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GDC 2011 Adds Cave Story Creator, Limbo, Crawford Talks
GDC 2011 Adds Cave Story Creator, Limbo, Crawford Talks
Organizers of GDC 2011 are highlighting a first-ever public lecture from Cave Story creator Pixel, plus talks on Playdead's acclaimed Limbo and Chris Crawford on gaming's 'days of yore'.
Feb. 3, 2011
GDC Panel Info Hints At Open PlayStation Move Development On PCs
GDC Panel Info Hints At Open PlayStation Move Development On PCs
Sony could be working on a new project that opens up software development for its PlayStation Move controller to PC-based tinkerers, according to a Game Developers Conference 2011 session description.
Jan. 31, 2011
Two-Day Scrum Development Course To Run Alongside GDC 2011
Two-Day Scrum Development Course To Run Alongside GDC 2011
Organizers of GDC 2011 have announced an affiliated two-day crash course for Scrum development on Feb 28th and March 1st, led by Clinton Keith, author of "Agile Game Development With Scrum."
Jan. 31, 2011
GDC 2011 Adds WoW: Cataclysm, Game Design Challenge, Heavy Rain Talks
GDC 2011 Adds WoW: Cataclysm, Game Design Challenge, Heavy Rain Talks
GDC 2011 has added a new Blizzard talk on the making of World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the all-star competitors for the Game Design Challenge, and David Cage lecturing on Heavy Rain's 'emotional rollercoaster'.
Jan. 28, 2011
GDC 2011 Social & Online Games Summit Debuts Google TV, Playfish, Playdom Talks
GDC 2011 Social & Online Games Summit Debuts Google TV, Playfish, Playdom Talks
GDC 2011 organizers have debuted the full Social & Online Games Summit line-up, including talks from Google on Google TV, plus major talks from leading firms like Playfish, Bigpoint, Zynga, and Playdom.
Jan. 26, 2011
Indie Fund Selects First Three Funding Recipients, To Be Revealed At GDC
Indie Fund Selects First Three Funding Recipients, To Be Revealed At GDC
Independent game funding collective Indie Fund has chosen its first three recipients, to be revealed at an Independent Games Summit panel during GDC 2011 this Feb/March.
Jan. 25, 2011
GDC 2011 Reminds On Jan. 24th Early Registration Deadline
GDC 2011 Reminds On Jan. 24th Early Registration Deadline
Organizers of Game Developers Conference 2011 are reminding that the deadline for reduced-price early registration to the upcoming 25th GDC event in San Francisco i
Jan. 24, 2011
The 'GDC 25' Chronicles: An Audio Avalanche
The 'GDC 25' Chronicles: An Audio Avalanche
Continuing his 'GDC 25' archival research, historian Jason Scott unearths and digitizes late '90s audio talks on the Chinese game market, adapting games, game engineering discipline and makin
Jan. 21, 2011
GDC 2011 Adds Major Nintendo 3DS, Bleszinski, Donkey Kong Country Returns Talks
GDC 2011 Adds Major Nintendo 3DS, Bleszinski, Donkey Kong Country Returns Talks
Organizers of GDC 2011 have revealed lectures from Nintendo 3DS producer Hideki Konno on the handheld's development and a Donkey Kong Country Returns postmortem, plus a rare design lecture from Epic's Cliff Blesz
Jan. 18, 2011
GDC 2011's Indie Games Summit Adds Talks From Monaco, Retro City Rampage Creators
GDC 2011's Indie Games Summit Adds Talks From Monaco, Retro City Rampage Creators
This year's Independent Games Summit at GDC has added talks from Monaco's Andy Schatz and Retro City Rampage's Brian Provinciano to an existing line-up including Spelunky, Drop7
Jan. 17, 2011
The 'GDC 25' Chronicles: No Longer An Issue
The 'GDC 25' Chronicles: No Longer An Issue
In his latest archival trawl ahead of GDC 25, official GDC historian Jason Scott goes back to the '90s to unearth audio of classic lectures on coin-ops, modem play and game p
Jan. 14, 2011
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata To Keynote GDC 2011
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata To Keynote GDC 2011
Organizers have revealed that Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, will keynote this March's 2011 Game Developers Conference, discussing the last 25 years of Nintendo games and the future of the biz.
Jan. 11, 2011