Levine to keynote UK's Develop

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted Jun 20, 2008 7:09 am PT

BioShock's big daddy will deliver postmortem; Lionhead's Peter Molyneux, Traveller's Tales' Jonathan Smith, Frontier's David Braben also speaking.

This year's Develop Conference & Expo will be taking place July 30-31, and the organisers seem determined to cram as much into the Hilton Brighton Metropole as they can.

The keynote address will be delivered by Ken Levine, where he and members of the creative team at 2K Boston will examine the secrets of the success of sci-fi first-person shooter BioShock. Along with Levine, colleagues Christopher Kline, Nate Wells, and Bill Gardner will also be speaking.

Other speakers include David Braben, the cocreator of Elite and founder of Frontier, who will address 'Why the Future is Brighter Than Ever.' Naughty Dog's Richard Lemarchand will discuss the PlayStation 3 exclusive action adventure Uncharted: Drake's Fortune in 'Working Hard and Having Fun.'

The business keynote will come from Phil Spencer, recently promoted general manager at Microsoft Game Studios, and be titled 'The Broadening Imperative.' The talk will address the importance of seeking a wider audience to continue to grow the industry.

Alex Evans and Mark Healey, cofounders of Media Molecule, will be chatting about LittleBigPlanet in 'The Experiment Further Along,' whereas Jonathan Smith from Traveller's Tales--famous for the Lego Star Wars games--wants to tell the world 'How to Make Children Cry.' Peter Molyneux will also be getting a few words in, chatting about Fable 2 in 'New Gameplay Dimensions in Role-Playing Games.'

More information about the Develop Conference can be found on the official Web site. GameSpot will be at the event to bring you reports on the sessions, along with news of the winners of the annual Develop Awards.

48 Comments

  • MariovsSonic123

    Posted Jul 3, 2008 5:35 am PT

    Actually, "LEGO Star Wars" is the new trilogy for "The Phantom Menace (Episode I)", "Attack of the Clones (Episode II)", and "Revenge of the Sith (Episode III)". "LEGO Star Wars 2" is the original trilogy for "A New Hope (Episode IV)", "The Empire Strikes Back (Episode V)", and "Return of the Jedi (Episode VI)".

  • Lamb0fFilth

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 4:02 am PT

    Doomzaw ah well youll never touch MGS4 or Uncharted Or KIllzone 2 or Resistance 2 or God Of War 3 or Socom 5 or Uncharted 2....White Kight

  • Nintendoguy325

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 12:26 pm PT

    'The business keynote will come from Phil Spencer, recently promoted general manager at Microsoft Game Studios, and be titled 'The Broadening Imperative.' The talk will address the importance of seeking a "wider audience" to continue to grow the industry.'

    Seek a "wider audience"? When will they learn that spending hours on videogames doesn't appeal to everyone?

  • Karaam

    Posted Jun 25, 2008 9:36 am PT

    I'm reading this fanboy stuff in here and why are there arguments about RPGs when every console has its own top of the line RPG for its gamers, its okay if one likes it and another one wouldn't have a good time with it, just stick with what you like and don't bother anybody and nobody will bother you. There is not point and purpose to tell somebody he has bad tastes because that would be like acting as a dictator.

  • Chilipepper87

    Posted Jun 24, 2008 12:31 am PT

    This is to that Digital guy down there:

    Your really dumb. You said "what would Xbox fanboys know about good RPG's with the exception of Mass Effect and Knights of the Old Republic and Oblivion". Well, Oblivion is arguably the best RPG of all time, KOTOR is awesome and so is mass effect. So tell me, how is it that us Xbox players don't know a good RPG when we see one when we have better RPG's then lets say sony? The only thing better than it is PC, but you just can't compete with that. Maybe you should stop being a moron and open your eyes to see that FABLE 2 has things no other game does, and at least give it some credit for that. FABLE 2 is gonna PWN!

  • lutro

    Posted Jun 23, 2008 1:34 pm PT

    Digital i just got to say this is the 2nd fable...and how many Zelda"s are there.....um a lot also fable is a completely different type of RPG. Fable is going to be crazy good there's so many new things in it that haven't been done before. I admit fable 1 was good but not the greatest game out but I personally think that fable 2 is just going to kill.

