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  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 24 Aug 2011 11:55:05 4,359 posts
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    The schedule so far:

    Thursday

    12pm:
    Michael Denny (Senior VP, Sony Worldwide Studios, Europe) - Playstation Vita

    1pm:
    Karl-Magnus Troedsson (VP & General Manager, DICE) - Battlefield 3

    2pm:
    Steve Perlman (CEO, OnLive) - OnLive

    3pm:
    Human Head - Prey 2

    4pm:
    Tim Willits (Creative Director, id Software) - Celebrating 20 years of id Software Legacy

    5pm:
    Richard Lemarchand & Nolan North (Naughty Dog) - Uncharted 3

    Friday

    12pm:
    Tim Willits (Creative Director, id Software) - Celebrating 20 years of id Software Legacy

    1pm:
    ArenaNet - Guild Wars 2

    2pm:
    Hakan Abrak (Lead Producer, IO Interactive) - Hitman Absolution

    3pm:
    Human Head - Prey 2

    4pm:
    Peter Garza (Overseas Producer, Team Ninja) - Ninja Gaiden 3

    5pm:
    Richard Lemarchand & Nolan North (Naughty Dog) - Uncharted 3

    Saturday

    12pm:
    Dr. Ray Muzyka & Dr. Greg Zeschuk (Bioware) - Star Wars: The Old Republic

    1pm:
    Ubisoft Montreal - Assassin's Creed Revelations

    2pm:
    Hakan Abrak (Lead Producer, IO Interactive) - Hitman Absolution

    3pm:
    Tim Willits (Creative Director, id Software) - Celebrating 20 years of id Software Legacy

    4pm:
    From Software - Dark Souls

    5pm:
    Nolan North (Nathan Drake, Naughty Dog) - Uncharted 3

    Sunday

    12pm:
    From Software - Dark Souls

    1pm:
    Trion Worlds - End of Nations

    2pm:
    CD Projekt RED - Witcher 2 (Xbox 360 & PC version 2.0)

    3pm:
    Hakan Abrak (Lead Producer, IO Interactive) - Hitman Absolution

    4pm:
    ArenaNet - Guild Wars 2

    5pm:
    Rocksteady - Batman: Arkham City

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • Razz 24 Aug 2011 11:57:15 57,937 posts
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    the OnLive session is going to be.... interesting. :)

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  • neilka 24 Aug 2011 12:10:04 12,054 posts
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    Who's this Steve Perlman fella then?

    --Rodger OnLive, founder of OnLive

    Even the toast is a ghost, and your daddy is in the toast!

  • Zomoniac 24 Aug 2011 12:27:46 6,230 posts
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    Is there any way to book tickets for the sessions or is it a case of queueing up for a year beforehand?
  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 24 Aug 2011 12:44:26 4,359 posts
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    It's a queuing system again this year.

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • muttler 24 Aug 2011 13:44:48 3,209 posts
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    I'm going to queue up for ND.
  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 25 Aug 2011 16:09:48 4,359 posts
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    Added Nolan North to the line up.

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • THFourteen 25 Aug 2011 16:11:22 29,070 posts
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    Gah. Sunday ticketholders are feeling like secondrate citizens :(
  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 25 Aug 2011 16:15:34 4,359 posts
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    THFourteen wrote:
    Gah. Sunday ticketholders are feeling like secondrate citizens :(
    Don't worry, there will be 5 dev sessions on Sunday too.

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • Donaldthescotishtwin 26 Aug 2011 23:44:46 12 posts
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    Excuse me but can someone tell me what exactly is the developers sessions? Is it actual developers showing off there upcoming games?
  • the_black_xino 27 Aug 2011 19:27:37 14 posts
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    Donaldthescotishtwin wrote:
    Excuse me but can someone tell me what exactly is the developers sessions? Is it actual developers showing off there upcoming games?
    sort off.

    it's more of the developers giving their in-sight on their upcoming release game. Like going into more detail, going into the background in gaming industry or development.

    Only useful for people looking to work in the gaming industry or working in the gaming industry. And also for people who are die hard fans of the developer/ game or dying to know more about the game.
  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 29 Aug 2011 11:52:51 4,359 posts
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    Updated with a couple of From Software sessions. They'll be talking about Dark Souls.

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • Lexx87 29 Aug 2011 11:57:18 20,836 posts
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    Aw the Ninja Gaiden one i'd have liked to be at, stupid work :(

    Speak the truth hussy!

