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Speaker roster for GDC Mobile 2008 revealed

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Devin Kent
on November 30, 2007
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The CMP Group has released the roster of speakers for the Game Developers Conference Mobile 2008.

Featured speakers for the year include Mofactor CEO John Szeder; Mitch Lasky, partner at Benchmark Capital; Rich Moran, partner at Venrock; Chip Austin, managing principal of i-Hatch Ventures; Pikkle KK president David Collier; Tom Park, director of operations at Digital Chocolate; and Rick Marazzani, general manager of iQ212.

“GDC Mobile is uniquely positioned to bring together leading creative and business professionals in the mobile games industry to showcase and brainstorm innovation at both the development and business levels,” said Jamil Moledina, Executive Director of the Game Developers Conference. “We’re also excited to put our thumb on the scale a bit, and reward some of the most ambitious mobile game developers at our first annual IGF Mobile awards.”

The GDC will will be held February 18th and 19th as the Moscone Convention Center. A full roster of sessions and speakers can be found at the conference’s website.

New mobile development studio opens

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on February 22, 2007
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Game designer Rick Marazzani has opened a new development studio for mobile, web, and PC games.

MobileIndustry.biz reports that the studio is already working on three original games. A veteran of game design, Marazzani has spent over a decade creating titles for EA, Pogo, and others.

Speak about the upcoming titles, Marazzani said:

“Our games are designed for the mass-market, but please don’t call our games ‘casual games.’ There is nothing casual about a commuter, mum or office worker playing one of our games for 30 hours a week.”

The games will be released at the Game Developers Conference 2007, which takes place March 5th through the 9th.