Organizers of the 20th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the premier accolades for peer recognition celebrating the industry’s top games, studios and developers, have revealed that Kate Edwards, former head of the International Game Developers Association and current Global Game Jam executive director, will receive the Ambassador Award for helping video games advance to a[…..] […]
The winners of the latest DXR Spotlight contest have been selected. The contest invited game developers and content creators to build tech demos in Unreal Engine 4.23, featuring Microsoft DirectX 12 and DirectX Raytracing. Dozens of participants submitted entries for a shot at the grand prize: an NVIDIA RTX GPU. Ray Tracing: the Future of[…..] […]
Game design can be used to explore and convey a whole spectrum of human experience, and next year a team of experienced developers will assemble at GDC 2020 to share new insights on how games deal with themes of love and sex. In “Sexy Microtalks: Designing Sex and Emotions”, a special Advocacy track session, this[…..] […]
As you settle in for the winter and look to the year ahead, know that Game Developers Conference organizers have been working hard all year to line up some exciting, insightful content for GDC 2020 in San Francisco this March! That includes a boatload of practical, technical talks from industry experts, including a great Programming[…..] […]
Deadlines coming soon: Nominate your colleagues for the ACM SIGGRAPH awards for researchers, practitioners, artists, and educators. Nominate your colleagues for the ACM SIGGRAPH awards for researchers, practitioners, artists, and educators. Nominations/submissions for each award category must be finalized by the deadline date (coming soon) to be considered for 2020. The nine SIGGRAPH awards are:[…..] […]
14 Hong Kong ACG ( Animation, Comic and Games ) companies with high market potential, creativity and originality as well as outstanding design and artistic quality are participating in this 6-daytour to promote their ACG products and services via networking activities with Malaysian ACG companies through the “Hong Kong ACG Pavilion” in Comic Fiesta 2019[…..] […]
Last month, more than 4,000 women from all across Europe gathered in Amsterdam for the annual European Women in Tech (EWiT) conference. The event is the largest of its kind in Europe and encourages learning, networking, and professional development across a wide range of technological industries. This year, two of Ubisoft’s own – Vicky Lagarre,[…..] […]
The 20th Asian Television Forum and Market (ATF) was held in Singapore from December 4th to 6th. The Asian TV Forum & Market (ATF) was first held in 2000 and has been held annually at the Marina Bay Sands Exhibition and Convention Centre in Singapore since then. It is the largest TV program market in[…..] […]
The Marché du Film has decided to cease printing the Guide as part of an environmentally friendly approach. A digital version will be available for attendees leading up to the event. In 1996 the Marché du Film launched the Guide, a handy directory listing all of the companies and people attending the Marché which was[…..] […]
Hannah Flynn has overseen the marketing of successful games like Fallen London, Sunless Sea, and Sunless Skies as communications director at London-based Failbetter Games. On the latest episode of the GDC Podcast, she shared the fundamental guidelines of game marketing, particularly for smaller studios. Flynn spoke at length with Gamasutra’s Kris Graft and Alissa McAloon[…..] […]
