GDC Summer Will Now Be An All-Digital Event

Instead of returning as a 3-day conference, GDC Summer will now be an all-digital event.

In a blog post, GDC organizers said: “As so many game developers embrace remote working arrangements and online collaboration, we’re inspired to adapt and deliver GDC in a digital format that will be available to everyone with an internet connection, and will work hard to deliver the high-quality content and networking opportunities GDC attendees have come to expect.”

The digital-only event will still take place from August 4th to August 6th, and GDC will be sharing more information on how to virtually attend at a later date.

GDC Summer Announced For August 2020

GDC 2020 wasn’t able to happened due to the coronavirus pandemic. The GDC staff stated that there would be some kind of replacement for the event later this year, and have just announced when it will be. GDC Summer, a “three-day celebration of the art, craft and business of game development”, will be taking place in San Fransisco from August 4th to 6th. According to the GDC staff, the event will be “a unique Game Developers Conference experience but will retain the same high level of expert-led talks as the traditional GDC, along with a freestyle two-day expo show floor August 5th and 6th”. 

GDC 2020 Has Been Postponed To Summer

Due to coronavirus outbreak concerns, GDC (Game Developers Conference) 2020 has been postponed. The event was originally supposed to take place March 16 - 20. The GDC staff said that “after close consultation with our partners in the game development industry and community around the world, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March”. 

As for what will become of the event, the GDC staff said that “we fully intend to host a GDC event later in the summer. We will be working with our partners to finalize the details and will share more information about our plans in the coming weeks”.