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UBM Game Network's 2016 Game Developers Conference, the world's largest and longest-running event serving professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games has set a record for event attendance, with more than 27,000 game industry professionals at last week's conference in San Francisco'sMoscone Center.

This year, UBM Game Network also debuted the 2016 Virtual Reality Developers Conference, an event dedicated to the creation of new video games, entertainment and technology around virtual and augmented reality, which was held alongside GDC.

The organizers have announced that GDC will return to the Moscone Center in San Francisco from Monday, February 27 to Friday, March 3, 2017, and will see the return of VRDC. Call for submissions for both GDC and VRDC will open this summer.

Sam Barlow's Her Story took home the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game and $30,000 at the 18th annual Independent Games Festival Awards tonight, hosted by the 2016 Game Developers Conference at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

In addition to the grand prize, Her Story also received the top honor for Excellence in Narrative. Her Story is an interactive crime fiction game, which engages players in a riveting murder investigation by cleverly combining taped confessions and a simple computer interface.

The night's other award recipients include Excellence in Design winner Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes from developer Steel Crate Games, which is an exhilarating race against the clock that challenges a single player to survive in a room with a ticking time bomb using the guidance of surrounding friends and teammates who have the manual to defuse it.

As the game industry gathers for the Game Developers Conference next week, organizers want to quickly remind attendees that annual game industry fundraising gala, Nite to Unite is being held alongside GDC -- and GDC passholders are eligible to buy tickets at a discount rate!

This year Nite to Unite is being hosted next Tuesday evening, March 15th at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco by the ESA Foundation.

The ESA Foundation, of course, is a charitable arm of the video game industry, awarding scholarships to women and minorities pursuing degrees related to the industry as well as making grants to non-profit organizations that use video game technology in the furtherance of their mission.

[The 30th edition of GDC is taking place next week, so GM of GDC events and all-around Boss Lady Meggan Scavio is here to highlight the official code of conduct for GDC and all of its related events.]

With the 30th edition of GDC just around the corner, there is no better time to remind everyone of a set of rules we have established for the event. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the GDC Code of Conduct, now in its fourth year, as these rules will be strictly enforced.

Our intention is for GDC to be a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for all regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, or religion.

We will not tolerate behavior that suggests otherwise.

The 2016 Game Developers Conference is next week, and today show organizers want to let you know about the brave developers who will be participating in the all-new GDC Pitch event at GDC Play this year.

The perennially popular GDC Play will once again showcase some of the most interesting emerging/independent developers and their games, and the new GDC Pitch part will help select GDC Play exhibitors hone their pitching skills in front of a panel of expert judges -- as well as a live audience! 

GDC Pitch will be hosted by Jason Della Rocca of investment platform Execution Labs next Wednesday and Thursday, March 16th and 17th, during GDC 2016. The 10 selected teams (listed below) will each be offered pitch prep and training, then get 5 minutes to pitch, followed by questions, advice, and feedback from the judges.

Get ready: The Game Developers Conference kicks off next week in San Francisco, and organizers are eager to let you know about all the great sessions, bootcamps, roundtables, interactive spaces and cool events that will be available for you to check out during the week-long show!

There's still time to buy a ticket, too -- online registration for GDC 2016 will remain open through this Wednesday, March 9th at 11:59 PM Pacific, and you can even buy a pass at the door if you like. 

This will be the 30th edition of the Game Developers Conference, and organizers are celebrating the momentous occasion in a variety of ways -- including putting together a beautiful infographic (teaser below!) that will give you a quick overview of 30 great things to see and do at the 30th GDC. 

Good news, game makers: The 2016 Game Developers Conference organizers have announced the eight winners of the Best in Play award program for exhibitors in the three-day GDC Play 2016 event, which allows emerging developers to show their games at GDC.

For the Best in Play award program, all GDC Play exhibitors were judged on their in-development or complete games by a panel of veteran GDC organizers. All Best in Play award winners (listed below) will receive 2 All Access Passes to the 2017 Game Developers Conference.

Winners for Best in Play will also receive special designations (think: booth badges) to display at GDC 2016, where their games will be playable by all GDC attendees. If you're a GDC All-Access Pass holder, you can directly contact all GDC Play exhibitors via the GDC Play Matchmaking Software.

All of these games will be available to play in the GDC Play onsite exhibit this year at GDC Play 2016. The GDC Play exhibit will be open Wednesday through Friday, March 16th-18th, and will occupy a prominent spot on the lower level of the North Hall of the Moscone Convention Center.