GDC 2024 Postmortem: Engine Updates, Creator Economy Upleveling, and Mounting Trust and Safety Challenges

This IDC Market Note assesses three prominent themes that emerged at last month's Game Developers Conference (GDC): the distinctive updates unveiled by the leading commercial game engine suppliers, the upleveling of creator economy tools, and challenges associated with maintaining player community trust and safety."GDC was well attended, despite the layoffs that have rocked the game development community in the past year. Several trends surfaced at the show that we believe are leading indicators of where the market will go in 2025." - Lewis Ward, director of Gaming, eSports, and VR/AR at IDC