GDC 2019 drew about 29,000 people to San Francisco.
GDC 2019 drew about 29,000 people to San Francisco. In 2021, it will be online only.
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GDC spreads out its events from March to July

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Game Developers Conference will spread its events out this year, with some taking place in March as expected and its larger conference taking place in July.

Just wait until GamesBeat’s Jeff Grubb hears about this. He’ll call the Summer GDC Mess. But given the crazy year we have had and keep on having, it’s not unexpected and it’s not so messy as it might be.

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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.