XDS20 Adapt - Fireside Keynote with Amy Hennig, President of Skydance New Media
Amy Hennig is a name synonymous with innovation and storytelling. A 30-year vet of our industry, Amy has served as Creative Director and Lead Writer on numerous titles, including Naughty Dog's acclaimed Uncharted series. More recently Amy joined as President of Skydance New Media to explore new frontiers in interactive storytelling. Check out her insights on how external dev and the games industry is maturing! About XDS: External Development Summit (XDS) is the only annual, international games industry event normally held in Canada, with a primary focus on external development for art, animation, audio, co-development, QA and localization.

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XDS20 Adapt - Fireside Keynote, Vince Zampella, Head of Respawn

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2 Game Industry Legends Share Stories from Star Wars, Spider-Man, and More - IGN Unfiltered #40

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Keynote: After the AI Hype – What’s Real, and What’s Next - Richard Campbell - 2026

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Sully Voice Actor on Amy Hennig being Fired from Uncharted 4 & Naughty Dog

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Last Lecture Series: How to Live your Life at Full Power — Graham Weaver

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Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found

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The Uncharted 4 Drama Was Even BIGGER Than We Knew...

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FULL DISCUSSION: Google's Demis Hassabis, Anthropic's Dario Amodei Debate the World After AGI | AI1G

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Amy Hennig on Uncharted 4 & EA Star Wars Game Cancellation: "It's Killing Me"

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Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques

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The World's Most Important Machine

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AI Was Never About Helping You | Cory Doctorow

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Inside Anthropic, the $965 Billion AI Juggernaut | The Circuit

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INSANE Voices When you LEAST Expect It! NO one Saw it Coming!

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The Frank Zappa Interview That Still Feels Dangerous Today (1984)

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God Says:"MY CHILD, I NEED TO SEE YOU URGENTLY!"/God Message Now/God Message

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Jesse Stern and Amy Hennig talk about game writing
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Understand AI in 14 minutes – with Anthropic's Chloe Lubinski [ARC 2026]

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Amy Hennig's Canceled Star Wars Game Was Meant to Evoke 'Ensemble' Feel of Films - IGN Unfiltered

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