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Habbo Hotel\'s design supports open play and user creativity, supplying customers with furniture, clothing, pets, and accessories to customize their experiences.
"The GDC has long served the game development community by providing opportunities to learn directly from both the legends of our industry," says Jane Pinckard, Content Manager for Austin GDC. "For online games and virtual worlds, Blizzard\'s World of Warcraft and Sulake\'s Habbo Hotel have pioneered the way and set precedence on how MMOs can transcend into real communities as well as establish new e-commerce models. habbo credits We can\'t wait to hear what the men behind these iconic games have to say regarding the future of online gaming."
The Austin GDC will feature more than 90 lectures, panels, tutorials and round-table discussions on game development across four tracks: online games, audio for games, writing for games and a new People\'s Choice track featuring the sessions community members want to see most. Austin GDC will also feature a Game Career Seminar for students and job-changers researching entry into the game industry, and a new event, PC Game On, focusing on the PC game enthusiast.
