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VMC Game Labs Repeat Session Success with GDC 2009 Panel

Redmond, WA (March 20, 2009) – Building on a successful Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2008 conference session, VMC Game Labs will once again bring together industry leading executives to speak on a panel session at this year’s GDC 2009, in San Francisco. The GDC conference is the preeminent industry conference for the game development community, attracting the largest console manufacturers, game developers, and game studios in the world. This conference is the destination event to debut new platforms and revolutionary gaming technology, making it one of the most important annual conferences for the gaming community.  

VMC Game Labs is the world’s leading independent games testing company, providing critical Game Testing, QA, Certification, and Game Support services for clients. Led by VMC Game Labs Director of Games QA Practice Linda Lemieux, the VMC Game Labs GDC 2009 panel will discuss best practices on the subject of “Global Games QA for Innovative, Transformative and Cost Effective Solutions”. For a global market perspective, a group of executives from game developers, console manufacturers, and game testing organizations will join Linda Lemieux on the panel, including William Rompf, Capcom QA Manager; Kara Matthew, Microsoft XNA Publishing Platform Business Product Unit Manager; Sabine Duvall, Hudson Entertainment VP Product Development; and Howard Donaldson, Disney Interactive Studios Vice President, Studio Operations.

Panelists will discuss how global games QA delivery is more than just reducing budgets by using offshore sites.  They’ll address real-world examples from their experiences of managing game testing in a global environment.  Attendees will receive actionable recommendations for managing QA in a global environment with strategic, scalable, innovative and transformative cost savings solutions.