Microsoft
is offering gamers a virtual ticket to the upcoming
Game
Developers Conference (GDC) by releasing video downloads from the event on
Xbox Live.
The free high-definition content will include highlights from the keynote
address by John Schappert, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive
Entertainment Business.
Schappert will discuss Microsoft's plans for the coming year in a speech
entitled 'A Future Wide Open: Unleashing the Creative Community'.
Other footage will include never-before-seen gameplay, demos, screenshots,
game trailers and interviews from the GDC show floor. Users can access the video
clips by logging into the
Xbox
Live Marketplace.
"Microsoft is bringing GDC home to more than 10 million Xbox Live members
across the globe by allowing them to download breaking Xbox 360 news directly
from the event to their TV," said a Microsoft spokesman.
The GDC is held at the
Moscone
Convention Center in San Francisco from 18 to 22 February.
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