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Game Developers Conference organiser, Think Services, has announced that last week’s GDC held at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco saw attendance numbers in excess of 17 000 game industry professionals. Event director Meggan Scavio said:

“The success of this past week in San Francisco proves the resilience of the games industry.

“It is a testament to the spirit of our more than 20 year old conference and community, and evidence of video games’ continued evolution into a mainstream form of entertainment, that the various constituents of the industry were able come together at GDC as they did [last] year.”

Attendance figures for 2009’s GDC were slightly down from 2008’s numbers, but managed to exceed those of 2007’s event.

Also announced were the dates for GDC 2010, taking place from Tuesday, March 9 to Saturday, March 13, 2010, changing from the event’s usual ‘Monday through Friday’ schedule, which Scavio explains is as a result of a booking-related issue.

Source: Gamasutra

The amazingly hilarious group of comedians over at Mega64 have finally released their Metal Gear Solid 4 skit that was shown during the Game Developers Choice Awards, featuring non other than the Metal Gear master himself, Hideo Kojima, plus another guest appearance…

No more spoilers! Watch the video below for maximum hilarity!

Here is a three-part interview with Hideo Kojima, head-honcho behind the Metal Gear franchise, Lifetime Achievement Award winner at this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards, as well as the keynote speaker at the Game Developers Conference this year.

As always, his comments and anecdotes are highly interesting, and even inspiring, as in this first interview segment, Kojima talks about other genres he would like to pursue, his trip to Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward, and his thoughts on making the impossible possible. Enjoy:

The second and third parts of the interview with Hideo Kojima follow below:

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Punch Out!! will be available exclusively on the Wii on the 18th of May.

Developed by Next Level Games, Punch Out!! is a reimagining of the 1980’s classic. The best of the original cast returns, including Little Mac, Glass Joe, King Hippo and Doc Louis, with hilarious fighting animations in cell-shaded 3D.

Players use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to throw punches, controlling hooks and jabs by combining motion control with control-stick movement. You can also turn the Wii Remote sideways to play with classic NES-style controls, using the 1 and 2 buttons to throw hooks and jabs or to dodge.

Check out the new gameplay trailer for Punch Out!! after the jump.

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Nintendo also announced a new game for WiiWare during Satoru Iwata’s keynote address at GDC today. Rock N’ Roll Climber will make use of the Balance Board accessory to help users simulate the experience of rock climbing.

The game is being developed by Vitei but further than that details are still sketchy. We do hope to have more news on this title soon so stay tuned.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced a new storage solution for the Wii during his keynote address at GDC today.

In addition to using SD memory cards, starting from today Wii owners will be able to save downloaded WiiWare, Virtual Console video games and Channels directly to High Capacity SD cards.

To play games saved to SD cards, users will select and launch them from an SD Menu icon the Wii Menu. Bear in mind that save-game data must be stored on the Wii.

You will be able to make use of this feature once you have downloaded the latest version of the Wii System Menu Update which is available today.

Nintendo has revealed that consumers who purchase the new Nintendo DSi during the first six months after launch will receive 1000 Nintendo DSi Points after connecting to the Nintendo DSi Shop. The announcement was made during Nintendo President Satoru Iwata’s keynote address at GDC today.

The new Nintendo DSi goes on sale across the United States on the 5th of April and consumers who purchase it will be able to redeem the Nintendo DSi Points for downloadable Nintendo DSiWare games and applications if they access the shop by the 5th of October, although the points can be redeemed at any time after that.

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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata today confirmed during his keynote at the GDC that the Wii has shipped over 50 million units worldwide.

Nikkei had reported the news earlier today but now the happy publisher has added its stamp of approval to the news. Nintendo also announced that the Nintendo DS has shipped over 100 million units worldwide.

Nintendo believe that videogame developers have expanded opportunities given the worldwide shipments for both the Wii and the DS.

Iwata said ““It is in the power of game developers to invent things that gamers have never seen – or even imagined – before.”

[UPDATE]The new adventure will make use of the intuitive touch control of Phantom Hourglass and promises to “please longtime Zelda fans while keeping the game accessible to all DS owners.” Players will use a steam locomotive to travel around the world, switching between Phantom and Link to explore the dungeons, all the while using new items to solve puzzles.

During Satoru Iwata’s keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), a new DS Zelda game was unveiled by the name of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

Spirit Tracks, graphically, looks very similar to the previous Zelda outing on the DS, Phantom Hourglass, but this time sees Link commanding the direction of a train to progress through the adventure.

Watch the first gameplay trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks below:

Titan Studios is showing off their upcoming PlayStation Network game Fat Princess at the Game Developers Conference, currently underway in San Francisco.

Watch this interview with SCEA Senior Producer Deborah Mars and Associate Producer Matter Morton to find out some interesting facts about the game, including how the class system works, more about the mini-map and hat machine as well as why the team chose a cartoony art style.

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Although it might not be PixelJunk 4 as earlier reports suggested, PixelJunk fans will no doubt settle for Eden Encore, an expansion for PixelJunk Eden, the third game in the popular series.

Q-Games’ Dylan Cuthbert has confirmed that he will not be demonstrating a new PixelJunk PSN game at next week’s GDC. He will, however, be showing Eden Encore.

Here’s an excerpt from Cuthbert’s twitter feed, “everyone seems to think we are showing PixelJunk 1-4 next week at GDC…but it ain’t true…Eden Encore will be there in its full glory tho.”

If you haven’t yet been entranced by the atmospheric platformer with its soothing music and intriguing grimps, then make sure you download Eden from the PlayStation Store today.

It was revealed yesterday that Konami and Kojima Productions legend, Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid series of games (and others) will deliver the keynote address at the 2009 Game Developers Conference (GDC).

Kojima’s keynote, entitled “Solid Game Design: Making the ‘Impossible’ Possible,” will focus on “conquering various development obstacles with creative game design, using the driving game design philosophies behind the Metal Gear series as reference.” This keynote address will apparently be the first time Kojima will attend the GDC. Event director of the GDC, Meggan Scavio said:

“The Game Developers Conference has invited Hideo Kojima to keynote every year for as long as I can remember, so we couldn’t be more excited that, at long last, he feels that it is time for him to address the game development community.

“The anticipation is already huge to see how one of the community’s most revered and elusive creators will inspire attendees to further push the limits of game development.”

The Game Developers Conference is the largest professional industry event dedicated to the creation of games of all types on all platforms, providing a central forum for learning, inspiration and networking in the videogames industry. This year, the GDC takes place over March 23-27 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.