Game Developers Conference 2026
#1ReasonToBe
by Laia Bee (Pincer Games)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
#1ReasonToBe
by Laia Bee (Pincer Games)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
'Apex Legends' Dev Support: Getting Bandwidth Back by Letting People Do ...
by Jeremiah Dost (Respawn Entertainment (Electronic Arts))
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
'Borderlands 4' Launch Load Testing
by Jeffrey Waldron (Gearbox Software)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
'DEATH STRANDING 2': Making of Voxel 3D UI Map
by Ildar Valeev (KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
'despelote': Capturing the Feeling of 2001 Quito, Ecuador
by Julian Cordero (Independent)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
'LifeAfter': AIGC Paradigm Change in Mobile Game Art Production
by Xiudong Zhang (NetEase Games)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
'Pacific Drive' Under the Hood: Survival Fundamentals, Systems Design, a...
by Seth Rosen (Ironwood Studios)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Agentic Live Ops: Turning Player Data into Actionable Insights (Presente...
by Pat Santora (AWS)
Product Management  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Agentic LiveOps: From Concept to Production (Presented by Amazon Web Ser...
by Matt Stevenson (AWS)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
AI + Games: More Creativity in Production, Deeper Fun in Gameplay (Prese...
by Ethan Hu (Meshy AI)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
AI Executive Panel: Using Agentic AI to Understand Your Players and Prov...
by Vitalii Vashchuk (EPAM)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
All Rays Lead to Rome: Next-Gen Graphics in 'Anno 117: Pax Romana'
by Aaron Scherzinger (Ubisoft Mainz)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Ambient Diffuse Lighting in 'Ghost of Ytei'
by Eric Wohllaib (Sucker Punch Productions)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Architecting DDoS-Resilient Multiplayer Game Servers on Amazon GameLift ...
by Michael Jackson (AWS)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Augmenting NPCs with LLMs: Practical Experience from NC State University...
by Kieran Hejmadi (Arm)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Automatic Wrapping of Facial Expression Scans with WrapAI (Presented by ...
by Andrei Krovopuskov (Faceform)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Back to Basics: Translating Your Invisible Marketing Foundation into Vis...
by Dana Trebella (Spoke and Wheel Strategy)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Back to Basics: Translating Your Invisible Marketing Foundation into Vis...
by Dana Trebella (Spoke and Wheel Strategy)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Backed by Data, Built with Care: Telling Authentic LGBTQ Stories in Vide...
by Sabrina Mah (GLAAD)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Behind the Scenes of Game Funding
by Emily Greer (1Up Ventures)
Luminaries Speaker Series  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Beyond the Player: Pathways of Women Founders Shaping Indie Games in the...
by Areej Al-Wabil (Alfaisal University)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Beyond the Player: Pathways of Women Founders Shaping Indie Games in the...
by Areej Al-Wabil (Alfaisal University)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Brilliant Jerks: The Cost of Toxic Performance
by Fleur Marty (Gearbox)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Brilliant Jerks: The Cost of Toxic Performance
by Fleur Marty (Gearbox)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Bringing Cyberpunk 2077 to Mac (Presented by Apple)
by Charlyn Keating (Apple)
Production  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Building a Critically Acclaimed Licensed Game in 18 Months
by Amanda Farough (Strange Scaffold)
Independent Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Building a Critically Acclaimed Licensed Game in 18 Months
by Amanda Farough (Strange Scaffold)
Independent Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Building a Winning Discord Strategy to Fuel the Success of Your Game (Pr...
by Mason Sciotti (Discord)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Building Growth Through Partnership: A Practical Avia Playbook for Brand...
by Ping Wang (AviaGames)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Building the Cultural World of 'Indiana Jones and the Great Circle'
by Kate Edwards (Geogrify/SetJetters)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Built for Games: Explore Apple Hardware and Software for Game Developers...
by Allan Schaffer (Apple)
Production  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Changing our Paradigm of Leading Change
by Drew Kugler (The Kugler Company, LLC)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Clues and Camping in 'Ghost of Ytei': Curating Guided Exploration Throug...
by Samuel Holley (Sucker Punch Productions)
Narrative & Performance  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Co-Creating Possibility: The Future of Mobile Gaming Performance (Presen...
by Lukas Medek (Sumo Digital)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Co-Ops Are the Future: A Step-by-Step Guide to Founding Your Own Worker ...
