Last week during GDC 2024, two different award ceremonies took place with the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) and the Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards. First off, the GDCA picked up where others had left off, giving Baldur's Gate 3 their Game of the Year award, as well as a few other accolades, with The […]
Ahead of GDC 2024, The Mix and Kinda Funny teamed up to present everyone with the Spring Game Showcase 2024. As you might suspect, this is an almost two-hour presentation, where they relentlessly bombarded us with over 60 trailers, showing all kinds of new indie games on the way. Since this has become the norm, […]
Google will be a part of GDC 2024 this year, and as such, they are bringing back their Google For Games Developer Summit with some new additions to the mix. Among the areas that will be covered by the company will be Google Play and Ads, as they will discuss with developers how they can […]
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) has released its 2024 State of the Game Industry Survey, and it is a grim report coming from those who took it. The biggest reports coming back from the survey focus ont he fact that the industry has pushed massive layoffs (some of which appear to have been unnecessary) and […]
Organizers behind the Game Developers Choice Awards have officially revealed the finalists for their 24th Annual event, taking place during GDC 2024. As it has been for a while now, these will honor achievements in gaming from the previous year, with the event happening on March 20th in San Francisco. GDC attendees can be a […]
The Game Developers Choice Awards revealed two of their 2023 winners ahead of time today for the Pioneer and Lifetime Achievement Awards. The 23rd annual ceremony happening during GDC 2023 in San Francisco will be honoring Mabel Addis, who is recognized as the first female game designer, as she will posthumously receive the Pioneer Award. […]
Organizers behind the 2023 Game Developers Choice Awards have revealed their full list of nominees for this year's awards show. The nominees are picked by game developers from across the industry as they attempt to highlight the best the industry had to offer over the previous calendar year. Leading the nominations are Elden Ring and […]
Arcade1Up has revealed a brand new board game for their Infinity Game Table as they're releasing Batman Monopoly. The table was released last Fall and it came with a bevy of games that were both familiar and new, as well as being interactive and innovative as a fully automated touch game table. But we were […]
In a brilliant strategy designed for DGC, a video game developer has released a weed strain to help promote their game. The game is The Lost & The Wicked, which if you haven't seen it yet is a twin-stick psycho-thriller title created by developers Isaac Torres, Zack Kennedy, and Andrew Diatroptoff. As part of the […]
GDC 2022 revealed they have several panels on the way next month that centers around the recent release of Horizon Forbidden West. The even has seven different panels that you'll be able to attend during the event, which is set to run from March 21st-25th in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. However, like a […]
The Game Developers Choice Awards have revealed two new recipients for special awards to be given out during the 2022 ceremony. The first of the two names for the 22nd annual event will be Steven Spohn, who has been the Senior Director of Development of the AbleGamers charity, as he will receive the Ambassador Award. […]
The lineup for GDC 2022 is getting filled up with more content as it was revealed today that Wordle will be on the bill as well. The game has taken on a life of its own, even after being purchased by the New York Times and the dread that the organization will end up ruining […]
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is slowly revealing some of the activities coming to the event, including new talks from Supercell. The studio has signed up to give two special in-depth looks into games they have on the way. The first one will have them exploring the creation and expansion of the Clash universe, while […]
The organizers behind the Game Developers Conference will be giving it another shot in August with an in-person event called GDC Summer. After the coronavirus nixed plans in March, which should be happening as of when we're writing this article, the convention said they'd look ahead to see what they could do. Now we know […]
GDC 2020 may be postponed as an event, but organizers have decided they will continue to run some of the plans strictly online. The organization will provide free streaming content from March 16th-20 between 9am-5pm each day, featuring many of the original speakers who would have been at the event in person. This includes the […]
So in the wake of GDC 2020 being canceled, something many of us don't see is the financial aftermath that takes place on indie developers. While bigger companies like Facebook, Sony, and Electronic Arts can blow off their travel plans like its nothing and maybe even get their money back from organizers, it's the smaller […]
This afternoon, after several cancelations and pullouts, GDC 2020 has officially been postponed and will not take place this March. Organizers issued the statement below to all media outlets, merchants, vendors, attendees, and more to let them know the details. While not specifically mentioned in the information below, it's clear having multiple companies pull from […]
Microsoft has become the latest company to announce they've pulled out of GDC 2020 over concerns regarding the coronavirus. We apologize if this is starting to sound like a broken record, but the company issued a statement (which we have a bit of it for you below) stating their decision. They will be going to a […]
The latest company to pull out of GDC 2020 this week is Electronic Arts as they've cited the coronavirus as their main reason. Word got out from the company, not by any official channels, but through a LinkedIn update. The update in question came from Alex Sherer, who is an Ad Product Development Specialist at […]
Continuing the trend of companies bailing from conventions due to the coronavirus, Kojima Productions has pulled out of GDC 2020. The company posted a notice on its website informing attendees of the tough decision they had to make this year. The statement was pretty brief, but it confirms Hideo Kojima will not be in attendance. […]
