Each year, one of the three big console manufacturers gets an opportunity to dazzle Game Developers Conference attendees with a fabulous keynote speech. 2009 is Nintendo’s year, with president Satoru Iwata returning to the stage.
Maybe Apple’s iPhone really is “the future of gameplay.” This year’s Independent Games Festival Mobile finalists are almost entirely comprised of titles for iPhone and iPod Touch platforms, with just one Nintendo DS entry appearing.
The Brutal Art of Brutal Legend and rendering techniques of Killzone 2 will both be making an appearance at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco later this year.