GDC is coming back for the summer from August 4 to August 6 as a virtual event.
GDC is coming back for the summer from August 4 to August 6 as a virtual event.
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GDC Summer offers 112 virtual sessions for 7,500 attendees

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Game Developers Conference got derailed as a physical event in March because of the pandemic, but the virtual version will happen over the next three days with 112 sessions for 7,500 attendees. The GDC Summer event runs from August 4 to August 6, starting at 6 a.m. Pacific time to accommodate international attendees.

These sessions revolve around themes such as the pandemic’s impact on the game industry, diversity and inclusion issues that have roiled the business, and conversations with leaders such as Blizzard’s Rod Fergusson, said GDC general manager Katie Stern in an interview with GamesBeat.

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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.