Again, I expect this year to be bigger and different than previous years, if publishers / developers try to use GDC to fill the vacuum left by E3. It sounds like from Kotaku's perspective, this might be partially true (at least from a vibe perspective):
"There's a different feel to this year's. The event seems more serious, bigger,Particular items of note so far for me:
a bit more spread out... horizontally."
- Square-Enix enters serious gaming (Gamasutra); Surprising, and logical in hindsight
- LEGO MMO revealed (Kotaku)
- Microsoft's 'Dream Build Play' $10K Indie / XNA contest (Gamasutra)
- Nokia does N-Gage 3.0 (Kotaku); Seriously, they're trying again (but with a better business model)
- Sony and Kotaku Make-Up (Kotaku); Powerful people screwing with the blogging digirati doesn't end well for powerful people; powerful people standing against bloggers, take note)
Games I want to "see" at GDC (I'm not there, but I want info on these titles):
- Bioshock (most ... ethically challenging ... game ... ever?)
- Fable 2 (what's the super secret reveal, Peter?)
- Killzone 2 (yeah, right)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (Most-annoying-to-type-title)
- Tabula Rasa (Could be wicked cool)
- Hellgate: London (It's Hell. It's London. It's RPG. It's MMO(ish).)
- Junction Point's TBA title(s)? (I'm hopeful)
To get caught up, check out the updating GDC summaries below (and if you know of more / better ones, let me know):
UPDATED: Added GameSpot.com, since their coverage is finally up.
UPDATED #2: Added Joystiq.com.
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