Iwata to Give GDC Keynote Address
With Xbox 2 confirmed NOT to be at the San Fran conference, Nintendo is jetting out its prez to speak.
The early part of each year in the videogame industry is conference season and the next major event is the Game Developers Conference, which takes place in San Francisco. Last year, Microsoft used the conference keynote address to unveil its new XNA middleware platform, and this year it's Nintendo's chance to take centre stage.
Iwata will speak about "The Heart Of A Gamer" at GDCNintendo president Satoru Iwata has been confirmed to give the keynote address at this year's conference. During his speech, which will be titled The Heart Of A Gamer, Iwata will lay out Nintendo's vision of gaming in 2005 and beyond.
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| Iwata's GDC keynote comes at a crucial time for Ninty |
The Nintendo DS is the company's first stab at addressing this problem, and will be followed by Nintendo's next home console, codenamed Revolution, which is scheduled to be fully unveiled at the E3 in May.
The Game Developers Conference will take place from 7-11 March in San Francisco.
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