Having trouble viewing this email? Check the web version                                                      Follow us on:    January 24, 2013 Register by February 13 to save close to 30% on your GDC conference pass! Registering a group of ten or more? Contact Gillian Crowley to save an additional 10% off the total registration cost of your group.   Decide which pass best suits you   Start the registration process now New Design and Programming Sessions New sessions are being added daily to the GDC Main Conference lineup. Here are the newest Design and Programming talks. DESIGN The 5 Key Plot Points to Creating a Story Matthew Luhn (Pixar Animation Studios) Designing Grand Strategy: Making the Mechanics of Total War James Russell (Creative Assembly) PROGRAMMING Next Generation Character Rendering Jorge Jimenez (Activision Blizzard)   View all current sessions Summit Spotlight: Free To Play Business & Marketing The free-to-play (F2P) model has revolutionized the games industry, from social games, to hardcore MMOs, to open Web and mobile games in general. The Free To Play Business & Marketing Summit brings together experts to discuss the current and future best practices of this business model. FREE TO PLAY BUSINESS & MARKETING Why Won't FarmVille Go Away? Mike Perry (Zynga) and Abhinav Agrawal (Zynga) How to Lie with Analytics Nick Ross (TinyCo)   View all current Summit sessions IGF Student Competition Finalists Announced Student finalists for the 15th annual Independent Festival (IGF) Awards have been announced: ATUM (NHTV IGAD), Back to Bed (Danish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment), Blackwell's Asylum (Danish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment), Farsh (NHTV IGAD), Knights of Pen & Paper (IESB - Instituto de Ensino Superior de Brasilia & UnB - Universidade de Brasilia), the mindfulxp volume (Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center), Pulse (Vancouver Film School), and Zineth (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). Student finalist games will be showcased onsite at GDC13 at the IGF Pavilion. The best student game will be announced live during the IGF Awards ceremony on Wednesday, March 27 at 6:30pm.   See the full list of IGF finalists GDC Play Adds 'Best in Play' Awards With the return of the popular GDC Play comes the introduction of Best in Play, an awards showcase naming the top eight GDC Play games as Best in Play winners. Participating in GDC Play? Don't forget to register your game for Best in Play here.   Learn more about GDC Best in Play Make Connections with GDC Business Matchmaking GDC Business Matchmaking allows exhibitors and All Access Pass holders the ability to schedule in-person, on-site meetings at GDC. Plan your business opportunities ahead of time! All Access Pass holders, register here to start scheduling and receiving meeting requests.   Learn more about GDC Business Matchmaking ADVERTISEMENTS EDGE Edge is the world's most respected multi-format videogame magazine, delivering incisive, intelligent writing and stunning designs with extensive news, interviews and preview sections. Edge is now fully interactive on iPad. Enhanced with animation, video, galleries and exclusive extra content. Try the FREE SAMPLER now! Search "Edge" in the App Store. edge-online.com CONTROL MAGAZINE Control Magazine is the leading Dutch publication on game development. With a readership exceeding 3,000 professionals and relevant students, the magazine is a pivotal platform for news, information, opinion and job opportunities within the game industry. control-online.nl KEY PLAYERS Key Players is the biggest classified directory of the German games industry, providing important insights into the German games market. 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