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Awards Sponsors


Game Choice Awards Platinum Sponsor

CiiNOW, Inc. is the premier provider of Cloud Gaming technology. Our innovative platform enables game publishers and developers, as well as service providers and operators, to capitalize on the lucrative digital gaming market and deliver an immersive gaming experience on virtually any device with a screen. www.ciinow.com

IGF Platinum Sponsor

Microsoft Studios is Microsoft's entertainment publishing arm, and Microsoft Studios XBLA has published some of the best games for Xbox LIVE Arcade. We're eager to continue to support and empower independent developers to deliver fantastic, innovative and ground-breaking entertainment experiences on Microsoft platforms. See what we're up to at www.playxbla.com.

IGF Platinum Student Showcase Sponsor

DigiPen Institute of Technology is a global leader in game development education. As the first school in North America to offer a bachelor's degree in game development, DigiPen has advanced the game industry for more than two decades by helping students become world-class programmers, engineers, designers, and artists. Learn more at www.digipen.edu.

IGF Gold Student Showcase Sponsor

The Graduate School of Games and Interactive Media, France. A public institution of higher education and research founded in 2005. Postgraduate recognized in the world of digital media. Collaboration with universities and research centers worldwide and welcoming foreign students.
www.enjmin.fr

IGF Platform Sponsor

We started with Half-Life®, the first-person, sci-fi shooter game that's won more than 50 Game of the Year and a few "Best Game Ever" awards. We expanded the Half-Life franchise with a sequel and Half-Life 2 Episodes 1 and 2. Then we added the horror titles Left 4 Dead® and Left 4 Dead 2, the muliplayer combat franchise Team Fortress®, the #1 online action game Counter-Strike® and the award-winning puzzlers Portal™ and Portal 2. And we're just getting warmed up.
store.steampowered.com

Conference Sponsors


Indie Games Summit Mixer and Table Top Sponsor

Agawi, focused on the mission of delivering "Any game, Anywhere, Instantly," provides high-performance, scalable and cost-effective cloud gaming solutions through its state-of-the-art streaming technology for post-PC-era devices, such as tablets, TVs and STBs. Agawi is launching a new cloud gaming service here at GDC and would love to talk to Indie developers and other ecosystem partners.

Indie Games Summit Mixer and Table Top Sponsor

Twitch's video platform is the backbone of both live and on-demand distribution for leading video game broadcasters including casual gamers, pro players, tournaments, developers and gaming media. We connect over 23 million gamers around the world each month by allowing them to broadcast, watch and chat from everywhere they play.

Platinum Monetization Track and Networking Mixer Sponsor

With 15 plus years of experience and more than $20 billion in annual online transactions, Digital River is the global e-commerce partner that game publishers and developers depend on for the comprehensive solutions they need to monetize their game revenue – from e-store solutions and micro-transactions to subscriptions and payment programs.

Gold Monetization Track Sponsor

AdMob is one of the world's largest mobile advertising networks. App developers can connect with advertisers and show relevant ads in their app to make money. They can advertise their app in other apps to increase downloads.

Gold Monetization Track Sponsor

Payelp Global helps online gaming companies grow revenue worldwide by offering them the ability to accept credit cards, direct debit, PayPal, prepaid cards, cash transfers, cash terminal payments, mobile payments and more, all with one low fee per transaction. One simple contract and easy integration provides clients with over 300 payment gateways worldwide and a suite of business tools.

Gold QA Summit Sponsor

VMC Game Labs provides flexible and scalable services to ensure quality throughout the lifecycle of client titles. With customized solutions for testing, localization, and support, we leverage expertise, effective project management, proven best practices and global resources, to partner with publishers and developers across platforms, including consoles, PCs, and mobile.

QA Summit Table Top Sponsor

GlobalStep QA Labs provides functionality, compliance and compatibility QA to over half of the top 20 developers and publishers in the Games industry as well as many small and midsize studios. We test on all console, mobile, social and MMO platforms, and provide the best quality and responsiveness at an affordable price point.

