External development is a common practice that relies on human connections across companies and cultures around the world XDS aims to continuously provide an opportunity to collaborate, share best practices and contribute to the advancement of our in......
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Sold out Event Concludes Successfully with New Elements VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept 30, 2019 – The only annual international video games industry event with a primary focus on external development for art, animation, audio, co-develop......
Read MoreWe are ecstatic to announce that XDS celebrates its fourth consecutively sold out event! Since its inception in 2013, the External Development Summit (XDS) has grown into an event with over 650 attendees, with consistent growth year over year We are ......
Read MoreEach year attendees at XDS events enjoy vibrant presentations and panels, but they are always left wanting more XDS 2019 introduces Table-Topics, an interactive learning format in which small groups of participants gather around tables to deep-dive o......
Read MoreThe only annual, international games industry event with a focus on external development, XDS, releases its list of 26 reputable speakers to present on September 4-6, 2019 at Parq Vancouver Each speaker was selected by the XDS Advisory Committee, equ......
Read MoreThe XDS Advisory Committee is made up of industry leaders who play a key role in supporting the advancement of external development within the games industry One of our newest members, Nikki Roth, shares some of her industry experience, and her take ......
Read MoreWe are incredibly excited to release this year's Industry Insights Report on External Development The report is packed with invaluable info including:TOP FACTORS considered when developers select partners Annual AVERAGE SPEND on external develo......
Read MoreIn our latest video release, Ciaran Daly and Stephen Broadley from Sony London share how they developed tools and workflows to support fully scalable, high volume and integrated development teams across the world, including for their upcoming title B......
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