by Ty Underwood (Comradery.co)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Common Dev Mistakes That Lead to Poor Localization by Agencies
by Sven Lohse (ROCKFISH Games GmbH)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Community Clubhouse Open Networking Session (Presented by Community Club...
by Ben Williams (Project0)
Product Management  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Community is Not a Feature: It's Your Growth Strategy (Presented by Comm...
by Chip Thurston (Fastspring)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Crafting an Ever-Expanding Jianghu: Open-World Design and Sustainable Up...
by Beralt Lyu (Everstone Studio, NetEase Games)
Production  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Creating a Culture of Sustainability in Tabletop Games
by Carol Mertz (Independent/Green Games Guide)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Creating a Culture of Sustainability in Tabletop Games
by Carol Mertz (Independent/Green Games Guide)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Creating Player Expertise Microtalks
by Monica Fan (Pipework Studio)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Critique My Page: Live at GDC
by Derek Lieu (Derek Lieu Creative)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Cross-Platform Isn't a Checkbox: Designing Games for 'Fortnite' (Present...
by Jay Villanueva (Epic Games)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Curating the World of 'Baby Steps'
by Gabe Cuzzillo (Independent)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Decolonizing Play and the Rise of African Game Development (2013-2026)
by Eyram Tawia (Leti Arts)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Decolonizing Play and the Rise of African Game Development (2013-2026)
by Eyram Tawia (Leti Arts)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Designing for the Living Room: The Spatial Architecture of Mixed Reality...
by Doug North Cook (Creature)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Designing Hands-First Games: A VR Developer's Guide to Getting It Right ...
by Colin Robinson (Meta)
Production  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Designing POIs (Points of Interest) for 'The Outer Worlds 2'
by Dan Qiao (Obsidian Entertainment)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Designing Stadium: Crafting a New Game Mode for 'Overwatch'
by Scott Hwang (Blizzard Entertainment)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Designing the Ideal Level Design Portfolio: What Hiring Teams Actually L...
by Baqir Shah (Pipeworks Studios)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Developing Ethical Games: Why and How
by Rachel Kowert (University of Cambridge)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Developing Large Procedural Systems with Low Friction and Fast Generatio...
by Chris Murphy (Epic Games)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Dinner Table Democracy: Designing Disagreement
by Jennifer Estaris (Estaris Works)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Discord Ads: The Emerging Must-Buy Platform for Gaming Marketers (Presen...
by Meena Mutha (Discord)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Discord Integration Best Practices: Social Design Principles That Move t...
by Mason Sciotti (Discord)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Discovery Decoded: Your Guide to the Meta Horizon Store (Presented by Meta)
by Mahncy Mehrota (Meta)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
EA Sports 'F1 25': Path Tracing at 200mph
by Tom Hammersley (Electronic Arts / Codemasters)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Educator Game Research Download
by Julian Frommel (Utrecht University)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Educators Soapbox
by Kelli Dunlap (Take This, Inc.)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Essential Debugging Skills for Every Developer
by Rez Graham (Independent)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Essential Debugging Skills for Every Developer
by Rez Graham (Independent)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Etudes and Actors: Owlcat's Tooling for Highly Branched Narrative
by Alexey Drobyshevsky (Owlcat Games)
Narrative & Performance  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Evolve or Die: How LiveOps Scaled Our Indie Hit
by Kati Nawrocki (Computer Lunch)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Evolve or Die: How LiveOps Scaled Our Indie Hit
by Kati Nawrocki (Computer Lunch)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Exercises that Play in Public: How to Design Collaborative Class Project...
by Jason Eppink (Elmhurst University)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Expanding the 13%: Directing Game Access in Game Education
by Lane D. Koughan (University of Washington)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Experimental Games Showcase
by Carol Mertz (Independent/Green Games Guide)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Finding Signal in the Noise: Unlocking Growth in a Turbulent Games Market
by Yoshio Osaki (IDG Intelligence)
Product Management  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Flavors of Challenge: The 8 Flavors of Difficulty and How They Can Be Co...
by Brett Moody (Infinity Ward)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Freedom Through Structure: Character Pipelines at Embark (Presented by H...
by Erik stsj (Embark Studios)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
From a Naughty Dog to a Wildflower: The Fears, Failures, and Freedoms Found
by Bruce Straley (Wildflower Interactive)
Independent Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
From Developer to Publisher: The Benefits of a Japanese Studio's Decisio...
