Thousands of people in the videogame industry are expected to meet in San Francisco this week for the Game Developers Conference. The five-day event will feature keynote speeches, workshop sessions and panel discussions. Companies including Sony, Intel and Microsoft are attending this year’s show. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Conference Manager Jane Pinckard about the event and whether its trying to be the new E3, which used to be gaming’s biggest expo.

By Jason Lopez

SAN JOSE, CA, March 22, 2006 (PodTech News) — Sony has announced that it will launch its highly anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console in November. The company says it expects the adoption rate of its newest products to exceed earlier versions of its consoles. The research firm ...

by Jason Lopez

SAN JOSE, CA, March 22, 2006 (PodTech News) — Sony has announced that it will launch its highly anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console in November. The company says it expects the adoption rate of its newest products to exceed earlier versions of its consoles. The research firm ...

by Jason Lopez

Here’s the second PodTech News podcast excerpted from Phil Harrison’s (Sony’s President of Worldwide Studios for the company’s Computer Entertainment unit) opening keynote at the 2006 Game Developer Conference in San Jose.

“In the future we’re going to go through a radical change,” said Harrison. “We will be creating ...