GDC organizers announced the finalists for the 13th annual Game Developers Choice Awards with Journey leading the pack with six nominations, as well as The Walking Dead; Assassin's Creed III; Dishonored and Mass Effect 3.

GDC organizers announced the finalists for the 12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards with Portal 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Bastion leading the pack (five nominations each), while Batman: Arkham City, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Dark Souls also receive multiple nods.

Rockstar San Diego's Wild West adventure title Red Dead Redemption was the big winner at the 11th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, followed closely by Minecraft, Mass Effect 2, Cut the Rope and Limbo.

Organizers have revealed the finalists for the 11th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, led by indie developer Playdead’s Xbox Live Arcade hit Limbo.

The WarioWare D.I.Y. game lets players create the same kind of microgames that are the hallmark of the WarioWare series. Players design every aspect of their creations, including graphics, animation, music and rules. Some of the video game industry’s brightest talents are contributing to a unique series of microgames for the upcoming game...

Organizers have revealed the nominees for the tenth annual Game Developers Choice Awards, led by Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2, with seven nominations, closely followed by five nominations for thatgamecompany's evocative downloadable game Flower, and four nominations for Ubisoft Montreal's Renaissance action game sequel Assassin's Creed II.

This year's Game Developers Conference doesn't kick off until Monday, but crews are already hard at work at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco getting things set up. Booths are getting built, security is preparing for the onrush of crowds, and game companies galore are polishing up their announcements.

SwitchGames.com announced a program that gives members who buy or sell will be able to direct a percentage of their used game transaction proceeds to a game's publisher and developer. Until now, developers haven't had a mechanism or claim to proceeds from used games sales.

The ESA Foundation this year will make available 30 scholarships, double the amount of the program’s first two years, to women and minority students who aspire to careers in computer and video game development.

The Georgia Game Developers Association will host a college fair for high school students on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 (10 am–2 pm) at the SIEGE 2008 event in Atlanta for students interested in becoming game designers, programmers, artists and more, showcasing national schools such as SMU's Guildhall, AIA, SCAD, DeVry and Westwood.

Shortly after a similar Sony announcement, Microsoft revealed at Gamefest 2008 that it will allow anyone to turn the hobby of game-making into a full-fledged career by allowing members of the XNA Creators Club to create, sell and share in the profits generated by their unique creations.

Wisconsin's new 25% tax credits for the film and television industry contains an innovative component not found in most state’s incentives packages, the video gaming industry, as qualifying game developers can also take advantage of the incentives.

Digital download portal GamersGate announced the addition of two new independent developers, Resolution Interactive (Clusterball and Ski-doo X-Team Racing) and Oxeye (Harvest: Massive Encounter) to its portfolio.

With entertainment software holding its place as one of the fastest growing industries in the U.S. economy and becoming a new field of study at colleges and universities, the ESA Foundation has established a scholarship program to help train and educate the next generation of video game developers and designers.

BioWare plans to expand its development teams for future video game projects and will be looking for new people at the 2008 GDC. With studios in Edmonton, Canada, and Austin, Texas, this leading developer of electronic entertainment software is actively recruiting for a variety of positions across numerous disciplines.

After rocking the Interactive Achievement Awards 2K Games' BioShock and Valve's Portal lead the nominees for the eighth annual Game Developers Choice Awards with five nominations each, including the coveted Game of the Year title, followed by Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4, Harmonix's Rock Band and Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy.

CMP Technology's 2008 Game Developers Conference (GDC) returns to the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco to bring the video game industry together for a week of networking, learning and inspiration Feb. 18-22, 2008.

In The Simpsons Game, Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa use exciting, all-new powers to save the world from rising chaos, while you journey through all of Springfield, vanquish an amazing array of villains, and fight their way through parodies of multiple popular games. Said parodies are causing trouble as it appears Rockstar did not think the Grand Theft Scratchy was funny, and legal proceedings forced EA to remove content from the game.

CMP Technology, organizers of the Game Developers Conference, have partnered with business matchmaking company Connection Events, known for the Game Connection convention, to produce the Lyon Game Developers Conference.

Epic Games' Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War was the recipient of three ,honors including Best Game, Technology, and Visual Arts, at the 7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. Following close behind with two awards each were Capcom's Okami and Nintendo's Wii Sports.

Clover Studio and Capcom's Okami and Bethesda and 2K Games' The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead the nominees for the 7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards with four nominations each, including Best Game.

The French Parliament has approved a bill which would grant tax credits to video game developers for 20% of production costs, up to €3 million ($3.91 million) per year. Games would have to include "a cultural dimension," although it's unclear what that would entail.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2007 Game Developers Choice Awards until January 12, 2007. The awards ceremony, to take place Wednesday, March 7, 2007 during Game Developers Conference (GDC), will be hosted in the Esplanade Room in the South Hall of San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center.

GameTap is bringing new opportunity to the gaming community with the formation of the "GameTap Original" label. Through this new initiative, GameTap will partner with more independent developers and publishers to bring innovative new video game titles to fans.