Gathering of Developers
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Gathering of Developers was an American video game publishing company known for supporting independent and PC-focused game developers in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gathering of Developers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11251288 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gathering of Developers Context triple: [Serious Sam franchise, publisher, Gathering of Developers]
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A.
OSCON open source convention
OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
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B.
Open Source Summit
Open Source Summit is a major global conference that brings together developers, technologists, and open source leaders to collaborate, share knowledge, and shape the future of open source software.
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C.
Game Developers Conference
The Game Developers Conference is a major annual professional event where video game creators, programmers, artists, and industry leaders gather for talks, networking, and showcasing new technologies and games.
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D.
GDC
GDC is the state agency responsible for overseeing prisons, probation, and correctional facilities in Georgia, United States.
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E.
LinuxCon
LinuxCon is a major technical conference focused on the Linux kernel and open-source technologies, bringing together developers, maintainers, and industry professionals for talks, collaboration, and community building.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gathering of Developers Target entity description: Gathering of Developers was an American video game publishing company known for supporting independent and PC-focused game developers in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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A.
OSCON open source convention
OSCON (Open Source Convention) is a major annual technology conference focused on open source software, drawing developers, technologists, and business leaders for talks, tutorials, and community collaboration.
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B.
Open Source Summit
Open Source Summit is a major global conference that brings together developers, technologists, and open source leaders to collaborate, share knowledge, and shape the future of open source software.
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C.
Game Developers Conference
The Game Developers Conference is a major annual professional event where video game creators, programmers, artists, and industry leaders gather for talks, networking, and showcasing new technologies and games.
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D.
GDC
GDC is the state agency responsible for overseeing prisons, probation, and correctional facilities in Georgia, United States.
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E.
LinuxCon
LinuxCon is a major technical conference focused on the Linux kernel and open-source technologies, bringing together developers, maintainers, and industry professionals for talks, collaboration, and community building.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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video game publisher ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Take-Two Interactive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| alternativeName | GodGames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessModel |
developer-friendly contracts
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royalty-focused deals for developers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| defunct | true ⓘ |
| dissolvedInYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| focus |
PC games
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independent game developers ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Doug Myres
NERFINISHED
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Harry Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick Stults NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Zinnemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Dallas, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | video games ⓘ |
| knownFor |
PC-focused publishing strategy
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supporting independent developers ⓘ |
| notableDeveloperPartner |
Croteam
GENERATED
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Illusion Softworks GENERATED ⓘ PopTop Software GENERATED ⓘ Remedy Entertainment GENERATED ⓘ Triumph Studios GENERATED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Take-Two Interactive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
Mac OS
NERFINISHED
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Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
PC ⓘ |
| publishedGame |
Age of Wonders
NERFINISHED
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Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne NERFINISHED ⓘ Fly! (video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hidden & Dangerous NERFINISHED ⓘ Hidden & Dangerous 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Jazz Jackrabbit 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiss: Psycho Circus – The Nightmare Child NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ Nocturne (video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ Oni (video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ Railroad Tycoon II NERFINISHED ⓘ Rune (video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ Serious Sam: The First Encounter NERFINISHED ⓘ Serious Sam: The Second Encounter NERFINISHED ⓘ Tropico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Europe
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North America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gathering of Developers Description of subject: Gathering of Developers was an American video game publishing company known for supporting independent and PC-focused game developers in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mafia