The keynote speakers for next year’s Games Developers Conference have been revealed, due to take place in San Jose, California next March.
A fairly mainstream gloss has been sheened over the event, as well as a distinct lack of Japanese developers, for some reason.
Still, Microsoft nice bloke extraordinaire Ed Fries joins the dark man of gaming John Carmack, amongst others.
The complete list reads:
Programming Keynote
John Carmack
Founder/Owner/Lead Programmer, id Software
Production Keynote
David Perry
President, Shiny Entertainment
Game Design Keynote
Neil Young
VP and Executive in Charge of Production, Electronic Arts
Business & Legal Keynote
Ed Fries
Vice President of Microsoft Games Content - World Famous Nice Bloke
Visual Arts Keynote
John Gaeta
Visual Effects Supervisor on the feature films:
The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions
Perhaps more will be added in the coming months. Expect full coverage from the event next year.