GDC 2020 has been postponed thanks to the recent coronavirus outbreak, but the show must go on!
Following the postponement of GDC 2020, Microsoft announced that their ‘Game Stack Live’ stream will be taking place on Mixer from 17 March to 18 March.
Points of discussion will revolve around Microsft’s next-gen console, Xbox Series X, as well as DirectX raytracing’s impact on the graphical style of next-gen.
The Live Schedule has already been announced so you can check it out here, or just continue reading as you’ll find it below.
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Live Schedule
With GDC 2020 being cancelled, March was looking like a very quiet month for next-gen news.
Starting at 10 am, a whole host of talks and discussions will be available on the live stream.
Day 1 – 17 March, 2020
10:00 Welcome to Game Stack Live!
10:25 How The Coalition built Gears 5 to be more accessible
10:45 Building accessibility into your game – the Xbox Accessibility Guidelines
11:00 Panel: The changing nature of today’s game industry
11:35 Panel: How to be intentionally inclusive in your game design
12:15 What is Microsoft Game Stack?
12:30 The Importance of LiveOps
13:00 Rare: Building Sea of Thieves with a LiveOps Mentality
13:35 What it means to run a game studio – a conversation with Turn 10
14:00 Maximizing impact and reach for your independent games with the [email protected] team
Day 2 – 18 March, 2020
10:00 Previously on Game Stack Live 10:15 How inXile used creative iteration to drive Wasteland’s development
10:40 Panel: How online services are defining the next generation of game development
11:40 Xbox Series X + Project xCloud = New Chapter in Gaming
12:40 The spark of creativity that drives Double Fine
13:20 What’s new in DirectX: Raytracing, mesh shading, and more
Everything else
Other points of discussion will include:
Video game accessibility, indie dev support through [email protected], lessons on operating a ‘live service’ style game, how Double Fine manages to stay creative and a talk from InXile on creative iteration during development on Wasteland.
READ MORE: Everything you need to know about Xbox Series X
It would be great if there was a way for attendees to participate via chat, creating some form of Q&A session, but we don’t know what to expect.