  • Ironlungs76 29 Aug 2011 12:04:51 3,605 posts
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    Lexx87 wrote:
    stupid work :(
    You've not even started there yet and already you're cursing them! Imagine how jaded you'll be in 10 years time.

    Bloody students :p
  • Deleted user 29 August 2011 12:06:31
    The Dark Souls session will be facinating i reckon. Just what goes into creating a game thats as hard as DS etc?
  • the_dudefather 29 Aug 2011 12:16:36 8,125 posts
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    I imagine the lead designer being wheeled out on a Hannibal Lecter style trolley.

    Ask me anything about Dungeon Keeper

  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 2 Sep 2011 11:14:58 4,359 posts
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    Updated. The BioWare doctors are in on Saturday at 12pm for a keynote session.

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • pinebear 2 Sep 2011 11:17:16 8,555 posts
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    Blimey.

    ツ

  • psychokitten Moderator 2 Sep 2011 11:19:07 7,626 posts
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    Holy crap!
    Fair play, lads. Can't wait :D
  • agparrot 2 Sep 2011 11:50:22 11,818 posts
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    Fantastic.

    Oh wait, I don't have a ticket for Sunday!
    the_black_xino wrote:
    Only useful for people looking to work in the gaming industry or working in the gaming industry. And also for people who are die hard fans of the developer/ game or dying to know more about the game.
    I think if you have any broader view on gaming than just playing the games, the dev sessions can be pretty interesting... from the ones I attended over the last few years, the guys and gals presenting get a chance to speak about their games, and the audience usually get a chance to ask some questions. They are a nice insight into what the people making games think about their games and about what they think about games more broadly.

    Obviously some of them are more technical than others, but I'd recommend trying to go and see a dev sesh if you have even a passing interest about the brains behind the games you love (or hate!). Heavy Rain hadn't been released when David Cage gave his talk a couple of years ago, but it was still fascinating to get an insight into some of the processes the studio went through, and to get a broader idea of what he thought about the state of gaming. I don't even own a PS3, and haven't to this day played Heavy Rain, but the talk was informative, relaxed and made a nice change from the noise of the show floor.
  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 2 Sep 2011 13:50:43 4,359 posts
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    Added Karl-Magnus Troedsson of DICE, Thursday at 1pm.

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 5 Sep 2011 10:35:55 4,359 posts
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    And added three sessions for Hakan Abrak of IO Interactive. He'll be talking about Hitman Absolution.

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • the_black_xino 5 Sep 2011 18:54:01 14 posts
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    wtf? Isn't Hayashi going to be at the developer conference or is it just only Peter Garza doing the talks?

    and I could see a lot of the things has changed man!

    I guess we are not going to play the PS Move build but the Gamescom build:/
  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 8 Sep 2011 13:38:19 4,359 posts
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    Schedule is now final. Last two sessions to be added were Trion on 1pm on Sunday and ArenaNet at 4pm.

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • Donaldthescotishtwin 10 Sep 2011 13:27:21 12 posts
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    So no nintendo devs then?
  • Bonesy 17 Sep 2011 11:34:28 36 posts
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    how long does it take to queue for these? as i still wasnt to see stuff on the floor as well
  • Venatio Gaming Manager, Gamer Network 20 Sep 2011 14:53:42 4,359 posts
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    Late addition! Rocksteady will be doing a session at 5pm on Sunday.

    "sounds like a public school ponce"

  • Dogme 20 Sep 2011 15:03:25 576 posts
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    Bonesy wrote:
    how long does it take to queue for these? as i still wasnt to see stuff on the floor as well
    Upwards of an hour. There was at least one occasion though last year where I came out of one session, walked right to the end of the queue for the next session and was back inside the conference room in something like a quarter of an hour. It's all good though, as you get free TShirts while you're waiting :)
  • Dogme 21 Sep 2011 21:05:46 576 posts
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    I'm going to see the Prey 2 and Tim Willets developer sessions tomorrow and the Uncharted 3 session on friday :)
  • Dogme 24 Sep 2011 11:52:24 576 posts
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    Razz wrote:
    the OnLive session is going to be.... interesting. :)
    Did anyone actually go to this one? Or are they still in boredom induced comas? :D

    The Prey 2 session was a lot of fun as was Tim Willets :) The Ask Eurogamer panel was good fun to, especially once people other than the guy sitting near the front wearing the hat started asking questions too :D

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