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GDC Europe to take place between August 16-18
Its been announced that GDC Europe will run from August 16-18 in Cologne. Once again, the event takes place alongside GamesCom, which will run from August 18-22. “GDC Europe plans to offer attendees and participants outstanding new opportunities to learn and network,” said Frank Silaka, Event Director of GDC Europe. “This includes three major updates that will be added to… Read more
Playstation Arc to make an appearence at GDC
ThinkServices has confirmed it’s showing PlayStation Arc at GDC in three weeks. The session, which will be an hour long, is called “Introducing the PlayStation 3 Motion Controller”, which will take place on Thursday March 11 at 3:00pm PST (11:00pm GMT) and ends at 4:00pm PST (Midnight PST). The speakers at the session will be Platform Research Manager for SCEA… Read more
The Secret World to be shown at GDC, first in-game footage released
Funcom has released a video, showing the first bit of in-game footage for The Secret World. Over on YouTube, you can check out one the towns in the MMO, Kingsmouth, where horrific and nasty things have happened. “There are darker and far more terrifying things in Kingsmouth than the walking dead,” said the game’s director, Ragnar Tornquist. “The video simply… Read more
The Game Developers Choice Awards Nominations: Uncharted 2 Gets Seven GDC Nods
The Game Developers Choice awards nominations have been announced, with Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leading the way with seven. The Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Naughty Dog shooter is up for Best Game Design, Best Innovation and the main Game of the Year award alongside Batman: Arkahm Asylum, Assassin’s Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins and Demon Souls. Flower has the second… Read more
Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2010
At the E3 convention in Los Angeles last week I got to see a lot of what the video game industry has to offer in the coming year. Hands down, the best technology I saw at the show came from Microsoft in the form of Project Natal, the company’s motion-sensing system which detects your body movements and relegates the handheld… Read more
Naughty Dog and Double Fine to present at GDC 2010
Game Developers Conference organizers announced today that Naughty Dog and Double Fine will both provide presentations at GDC 2010. Five different lectures pertaining to Uncharted 2 and its production will be given by Naughty Dog at the conference, one by director Bruce Straley and co-lead designer Neil Druckmann discussing story and gameplay integration, and the second known presentation will be… Read more
GDC Austin 2009 success & GDC Austin 2010 event confirmed
GDC Austin 2009 has been declared a success with 2,650 attending, 130 lectures, panels, keynotes, and roundtable discussions, presented by 230 industry speakers with 80 participating exhibitors and sponsors. The event’s organizers have also confirmed that it will be back for the eighth consecutive year in 2010. “GDC Austin was a success both in terms of the turnout and the… Read more
Female Video gamers increased in 2009
NPD figures released today have shown that the amount of female “Console Gamers” in the US has risen 5 percent in the past year, up from 23 percent to 28 percent. The rise in Wii use was attributed for the lift. “Last year was one of the most transformative in history in terms of defining the audience for gaming, said… Read more
