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Please welcome 6 new members to the Advisory Board for GDC 2020!
Please welcome 6 new members to the Advisory Board for GDC 2020!
Game industry experts Kimberly Voll, M.E. Chung, Grant Shonkwiler, Elan Ruskin, Sean Vanaman, and Eve Crevoshay join the illustrious GDC Advisory Board to help make GDC 2020 the best show yet!
July 18, 2019
GDC 2020 opens call for 'Core Concepts' submissions!
GDC 2020 opens call for 'Core Concepts' submissions!
Are you doing great work in game dev? Answer the GDC 2020 call for submissions to present lectures, panels & roundtables in the rebranded 'Core' line of talks, now open through Thursday, August 15th!
July 16, 2019
Thanks for helping to make GDC 2019 a more sustainable show!
Thanks for helping to make GDC 2019 a more sustainable show!
Now that GDC 2019 is in the books, organizers want to shout out everyone who helped make this premier conference a more sustainable event by participating in on-site sustainability efforts.
April 25, 2019
These are Gamasutra's favorite slides from GDC 2019
These are Gamasutra's favorite slides from GDC 2019
The Gamasutra editorial team shares their favorite photos of slides from different GDC 2019 talks.
April 2, 2019
Valve walks through the dev-focused features headed to Steam in 2019
Valve walks through the dev-focused features headed to Steam in 2019
A video of Valve's Steam Business Update from GDC gives developers a way to hear more details about updates and improvements announced for the platform last month.
April 1, 2019
Why 11 Bit Studios endeavors to put emotion and meaning first in game dev
Why 11 Bit Studios endeavors to put emotion and meaning first in game dev
"We didn't want to do this hard mentally tiring game [...] so we thought hey maybe we’ll do some 'gamer's game' with a cool idea and cool gameplay. But at the end it just sucked.”
March 29, 2019
GDC 2019, as told through livetweets
GDC 2019, as told through livetweets
Here are some high-quality livetweets of GDC 2019 that may help you learn more about the game-making process.
March 27, 2019
Knocking down design pillars was key to making Destiny 2's Gambit mode really shine
Knocking down design pillars was key to making Destiny 2's Gambit mode really shine
"We realized that the answer to our problem had been hidden in the game all along and we just hadn’t played with it enough."
March 25, 2019
Dead Cells has passed 1 million sales, and Switch leads the way on consoles
Dead Cells has passed 1 million sales, and Switch leads the way on consoles
Acclaimed roguelike-metroidvania Dead Cells has surpassed 1 million sales, according to developer Motion Twin.
March 25, 2019
GDC celebrates record-breaking attendance and locks in 2020 dates!
GDC celebrates record-breaking attendance and locks in 2020 dates!
After a record-breaking 29,000 attendees enjoyed GDC last week, organizers are excited to confirm the show will return March 16-20 of next year, with the call for submissions opening this summer!
March 25, 2019
Catch up on Gamasutra's extensive GDC 2019 coverage!
Catch up on Gamasutra's extensive GDC 2019 coverage!
GDC 2019 may be in the books, but you can catch Gamasutra's coverage from last week right here, from details on Google Stadia to brilliant talks on game design to interviews from game industry luminaries plus all the news you can use.
March 25, 2019
Devil May Cry 5 has sold 2 million copies in first two weeks
Devil May Cry 5 has sold 2 million copies in first two weeks
Capcom's stylish action effort Devil May Cry 5 has sold 2 million copies in two weeks, according to game director Hideaki Itsuno.
March 22, 2019