2010 Game Developers Conference (GDC) All-Time Record of 18,250 Video Game Industry Professionals
Category: News
30-Mar-2010
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - UBM TechWeb Game Network's 2010 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world's largest industry-only event dedicated to the advancement of interactive entertainment, has announced an all-time record of 18,250 game industry professionals attending San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center for the March 9th-13th event. Surpassing last year's total of 17,000 attendees, the event brought together experienced game developers, publishers, deal makers, industry aspirants and working press for more than 400 lectures, panels, summits, tutorials and roundtable discussions.
Offering a full five days of content, the event also hosted an Exposition floor, featuring firms in the games space alongside the Career Pavilion and associated Game Career Seminar, the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival, the 10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, Game Connection America, and more opportunities for networking, discussing business, sharing knowledge, and meeting with equally-devoted fellow developers.
Following the success of the show, organizers of the Game Developers Conference have announced that GDC 2011 will return to the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California from Monday, February 28 to Friday, March 4, 2011, with a call for lecture submissions to open this summer.
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