AI tension, international anxiety, and more cloud this year's big event Every year, the video game industry gathers in San Francisco for an all-important event: Game Developers Conference. The show brings together professionals from all over the world for a week of panels, demos, and closed-door meetings that can determine who gets funding to make their next project. It may not be as consumer-facing as E3 (RIP), but it can shape the industry’s upcoming trends — and determine what games get a shot at life. This year’s GDC is especially crucial for a struggling industry. As hardware costs rise, AI seeps into the space, and uncertainty clouds major platform holders, developers will gather at the show in search of a sustainable path forward. Even GDC itself is at a meta crossroads, as this year’s show will attempt to bring in more gaming fans as part of its expanded “Festival of Gaming.” Polygon will be on the ground at GDC this week to get a sense of how creators are navigating the state of the industry in 2026. We’ll be playing games, attending panels, and talking to developers. We’ll have plenty of coverage coming from the event, but these are the five trends we’re looking to get so
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Chris Charla, the general manager of portfolio and programs at Xbox, has been with Xbox for 16 years, and worked on ID@Xbox for 13. He began in 2010 as the XBLA portfolio director, and has changed titles several times to things like…
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Chris Charla, the general manager of portfolio and programs at Xbox, has been with Xbox for 16 years, and worked on ID@Xbox for 13. He began in 2010 as the XBLA portfolio director, and has changed titles several times…
Read original at IGN →Nvidia is still looking for ways to make frame generation—which PC gamers not-so-lovingly call “fake frames”—have more utility. Now, Nvidia imagines its AI frame interpolation technology may finally help gamers maximize…
Read original at Gizmodo →Watch this space for ongoing coverage of the event, which runs March 9-13 This week, people from all over the global games industry converge in San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference, now in its 37th year.…
Read original at Polygon →AI tension, international anxiety, and more cloud this year's big event Every year, the video game industry gathers in San Francisco for an all-important event: Game Developers Conference. The show brings together…
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Chris Charla, the general manager of portfolio and programs at Xbox, has been with Xbox for 16 years, and worked on ID@Xbox for 13. He began in 2010 as the XBLA portfolio director, and has changed titles several times to things like…
View source →Nvidia is still looking for ways to make frame generation—which PC gamers not-so-lovingly call “fake frames”—have more utility. Now, Nvidia imagines its AI frame interpolation technology may finally help gamers maximize their…
View source →Watch this space for ongoing coverage of the event, which runs March 9-13 This week, people from all over the global games industry converge in San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference, now in its 37th year. This year, the event…
View source →AI tension, international anxiety, and more cloud this year's big event Every year, the video game industry gathers in San Francisco for an all-important event: Game Developers Conference. The show brings together professionals from all…
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