TG Daily preview: Game Developers Conference 2006

San Jose (CA) - The Game Developers Conference (GDC) will be opening its doors on Wednesday and ring in a big year for the gaming industry: Grown up from an event that consisted of a small group of developers sitting around a dinner table, GDC will shed light on new gaming technologies, games and games hardware for 2006. Here's what to expect from the 2006 conference.

E3, which will take place in Los Angeles from 9-12 May, will be the event to watch, if you are into video gaming, no doubt about it. GDC avoids the big show of now and focuses on developing trends and what's makes the characters in new generation games jump and run. With multiple keynotes, dozens of classes and an exhibit hall that is expected to draw more than 12,000 people we expect key messages to emerge from the 2006 GDC. TG Daily as well as TwitchGuru will be covering the event in detail.

But consoles are not just about the PS3 or the Xbox 360; Nintendo will also make an appearance and is expected to unveil information beyond the one-handed controller of the upcoming Revolution console. Nintendo's president, Satoru Iwata will talk about "Disrupting Development" in his keynote speech.

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Humphrey Cheung was a senior editor at Tom's Hardware, covering a range of topics on computing and consumer electronics. You can find more of his work in many major publications, including CNN and FOX, to name a few.