by Taichiro Miyazaki (CyberConnect2 Co.,Ltd.)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
From Intermediate to Advanced: Charting Your Career in Game Audio
by Star Victoria Power (Slide20XX)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
From Intermediate to Advanced: Charting Your Career in Game Audio
by Star Victoria Power (Slide20XX)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
From Kernel to Community: Building a Modern, Multi-Layered Anti-Cheat Ec...
by Michail Greshishchev (Amazon Game Studios)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
From Project Operator to 'The Operator': Postmortem of Supporting a Solo...
by Lewis Burnell (ICO Partners)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
From Win to WalletRethinking Player Experience in Skill-Based Gaming (Pr...
by Yanjuan Chen (AviaGames)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
G.A.N.G. Demo Derby: Music
by Jason Hayes (Another Axiom Inc.)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
G.A.N.G. Demo Derby: Sound Design
by DJ Meadows (HNDCRFTD LLC)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
G.A.N.G. Demo Derby: Voice Over
by Nick Hartman (Sound Lab)
Narrative & Performance  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Game Designer's Notebook
by Kenny Shea Dinkin (-)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Game Education Case Study Microtalks
by MJ Johns (University of California Santa Cruz)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Game Education Case Study Microtalks
by MJ Johns (University of California Santa Cruz)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Game Education Case Study Microtalks
by MJ Johns (University of California Santa Cruz)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Game Funding: Lessons from Outersloth
by Victoria Tran (Innersloth)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Gamers Like You: How Public Media Serves Players of All Ages
by Amber Samdahl (PBS Wisconsin)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Gamers Like You: How Public Media Serves Players of All Ages
by Amber Samdahl (PBS Wisconsin)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Games as the New Social Arenas: Building Communities That Self-Regulate ...
by Hege Tokerud (Aiba)
Special Event  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Games for Diplomacy: Empowering Global Game-Making Communities
by Lindsay Grace (University of Miami)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Gaming Success on Discord: Data-Driven Insights into Community Growth an...
by Timothy Lu (Discord)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Gaming the System: Creating Your Own Path to a Narrative Design Career
by Zoe Calamar (Escape Velocity Entertainment)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
GDC Masters: 50 Years in Games and a Legacy for Creators
by Don Daglow (Sausalito Games Inc.)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
GDC Pitch: Day 1
by Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs)
Special Event  

Game Developers Conference 2026
GDC Pitch: Day 2
by Jason Della Rocca (Execution Labs)
Special Event  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Getting the Ball Rolling: Advancing Game Accessibility Through Interacti...
by Anna Waismeyer (Xbox)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Getting Your Foot in the Door Part 2: Getting Hired in Japan
by Taichiro Miyazaki (CyberConnect2 Co.,Ltd.)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Grappling with Success: Smooth Movement on an Indie Budget
by Salaar Kohari (CAGE Studios)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Growing Leaders from Within: Leadership Development for Video Game Teams
by Joshua Howard (OtherSide Entertainment)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Growing Leaders from Within: Leadership Development for Video Game Teams
by Joshua Howard (OtherSide Entertainment)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Hitting 60 FPS in UE5 and Keeping It There (Presented by Epic Games)
by Matt Oztalay (Epic Games)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Honing the Blade: Evolving Combat for 'Ghost of Ytei'
by Theodore Fishman (Sucker Punch Productions)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
How AI is Reshaping Game Creation (Presented by Google Cloud)
by Catherine Hawayek (Google Cloud)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
How Environmental Content Builds Engagement and Loyalty
by Lisa Pak (United Nations Environment Programme)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
How to Advocate for Accessibility on Your Team: A Toolkit for Developers...
by Jessica Roache (Ubisoft)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
How to Advocate for Accessibility on Your Team: A Toolkit for Developers...
by Jessica Roache (Ubisoft)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
How We Draw a 3D Sprite World: The Stylized Art of 'Never's End'
by Ryan Juckett (Hypersect)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Illuminating Roco's Legacy: Scalable Global Illumination from Theory to ...
