Iwata Lecturing At GDC

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will attend at this years' Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will attend at this years' Game Developers Conference, the world's largest event exclusively devoted to the art of game creation, held from March 7 to 11.

In the Nintendo keynote, titled "The Heart of a Gamer," Iwata will assess where the games business stands today, predict how it will develop over the next several years, and the manner in which it will help decide future Nintendo hardware and software development. Iwata will also discuss the strategic thinking behind the development of the Nintendo DS, touching on how designing games based on understanding gamers' emotional reactions to interactive gameplay will play a major role in Nintendo's future plans. With a little bit of luck, the other developers will be touched by the speech and come up with many new ideas for the Nintendo DS too.

"Satoru Iwata is a global icon in the game industry and we are honored to have him share his knowledge and experience with the entire game community," said Jamil Moledina, director of the Game Developers Conference. "The GDC strives to deliver the best the industry has to offer and Mr. Iwata certainly brings us to that level."

The "Heart of a Gamer" keynote is scheduled for Thursday, March 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The keynote is central to GDC's new Vision Track, which is designed to empower developers to anticipate the future of interactive entertainment.

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