Develop in Brighton 2010 a great success!

This years Develop Conference was a huge success with 1,312 international developers descending on Brighton. So, we just wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone who helped make it happen - all our speakers, sponsors and of course our delegates. View pictures of the event here...

We look forward to seeing you again next year 19 - 21 July 2011!

If you enjoyed Develop in Brighton, look out for our other events coming up later this year:

 

 

Conference News

Develop Conference Launches iPhone App

Own an iPhone, iPod or iPad? Grab our new FREE application - sponsored by Autodesk. Our App will keep you up-to-date with session timings, speakers and other important info about the event - including parties and the latest conference related Twitters!
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
To download the free app please use AppStore by clicking here iPhone/iPad/iPod touch or on your PC and installing via iTunes:
(alternatively search for 'Develop 2010' in AppStore) 
Once installed please run the app and allow it to download the updated content so you get the most accurate agena and locations on the map.  After this point the app can continue to work in an offline mode if necessary.
Also available on Blackberry
The Blackberry version is compatible with any device running Platform version 5.0 or later.  There are currently two versions available, one for touch screen devices (i.e. the Storm) and one for the trackball devices (Curve/Bold). 
Touch screen version...
Trackball version...

Exclusive UK Fable III Demo

 Games legend Peter Molyneux will demo Fable III to delegates at this year's Develop. More.. 

Sony to Show How to Apply 3D to Gaming 

  Mick Hocking, Senior Director, Sony Computer Entertainment will give an exciting insight into the future of 3D for games. More...

Ed Vaizey to Make Maiden Ministerial Speech to Games Industry at Develop!

 Ed Vaizey - Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries will present at 10.30 on Wednesday 14 July, directly after the Opening Keynote from BioWare. More.. 

Attend Top-Tips Sessions Free!

We are offering Expo visitors the chance to attend new, work-shop style mini-sessions absolutely FREE. The 30-minute sessions will take place within the Expo in a specially built seminar theatre and run over 14 and 15 July. More..

Pixar Technical Director to Present the Art Keynote 

 Andrew Dayton, a Technical Director at Pixar, will give a fascinating insight into the world of film animation. His talk will include story reels, traditional artwork, animation tests, layout camera work, plus exapmles of shading modelling and effects. More..

The Develop Conference Programme 2010 is now live!  See who's talking when on our Schedule at a Glance..

The BBC comes to Develop with Dr Who Keynote

      The much hyped Dr Who: The Adventure Games will be the focus of this year's Production Keynote with a triple keynote presentation from Charles Cecil, of Revolution Software, Sean Millard of Sumo Digital and BBC Vision's Simon Nelson. More..

Sheri Graner-Ray to Present Women in Games Keynote

 The Women in Games event takes place at 2pm on Thursday 15 July. It is devoted to discussions around the role of women in the games industry, future developments in female focussed gameplay and issues of diversity both in research and development. More...

Jagex CEO to give Business Keynote

 Mark Gerhard will explore how Jagex has succeeded in the global games market. More..

Evolve Speaker Line-up Includes Google and PopCap! 

Rare Creative Director to give Design Keynote

 George Andreas will talk candidly about how Rare has created one of the premier launch titles for "Project Natal". More..

Tim Schafer to give design talk

 Bafta award-winning industry veteran and president of award-winning indie studio is to make a rare appearance in Europe by giving a game design talk. More..

Bioware Duo to Keynote

  Dr. Ray Muzyka
Group General Manager, BioWare Group and Senior Vice President, Electronic Arts, and Co-founder and CEO, BioWare

Dr. Greg Zeschuk
Group Creative Officer, BioWare Studio Group, Electronic Arts Vice President, and Co-founder of BioWare

Superstar developers Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, co-founders of BioWare the studio responsible for the hugely successful titles Mass Effect and Dragon Age, will be making a rare appearance in Europe as they give the opening keynote on Wednesday 13 July at this year's Develop Conference. More...

With over 80 sessions, this year's conference is shaping up to be the best yet.

Check out the latest confirmed sessions....

Audio Star Announced as Keynote

  Adam Levenson, Director of Central Audio, Activision
With over 17 years of experience in video game audio production having contributed as a composer, sound designer, supervisor and audio director, Adam is extremmely well placed to give this years' Audio Track keynote on Thursday 15 July. More..

Evolve Keynotes Announced

  Louis Castle, CEO, Instant Action Inc.
Opening this year's conference and the Evolve day on Tuesday 13 July is Louis Castle, the co-founder of Westwood Studios, former VP of Creative Development for Electronic Arts and serves as the CEO of Instant Action Inc. More...   
 
  David Helgason, CEO, Unity Technologies
Closing Evolve, David Helgason an entrepreneur, visionary, and ex-programmer, David's job is 'to lead the Unity team to stardom', while making sure that each step is taken with love and care. More...  


Now in its fifth year, the Develop in Brighton Conference is an inspiring place to be with over 80 quality sessions given by international development experts and around 1200 developers getting together to share ideas, learn from each other and socialise.

The conference will open again with the extremely well received Evolve on Tuesday 13 July which focuses on all that is new in game development - new platforms, new technologies and new markets. View 2009 Evolve Programme

The learning will continue on the Wednesday and Thursday with the conference tackling the issues, tools, tricks and techniques of game development and offering practical advice and solutions. View 2009 Develop Programme

And of course it wouldn't be the Develop Conference without all the social and networking events taking place after hours!

So watch this space for speaker announcements and all the latest conference news...