With GDC 2026 rebranding to Festival of Gaming, the event is bringing in a huge name to headline its keynote. Hideo Kojima will give a keynote speech at GDC 2026 to discuss his journey becoming an ...

Titled “Restarting from Zero: A Message to Creators Considering Independence,” the keynote marks GDC’s first in five years and signals the event’s transformation into the GDC Festival of Gaming, a ...

Organizers for the GDC Festival of Gaming announced this morning that game creator Hideo Kojima will give the keynote speech for the event next March. The keynote will be called "Restarting from Zero: ...

Rob Pardo is the co-founder and CEO of independent video game development company Bonfire Studios. He is a renowned designer, best known for his influential career at Blizzard Entertainment, where he ...

The annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco is getting a new name and a new direction for 2026. Organizers are now calling the conference GDC Festival of Gaming, and while it’s still ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GDC Festival of Gaming will host respected and influential game designer Rob Pardo for a keynote address titled “An Odyssey in Building Games That Last,” reflecting on ...

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GDC Festival of Gaming is proud to announce that Hideo Kojima will headline the event with a keynote address reflecting on the bold leap to establish Kojima Productions ten years ago. Titled ...

GDC Festival of Gaming will host respected and influential game designer Rob Pardo for a keynote address titled “An Odyssey in Building Games That Last,” reflecting on decades spent working on and ...