by Sheng Feng (MoreFun Studios, Tencent Games)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Indie Soapbox: Playing it Unsafe
by Ryan Ike (Independent)
Independent Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Influencing Fandom: Making Games That Market Themselves
by Emily Pitcher (SonderingEmily)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Inside Indie (Self) Publishing
by Rebekah Saltsman (Finji)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Inside Indie (Self) Publishing
by Rebekah Saltsman (Finji)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
It Takes a Village: Live at GDC Day 1
by Austin Wintory (Independent)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
It Takes a Village: Live at GDC Day 2
by Patrick Michalak (Insomniac Games)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
It Takes a Village: Live at GDC Day 3
by Samantha Beart (Independent)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
It's Not in the Writer's Manual: Q&A for New Writers
by Ashley Ruhl (Broadsword Online Games)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Juniors, Associates, Interns: Why They Matter and How to Support Them
by Natalie Checo (Black Tabby Games/Sunset Visitor)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Juniors, Associates, Interns: Why They Matter and How to Support Them
by Natalie Checo (Black Tabby Games/Sunset Visitor)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Kickflipping Without Bailing on Frame Rate: Graphics Optimization in 'To...
by Jon Moore (Iron Galaxy Studios)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Killer Art Portfolio or Portfolio Killer Part 1: Advice from Industry Ar...
by Greg Foertsch (Bit Reactor)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Lasers, Mimic Masks, and Squid Battles: The Technology Evolution of 'I E...
by John Kolencheryl (Schell Games)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Leaders Working at the Heart of the Team 2026
by Kate Edwards (Geogrify/SetJetters)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Leaders Working at the Heart of the Team 2026
by Kate Edwards (Geogrify/SetJetters)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Lessons from Building UI/UX in '2XKO'
by Anran Li (Riot Games)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Level Up Your Game: Build Smarter, Scale Faster with Alibaba Cloud & Qwe...
by Alex Chen (Alibaba Cloud)
Production  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Leveling Up with Google Cloud: PlayStation's Global Migration to Spanner...
by Sailesh Krishnamurthy (Google Cloud)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Lightspeed Mocap LA: Creating a State-of-the-Art Mocap Studio from Scrat...
by Kristin Gallagher (LightSpeed Studios)
Production  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Making Sure Your Game Finds an Audience: Lessons from 28 Years of Sucker...
by Chris Zimmerman (Sucker Punch Productions)
Special Event  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Marketing Department of One: Staying Sane While Spinning Way Too Many Pl...
by Celia Schilling (Yacht Club Games)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Mastering Massive Worldbuilding: Production and Optimization of Ultra La...
by Wenya He (Amazing Seasun Games)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Mastering Steam: Why Discovery is Hard and How to Break Through the Noise
by Ichiro Lambe (Totally Human Media Corp)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Maximize Performance: Porting, Profiling, and 16KB Page Size Innovations...
by Val O'Donnell (Google Play)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Maximize Your Game's Potential on the App Store (Presented by Apple)
by Abhishek Radhakrishnan (Apple)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Micropolygon Rendering in 'Anvil'
by Lionel Berenguier (UbiSoft)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Mics in Spaces: The Importance of Field and Foley Recording
by Jeffrey Brice (Independent)
Audio  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Mid+ Stage Career Development for Marginalized Game Devs: Surviving the ...
by Michael Jones (Independent)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Mid+ Stage Career Development for Marginalized Game Devs: Surviving the ...
by Michael Jones (Independent)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Modernizing the Rendering of 'Minecraft'
by A.J. Fairfield (Mojang; Microsoft)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Neural Graphics in Practice for Next-Gen Game Development (Presented by ...
by Sergio Alapont Granero (Arm)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
NSFW Games Variety Hour: Adult Games Microtalks
by Hot Pink (HotPink Games)
Independent Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
NSFW Games Variety Hour: Adult Games Microtalks
by Hot Pink (HotPink Games)
Independent Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Nutrition, Not Calories: Findings from Oxford's 3-Million-Hour Study on ...
by Nick Ballou (University of Oxford)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Nutrition, Not Calories: Findings from Oxford's 3-Million-Hour Study on ...
by Nick Ballou (University of Oxford)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: A Microtalks Strategy Guide
by Ryan Ike (Independent)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: A Microtalks Strategy Guide
by Ryan Ike (Independent)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Page to Booth: Table-Reading and Performance Recording Live Demo
by Alexa Ray Corriea (Gearbox)
Narrative & Performance  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Page to Booth: Table-Reading and Performance Recording Live Demo
by Alexa Ray Corriea (Gearbox)
Narrative & Performance  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Performance Tuning and Upscaling for Mobile Development in Unity (Presen...
