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The Games Industry Social: San Francisco edition in pictures | GDC 2024
19.03.2024 - 18:21 / gamesindustry.biz
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Last night, GamesIndustry.biz teamed up with to Games Industry Gathering to kick off GDC 2024 with an evening party for attendees.
The catchily-titled Games Industry Social: San Francisco 2024 Edition took place on Monday at Spark Social – a short drive from GDC venue, the Moscone Center – and invited games professionals to catch up, eat, drink, and generally be merry.
There was also the return of the GamesIndustry.quiz, pitting teams against each other in a battle of wits that relied on their knowledge of recent events, past GDCs, video games set in San Francisco and more.
The winning team was Wokemon, and can be seen below holding their trophies aloft in triumph.
The event was sponsored by communications and marketing agency 1SP and Renaissance PR. Scroll down to see a selection of photos from the night.
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