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Shrygue
October 5th, 2007, 18:40
via Games Industry (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=29292)


Alliance numériQC, the organiser of the Montreal International Game Summit, has unveiled more details about the upcoming event.

Yoshiaki Koizumi and Jonathan Blow have joined David Perry as key speakers. Koizumi was the script writer of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and assistant director of Super Mario 64, as well as a contributor to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask.

Blow, an independent game designer, industry consultant, technical columnist for Game Developer Magazine, is the co-organiser of the Game-Tech conference and founder of the Experimental Gameplay Workshop, a group that showcases the work of groundbreaking game designers.

Montreal's line-up will feature more than forty sessions in the fields of content, design, technology, programming and production/business.

Other speakers include Steven Gilmour (Bioware), James Gwertzman (PopCap Games), Clint Hocking (Ubisoft), Chris Heckler (EA), and Michael Kelbaugh (Retro Studios).

The summit, which first began in 2004, will take place November 27-28 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.