Reinventing GDC (with Mark DeLoura) [Nice Replay]

Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast! · Feb 26, 2026

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Reinventing GDC

Interview

2025.11.27

After the discussion, DeLoura turned the tables on your nice hosts and asked a question of his own. It didn't fit into the episode, but we saved it and put it up as a Patreon exclusive bonus segment!

Mark DeLoura's decades-long career in games includes roles ranging from Nintendo engineer to White House senior advisor. A longtime and passionate developer advocate, this year he's been tapped to help reinvent the industry's largest annual gathering, GDC.

DeLoura outlines the changes coming to this year's conference, defines what "festival" means in the…