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The UK government-funded distance learning institution Open University, in collaboration with the Serious Games Institute, will host the serious games-focused Virtual World Conference next week in Linden Lab's virtual world Second Life. The 24-hour Virtual World Conference will feature a number of discussions headed by experts and researchers in the fields of industry, academia, and policy development. Sessions will cover topics pertaining to the role virtual worlds play in training, education, health, and the environment. ...

Organizers of the Fifth Annual I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase & Challenge announced that the game submission deadline for this year's event has been extended to September 30th, giving developers two additional weeks to polish up their entries. The Serious Games Showcase & Challenge offers students and independent developers a chance to show off their submitted training applications to an expected crowd of over 18,000 attendees at the upcoming Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in ...

GDC Vault has debuted both free and subscriber-only videos from August's GDC Europe event in Cologne. Free-to-watch talks feature ArenaNet's Guild Wars 2 and notables from the ESA, Remedy and Crytek on building grassroots political support for games. Following the successful Europe-wide developer event that ran alongside Gamescom last month, organizers of the Game Developers Conference series of events are making specially recorded versions of the talks available -- while also archiving all of the ...

Taking place alongside next month's GDC Online event in Austin, TX, the 3D Stereoscopic Games Summit has revealed speakers from Disney, Sony, Blitz, Crytek and more on the rise of 3D gaming. The Summit, taking place on Tuesday, October 5th and open to GDC Online All-Access Pass holders, as well as Summits & Tutorial pass-holders, will be the first GDC event to explore the world of 3D stereoscopic gaming in depth. With 3D-capable movies such ...

In a diverse week for new job postings, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at Blizzard, Warner Bros. and many more. Each position posted by employers will appear on the main Gamasutra job board, and appear in the site's daily and weekly newsletters, reaching our readers directly. It will also be cross-posted for free across its network of submarket sites, which includes content sites ...

GDC Online organizers are reminding potential attendees that today is the last day to save up to 40% on passes to the October 5th-8th event in Austin, TX, fully detailing the comprehensive exhibit floor, Summits, keynotes, a PlayStation Home developer day and more. The Austin, Texas based GDC Online conference -- formerly known as GDC Austin -- is mainly focused on the development of online games, including free-to-play titles, social network games, and traditional MMOs, ...

The Vermont Department of Health and serious games developer Hoozinga Game Media have partnered to create an online game to help players quit smoking. Available as part of the "My Quit Kit" anti-smoking package provided by the Vermont Quit Network, Khemia is a reflex-driven shooting game that discourages tobacco habits and keeps players motivated while attempting to stop smoking. "We're constantly seeking new ways to provide effective tools that support Vermonters who are trying to ...