2021 marks the 35 th official edition of Game Developers Conference—as the game industry’s premier professional event marks another year orbiting around the sun, we’re more excited than ever to welcome a number of new attendees from all different backgrounds. Whether you’re just starting your career in game development, or are a far-flung developer joining us for the first time via this year’s all-digital show, we’re more excited than ever to champion game developers and the advancement of their craft. For those just joining us, we wanted to take some time today to catch you up quickly on the history of GDC to gear you up for this year’s event (running from July 19