Organizers have revealed that Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, will keynote the 2011 Game Developers Conference held this March in San Francisco. Coinciding with the 25th iteration of GDC, the world’s largest professionals only video game event for learning, networking, and inspiration, Nintendo’s Iwata will present a major keynote around this milestone entitled “Video Games Turn 25: A Historical Perspective and Vision for the Future.”

In this keynote address, Mr. Iwata will talk not only about how video gaming has evolved, but also his views on where we go from here.

A longtime friend of the GDC, Mr. Iwata first appeared on the keynote stage of the Game Developers Conference in 2005, where he gave developers the first information about the technology being used for the console then codenamed “Revolution” – which has since become known as the Wii system; in 2006 where he spoke about “disrupting development,” and introduced the Western development community to philosophies on engaging new players; and in 2009, where he debuted a new game in The Legend of Zelda franchise and a host of other notable insights.