
2012 Edit Calendar
| Issue Date | Featured Theme | Ad Close | Materials Due | Mail Date | Distributed At |
| Dec '11 | Front Line Award Finalists | Oct 28 | Nov 3 | Nov 21 | |
| Jan | Front Line Awards, GDC Preview | Nov 28 | Dec 2 | Dec 19 | GDC 2012 |
| Feb | GDC Issue | Jan 9 | Jan 13 | Jan 30 | GDC 2012 |
| Mar | Project Heroes | Feb 1 | Feb 6 | Feb 23 | GDC 2012 |
| Apr | Salary Survey | Mar 8 | Mar 12 | Mar 29 | |
| May | Engine Issue | Apr 2 | Apr 6 | Apr 23 | |
| Jun/ Jul | Top 50 Developers/FocusOn | May 1 | May 7 | May 24 | Develop, E3, SIGGRAPH |
| Career | Career & Education | Jun 1 | Jun 8 | Jun 26 | SIGGRAPH, GDC Europe, PAX Prime, GDC Online, MIGS |
| Aug | GDC Online Preview | Jul 2 | Jul 9 | Jul 26 | GDC Europe |
| Sept | GDC Online | Aug 1 | Aug 7 | Aug 23 | Tokyo Game Show, GDC Online |
| Oct | Top 20 Publishers | Sept 6 | Sept 12 | Sept 27 | GDC Online, GDC China |
| Nov | The Game Developer 50 | Oct 1 | Oct 5 | Oct 25 | |
| Dec | Front Line Award Finalists | Oct 29 | Nov 22 | Oct 25 | |
| Jan '13 | Front Line Awards, GDC Preview | Nov 28 | Dec 4 | Dec 20 | GDC 2013 |


