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GDC 2025 event will celebrate how games connect the world

Informa unveiled details of the 39th edition of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) that will take place from March17 to to March 21 in San Francisco.

Ashley Corrigan, conference manager and head of content for GDC, said in an interview with GamesBeat that the theme of GDC 2025 will be connecting the world, with a focus on the global impact of the game industry. GDC released its annual developer survey today as well.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.