The Game Developers Conference® (GDC) is the world’s largest professionals-only game industry event. Presented every spring in San Francisco, it is the essential forum for learning, inspiration, and networking for the creators of computer, console, handheld, mobile, and online games.

The GDC attracts over 17,000 attendees, and is the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry. The GDC is produced by the Think Services Game Group, a division of United Business Media.

This market defining conference features over 400 lectures, panels, tutorials and round-table discussions on a comprehensive selection of game development topics taught by leading industry experts. In addition, the GDC expo showcases all of the most relevant game development tools, platforms and services helping to drive the industry forward. The conference also features the twelfth annual Independent Games Festival, where new, unpublished games compete for the attention of the publishing community, and the tenth annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the premier accolades for peer-recognition in the digital games industry.

Ever wonder what the PC Ballroom at UCSD would look like if gamers took it over for a weekend? Find out at this year’s Winter Game Fest! Tournaments include: Halo Reach, DoTA, Starcraft Brood War, Starcraft II, Call of Duty Black Ops, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Street Fighter 4, Blazblue: Continuum Shift. Over $7,000 in prizes. Free play area for the new or casual gamer. There’s something for everyone! For tournament sign-ups and more information please visit http://sctechcomm.org/

Sixth College Technology Committee proudly presents the 6th annual Winter Game Fest.

-----FEATURES-----
-$7000 in Tournament Prizes
...-Free Play
-Free Giveaways (RedBull, Popchips, bumper stickers, keychains, wristbands, coupons, vouchers, soundtracks)
-Raffles (XBOX360, Kinect, Blizzard Games, XBOX Live Subscriptions, and MORE)
-Live Streaming and Commentary

-----DETAILS-----
What: Winter Game Fest VI
When: January 22-23, 2011
10:00am - 9:00pm
Where: PC Ballroom A/B
Multipurpose Room (Saturday)
PC Ballroom East (Sunday)
Price Center Map: http://bit.ly/icmvk5
Campus Map: http://bit.ly/gQkxQ3
Parking is FREE on weekends. Park in the Gilman Parking Structure or the Hopkins Parking Structure. Check http://maps.ucsd.edu/ for locations.

-----SPONSORS-----
Microsoft
Blizzard Entertainment
Red Bull
Microsoft Store
Aksys Games
BestBuy
MadCatz
Ubisoft
WebSense
Play N Trade
Box Arena
Yogurt World
Popchips
Bombay Coast
Santorini

Sixth College Technology Committee
M.A.C.O.K.E.
Sixth College Student Council
Muir N.E.R.D.

-----TOURNAMENTS-----
This year we are featuring nine tournaments with over $7000 in prize money. Check in times and locations are as follows for tournaments:

Super Smash Brothers Melee (1v1 & 2v2) Saturday 10am Ballroom A/BSuper Smash Brothers Brawl (1v1 & 2v2) Saturday 10am Ballroom A/BSuper Street Fighter IV (PS3 1v1) Saturday 11am Ballroom A/BBlazblue: Continuum Shift (PS3 1v1) Sunday 10am Ballroom A/BHalo Reach (XBOX360 4v4) Sunday 12pm Ballroom A/BCall of Duty: Black Ops (XBOX360 4v4) Saturday 11am Ballroom A/BStarcraft 2: Wings of Liberty (1v1) Sunday 10am Ballroom EastStarcraft: Brood War (1v1) TWO DAYS. Saturday 2pm Multipurpose RoomDefense of the Ancients (5v5) Saturday 10am Multipurpose Room

All events are BYOC (Bring your own computer/controller/fightstick)
Make sure you pre-register online. We will not take at the door sign-ups unless otherwise noted.

-----REGISTRATION-----
Registration and rules can be found online at http://sctechcomm.org/ starting January 13, 2011. Sign-ups will fill up quickly. All events except for Super Smash Brothers Melee and Super Smash Brothers Brawl are FREE TO ENTER.

