The International Game Developers Association is the largest non-profit membership organization serving individuals who create video games. We bring together developers at conferences, in local chapters and in special interest groups to improve their lives and craft.

As an international organization, we use the Internet to connect with each other on a wide range of projects. This is a snapshot of what we're doing right now.


Facebook: http://facebook.com/IGDA.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/igda LinkedIn: http://j.mp/IGDAli Kickstarter http://kickstarter.com/igda

Blip.tv http://blip.tv/igda Youtube: http://youtube.com/theigda Flickr: http://flickr.com/igda

Professionals

You asked for benefits to help grow your business.   Our new IGDA Global partners at DELL & ALIENWARE are now providing savings in almost 30 countries for IGDA Members and Member Studios.  
Visit www.dell.com/mpp/igda to save now on an IGDA DELL or Alienware.

Members are guaranteed the best price on Consumer products through Dell's Member Purchase Program. Shop www.dell.com/mpp/igda for Dell's newest product and save up to 30% on computers, plus enjoy 10% off all Dell branded mobility products including tablets and phones! Also, check back often for limited time deals with incremental savings!   The IGDA-MPP program operates in roughly 30 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad/Tobago, United Kingdom and Venezuela.

Join! Volunteer!  If your membership has lapsed or you want a friend or colleague to join the IGDA family, Create a FREE IGDA account and join. Annual Membership is only $48 and currently you can sign up for a Lifetime Membership for $600.  If you have limited time to volunteer your talents or spirit but don't know how visit http://www.igda.org/volunteer and sign up today!   Tweet us @IGDA or like us on Facebook.

Benefits!  We are focused on supporting your unique professional growth and development, if there are IGDA partnerships across the world that will support that for you, we want to encourage you to let us know.  You can reach your Global Community Manager, Ryan Arndt at Ryan "at " igda "dot" org or myself at  Gordon "at " igda "dot" org  .  We are also both reachable on Twitter, Facebook and Skype.

 
Other ways to pay it forward:  Support our IGDA KICKSTARTER Projects and the IGDA FOUNDATION

IGDA Partner Events:   We are looking forward to seeing everyone inSeattle this week at PAXDev and in San Jose at the Cloud Gaming Conference USA (September 7th)  discount code: IGDA200

 

Academic Community and Students

Congratulations to our CEDEC (Japan) Scholars, the latest to join our family of the best and brightest scholars in the world. 

Our FINAL IGDA Global Scholar program of 2011 is for IGDA Leadership Forum in Los Angeles.  We encourage IGDA members in Ph.d, Graduate or Undergraduate programs in all crafts from all six continents to apply for this once in a lifetime experience at http://www.igda.org/scholarships.

To those who have registered your on-campus club at www.igda.org/education, we will have more concrete information in the next few weeks about how to get started.

Join the IGDA Student SIG on Facebook for updates as we ramp up the launch of Student Chapters.

Last year in 44 nations, at 170 sites, over 1500 games were created in one amazing weekend.   I personally love this event and look forward to our professional and educational communities collaborating this year. Global Game Jam 2012 is coming the last weekend in January!  Site Registration is opening in the next few weeks.   Learn more about and become a part of the world largest game creation event. 
www.globalgamejam.org 

IGDA Students with DELL, you can get a FREE XBOX 360 with the purchase of select DELL PCs.   

Global Studios and Partners  

We are proud to welcome Ubisoft Montreal, SuperBot Entertainment and ADVA (Argentina) as IGDA Global Studios and Partners in addition to our new chapters IGDA Ireland and IGDA Beijing!

Globally I encourage everyone to please give speical thanks to long time IGDA member Bill Rehbock and his team at NVIDIA who are helping bring back IGDA Membership Cards worldwide this winter.
So from Norway to Nigeria, from Beijing to Buenos Aires, we will all once again be card carrying members of the IGDA.   Contact me directly at  Gordon "at " igda "dot" org to sign your studio up today!

Studio Members receive:  

  • Game Sauce Magazine
  • Game Informer Digital Online
  • New exclusive Benefits from GameRecruiter Online
  • New exclusive Benefits from Mary-Margaret Network
  • 1 ticket to the leadership forum ($400 value) including attendance at the studio affiliate council breakfast for one of your studio heads
  • Logo presence on the web page
  • Studio spotlight in newsletter on your Studio Culture and HR practices
  • Logo presence on IGDA GDC and IGDA Summit banners
  • Participation on IGDA studio affiliate advisory council
  • Significant Member Discounts on Global Professional Development events (such as IGDA Leadership Forum, PAXDev, IGDA Summit and many more)
  • Flight Discounts to some Game Industry Events on Virgin America (such as PAXDev and IGDA Leadership Forum)
  • Discounts on DELL and Alienware computers
  • Professional IGDA Memberships for your studio developers
  • IGDA Member cards

We are proud to be a part of your professional development and appreciate your participation. Please feel free to contact us with any thoughts, feedback or questions that you have on how the IGDA can best serve you at this juncture in your careers. 

Sincerely,
Gordon Bellamy, Executive Director

 

News and Updates

US Supreme Court rules that games are protected speech
ryanarndt 2011/06/27 - 14:41

The US Supreme Court today ruled 7-2 that video games qualify for the same First Amendment protection as books, plays and movies. This is a significant ruling for our industry as it confirms the creative storytelling nature of our medium. It also supports the Amicus brief we filed with the AIAS supporting the EMA in this case. This case will likely have far reaching impact on the US Game Industry and the IGDA will be looking at this in more depth in the coming days. In the meantime join us in celebrating the strong support of our creative expression this ruling provides.

- The IGDA Board of Directors

UPDATED: Important Advisory about Amazon’s Appstore Distribution Terms
ryanarndt 2011/04/14 - 10:01

UPDATE:

Amazon’s clarification fails to address game developer concerns

The IGDA is pleased that Amazon has shown a willingness to clarify its distribution terms, so that all versions on the Amazon site are consistent. However, the majority of our concerns remain unaddressed.


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Academy of Arts and Sciences: Into the Pixel
ryanarndt 2011/04/06 - 14:58

The International Game Developers Association joins the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and the Entertainment Software Association in recognizing video game art through their Into the Pixel collection.

IGDA members are eligible to submit their video game art with the 2011 Into the Pixel collection unveiled at the E3 Expo in June 2011.

Now in its eighth year, the ITP has established itself as the one annual opportunity for computer and video game artists to receive critical review of their creative achievements by peers in the digital interactive and traditional fine art worlds. Submissions are now open and close April 15, 2011. Please visit www.intothepixel.com for more information on the submission process.

 

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