  • thenephariouson

    Posted Jun 23, 2008 10:54 am PT

    Itachi11432 "fable was trash and fable 2 will be trash, it wont be as good as oblivion."

    Your probably right there, as Oblivion & Fable are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT types of games! In my opinion there is no other game that demonstrates the same inginuity & sheer originality of Fable, yes i love Oblivion am a big RPG fan however Fable is a tottaly different experience. What other game world changes in REAL TIME (Weather, Envioroment, NPC attitudes, etc) dependant on your characters attitude, as well as being able to have children, an intelligent animal, cross play 'Plug-In' games (via XBL) to make in game money, not to mention buying / selling homes, businesess etc, let me think............. there arnt any! Regarding Zelda, again, thats just another rpg that isnt what i would call ingenious, other than the fact that its a Nintendo game, lets face it when the only competition it has is FF thats not a real feat in my eyes. This is my personal opinion of course and dont mean to cause any offence. (feel the thumbs down in the post : ) Not that i give a ****.

  • skateboard1587

    Posted Jun 23, 2008 10:48 am PT

    i fired up fable for old times sake, and i'm still learning new things about it! for example, if you're evil enough, you turn green. i had no idea that could happen.

  • Digital_DJ_00

    Posted Jun 23, 2008 12:18 am PT

    I'm loving how everyone here is singing Fable 2s praises when in actaulity, Fable was mediocre compared to other RPG's... Ofcourse, what would Xbox fanboys know about good RPG's with the exception of Mass Effect and Knights of the Old Republic and Oblivion... In one of the OXM issues there was an article about Fable 2 and the headline stated "Zelda Killer". I bet you guys would like to think so but there isn't a chance in HELL that Fable 2 will EVER amount to the greatness of the Zelda series... And if you guys think I'm lying then I'll gladly tell you which OXM issue I'm talking about.

  • Intrakitt

    Posted Jun 23, 2008 12:11 am PT

    Hey Itachi, Final Fantasy X was for little girls.

  • MindlessTeef

    Posted Jun 22, 2008 10:23 pm PT

    "fable was trash and fable 2 will be trash, it wont be as good as oblivion." Interesting opinion... but that's all it is though... an opinion.

  • Itachi11432

    Posted Jun 22, 2008 6:14 pm PT

    fable was trash and fable 2 will be trash, it wont be as good as oblivion.

  • DoomZaW

    Posted Jun 22, 2008 8:55 am PT

    Fable 2 is gonna be awesome, and you aint getting any sony!

  • andrew_ribbons

    Posted Jun 22, 2008 7:26 am PT

    UT3, Fable 2 and Halo Wars are currently my most looked forward to games coming out for 360, in release date order.

  • Mawkie

    Posted Jun 22, 2008 7:23 am PT

    fable 2 is totally gonna spin around in my 360!

  • Heaventorn

    Posted Jun 22, 2008 6:38 am PT

    Mmmmm, can't wait to get me some of the smexxi Fable 2 and Bioshock. Grr, can you smell my grilled cheese sandwich?

  • joshua05

    Posted Jun 21, 2008 3:58 pm PT

    This is good news. Let's hope they get it right when it goes public.

  • lanista

    Posted Jun 21, 2008 2:59 pm PT

    @rbop "Fable was definitely one of the top 3-4 games on Xbox... right there with Crimson Skies, KOTOR and Halo CE."

    Some great games there, but some of these might also be as good, or better

    1. GTA III, Vice City (Double Pack) & San Andreas
    2. Ninja Gaiden & Black
    3. Splinter Cell, Pandora Tomorrow & Chaos Theory
    4. Project Gotham & 2
    5. Forza
    6. Panzer Dragoon Orta
    7. TES III Morrowind
    8. Burnout Takedown, Revenge
    9. Jade Empire
    10. Beyond Good & Evil

    And loads more...!

  • themc_7

    Posted Jun 21, 2008 2:07 pm PT

    rbop

    of course there is interest it's gonna be amazing

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