The New Media Film Festival, Forum & Market brings you the Best In New Media: What's New, What's Next...honoring stories worth telling.

Sign up for our newsletter: http://newmediafilmfestival.com/

 

EVENTS:

Submit Now for New Media Film Festival - LA

Start submitting for May 2011 Festival!

 

Categories include Webseries, Shot on RED, 3-D, Animation, Documentary, Shorts, Features, and Socially Responsible Content (SRC). Submit media at www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com. Click on ‘SUBMIT MEDIA’ tab.

 

SF Bay Area New Media Film Festival: Buy Passes!

November 5 & 6, 2010

VizCinema, 1746 Post St. SF, CA 94115 (Japantown)

 

See http://bit.ly/dtvA14 for our schedule! 

The SDAF showcases unique independent animation from all over the world as well as commercial content from the region. The SoDak Fest also hosts special guest artists to share ideas and inspiration with the public audience. Animation workshops are also held for festival attendees and members of the community. Student work is especially emphasized to support animation education. Prizes are awarded in the form of the coveted "Golden Cowbell Award"!

Past guest artists include animator Patrick Smith, filmmaker and animator PES, indie filmmaker Todd Rohal and Reid Thompson, creative director from Troika Design Group!

The SDAF is operated by faculty, staff and student volunteers of South Dakota State University, The Animation Club of South Dakota State University and the surrounding community. 100% of submission fees go directly to support animation education.

CUT&PASTE LAUNCHES 3RD GLOBAL 3D AND MOTION DESIGN COMPETITION - CONTINUES TO ADVANCE ON THE ELEVATION AND DISCOVERY OF TOP TALENTCALL FOR COMPETITORS NOW OPEN
New York, NY (August 23, 2010) – Digital designers from all over the world are invited to participate in Cut&Paste’s 2010 Digital Design Tournament. For its third global Digital Design Tournament, Cut&Paste will build on the success of its 2009 world tour, hosting competitions in 2D, 3D and Motion design in 10 cities worldwide, presenting the world’s top stage for designers. Continuing to advance on the elevation and discovery of top talent, Cut&Paste scouts the ten brightest design cities to challenge competitors from all backgrounds across the globe to prove their talents on stage and in the spotlight. Cut&Paste will continue its core mission of gathering a global design community through the design-as-spectator-sport approach that it brings to 2D, 3D and Motion Design.The Call for Competitors opens to the public NOW.
Entries will be reviewed based on quality of portfolios and select candidates will be invited to an in-person “test round” to determine final selections for the live city tournaments. Online entry deadline for the United States is September 17th.The deadline for Europe, Asia and Latin America is October 15th. 
Cut&Paste will begin its showcase of design’s rising stars in North America with tour stops in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco before visiting Europe in the cities of London and Berlin. Immediately following, Cut&Paste will make its debut in Latin America with stops in Mexico City and Sao Paulo, before traveling to Asia in Bangkok, Tokyo and Seoul. At every tour stop a Grand Prize winner will be selected in each category of 2D, 3D and Motion Design, and chosen to compete in Cut&Paste's most impressive stage, the Global Championship in February 2011. A total of 30 expenses-paid winners will journey to New York City where the locally crowned champions will battle for top honors against the best the world has to offer. 
Cut&Paste’s first live digital design tournament began as a single competition in New York City in 2005. Since then, Cut&Paste has grown globally and introduced the arenas of 3D and motion design to the tournament. 2010 is expected to draw some of the best talent and biggest crowds to-date.For more information on the 2010 Digital Design Tournament and updates on judges, competitors, tour dates, event programming and more, please visit www.cutandpaste.com. Up to the minute news and information will be broadcast to the Cut&Paste community via twitter.com/cutandpasteme and facebook.com/cutandpasteme.
Cut&Paste is a social arena for the discovery, advocacy and elevation of design. Through events and online programs, Cut&Paste supports artists, firms and media working to strengthen creative networks. Born in New York City in November 2005, Cut&Paste’s signature event is the Digital Design Tournament, held live throughout the world each year. The 2010 tour takes place in 10 cities around the globe. Cut&Paste additionally powers design-driven contests and events with industry partners worldwide. Learn more about Cut&Paste at www.cutandpaste.com
TOUR SCHEDULEFor 2010, Cut&Paste will focus on an increased quality in experience and engagement with the design community, selecting ten cities to feature the competition before the Global Championship in New York. 

