GDC 2013: all the stories in one place

The annual Game Developers Conference is underway in San Francisco. What can we expect? Candid retrospectives? Shock reveals? Will David Cage's Giant Floating Man Face do battle with Nvidia's Giant Floating Man Face above a flaming pit?

We'll be bringing you all the latest from the frontlines and keeping this page updated with all the stories so far.

MONDAY

IGF grand finalists

eyeballed

releasing April 14

TUESDAY

favourite free games

VR-enabled version of Epic's Unreal Development Kit

AI tricks behind XCOM, Assassin's Creed 3 and Warframe

18 indie games in 50 words a piece

Battlefield 4 shots emerge

Battlefield 4 trailer

WEDNESDAY

pre-alpha footage

details emerge

Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm trailer

real-time destruction

all the dragons

Space Hulk

violent games are creatively too easy

video interview

Day Z panel

Thursday

DRM is a "failed dead-end strategy"

IGF and GDC award winners announced

fancy rendering tech

port the Unreal Engine 3

psychological dating sim

Total War: Arena

SW:TOR's level cap

player agency and minimal guidance

removing Clementine

really hurt the game

FRIDAY

PCGamer

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