Platinum Smartphone & Tablet Summit Sponsor

The AT&T Developer Program offers access to the AT&T API Platform and AT&T APIs, technical whitepapers, toolkits, device specs, technical support, newsletters, tutorials and special developer events and contests. Join today, membership is free and gets you access to the latest mobile app development information. Visit us at: developer.att.com

Platinum Smartphone & Tablet Summit Sponsor

Samsung Developers exists to engage with the developer community by providing the tools and support necessary to help app developers be successful, including hosting and sponsoring developer events, online tools, device loaner program, contests and meetups.

Platinum Smartphone & Tablet Summit Sponsor

Windows 8 reimagines PC gaming. Millions of gamers are playing on Windows across devices from tablets and laptops to all-in-ones and tricked out gaming rigs. Developers have the unprecedented ability to reach them all with a single app on the Windows Store. With the most flexible support for business models and the highest profit potential across app stores, Windows is changing the game. Bring It.

Gold Smartphone & Tablet Summit and Indie Games Summit Table Top Sponsor

The MOGA mobile gaming system's award-winning game controllers transform smart phones and tablets into portable gaming consoles. The revolutionary MOGA Arm™ holds phones securely in place for gaming on the go. The free MOGA SDK is the emerging gold standard for mobile game input. Visit us at Developer.PowerA.com.

Gold Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Sponsor

Fuse Powered helps mobile game publishers acquire, retain and monetize players with Fuseboxx™, a complete mobile publishing platform. Get FREE actionable analytics, powerful tools and real-time game balancing. Know your true ARPDAU with ALL your revenue sources in one dashboard. Track player acquisition by channel. For early access visit: www.fusepowered.com.

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Mixer and Table Top Sponsor

AdColony is the only Instant-Play™ HD mobile video ad network. Our proprietary technology delivers mobile video ads to users instantly in HD across the most popular iOS and Android apps in the world. AdColony fosters a better user experience and opens up a larger monetization funnel to keep more users in your app, engaged and monetizing with premium eCPMs, high fill rates and Fortune 500 advertisers. To download the SDK visit www.adcolony.com.

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Table Top Sponsor

ARM® designs the technology that is at the heart of advanced digital products. The ARM Mali™ family of GPUs scale up to multicore solutions and GPU Computing applications. The Mali Developer Center malideveloper.arm.com brings together a vibrant community for highest quality graphics across consumer devices, from mainstream mobile phones through to Smart TVs.

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Table Top Sponsor

Canopy® created Sensus™ to revolutionize the mobile experience by adding touch input to the back and right side of a case. Sensus™ enhances the way consumers interact with their smartphone Apps. Sign up to request your free SDK and developer kit at: developer.getsensus.com.

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Table Top Sponsor

Supercharge word-of-mouth for your mobile game with replay sharing! Everyplay lets your players easily share their best gaming moments as video replays with their friends on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, and you get new organic users for free. Everyplay is free and available now for Unity3D, Cocos2D and custom engines. Check us out and see why Nimblebit and others integrate Everyplay into their games!

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Table Top Sponsor

Grantoo increases downloads and engagement by providing a platform that adds Challenges and Tournaments to game play while partnering with brands to provide rewards.

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Table Top Sponsor

Founded in 1997, HTC built its reputation as the behind-the-scenes designer and manufacturer of many of the most popular OEM-branded mobile devices on the market. Our customers guide everything we do at HTC, and it's this commitment that defines the company.

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Table Top Sponsor

Immersion is the leading innovator in haptics ("tactile feedback") technology. Using Immersion's Haptic Development Platform, Android developers can transform the UX by adding realistic vibration effects to their apps.

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Table Top Sponsor

Kontagent is the leading user analytics platform for developers, marketers, product managers, and strategic partners across the social and mobile web.

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Table Top Sponsor

NVIDIA leads the world in computer graphics and is a driving force in the mobile computing revolution. Its groundbreaking invention, the GPU, fuels PC gaming, professional graphics and scientific research. NVIDIA Tegra® processors power innovative tablets, phones and auto infotainment systems.

Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit Table Top Sponsor

W3i provides app monetization and user acquisition solutions for developers through an optimized offer exchange. Advertisers benefit from the open marketplace of app enthusiasts with targeting and flexible pricing. W3i's collaborates with developers to grow their businesses through app production guidance, user acquisition funding, media buying and freemium game optimization.

