Nintendoâ??s Yoshiaki Koizumi set to appear

More names added to Montreal Games Summit line-up

Back for its fourth year, the Montreal International Game Summit has announced the speakers confirmed for this year’s conference.

Top of the pile is Yoshiaki Koizumi, who directed Super Mario Sunshine and the forthcoming Super Mario Galaxy. He also served as assistant director on Super Mario 64 and script writer for The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.

Both Dave Perry and Jonathan Blow, independent game developer and founder of the Experimental Gameplay Workshop, will also be on hand to present talks, as will representatives from EA, Geomerics, Bioware, Stormfront, Foundation 9, Popcap, Ubisoft, Realtime Worlds and Relic.

The summit, which also features a ‘business matchmaking service’, takes place on November 27th and 28th. For more information, visit the official website.

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