96% of Gamers like to try games before they buy them online, for 35% it’s a requirement. Gaikai is capable of running games at a quality level of Call of Duty, or FIFA Soccer without having to download or install anything. With trials pre-embedded on all publisher and retail sites, imagine how many you'd try!
The future of gaming and graphics technology is happening in real time. Whether it’s 3D graphics, game development, or digital media production, your imagination is driving the visual computing industry. Immerse yourself, and unleash your Visual Adrenaline.
PlaySpan™ is the global leader in monetization solutions for Digital Goods, Social Networks, Online Games, and Videos. PlaySpan's digital goods commerce and micropayment platform enables game developers to Monetize on Demand™.
PlaySpan’s UltimatePay™ is an optimized payment solution with over 85 international payment methods including credit cards, PayPal, and the best selling Ultimate Game Card.
OpenFeint is a free, open source SDK that allows game developers to implement social gaming services like leaderboards, achievements, and multiplayer. With over 32 million registered users and a presence on over 2,500 games, OpenFeint is the largest mobile social gaming ecosystem for iOS devices and is expanding to Android.
Offerpal Media is the leading monetization solution for social applications, online games, virtual worlds, social networks, mobile apps and any other social publisher that has a virtual economy.

Learn more about the tutorial here.
Learn more about the tutorial here.

Epic Games develops cutting-edge games and game engine technology. Epic's Unreal Engine 3 is the four-time winner of Game Developer's Best Engine Front Line Award.
The Videogame Writers Caucus of the Writers Guild of America, West works to promote the professional and artistic interests of interactive writers in the gaming industry. Learn more here.

Put the 'social' in social gaming! In addition to an open bar and appetizers, this reception will feature an "Evolution of Gaming" experience – spanning from classic arcade games and Atari® consoles to Guitar Hero®. So come grab a drink, play your favorite retro games, and network with top executives and innovative developers at leading social and online gaming companies
Bigpoint is an online-game developer, publisher, and content provider for large media concerns. Bigpoint-developed games are played by over 135 million people in more than 25 languages and require no download or installation.
Hansoft is a fast and easy tool for agile/lean development, collaborative scheduling, real-time reporting, QA, workload coordination, portfolio and document management, used by developers in 25 countries.
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