GDC 2010 Reveals First Summit Sessions and Keynotes

Facebook's Gareth Davis to Keynote the Social & Online Games Summit and Randy Smith of Tiger Style to Keynote the Independent Games Summit

SAN FRANCISCO, December 16 - The 2010 Game Developers Conference(R) (GDC 2010), produced by the Think
Services Game Group, has revealed the first keynotes from two of the Summit
programs that kick off the week of GDC. Taking place March 9-10th, the GDC
Summits highlight the bleeding edge of game development in emerging areas
including; iPhone Games, Social & Online Games, Game Localization,
Mobile/Handheld, Independent Games, Artificial Intelligence and Serious
Games. GDC 2010 returns to San Francisco on Tuesday, March 9 through
Saturday, March 13, 2010 for five days of lectures, panels, summits,
tutorials and roundtable discussions on the most comprehensive selection of
game development topics taught by leading industry experts. Registration and
conference information is available online at the official GDC website
www.gdconf.com.

Facebook's platform manager Gareth Davis will deliver a keynote at the
newly formed Social & Online Games Summit titled, How Friends Change
Everything, discussing Facebook's massive disruption in who plays games as
well as how games are discovered, distributed, designed and monetized. Randy
Smith, owner and game designer of Tiger Style will keynote the Independent
Games Summit. Tiger Style is the developer of the critically and commercially
successful iPhone game, Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, named by Apple as
their top-rated game of 2009. Smith will deliver a keynote address titled,
Increasing Our Reach: Designing to Grab and Retain Players.

"We're thrilled by the content already programmed for this year's summits
at GDC 2010 and there is so much more yet to come," said Meggan Scavio, GDC
event director. "Like last year, the summits are an outlet to explore the
emerging segments of our industry and these keynotes highlight exactly that
mission."

The GDC summits continue to address the game industry's breakthrough
topics with the addition of the Social & Online Games Summit and iPhone Games
Summit to an already diverse lineup. The new Social & Online Games Summit
will address the convergence of social, online, casual, and virtual worlds
while the iPhone Games Summit will discuss how developers can leverage the
innovative iPhone/iPod Touch platform to develop games that are more social
and connected than ever before.

    Featured Summit sessions include:

    - iPhone Games Summit
      - One Year in the App Store: A Case Study of Backflip Studios
      - Speaker: Julian Farrior, CEO / Founder, Backflip Studios

    - Serious Games Summit
      - Code of Everand: Designing The Serious Casual MMO
      - Speaker: Kevin Cancienne, Director of Game Development, Area/Code

    - GDC Mobile/Handheld Summit
      - Club Penguin DS: Elite Penguin Force - Post Mortem
      - Speaker: Patricia Pizer, Consultant

Alumni registration for GDC 2010 ends December 22, 2009 and Early Bird
rates end February 4, 2010. For more information about the 2010 Game
Developers Conference, including the eight summits, visit
www.gdconf.com.

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