GDC Festival of Gaming

Slight update from us, it's actually 3 days this year!

and there are other major changes for 2027! Besides adding an additional day...

Every single GDC pass holder is now eligible to compete. No booth required!

There's now a cash prize, First place walks away with $7.5k, second place takes home $2.5k, and both get a complimentary VIP pass to the next GDC!

Check out all the changes at the link on the quoted post!

Applications are live!

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 was built as a fully immersive world, in this clip from his session at GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 Petr Smrcek explains why that matters to the player.

Want to experience more sessions like this? Passes for GDC 2027 are available!

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The agenda for GDC Festival of Gaming 2027 is live! It's time to start scoping out sessions & prepping those spreadsheets. Join us as we highlight hot topics and dive into summits as we prepare for the full agenda (including dates and times) reveal in mid-December!

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2 days. One shot to pitch your game live onstage to publishers, investors & industry leaders. That's GDC Pitch, hosted by Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs, former IGDA Executive Director) at the GDC Festival of Gaming 2027!

Applications are live!

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Anti-cheat has come a long way but so have the cheaters. Former Blizzard Entertainment associate risk ops manager Lucia Suarez talks evolving threats, AI tools & what teams can do to stay ahead, on the GDC Side Quest podcast with Beth Elderkin.

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