Industry News March 24 Inscryption becomes first game to ever win top prizes at both GDCA and IGF Awards Daniel Mullins’ indie hit Inscryption has become the top winner at GDC. It made history as the only game to ever get top prizes at both the GDCA and the IGF Awards.
Industry News March 22 GDC bans developers from Russia, canceling registrations and refunding tickets GDC has officially canceled registrations and tickets for game developers from Russia. The organizers made this decision in the interest of the conference’s attendees.
Industry News July 19, 2021 GDC 2022 to be held as physical conference The Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2021, the 35th edition of event, is launching today. It will feature over 550 virtual talks.
Industry News April 29, 2021 GDC: only 3% game developers think 30/70 revenue share is justified The Game Developers Conference (GDC) has published a new survey about the state of the video games industry. More than 3,000 developers and industry professionals shared their thoughts on the most popular platforms, revenue shares, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Industry News April 9, 2020 Registration open for GDC Summer GDC organizers have opened registration for GDC Summer that will take place August 4th through 6th in San Francisco.
Industry News April 3, 2020 GDC Relief Fundraiser concludes at $61K Gamedev.world ran a fundraising event from March 27th to April 3rd, with money going to the GDC Relief Fund. The raised money should support devs affected by the cancellation of GDC. The effort generated $61 thousand.
Industry News March 25, 2020 ? GDC 2020 talks available on Twitch and GDC Vault While GDC organizers announced that the show would be postponed until summer, some of the talks were streamed last week as part of GDC Virtual Talks. Now they are available on Twitch or via the GDC Vault for free.
Industry News March 17, 2020 Virtual GDC live on Twitch GDC is currently streaming virtual talks on Twitch that should have taken place during the offline event this week.
Industry News March 2, 2020 GDC alternatives being set up following show’s cancellation While GDC organizers offered refunds to all participants, many developers couldn’t cancel their travel plans because of non-refundable costs or time taken off work. For those stuck travelling to San Francisco, alternative events are being set up.
Industry News February 29, 2020 GDC postponed until summer Following the exodus of several notable exhibitors, the GDC organizers decided to postpone the event until the summer.
Industry News February 28, 2020 Iron Galaxy Studios pulls out of GDC and calls on GDC organizers to reconsider refund policy Iron Galaxy Studios became the latest company to cancel their participation in Game Developer Conference 2020.
Industry News February 25, 2020 EA and Kojima also pull out of GDC 2020 Facebook and Sony were not the last companies to cancel their participation in GDC 2020. The list of notable absentees has now grown to include Kojima Productions and Electronic Arts.
Industry News February 21, 2020 Coronavirus continues to disrupt video games industry: Sony and Facebook to skip GDC PlayStation and Facebook Gaming/Oculus will not be coming to GDC 2020 due to concerns related to coronavirus.
Industry News January 29, 2020 73% of devs don’t think Steam’s 30% cut is fair Steam’s revenue share model is not justified, according to the most developers. This is evidenced by the results of the GDC survey.
Industry News July 31, 2019 Submissions open for Independent Games Festival 2020 Submissions are open for the 22nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF). The entry deadline is September 30, 2019. The finalists announced in January 2020.
Marketing April 1, 2019 Steam Redesigned: Introducing New Features in 2019 GDC 2019 speakers from Valve comment on the recent and upcoming Steam features in a video posted by Steamworks Development YouTube channel.