Gaming & Entertainment

Game Developers Conference (GDC) Festival of Gaming 2026

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) Festival of Gaming 2026 is the world’s largest and most influential professional event for the game development community. Hosted at Moscone Center in San Francisco, GDC brings together game developers, publishers, designers, artists, programmers, producers, and industry leaders from around the globe. Attendees will gathe…

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9Speakers
1Sponsors
2On the bill · sessions
7Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Game, in alphabetical order.
Amir Satvat
Founder, Always Supporting Games Community (ASGC), & BD Director · Tencent
Ashley Scruggs
Content & Program · Informa
Christina Gilbert
Content & Program · Informa
Chris Zimmerman
Studio Head Emeritus · Sucker Punch Productions
Heidi Christine
CMO & Head of Community · Pixels
Kalie Moore
Founder · High Vibe PR
Kysa Korosi
Content & Program · Informa
Rob Pardo
Founder, former Chief Creative · Bonfire Studios, formerly Blizzard
Sam Warnke
Content & Program · Informa
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AdobeDiamond
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Agenda

Selected from 2 sessions on the bill.
  • Thursday, March 12, at 9 am

    An Odyssey in Building Games That Last

    Rob Pardo, Bonfire Studios Founder, Blizzard veteran, and former Chief Creative, renowned for Blizzard’s golden era as a pioneer of enduring online games that serve player communit…

  • Tuesday, Mar. 10

    Cut through the Noise with: Cutting Through the Noise: Winning Playtime in a Crowded Field

    For an entire day, join speakers from Activision, AWS, Netflix Games, Sucker Punch Productions, Tencent Games, and more to uncover how you can go gain player’s trust, loyalty, and …

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 7 companies, parsed from the program.

Seven companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
6Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

44% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite222%
  • Founder / Owner222%
  • Other roles556%

Of 9 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Informa4V
  2. 02AdobeSp·D
  3. 03Bonfire Studios, formerly Blizzard1V
  4. 04High Vibe PR1V
  5. 05Pixels1V
  6. 06Sucker Punch Productions1V
  7. 07Tencent1V
Sponsors by tier
diamond1
100% of 1