers, have been revealed.
  • Winners in all categories will be honored at the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) ceremony, taking place at the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC) on Wednesday, March 22 and held in conjunction with the Independent Games Festival Awards (IGF).
  • Any video game that was released and made publicly available during the 2022 calendar year is eligible for free nomination for the 2023 Game Developers Choice Awards.
  • As in years past, the Game Developers Choice Awards will be live-streamed alongside the Independent Games Festival Awards on the official GDC Twitch channel .