The Game Initiative's crown jewel, the Austin Game Conference (AGC), took place September 6-8, with 2400 attendees and 150 vendors, featuring top-caliber speakers including Michael Dell, Jon Landau and Rob Pardo. The CMP Game Group looks to build on the success of the AGC, by leveraging their deep conference management experience, marketing resources, and exhibitor support from the industry-defining GDC.

"We'd like to congratulate The Game Initiative for a phenomenally successful Austin Game Conference this year; we look to continue to grow and strengthen the show and to serve the attendees, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors with a top quality event," said Philip Chapnick, senior vice president, Applied Technologies Group, CMP Technology.

As the leading games industry media group, the CMP Game Group is dedicated to editorial integrity, industry growth, facilitating strategic partnerships, networking, and education. The Group will look to enhance the quality of the Austin Game Conference, bringing the editorial breadth of knowledge and experience from the GDC and its editorial products including the Webby Award winning Gamasutra.com and Game Developer Magazine as well as its expert event management resources.

"We are excited about the momentum created by the 4th annual Austin Game Conference and its well reported success," said Christopher Sherman, executive director, The Game Initiative. "We are confident that the future of the event will be well served by CMP, which has deep resources in event management. They will be able to facilitate the growth of the event without sacrificing what we deliver to
our loyal attendees and sponsors."