Game Developers Session (GDS) is an annual conference on game development.
It is a regular meeting of game developers from Central Europe, especially Czech and Slovak.

The first GDS conference was in 2003. In 2010 it will be held in Prague

Prague

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Czech Republic

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In 2009, the conference gained more popularity outside the Czech Republic by presenting a set of lectures by developers from 2K Czech, mainly on the technical background of the game Mafia II

Mafia II

Mafia II is a third-person action-adventure video game, the sequel to Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. It is developed by 2K Czech, previously known as Illusion Softworks, and is published by 2K Games...

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The GDS conference is an event where Czech and Slovak game creators meet regularly with producents, professionals and journalists. Also representatives from Germany, Poland and Hungary take part.
The conference usually takes three days. During these, game development teams present lectures, their projects and current topics in the field. Also, one day is usually dedicated for independent developers to introduce their projects to the representatives from game development companies and to the public.