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 ...

Featuring every single type of role, discipline, and tech involved in bringing games to life, the five-day event is all set ...

Update, February 9, 2026: Hideo Kojima is no longer able to attend GDC Festival of Gaming, where he was due to give a keynote speech. In a statement issued by Kojima Productions, the developer said ...

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: ...

Jason Ronald (Xbox VP of Next-Gen) will be hosting the keynote, which is titled "Building for the Future with Xbox" — but again, the description mentions that it's about "building a more flexible, ...

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 ...