9th - 13th Mar 2010 (5 days) View info and 98 attendees Visit event site

GDC 2010 - Moscone Center, San Francisco, US

GDC returns to the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco March 9-13 for five days of learning, networking, and inspiration. Join a global community of programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers as we convene gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry.

26th - 28th Mar 2010 (3 days) View info and 3 attendees Visit event site

PAX East - Hynes Convention Center, Boston, US

PAX East is a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers. We call it a festival because in addition to dedicated tournaments and freeplay areas we've got nerdcore concerts, panel discussions, and an exhibitor hall filled with booths displaying the latest from top game publishers and developers. Even with all this amazing content the best part of PAX East is hanging out with other people who know their s*** when it comes to games.

29th - 30th Mar 2010 (2 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

Game Based Learning 2010 - The Brewery, London, UK

Game Based Learning 2010 takes place over two full days and includes an evening social event to make valuable connections in a relaxed environment. With a main conference programme running during these two days combined with breakout sessions for special interest groups there is something for everyone with an interest in using gaming and social media technology to improve learning, teaching and training. GBL 2010 will explore successful deployments and evidence for both commercial off the shelf (COTS) as well as bespoke serious games in the areas of formal and informal education in schools and universities, healthcare, military, corporate training, banking together with workshops on game procurement and a dedicated strand featuring leading international research in Game Based Learning.

8th Apr 2010 (1 days) View info and 4 attendees Visit event site

State of Independence hosted by Carri Cunliffe / Jamie Sefton - York, Race course Gymcrack Suite (Ebor stand)

UK networks Codeworks GameHorizon and Game Republic in partnership with Screen Yorkshire, have announced a unique one-day conference - State of Independence - focusing on developer self-publishing, to take place on Thursday 8th April 2010 at York Racecourse, York UK. Speakers already confirmed include Charles Cecil (Revolution), Paul Farley (Tag Games), Patrick O’Lunaigh, (nDreams) and Ed Vaizey, MP (Shadow Minister for Culture) – with more big names to follow. Key areas to be covered at State of Independence will be: Different routes to market and new business models, Funding your game – including access to investors, Learning from current success stories, Marketing your own games – including PR, viral marketing and customer service, Networking with other games industry professionals

27th - 29th Apr 2010 (3 days) View info and 12 attendees Visit event site

Nordic Game 2010 - Malmö, Sweden/Copenhagen, Denmark

27th Apr 2010 (1 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Games Grads 2010: North - Manchester, UK

It's a chance for students to get in front of some of the leading companies and studios in games development to find out what vacancies are on offer. It's free for students to attend Games Grads and there are a number of seminars that'll run throughout the day, where students can get practical advice on how to get into the industry and what to expect. Registration is open on the website now, and anyone interested in taking part should call: 0207 405 4500.

29th Apr 2010 (1 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Games Grads 2010: South - Olympia, London, UK

It's a chance for students to get in front of some of the leading companies and studios in games development to find out what vacancies are on offer. It's free for students to attend Games Grads and there are a number of seminars that'll run throughout the day, where students can get practical advice on how to get into the industry and what to expect. Registration is open on the website now, and anyone interested in taking part should call: 0207 405 4500.

4th - 7th May 2010 (4 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

FMX 2010 - Stuttgart, Germany

Convergence is upon us. Multi-disciplined thinking draws cinema, television, computer, console and mobile screens even closer, reinventing them to remain competitive. FMX is part of this process and introduces for the 15th time the world's leading experts in the creation, production and distribution of digital entertainment and interactive visualisation. Connect with artists, specialists, scientists, producers, recruiters, trainers and new talents on the 2010 hot topics 3D Stereo, Hybrid Imagery and 360° Media.

6th - 7th May 2010 (2 days) View info and 6 attendees Visit event site

GDC Canada - Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada

Canada houses more than 260 videogame and digital entertainment studios and an ecosystem of more than 60 universities focused on gaming studies. With this accomplished community of national and international talent to draw from, Vancouver's GDC Canada is the premier event for professionals to discover new insights into developing popular international titles, managing established franchises and taking advantage of thriving digital distribution models.

10th - 13th May 2010 (4 days) View info and 2 attendees Visit event site

2010 LOGIN Conference - Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Seattle, US

The 2010 LOGIN Conference is the fourth annual exclusive, high-powered event of choice for the leaders of the online game industry. LOGIN hosts a diverse and seasoned mix of executives, entrepreneurs and innovators from the MMOG, virtual world, casual and social online game spaces. Join hundreds of your industry colleagues in Seattle, Washington for over three days of unmatched opportunities to discuss, collaborate and share advancements in the form, function, and evolution of online games.

18th - 20th May 2010 (3 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

RAPID/3D IMAGING Conference - Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, US

North America's definitive additive manufacturing trade show and conference, offers buyers and end-users of design, scanning, prototyping, tooling and direct manufacturing equipment the chance to evaluate the latest materials and machinery, compare processes, talk to industry experts and make valuable contacts. Technical sessions will explore scanning and additive manufacturing for games.

3rd - 4th Jun 2010 (2 days) View info and 9 attendees Visit event site

NLGD Festival of Games 2010 - Utrecht, The Netherlands

Bringing together the top players in the game and multimedia industries by attracting the key audience from Executive & Finance, Strategy & Marketing, IT, game Art & Design to build new partnerships, share, innovate and prosper together.

