This week on the Game Developer podcast, our whole team—editorial director Alissa McAloon, editor-in-chief Danielle Riendeau, and news editor Chris Kerr—join senior editor Bryant Francis for a wrap-up conversation about the 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming. What were the vibes like? What were the coolest games we saw? Is this the first-ever appearance of a sound board on the Game Developer podcast? These and other questions will be tackled in front of a tiny live audience as we deliriously recap a madcap week.   Author profiles: Alissa McAloon - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/author/alissa-mcaloon Danielle Riendeau - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/author/danielle-riendeau Chris Kerr - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/author/chris-kerr Bryant Francis - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/author/bryant-francis Game Developer and GDC Festival of Gaming are sibling organizations under Informa Festivals. - - - The Game Developer podcast is a bi-weekly podcast chronicling game development triumphs, catastrophes, and everything in-between, as devs from all sides of the industry share lessons and strategies fellow game makers can use to hone their craft. Learn More at https://www.gamedeveloper.com Follow Game Developer for more game dev Podcasts, News, & Interviews Bluesky: https://www.gamedeveloper.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gamedeveloperofficial Music by Mike Meehan Edited by Pierre Landriau