MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Venue: Vancouver, Canada
Dates: September 8-11, 2026
Website: XDS
Established in 2013, External Development Summit (XDS) is the only annual, international games industry event with a primary focus on external development for art, animation, audio, software engineering, QA and localization.
XDS gathers hundreds of international attendees from over 55 countries to advance the practice of external development for the games industry with four days of structured networking in Vancouver, Canada, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
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