Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment GDC Festival of Gaming slashes ticket prices by 45% for 2026 and will embrace partners Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 23, 2025 8 min It’s official. The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is changing to become GDC Festival of Gaming. It’s no secret that GDC 2025 was not the... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment GDC: Festival of Games drops more clues for its 2026 event Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 29, 2025 1 min The Game Developers Conference dropped another clue that it is shaking things up when it comes to its 2026 event on March 9 to... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin DevelopmentGaming Culture GDC will upend its conference with its new Festival of Games Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 24, 2025 3 min The Game Developers Conference will make a big change to its 2026 event, positioning it as a low-cost GDC Festival of Games instead of... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Are game devs jumping on the AI train? | Google Cloud’s Jack Buser interview Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 27, 2025 14 min Is the tide turning in favor of AI in games? This is exclusive GB MAX content. Members get full transcripts, in-depth analysis, and access... Continue Reading 14 min
Categories Posted inin Development ESA launches a major accessibility initiative at GDC Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 20, 2025 6 min The Entertainment Software Association introduced the Accessible Games Initiative to provideplayers with information about accessibility features in video games. Founding members Electronic Arts, Google,... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Development Samsung offers 80/20 revenue share for games on the Galaxy Store Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 13, 2025 4 min Samsung Electronics announced that it will share 80% of revenues and keep 20% for itself for games on the Samsung Galaxy Store. The big... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Development GDC 2025 preview — with 700 sessions and perhaps 30,000 attendees Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 13, 2025 13 min The Game Developers Conference 2025 will feature more than 700 or so speaker sessions and could draw as many as 30,000 attendees, according to... Continue Reading 13 min
Categories Posted inin Business Ovomind will show its Gen AI game tech that detects gamer reactions at GDC Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 25, 2025 3 min Ovomind, an AI and “affective computing” startup, plans to show off the first iteration of its generative AI gaming solution at the Game Developers... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat Crossfire Lounge: Don’t miss game industry leaders going head-to-head on hot-button issues Posted byby GamesBeat February 12, 2025 2 min The 39th annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) is coming up quick in San Francisco, March 17 to March 21, and around the corner, GamesBeat... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology GDC survey reveals a rocky year of layoffs and AI skepticism for game developers Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 21, 2025 9 min The 2025 GDC survey revealed the impact of industry-wide layoffs in 2024 where one of every 11 game developers lost a job. It also... Continue Reading 9 min