Evolving Game Design: Today and Tomorrow, East and West Game Design
Speakers: Mark MacDonald (Executive Director, 8-4Ltd), Goichi Suda a.k.a. SUDA51 (CEO/Game Designer, Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.), Fumito Ueda (Sr. Game Designer, Int’l Production Dept, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Japan Studio), Emil Pagliarulo (Lead Designer – FALLOUT 3, Bethesda Game Studio)
Date/Time: TBD
Track: Game Design
Format: 60-minute Panel
Experience Level: All

Session Description
What are the most important recent trends in modern game design? Where are games headed in the next few years? Drawing on their own experiences as leading names in game design, the panel will discuss their answers to these questions, and how they see them affecting the industry both in Japan and the West.

Takeaway
By attending this session you will gain insight on where game design is headed, both in Japan and the West.

Intended Audience and Prerequisites
Designers, directors, producers. 

It’s possible we could see some new information about No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle from this keynote.  Don’t quote me on it, but it’s a possibility : )  GDC runs from March 23 through the 27th.  We’ll have all the coverage you can handle during the show!

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