GDC 08: Dates and details

CMP Media has released the new dates for next year's Game Developer Conference, taking place as usual in San Francisco.

The focus of the 2008 event will be learning, networking and inspiration, and has been slated for the earlier-than-usual dates of February 18-22.

Hotel accommodation via the GDC web site will open at the end of October, while alumni rates end on December 5 and early bird rates end on January 16.

The conference session will be announced in November, and submissions are currently under review, but the line-up will include casual games, outsourcing, independent games, serious games and worlds in motion.