Game Developers Conference

Game Developers Conferences are events aiming at video game developers, with a focus on sharing knowledge and experiences. While not open to the public and not focused specifically on Guild Wars 2 (or even MMORPGs), ArenaNet has attended some of those events and made presentations about GW2.

Game Developers Conference

The officially titled Game Developers Conference (or GDC) is the largest of such events. Organized by CMP Game Group, it was first held in 1988, and since then has been held at least once a year. ArenaNet attended the conference in March of 2010, represented by art director Daniel Dociu, who gave a presentation about the art direction of Guild Wars 2. The slideshow that accompanied his speech featured various pieces of concept art from both Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2. Days after the conference, this slideshow was released at ArenaNet's official YouTube channel as a four part video:

• Part 1 on ArenaNet's official channel on YouTube (released on 16 March 2010)
• Part 2 on ArenaNet's official channel on YouTube (released on 19 March 2010, rereleased with sound on 22 March 2010)
• Part 3 on ArenaNet's official channel on YouTube (released on 23 March 2010)
• Part 4 on ArenaNet's official channel on YouTube (released on 25 March 2010)

There are also a video in the Game Developers Conference vault that gives some insight on the tools they may have/do use and how they work.

• Programming the Next Generation Online World

China Game Developers Conference

Sponsored by the China Game Publishers Association, the 2010 China Game Developers Conference was held from July 30 to August 1. ArenaNet was once again represented by Daniel Dociu, who made a new presentation about Guild Wars 2's art direction. The slideshow which accompanied his speech, featuring many never seen before pieces of concept art, was made available at ArenaNet's YouTube channel:

• The presentation on ArenaNet's official channel on YouTube (released on 6 August 2010)

See also

• Screencaps of the images in the 2010 Game Developers Conference presentation
• Screencaps of the images in the 2010 China Game Developers Conference presentation

External links

• Game Developers Conference on Wikipedia
• Game Developers Conference official website
• China Game Developers conference official website

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Official videos

Trailers

Guild Wars 2 Teaser Trailer (August 2009)•The Races of Tyria (December 2009)•ArenaNet's MMO Manifesto (August 2010)•Gamescom trailer (August 2011)

Behind the scenes

Giving Tyria a Voice (December 2009)•Creating Guild Wars 2 Cinematics (August 2010)•ArenaNet Retrospective Video (January 2011)

Concept sequences

Game Developers Conferences (March & August 2010)•New York Comic Con (October 2010)