GDC: Game devs focus on unionization, fighting toxicity, and adopting blockchain/metaverse
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The Game Developers Conference has released its annual developer survey and found growing support for unionization, the fight against toxicity, and the adoption of blockchain and the metaverse.
The 10th annual State of the Industry Survey comes ahead of the GDC 2022 event, which is still planned to be held in-person as well as virtually in San Francisco from March 21 to March 25.
The report also shows that developer support for Xbox and PlayStation is running neck in neck. And game studios are holding up well during the pandemic thanks to the historic boom.
Above: Katie Stern is general manager of the GDC.
Katie Stern, general manager of the GDC, said in an interview that the event is still planned for the week of March 21 at the Moscone Convention Center. But she said the company is monitoring pandemic conditions and will abide by the local regulations of the city of San Francisco for gatherings.
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“As it stands right now, the sentiment we’re getting from our clients and audience is that they still really would like to be in person,” Stern said. “So we are going to continue to move forward with it. We also have the online version for those who are unable to attend or comfortable to attend. And so we’re adhering to all of the local San Francisco mandates. Everybody is required to be vaccinated and boosted.”
The deadline for getting boosted is March 14. She said GDC will require vaccinations for entry and
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