Networking Sponsors


After Party Sponsor

Founded in 2007, KIXEYE is an online gaming company that plays to win. Responsible for popular titles like Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates and War Commander, KIXEYE is redefining the intersection of game development and technology to create innovative browser-based experiences for competitive gamers. The company is based in San Francisco and backed by Trinity Ventures, JAFCO and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Career Pavilion Interactive Lounge Sponsor

SCEA develops, publishes, markets and distributes hardware and software for the PlayStation®2 (PS2), the PlayStation®Portable (PSP®), the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) and the PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) , and manages the third party licensing programs for these platforms in North and Latin America. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC is an affiliate of SCEI.

Career Pavilion Networking Bar Sponsor

Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft provides entertainment platforms that span many screens, worldwide marketplaces that maximize revenue opportunities, and best-in-class development tools and educational resources that make it easy to create amazing entertainment experiences.

Coffee Break Sponsor

iZotope is a research-driven audio technology company whose award-winning products and audio technologies are used by millions of people in over 50 countries, from consumers to musicians to major film, TV, and radio studios. iZotope technology is also directly integrated into products made by industry-leaders such as Adobe and Sony; video games from companies like Harmonix and Ubisoft; and a growing number of mobile phone apps.

Expo Lounge Sponsor

You were born mobile, so come play mobile! Hit Qualcomm's Play Mobile Lounge and relax with free espresso or power drinks and learn more about what the global leader in mobile technology has to offer you. Get hands-on a wide array of mobile devices and development tools and chat with our experts how we can help you to bring your games to a larger market faster, at lower cost, using all the newest, innovative technologies.

Gaming Competition Sponsor

Games.com powers gaming across the web. We allow millions of users to discover, play and share games across the globe and act as a distribution and monetization platform for game developers, publishers and advertisers of all sizes.

Lobby Bar Sponsor

Come visit the Microsoft Lobby Bar. Meet up with friends, grab a drink and check out the latest entertainment blockbusters from Xbox 360, Kinect and more.

Mobile Game Hackathon Sponsor

Radisson® hotels is looking to team up with the top talents in gaming development to create an engaging new simulation game themed around some aspects of the hotel business. You can get started by going to radissonhackathon.com, then join us at the GDC on March 26 for your chance to win $25,000.

General Sponsors


Badge Insert Sponsor

Canada is Game Nation! With a massive and talented digital media industry we also have among the world's most flexible and generous R&D tax benefits. Come meet amazing Canadian gaming companies right next door to GDC at the Canada Lounge - 5th Floor, Intercontinental Hotel, 888 Howard Street, March 26-29.

Lanyard Sponsor

King.com is a worldwide leader in casual social games with more than 9 billion games played per month globally. King.com offers over 150 exclusive games in 12 languages through its premier destination, King.com, mobile devices (iOS and Android), Google Play, and Facebook, where it is a top 10 Facebook developer. The company is the exclusive provider of online games for leading global portals, websites and media companies. King.com has offices in London, Stockholm, Barcelona, Bucharest, Hamburg, Malta, Malmo and San Francisco. For more information, visit about.king.com.

T-Shirt Sponsor

SCEA develops, publishes, markets and distributes hardware and software for the PlayStation®2 (PS2), the PlayStation®Portable (PSP®), the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) and the PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) , and manages the third party licensing programs for these platforms in North and Latin America. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC is an affiliate of SCEI.

'Who's Hiring @ GDC' Platinum Sponsor

Developers of the award-winning Witcher franchise, sold in over 5 million copies on PC, Mac, and Xbox 360. Currently working on "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" and "Cyberpunk 2077" - a game based on the "Cyberpunk 2020®" pen-and-paper RPG, together with its original creator, Mike Pondsmith. CD Projekt is an international team of talented people and avid gamers sharing their passion with everyone by developing complex, non-linear and mature RPGs with hours of engaging gameplay and a great, engrossing story.

Wireless Sponsor and Coffee Break Sponsor

The Georgia Department of Economic Development is setting the pace in the state's thriving game industry. Georgia, USA offers an impressive technology infrastructure, competitive incentives, affordable living and a pipeline of creative and technical talent. More than 15 Georgia colleges and universities offer full curriculums or video game courses. Let Georgia get you connected!

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