by John French (Arm)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Performance Tuning for Unreal Engine Mobile Development (Presented by Arm)
by Arvind Neelakantan (Epic Games)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Player Hearing Safety: Accessibility's Close Cousin
by Brian Schmidt (Brian Schmidt Studios, LLC)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Player Trust as the Foundation of Retention, Engagement, and Long-Term S...
by Jorge Chaparro (Gameloft)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Playtesting Process for Ultra Small Teams
by Brian Cronin (Chugga Chugga LLC)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Playtesting Process for Ultra Small Teams
by Brian Cronin (Chugga Chugga LLC)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Praise the Architect and Pass the Ammunition: Health & Damage in 'The Ou...
by Robert Donovan (Obsidian Entertainment)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Preservation Is Profit: How Retro Games Unlock Long-Term Revenue
by Marcin Paczynski (GOG)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Production Workshop Part 1: Conception to Alpha
by Fleur Marty (Gearbox)
Production  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Production Workshop Part 2: Alpha to Launch
by Fleur Marty (Gearbox)
Production  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Publishing Realities: Funding, Discoverability, and What Success Really ...
by Ben Kvalo (Midwest Games)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Punching Across the Room in 'Batman: Arkham Shadow'
by Ryan Darcey (Camouflaj | Meta)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Putting the "Friends" in Friendslop: The Story of 'PEAK'
by Nick Kaman (Aggro Crab)
Independent Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
QA is Your Strongest Design Ally
by Carey Littlefield (Blizzard Entertainment)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Reinforcement Learning in 'FC26': Shipping Human-Like Goalkeepers with a...
by Alessandro Sestini (Electronic Arts, SEED)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Remaster, Reboot, Reinvent: Case Studies in 'Wizardry' IP Revival
by Hiroaki Murao (Drecom Co., Ltd.)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Rip & Tear: Breaking Down the Renderingof'DOOM: The Dark Ages'
by Philip Hammer (id Software)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Rules of the Game 2026: Revealing Techniques from Resourceful Designers
by Richard Rouse III (FarBridge)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Secrets of the Tabletop Games Industry
by Bryan Bornmueller (Asmodee)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Secrets to Hiring an Orchestra for Your Game
by Mike Ladouceur  
Audio  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Shader Like a Painter: Building Character Shaders with an Artistic Appro...
by Rosy (Rong) Fu (Naughty Dog)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Signature Sounds: Crafting a Cohesive Musical Identity Across Games
by Edouard Brenneisen (EB Music LLC)
Audio  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Soft Skills for Devs of All Disciplines
by Camille Kay (Epic Games)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Spreadsheets Microtalks
by Guillaume Pierre (Magic Fuel Games/Playstack)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Staying Ahead of the Game: The Power of Early Access to Emerging Technol...
by Adam Creighton (Enduring Games)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Storytelling Basics for Everyone
by Evan Skolnick (Independent)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Supporting Junior Talent and Why the Industry Needs Them
by Alexa Ray Corriea (Gearbox)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Supporting Junior Talent and Why the Industry Needs Them
by Alexa Ray Corriea (Gearbox)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Supporting the Party: Five Ways to Help Others Move Forward
by Benjamin Carcich (Building Better Games)
Team Leadership  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Supporting Thousands of NPCs in 'Kingdom Come: Deliverance' & 'Kingdom C...
by Petr Smrcek (Warhorse Studios)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Teaching Games with Games X: Artificial Intelligence
by Gillian Smith (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Teaching Games with Games X: Artificial Intelligence
by Gillian Smith (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Teaching While Gamedev
by Tyler Coleman (Ludo Systems Inc.)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Teaching While Gamedev
by Tyler Coleman (Ludo Systems Inc.)
