Game Developers Conference 2008 - (Page 9) Special Events OnGOInG EVEnTS playStation Interactive lounge Career pavilion, West Hall Sponsored by: Game Connection reception Tuesday & Wednesday 6-8pm 3rd Floor, West Hall Network with the most influential business development professionals and innovative game developers in the industry at the Game Connection Reception. Open to Game Connection attendees only. What’s at stake? Cool t-shirts and other prizes. Bragging rights for you and your team. And the future destiny of the entire game industry as we know it. Wednesday-Friday, Expo Hours HOW IT WOrKS Collect Business Cards to complete mission cards, which you can find at game HQ on the second floor of Moscone West or in your conference bag. Join a Team – art, code, biz, production, audio, or game design. And settle your final scores with your fellow developers, once and for all. Play All Day. Game HQ is open Tuesday-Thursday, 9am-6pm. But you can collect business cards and scheme with your teammates anytime. Level Up by completing new missions. Earn Gamer and Hardcore badge ribbons, Destroy All Developers t-shirts, and other game swag. Become an Assassin when you reach Hardcore level and collect the business cards of particular players for extra points. Win Big when the game ends Thursday at 7:30pm. Stop by Game HQ on the 2nd Floor of Moscone West to claim your victory. Prizes will be given to topscoring players – plus a prize drawing from members of the winning teams. The more missions you complete, the better your chances. The Interactive Lounge includes PS3 demo stations and computers with internet access surrounded by tables and couches, making it the perfect spot to mix business with pleasure. xnA lobby Bar Sponsored by: Street level, north Hall Located in the North Hall, the XNA Lobby Bar is the social center of GDC. Grab a drink and play the latest Xbox 360 and Games for Windows blockbusters. Come see the debut of the five Dream-Build-Play 2008 Silicon Minds Warm-Up finalists, as well as some exciting new surprises. EA networking Bar Career pavilion, West Hall Sponsored by: Wednesday-Friday, Expo Hours The Career Bar will provide a social networking area with couches and tables so developers can have drinks and relax while discussing career opportunities. Microsoft xnA Game Studio AI Challenge Wednesday & Thursday, Expo Hours Career pavilion, West Hall Sponsored by: Art War Wednesday-Friday, Expo Hours Career pavilion #338, West Hall Sponsored by: Love to draw? Then turn the world into your own personal refrigerator door by joining Worldwide Biggies for Art War at GDC 2008- a fun and friendly drawing competition for artists of all skill levels. Win prizes, including a VIP trip to the 2008 Video Game Awards. Think you have what it takes to code winning AI algorithms in a timed competition against 7 other challengers? Let your AI programming skills and your bot do the talking and you could walk away with great prizes. Stop by Microsoft’s Programming Challenge Booth #738 in the Career Pavilion for all the details. GDC T-Shirt Sponsored by: Street level, north Hall Game Connection Tuesday-Thursday 8am-6pm 3rd Floor, West Hall Game Connection is the premier event for innovative game developers to meet with top publishers in the game industry. Inspired by the success of Game Connection at last year’s conference, the event is designed to be a highly valuable tool for developers to show off their talents to publishers who are looking to find the right studio to develop games based on intellectual property rights or licenses they own. It also opens game companies to discover innovative original content from development studios they may not even be aware of. The Gamelab 2008 GDC Game Wednesday & Thursday Conference Hours 2nd Floor, West Hall A secret war rages beneath the surface of the game industry. The war between programmers and producers, between game designers and suits, between artists and sound designers. Only one discipline can survive. At GDC 2008, this war will reach its final conclusion. In Destroy All Developers, you will take on secret missions, infiltrating the GDC to gather information on your fellow developers. Collect business cards from unsuspecting conference attendees, work with your teammates, and watch your back. Visit the North Hall Lobby to redeem a GDC 2008 T-shirt. You must present your GDC 2008 attendee badge for scanning to redeem your T-shirt. One T-shirt per attendee only. Please be aware that Game Developers Conference T-shirts are on a first come, first serve basis. Get yours while supplies last! Intel’s Interactive lounge Monday-Thursday 10am-6pm Friday 10am-3pm 3rd Floor, West Hall Sponsored by: Visit Studio 45! Intel invites you to relax, play, network, and discover a new mobile gaming usage model. The lounge will include computer stations with internet access, comfortably surrounded by tables and couches making it the perfect spot to mix business and pleasure! Visit www.gdconf.com for daily coverage of GDC 2008 9 http://www.gdconf.com/?cid=GDC08_showguide http://www.gdconf.com/?cid=GDC08_showguide
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