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puffy on 15 March 2009

I'm going to take a look at the last few years of the Game Developers Conference and also the differences and similarities of this years and try to answer the question: Is GDC '09 worth looking forward to?

 

2006

Nintendo

  • Iwata presents the keynote
  • Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Announced
  • Sega and Hudson VC support Announced
  • Brain Training demoed on stage
Microsoft
  • Nothing XBOX 360 related
Sony
  • God of War 2 Announced
  • Comfirmation of November release for PS3
  • Playstation Network Platform detailed
  • Resistance, Formula 1, Warhawk, MotorStorm, Ratchet and Clank all demoed on stage

 

2007

Nintendo

  • Miyamoto's first GDC keynote in 8 years
  • "Check Mii Out" Channel Announced
  • Miyamoto claims we've been playing Mario 128 all along in the form of Pikmin

Microsoft

  • 512MB Memory Unit Announced
  • Larger XBLA sizes Announced

Sony

  • Home Announced and demoed
  • Trophies Announced
  • LittleBigPlanet demoed on stage
  • Singstar Announced

 

 

2008

Nintendo

  • Information on Mario Kart Wii, WiiWare game announcements
  • No keynote
Microsoft
  • Gears of War 2 announced
  • Fable 2 demoed on stage
Sony
  • Details Home tools
  • No keynote


2009

Nintendo

  • Iwata is returning to make a keynote speech, last time was 2006, it is entitled 'Discovering New Development Opportunities'. This may mean it'll be based around Wii MotionPlus and the new features of the DSi.
  • Will also speak about WiiWare, DSiWare and the new dev tools such as flash support
  • Also there is a crazy rumor saying that Zelda, Kid Icarus AND Ice Climbers will all be there. 
  • Thoughts: Nintendo will announce one or two games or eloborate on something like Wii Sports Resort when talking about WM+ and the features of the DSi

Microsoft

Sony

  • Team ICO's Fumito Ueda confirmed to be at GDC
  • Thoughts: If anything happens it'll be ICO related. 
OTHER
  • Hideo Kojima will have his first ever GDC keynote - On a related note, Konami have stated that Kojima will make an announcement 'closer to GDC'


So is GDC worth looking forward to? If you're a fan of gaming there's sure to be an even smattering of news across all platforms but if you're only a fan of one company or system then you should probably look to E3 for our fix of awesome announcements.

Anything I've left out, let me know..

 

 



 

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Seihyouken on 15 March 2009

As far as Sony is concerned, something big is in the over in regards to Gran Turismo 5. It'll almost definitely be announced at either GDC or E3. I'd also be surprised if Ratchet & Clank Future 2 didn't debut there.



DiplomaticImmunity on 15 March 2009

i hope they show something about M.A.G. 256 players is crazy



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megaman79 on 15 March 2009

 

Its going to be awesome



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