Educators  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Art & Science of Evergreen Games: Running Live Services That Last (P...
by Eva Ryott (King)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Art of the Pitch: How to Actually Land a Job
by Austin Wintory (Independent)
Career  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Black Designers' Dilemma
by Evan Narcisse (Brass Lion Entertainment)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Data Driven Advantage: Optimizing VR Games with Analytics (Presented...
by Chong Ahn (Meta)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Digital Red Pen: From Draft to Edit to Triage
by Diandra Anne Lasrado (iwot games)
Narrative & Performance  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Evolution of Real-Time Global Illumination in 'Love and Deepspace' (...
by Tianlong Ruan (Infold Games)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Future of Fair Play: What AI Means for Multiplayer Games Over the Ne...
by Andrew Hogan (Intorqa)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Future of Playable Worlds with Google DeepMind (Presented by Google ...
by Alexandre Moufarek (Google DeepMind)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Future of Video Games is Play (Presented by Amazon Web Services)
by Chris Melissinos (AWS)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg: What to Do if You Have a Hit Game
by Chris Zukowski (Howtomarketagame.com)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Monetization Paradox: How Doing the Opposite of What's Expected Drov...
by Naama Frenkel (SciPlay)
Product Management  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Next Growth Market: Health, Learning, and Transformation
by Noah Falstein (The Inspiracy)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Power of Partnership: How EA SPORTS and Amazon Are Elevating the Spo...
by Ashley Holinger (AWS)
Discovery & Marketing  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Process Process: Empower Your Team to Do Their Best Work
by Jonathan Rodgers (Playstudios)
Production  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Rise of Independent Game Journalism
by Dean Takahashi (GamesBeat)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Scalable Game Asset-Assisted Production Pipeline of 'Honor of Kings'
by Zhipeng Tan (Tencent Games)
Visual Development  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The State of Mental Health in the Games Industry
by Kelli Dunlap (Take This, Inc.)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The State of PC and Console Games in 2026
by Ben Porter (Newzoo)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The State of the VR Ecosystem: Building a Sustainable Future (Presented ...
by Chris Pruett (Meta)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Tension: Designing for Discomfort in 'Wanderstop'
by Steven Margolin (Ivy Road)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
The Toxicity Tax: Why the Future of Trust and Safety is Leadership Led
by Rachel Kowert (University of Cambridge)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Tuning Your Unreal Engine 5 Game for Mobile Deployment (Presented by Epi...
by Paul Georges (Epic Games)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Turning Conversation into Gameplay: Lessons from 'Courtroom Chaos' with ...
by Sergey Rudenko (AWS)
Production  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Turning Noise into Insight: Data Sifting and Sentiment Analysis for Live...
by Oscar Clark (Arcanix)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
UX Mobile Porting Challenges in 'Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown' Case ...
by Alexis Denance (Ubisoft Da Nang)
Design  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Veterans Q&A for New Writers and Narrative Designers
by Alexa Ray Corriea (Gearbox)
Audio  

Game Developers Conference 2026
VR 201: Essential Tools to Power Your Quest Development (Presented by Meta)
by Kirk Barker (Meta)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
VR 401: Accelerating Quest Development with Agentic Workflows (Presented...
by Dilmer Valecillos (Meta)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
VR LiveOps: Sustaining Player Engagement & Monetization (Presented by Meta)
by Patricia Wayne (Meta)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
VR Performance Fundamentals for Quest 3/3S (Presented by Meta)
by David Borel (Meta)
Game & Production Technology  

Game Developers Conference 2026
We Built the Wrong Games First: Failing Forward to 'UG', VR's Fastest-Gr...
by Spencer Cook (Continuum)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
What's New in Game History: 2026
by Laine Nooney (New York University)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Why Good Games Fail: The Startup Audit Every Studio Needs
by Lucien Parsons (OpsCat)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Why We Still Believe: A Conversation with Amir Satvat (Presented by Comm...
by Chris Melissinos (AWS)
Special Event  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Worst.Game.Ever. Fixing Diabetes Management with a Video Game
by Sam Glassenberg (Level Ex)
Culture & Sustainability  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Writing Games for a Distracted, Polarized, Media-Illiterate World
by Alexa Ray Corriea (Gearbox)
Narrative & Performance  

Game Developers Conference 2026
You Are Not a Lawyer: 20 Legal Hacks You Would Know If You Were
by Ryan Black (DLA Piper (Canada) LLP)
Business Strategy  

Game Developers Conference 2026
You Owe It to Your Players: Creating Value with Effective Monetization i...
by Lukas Offerhaus (InnoGames GmbH)
Product Management  

Game Developers Conference 2026
Your Steam Page Needs a Soul: How to Get Your Game's Magic Across on Steam
by Thomas Reisenegger (Future Friends Games)
Discovery & Marketing