The 25th Annual IGF Awards Seeks New Judges

By Staff | October 5, 2022

The Independent Games Festival is looking for journalists, academics, and game developers who are not submitting a game this year to be part of the judging body for the 2023 IGF Awards.

Submissions Are Now Open for the 25th Independent Games Festival Awards

By Staff | September 30, 2022

The Independent Games Festival is celebrating 25 years of incredible indie games at GDC 2023—and yours could be included!

Learn to Build Your Perfect QA Team in This Essential GDC Masterclass

By Staff | September 29, 2022

'Building Excellent Teams and Culture in Game QA' from Anthony Price will help developers, studios, and organizations have a standout QA team.

Find the Right Job or Candidate on the New Game Developer Job Board

By Staff | September 28, 2022

The new site is incredibly easy for seekers to search, view, and apply for jobs for free—while employers enjoy flexible and easy job postings, as well as intuitive dashboards and applicant tracking.

Shawn Pierre Is the New IGF Chairperson, Hear His Thoughts on the Future of Indie Games

By Beth Elderkin | September 27, 2022

Indie game developer Shawn Pierre chats with GDC about the legacy of the Independent Games Festival and advice for game devs looking to submit for the first time. Plus, we have the official submissions date for IGF 2023!

Want to Get Inside a Player's Head? This GDC Masterclass Will Show You How

By Staff | September 21, 2022

'Psychology and Game UX' from Celia Hodent will show designers, artists, programmers, and more how the human brain works and how a video game can make players feel.

Free Webinar Covers Handling a Video Game Studio Comms Crisis

By Staff | September 20, 2022

Community managers need to know how to handle any surprise—whether it's an announcement, leak, or other issue—and Game Developer Talks is here with a free webinar on September 28 about crisis comms for studios, publishers, and other game companies.

Take Your Community Manager Career to the Next Level in This GDC Masterclass

By Staff | September 13, 2022

'Community: From Manager to Director: The Evolution Will be Internalized' is a two-day Masterclass course from Stephanie Bayer, who has over 20 years experience working with companies like Disney, Insomniac, Blizzard, and CD Projekt RED.

Learn to Better Engage Players with Matchmaking and Ranking in This GDC Masterclass

By Staff | September 6, 2022

'Engagement Using Matchmaking and Ranking in Competitive Multiplayer Games' is a two-day course from Josh Menke—who's spent almost two decades designing skill, matchmaking, and ranking systems for games like 'League of Legends: Wild Rift,' 'Halo,' and 'Call of Duty.'

GDC 2023 Summits and Game Career Seminar Submissions Are Open

By Staff | September 1, 2022

The call for submissions is happening now through Friday, October 7 at 11:59pm PT. This includes everything for the GDC Summits, which run on the Monday and Tuesday of the event, as well as Friday's Game Career Seminar.

GDC 2023 Announces New Summits Advisors for Game Narrative and Visual Effects

By Staff | August 31, 2022

GDC 2023 is also getting ready to accept submissions to present lectures and panels for the Summits portion of the event, which runs on Monday and Tuesday of the conference.

Practice Makes Perfect in This Hands-on GDC Masterclass on Level Design

By Staff | August 30, 2022

Chris Totten has developed a great training tool for level designers of all skill types—as well as game designers, instructors, and students looking to grow their portfolio.

GDC 2023 Welcomes Summits Advisors on AI, UX, Advanced Graphics and Animation

By Staff | August 29, 2022

GDC 2023 is getting ready to accept submissions to present lectures and panels for the Summits portion of the event, which runs on Monday and Tuesday of the conference.

GDC 2023 Introduces New Summits Advisors and the Tabletop Summit

By Staff | August 25, 2022

The Board Game Design Summit returns for GDC 2023 as the Tabletop Summit, which will encompass everything related to board games, tabletop roleplaying games (RPGs), miniatures games, card games, dice games, and more.

Get Certified in Agile Leadership at Several Levels in These GDC Masterclass Courses

By Staff | August 24, 2022

Clinton Keith returns to GDC Masterclass with three Certified Agile Leadership for Game Development courses for leaders at all levels of a studio or game company. Each of these courses provides Certified Agile Leadership certification from the Scrum Alliance.

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