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GDC 2011: Gamasutra Offering In-Depth Coverage Of 25th GDC
GDC 2011: Gamasutra Offering In-Depth Coverage Of 25th GDC
Gamasutra editors have established a special GDC 2011 hub page for their in-depth coverage of at the historic 25th Game Developers Conference, taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco this week.
Feb. 28, 2011
GDC 2011: Scaleform Rolls Out GFx 4.0 UI Tool
GDC 2011: Scaleform Rolls Out GFx 4.0 UI Tool
Scaleform announced the release of GFx 4.0, its open and extensible Flash-based user interface/multimedia product, which introduces features like Flash10.1/AS3 support and a new mult-threaded rendering engine.
Feb. 28, 2011
GDC 2011 Reminds On Pre-Registration, Highlights Final Lectures
GDC 2011 Reminds On Pre-Registration, Highlights Final Lectures
GDC 2011 organizers are reminding that reduced-price online registration for next week's San Francisco show is only available until Sunday, also highlighting late-breaking Bungie, EA, Zynga talks.
Feb. 25, 2011
Epic Showing Unreal Engine 3's Next Version Behind Closed Doors At GDC
Epic Showing Unreal Engine 3's Next Version Behind Closed Doors At GDC
Cary, NC-based Gears of War developer Epic Games said it will be showing the latest version of its Unreal Engine 3 tech behind closed doors at next week's Game Developers Conference.
Feb. 23, 2011
GDC 2011 Details Poster Sessions, EGS Speakers, 'Social Devs Rant Back'
GDC 2011 Details Poster Sessions, EGS Speakers, 'Social Devs Rant Back'
GDC 2011 organizers are detailing specifics for next week's SF-based show, including the return of 'Poster Sessions', the speaker line-up for Experimental Gameplay Sessions and the 'Social Devs Rant Back' talk.
Feb. 23, 2011
FMOD Studio To Be Unveiled at GDC 2011
FMOD Studio To Be Unveiled at GDC 2011
Firelight Technologies is set to unveil its latest FMOD audio tools, called FMOD Studio, at this year's Game Developers Conference, with the tools set to set to provide a number of advantages for game audio designers.
Feb. 22, 2011
Game Advertising Online Expands To 60 Million Monthly Uniques
Game Advertising Online Expands To 60 Million Monthly Uniques
Gamasutra sister company Game Advertising Online has announced it's reached 60 million monthly unique viewers, and will be available for advertiser/publisher meetings at next week's GDC 2011.
Feb. 21, 2011
GDC 2011 Details Serious Games Summit's Health Day Talks
GDC 2011 Details Serious Games Summit's Health Day Talks
GDC 2011 organizers are focusing on health and games for a one-day Serious Games Summit segment -- including talks on WoW's 'blood plague' and nightmare protection through games.
Feb. 18, 2011
GDC 2011 Debuts Sony NGP Lecture, Microtalks, Fergusson On Gears Of War
GDC 2011 Debuts Sony NGP Lecture, Microtalks, Fergusson On Gears Of War
GDC 2011 organizers have revealed a first-ever Sony lecture on its NGP handheld, also debuting a GDC Microtalks line-up including David Jaffe and Epic's Rod Fergusson on producing the Gears Of War trilogy.
Feb. 16, 2011
GDC 2011 Highlights O'Donnell, Shanda, Moriarty Talks, Expands Capacity
GDC 2011 Highlights O'Donnell, Shanda, Moriarty Talks, Expands Capacity
GDC 2011 organizers are highlighting key talks from Bungie's Marty O'Donnell, Shanda CEO Alan Tan, and Loom creator Brian Moriarty, also revealing an expansion into Moscone West for this year's show.
Feb. 14, 2011
Game Developers Choice Awards Honor Yu Suzuki, Brengle/MacKenzie
Game Developers Choice Awards Honor Yu Suzuki, Brengle/MacKenzie
The Game Developers Choice Awards have revealed Sega legend Yu Suzuki -- also giving a special GDC 2011 lecture -- as Pioneer Award winner, and GDC CA managers Tim Brengle and Ian MacKenzie as Ambassadors.
Feb. 11, 2011
The 'GDC 25' Chronicles: The Best Kind of Drudgery
The 'GDC 25' Chronicles: The Best Kind of Drudgery
Continuing his 'GDC 25' archival research, Jason Scott debuts newly digitized audio from multiple years of the show, from an American McGee's Alice postmortem through the Messiah Engin
Feb. 7, 2011