GDC Europe Highlights Revealed

July 13, 2011

The 2011 Game Developers Conference Europe will feature independent game developers, social games leaders Playdom and Zynga, and major development studios including BioWare, Epic Games and Quantic Dream when it returns to the Congress-Centrum Ost Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany August 15-17, 2011.

GDC Europe promises over 100 sessions on game development across its full roster, including the five tracks of business & marketing, game design, production, programming and visual arts. This year, the conference also introduces four summits, each focusing on a specific sector: Social Games Summit, the Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit, the Independent Games Summit, and the Community Management Summit.

Highlights of the GDC Europe 2011 schedule include:

 

  • Video game veteran Mark Cerny on the shifting landscape of the video game world, how past industry upheavals have impacted the creative process, and his take on its future


  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's Developer Relations Manager George Bain discussing business opportunities on the highly-anticipated handheld, the PlayStation Vita


  • GameStop's General Manager of Digital Steve Nix unveiling the leading game retailer's digital strategy


  • Digi-Capital's Tim Merel delivering an overview of the games market from an M&A point of view


  • Social gaming leader Zynga's SVP of Product Development Mark Skaggs illuminating the company's design frameworks for creating games such as FarmVille and CityVille


  • Quantic Dream's co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere making a case for why game rating systems must change


  • thatgamecompany's president and co-founder Kellee Santiago on lessons learned from developing PSN hits fl0w, Flower and Journey, and best practices for making innovative games


  • Playdom VP and Executive Producer Gordon Walton raising a call-to-arms for a professional society of community management to support the growth of online communities.


  • Vatra Design Director Brian Gomez on Silent Hill: Past, Present & Future


  • Braid creator Jonathan Blow enlightening attendees on how games can reveal universal truths


Early registration for GDC Europe ends Wednesday, July 20. Find out more at ww.gdceurope.com.

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RedMage: The cover art thing points to an industry trend of only wanting to appeal to teen boys despite the talk of "broadening the appealz"06/19/2013 - 6:17pm
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IanC: Bet EA are pissed.06/19/2013 - 5:17pm
Andrew Eisen: Ah, James is just a little quicker on the keyboard than I!06/19/2013 - 5:07pm
Craig R.: Too little, too late.06/19/2013 - 4:52pm
DorthLous: PWAHAHAHAH, the MS spinning sound woke me up :)06/19/2013 - 4:27pm
Andrew Eisen: Microsoft's new console shall now be known as the Xbox One-Eighty.06/19/2013 - 4:17pm
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MaskedPixelante: So Andrew... is there going to be a new poll now? I mean, the one about the XBO DRM is kinda no longer relevant.06/19/2013 - 4:13pm
Andrew Eisen: In light of Xbox One's furious backpeddling on its DRM policies, I'm closing the poll for now. I'll probably write a new one later today or tomorrow.06/19/2013 - 4:11pm
IanC: Found three people whining about this so far. Saying that its because of cheapasses and that its going to be horrible online now. W T and indeed F.06/19/2013 - 4:09pm
Andrew Eisen: Technogeek - I agree but: "After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again." Why do I need to connect online to set up a system I'm not going to use online?06/19/2013 - 4:07pm
Technogeek: @Andrew Eisen: I can't really see any other possible use for the one-time setup given the listed changes.06/19/2013 - 3:58pm
PHX Corp: http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update it's available as of now06/19/2013 - 3:49pm
MaskedPixelante: Backpedal! Backpedal like the wind!06/19/2013 - 3:47pm
Andrew Eisen: Here's a telling bit: the page with the updates to the DRM? Yeah, it's down right now. And MS wonders why this "online check" stuff irks us so much.06/19/2013 - 3:40pm
Imautobot: Damage is done, I am not going to give them another chance.06/19/2013 - 3:38pm
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