NEW MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL & MARKET SF BAY AREA

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: DEADLINE OCT 15TH

SUBMIT NOW FOR OVER $9,000.00 IN  PRIZES!!!!

New Media Film Festival & Market (NMFFM) is bringing The Best of the Best--What’s New, What’s Next…honoring stories worth telling to the San Francisco Bay Area, CA November 5th & 6th 2010. Our recent Los Angeles premiere was a critical success & NMFFM is honored to be coming up to the SF Bay Area with an expanded program to embrace its unique blend of technology & creative talent.

We are currently accepting media submissions for competition & awarding over $9000 in
prizes. Judges include Industry Professionals from Pixar, Summit Entertainment, United Talent
Agency & more. Cost to submit in any category is only $25.00. To Submit go to :
www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com click on the submit tab. Deadline: Oct. 15, 2010.

Our program includes Mobile, Webisodes, Webseries, iApps, SRC (Socially Responsible
Content), Shorts, Narrative & Documentaries, 3-D or RED shorts, & 5d/7d, 3-D or RED
features. We will screen the Best of New Media LA 2010, which includes Sundance, Cannes,
Los Angeles & World Premieres as well as screening SF Bay Area-submitted content accepted
for competition.

Panel discussions will highlight topics on New Technology, Financing & Monetization, the
Convergence of Media & where Traditional Media meets New Media. Programming is already
underway with a variety of Industry Professionals, Thought Leaders & Creators representing
today's leading companies in Entertainment, Media & Technology.

Confirmed Supporters, Sponsors & Speakers include:

Industrial, Light & Magic
Pixar
Producers Guild of America-SF Northwest Chapter
NATPE - National Association of TV Programming Executives
IAWTV - International Academy of WebTV
San Francisco Writers Conference
SF Film Commission
SF Film Society
Summit Entertainment
Creative Convergence
United Talent Agency
Motorola
IndieGoGo
CableReady
Bay Books
Select Services Films Inc.
Baseline Studio Systems
Movieset.com
SellYourTVConceptNow.com
Credit the Edit

Contact: Susan Johnston - Founder/Director, New Media Film Festival

Director@NewMediaFilmFestival.com
Cell: 323-833-2088

Sponsored by Autodesk®, CGarchitect, and NVIDIA, the Rendering Revolution contest is a global still image architectural visualization competition in celebration of the Autodesk ® 3ds Max® 20th Anniversary and advancements in GPU-accelerated rendering solutions. Participants must create an architectural scene that incorporates the 3ds Max 20th anniversary logo in a recognizable (and creative) form and produce a still image of that scene. Content can be created with any application, but final rendering must be done in 3ds Max 2011 or 3ds Max Design 2011 software using native GPU rendering solutions – Quicksilver or iray® or any GPU-accelerated third-party rendering solution. Participants who do not own 3ds Max or 3ds Max Design 2011 software can download the 30-day trial to use the Quicksilver hardware renderer. iray will be available to Autodesk Subscription customers on September 29, 2010 as part of the Advantage Pack for 3ds Max 2011 and 3ds Max Design 2011. Students can download 3ds Max Design 2011 from the Autodesk Education Community.

Contestants can upload their entries directly to the CGarchitect submissions page starting October 1, 2010. The contest will close on October 31, 2010, and entries will be judged on the basis of artistic merit and originality by a panel of industry judges.