15th - 17th Jun 2010 (3 days) View info and 43 attendees Visit event site

E3 Expo 2010 - LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, US

Bringing together the people, products and passion of the global interactive entertainment industry, E3 Expo is your single most effective and efficient event of the year, offering three days of targeted sales, marketing and media opportunities.

25th - 27th Jun 2010 (3 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Looking For Group Expo - Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis, US

With several MMOs already having individual fan events, we see players who are forced to choose their favorite games or events based on what’s coming up and who they would like to meet with the most. The goal of LFG is to provide the ultimate experience for all MMO and VW fans to come and see what’s new in the world of MMOs as well as meet friends across all games. LFG will have allure no single game or company event can provide: an event for everything MMO related. Developer sessions, special VIP attendee events, game competitions, private screenings, guild meetings and more will combine to draw an incredible numbers of fans.

29th - 30th Jun 2010 (2 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

GameHorizon 2010 - The Sage, Gateshead, UK

GameHorizon is the leading business network for UK-based games companies - developers, publishers, middleware firms and other service providers. Our goal is to facilitate more collaboration, improve knowledge and increase local and international trade for UK-based games companies.

8th - 11th Jul 2010 (4 days) View info and 3 attendees Visit event site

Games Convention Online - Leipzig, Germany

The world's first ever trade fair for browser, client and mobile games brought a total of 43,000 gamers to Leipzig for its premiere in 2009. Altogether 74 exhibitors from eight countries introduced themselves on 40,000 square metres of display space. The games on show included 50 world and European premieres. The Republic of Korea was the national partner at the first GCO.

13th - 15th Jul 2010 (3 days) View info and 26 attendees Visit event site

Develop Conference - Brighton, UK

Now in its fifth year, the Develop in Brighton Conference is an inspiring place to be with over 80 quality sessions given by international development experts and around 1200 developers getting together to share ideas, learn from each other and socialise.

20th - 22nd Jul 2010 (3 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

Casual Connect Seattle 2010 - Benaroya Hall, Seattle, US

Casual Games Association Events are the premiere events for the casual games industry with over 3500 professionals attending Casual Connect Events each year. Casual Connect Seattle brings together the most talented and knowledgeable experts in the casual gaming field to further the casual games industry with the best of networking and learning.

16th - 18th Aug 2010 (3 days) View info and 2 attendees Visit event site

GDC Europe - Congress Center East, Hamburg, Germany

The Game Developers Conference® Europe is the premier pan-European developer event bringing together developers and business professionals across the continent and worldwide. It's the international hub for wheeling and dealing in the game industry, featuring visionary keynotes, international speakers and media, and over 40 exhibitors and sponsors.

Now in its second year, it will again be held in conjunction with gamescom, Europe's largest computer and video games trade show for consumers and professionals, and provide an essential forum for learning, networking, business, and inspiration.

18th - 22nd Aug 2010 (5 days) View info and 39 attendees Visit event site

Gamescom - Cologne, Germany

gamescom 2009 was a complete success and broke every record: 245.000 visitors and 458 exhibitors from 31 countries made gamescom the largest games trade fair in the world. The gamescom team would like to thank everybody - it was great fun!

18th - 21st Aug 2010 (4 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

2010 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games - IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Games have proven to be an ideal domain for the study of computational intelligence as not only are they fun to play and interesting to observe, but they provide competitive and dynamic environments that model many real-world problems. Additionally, methods from computational intelligence promise to have a big impact on game development, assisting designers and developers and enabling new types of computer games. The 2010 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games brings together leading researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss recent advances and explore future directions in this quickly moving field.

8th - 12th Sep 2010 (5 days) View info and attendees Visit event site

Games Convention Asia 2010 - Suntec Convention Center, Singapore

Games Convention Asia is the annual international event for the digital entertainment industry in Asia since 2007, including the GCA Conference and Business Exhibition, with 1:1 Business Matching to allow attendees to efficiently grow their international networks of business connections.

Industrial leaders from the Western part of the world attend GCA to venture into Asia getting to know the way of business and develop business opportunities with Asian countries by visiting one show. GCA brings countries of the entire Asia-Pacific region on the international level to help business with the West in Asia.

16th - 19th Sep 2010 (4 days) View info and 1 attendees Visit event site

Tokyo Games Show - Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan

5th - 8th Oct 2010 (4 days) View info and 3 attendees Visit event site

GDC Online - Austin, Texas, US

GDC Online has always had a focus on the importance of MMO’s and online games unique to local Austin-based developers. Recently, the conference has begun to attract thousands of visitors from all over the world, thanks to its unique position in the hip, culture-friendly city and its nurturing of varied, major emerging topics.

20th - 22nd Oct 2010 (3 days) View info and 2 attendees Visit event site

Casual Connect Kyiv 2010 - Rus Hotel, Kiev, Ukraine

Casual Games Association Events are the premiere events for the casual games industry with over 3500 professionals attending Casual Connect Events each year. Casual Connect Kyiv brings together the most talented and knowledgeable experts in the casual gaming field to further the casual games industry with the best of networking and learning.