International Game Developers Conference Game Developers Conference in 2012 set a new attendance record. This was reported in the press release published on the official website of the event.
In 2012, GDC 2012 visited 22,500 people. At GDC 2011 the number of visitors reached 18,500 people. Thus, an increase of about 17%. Also, the exhibition was attended by more than 300 developers and sponsors, which also outperforming 2011.
"The continued growth of the conference is an excellent indicator of a stable state of the gaming industry - said general manager Megan GDC Savio (Meggan Scavio). - We provide for the platform on which the creators of the game can chat, show your project, make deals, share their experiences and lectures" . Management activities also confirmed the date of the exhibition next year. GDC 2013 will be held in San Francisco from 25 to 29 March 2013.
Exhibition Game Developers Conference 2012 was held in San Francisco from 5 to 9 March 2012. It occurred announcements SimCity (2013), Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Bloodforge , the new engine Unreal Engine and Havok. Also at the event with lectures were well-known game designers Sid Meier, Cliff Bleszinski, Will Wright, David Cage, Warren Spector and others.
Game Developers Conference - an annual exhibition for the gaming industry workers.It was first held in 1988 under the name of Computer Game Developers Conference, but in 1999 was renamed the Game Developers Conference. Unlike entertainment exhibitions Electonic Entertainment Expo and GamesCom, GDC is primarily intended for developers, not users. During the event, held educational lectures from leading industry people, project presentations from beginners independent studios, roundtables on game design, programming, audio and others.