CG Brains Cartoon Character Design Competition

Between August 25th to September 25th

Theme: Cartoon Character Design ( We will use the design for future competitions in the site Modelling, Rigging, Animation with Artist`s Credits )

 

 

Prizes

Winner Will be Awarded Digital Tutors 1 Month Ulimited Access Basic $45 / month Unlimited Access
Project Files Included For more details visit : www.digitaltutors.com Winner Will be Awarded 3D Connexion 3D Mouse Space Navigator 3D Mouse 3Dconnexion patented six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) technology For more details visit : www.3dconnexion.com

For More Details Visit : www.cgbrains.com

CELEBRATE THE AMERICAN CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE
Accepting Entries Jan 11 - Jun 16, 2010

ACEFEST has quickly become one of the most anticipated film festivals on the industry calendar and this is YOUR chance to be part of the excitement! The 2010 event is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever with 8 full days of screenings, panels, workshops & parties in the media capital of the world, New York City. ACEFEST is now accepting short and feature-length films of all genres so be sure to submit your work today for the opportunity of a lifetime!

Why Submit?
- Get valuable perks just for entering your film
- Gain extra exposure in our annual Film Market
- Selected works build buzz by screening at our Press & Industry Night
- Picture it: Your film, sold out audience, in Manhattan!

Submit Now
www.acefest.com/submit

Quick Links
Find ACEFEST on Withoutabox | Easy Online Entry Form | Learn More | 2010 Judges

August 17, 2010- December 17, 2010
Art Creations Magazine “Who’s Creative?”2 Art Contest!

Description:
Art Creations Magazine’s “Who’s Creative?2 “ art contest is sponsored and brought to you by  Laniercreations
This contest is all about creativity, composition, technique and execution. The theme of this contest is to just
show your  unique creative expression through your art. Anything goes. Express your creativity to the fullest!

Eligibility:
This contest is only open to members of the Art Creations Magazine site. If you are not yet a member of this
site, signing up is free and only takes seconds. The site is http://www.artcreationsmagazine.com. The contest
 is open to all mediums except film, video, motion graphics/animation, and audio. Examples of acceptable
mediums include computer generated art, painting, textiles and mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, still
frame animation, photography, ceramics, glass, jewelry, and drawings.

Prizes:
The TOP 20 images will be represented in the “Who’s Creative?“2 special edition of Art Creations Magazine
which will be issue#05. The following combined prize packages (prize money and images printed in magazine),
totaling $1000.00 USD, will be awarded when the winners are decided.
 
Best Of Show: $600.00 USD, Front Cover of Art Creations Magazine’s issue#05 “Who’s Creative?”2
special edition, along with a full spread and interview in the issue, and a Home page feature on the
Art Creations Magazine site.

2nd Place: $200.00 USD, full spread and interview in Art Creations Magazine’s issue#05
“Who’s Creative?” 2 special edition, and a Home page future on the Art Creations Magazine site..

3rd Place: $50.00 USD, full spread and interview in Art Creations Magazine’s issue#05 “Who’s Creative?”2
special edition, and a Home page future on the Art Creations Magazine site..

Entry Fees:
A non-refundable entry fee of $10.00 USD for EACH PIECE of artwork submitted. There is no limit to
submissions. Fee must be paid before art is submitted.

How to submit your images:  
STEP_01
On the Art Creations Magazine site you will first click the ART CONTEST link on the Home Page
to pay and download the entry form. You will have to do this for each individual image submitted.
STEP_02
You will then complete and E-mail your entry form to (artcreationsmagazine@gmail.com).
A conformation E-mail will be sent to you as soon as we receive your entry form and confirm your payment.
STEP_03
You will now upload your contest images to the website just like you would upload any other image to your
Photos on the site. MAKE SURE TO TAG YOUR IMAGE WITH the letters ACM in the tags box of your image.
If your Image is already on the site; then just go back and tag that image with the letters ACM by clicking your
image and next clicking EDIT YOUR TAGS which is located at the bottom right of your image.
Deadline:
Art Creations Magazine reserves the right to postpone all dates listed until such a time that a viable number
of entrants are received to offer a well rounded exhibition. Entrants will be notified via E-mail of any changes
in deadlines. The deadline is scheduled for: DECEMBER 17, 2010