Category Archives: GDC Europe 2011
Sun, Aug 21, 2011 | 21:39 BST
Gamescom 2011 hits 275,000 attendees
Koelnmesse’s announced this evening that this year’s gamescom hit 275,000 attendees in the five days the show took place.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011, GDC Europe 2012, Gamescom 2011, gamescom 2012
Tags: Koelnmesse
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 | 11:11 BST
GDC Europe 2011 attracts 2,100 attendees, returns next year
The 2011 European Games Developers Conference concluded yesterday and official figures show the three-day event attracted 2,100 game professionals representing 57 countries. In all, the conference played host to over 170 speakers and 46 exhibitors.
The show is set to return to Cologne next year, August 13-15 2012.
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Posted in: GDC 2012, GDC Europe 2011
Tags: attendance, games developers conference
Wed, Aug 17, 2011 | 00:30 BST
Vita devkits cost much less than kits for PSP and PS3
It looks as through developers interested in creating games for PS Vita won’t have to spend as much on devkits as when developing for PS3 or PSP.
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Posted in: Development, GDC Europe 2011, Sony, Vita
Tags: George Bain, Vita DevKits
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 | 23:47 BST
IGF Chairman: We have a responsibility to support indie games
Brandon Boyer, chairman of the Independent Games Festival, said today at GDC Europe that gamers have a responsibility to buy games that attempt to push the medium forward.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011, IGF 2011
Tags: Brandon Boyer, IGF, Independent Developers
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 | 23:03 BST
Amnesia: The Dark Descent sells 400,000
It was hailed as one of the scariest games in years by critics, and now it seems that fans agreed as the developers report impressive sales numbers.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011, Horror, PC, Steam
Tags: Amnesia: The Dark Descent, GDC Europe, sales, steam
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 | 17:31 BST
Silent Hill Downpour director says they’re doing fine without composer Yamaoka
Silent Hill fans were worried when the latest project lost its long-time, greatly respected composer Akira Yamaoka, but the game’s design director says that they’re getting along just fine without him.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011, Horror, Konami, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Akira Yamaoka, Brian Gomez, konami, silent hill: downpour
Fri, Aug 05, 2011 | 10:24 BST
MercurySteam CEO to give GDC Europe keynote
MercurySteam CEO Enric Alvarez is to give a keynote at GDC Europe, organisers ThinkServices has announced this morning. Alvarez will give a post-mortem of the Spanish studio’s development on Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, in which he will “share surprising and inspiring insights into how to create not one, but several AAA video game projects from a small studio in Spain.”
GDC Europe happens from August 14-16 in Cologne alongside gamescom.
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Posted in: Action, GDC Europe 2011, Konami
Tags: castlevania: Lords of shadow, Enric Alvarez, Mercurysteam
Tue, Jul 19, 2011 | 16:45 BST
Epic president Mike Capps to give GDC Europe keynote
GDC Europe organisers have announced this afternoon that Epic president Mike Capps is to give the main keynote at the event next month.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011
Tags: mike capps
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 | 02:23 BST
Quantic Dream, Jonathan Blow and Gameforge join GDC Europe 2011
GDC Europe 2011 organisers have announced three more high-profile talks for the mid-August event.
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Posted in: Development, Europe, GDC Europe 2011, Germany, Trade
Tags: Gameforge, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Jonathan Blow, Martin Nerurkar, Quiantic Dream
Thu, Jun 30, 2011 | 02:01 BST
PS Vita, Obsidian and Gamestop talks added to GDC Europe line-up
More heavy-hitting lectures have been added to the GDC Europe 2011 schedule, which is shaping up admirably.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011, RPG, Retail, Sony, Vita
Tags: gamestop, George Bain, Joshua Sawyer, obsidian, Obsidian Entertainment, Steve Nix
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 | 09:00 BST
Garriott to keynote GDC Europe
ThinkServices has announced this morning that Lord British himself, Richard Garriott, will be the keynote speaker at GDC Europe in August.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011
Tags: Lord British, Richard Garriott
Mon, Jun 06, 2011 | 14:26 BST
GDC Europe 2011 sessions from Harmonix, DICE, and Ernest Adams announced
New sessions for GDC Europe have been announced, and the talks include ones on game designs, Dance Central, and the lighting effects in Battlefield 3.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011, Gamescom 2011
Tags: Christina Coffin, dean tate, dice, Ernest Adams, harmonix, Matt Boch
Fri, May 27, 2011 | 07:43 BST
GDC Europe 2011: Bulletstorm, The Settlers, Silent Hill and Zynga added to line-up
Four more heavy-hitting presentations have been added to GDC Europe’s schedule.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011, Zynga
Tags: bulletstorm, epic, Epic Games, silent hill: downpour, Vatra Games
Tue, May 17, 2011 | 07:12 BST
VendenBerghe to return to GDC Europe 2011
Three new sessions have been announced for GDC 2011, including a presentation by conference favourite Ubisoft creative director Jason VandenBerghe, on developing existing IP.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011
Tags: Exozet, Fishlabs, Jason Vandenberghe
Fri, May 06, 2011 | 02:50 BST
GDC Europe 2011: Mortal Kombat, Playdom and Playfish talks announced
The GDC Europe 2011 schedule has been expanded with newly announced presentations.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011
Tags: Netherrealm, Netherrealm Studios, Playdom, Playfish
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 | 16:16 BST
Mass Effect 3 and Slant Six talks added to GDC Europe
New lectures for Mass Effect 3 and Slant Six have been added to the GDC Europe line-up.
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011, Gamescom 2011
Tags: bioware, mass effect 2, mass effect 3, Slant Six
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 | 15:43 BST
Brink, Oregon Trail, and Crysis 2 talks announced for GDC Europe
GDC Europe organizers announced the first talks today for the conference, which takes place August 15-17 in Cologne alongside gamescom.
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Posted in: Europe, GDC Europe 2011
Tags: blue fang games, Brink, crysis 2, crytek, oregon trail, splash damage
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 | 19:43 BST
GDC Online sees 3,000 attendees
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Posted in: GDC Europe 2011, GDC Online 2011
GameStop posts quarterly decline, shrugs off Microsoft’s evasive stance on used games