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Back in San Francisco a John, David, Patrick, and Garnett fill a packed Whatcha Been Playin with everything from Plants vs. Zombies to Red Faction Guerrilla to Boom Blox Bash Party and a whole lot more in between. In the second segment it's time for the April NPD sales figures as well as several stories surrounding Sony in the lead up to E3, a good-bye to Duke Nukem, and more.

Billy Berghammer makes his Listen UP debut in a big way both hooking us up with an amazing studio to record the show in and taking pre-show and out-take videos you'll want to check out at G4tv.com. Shane comes back as well with his take on the FFXIII demo. We talk Split Second, Tiger Woods with Wii Motion Plus, E3 predictions and more.

Whatcha' Been Playin? kicks things off this week with Patapon 2, Pixel Junk Eden Encore, and more. In the second segment John, David, Patrick, and Garnett launch the pre-E3 speculations with the PSP Go! rumors, rumblings of a new hardware generation from Ubi's CEO, and wrap up wondering whether we really were ready for a videogame to tackle Fallujah.

Sterling McGarvey sits in for John with David, Patrick, and Garnett in a show so full it almost breaks the three hour barrier. Excitebots, Flock, Wolverine, Bionic Commando, and more kick it off in Whatcha' Been Playin?. And the second half sees the conversation turn to Peter Dille's comments during his epic interview at Gamasutra along with all the new info on Fallout 3 DLC, New Vegas, and Bioshock 2.

The regular crew of John, David, Patrick, and Garnett dig into a Whatcha Been Playin? segment overflowing with games like Conduit, Rock Band Unplugged, Battlefield Heroes, Henry Hatsworth, and more. The energy carries over to second segment talk about the March NPD sales figures, Nintendo's announcement of Wii MotionPlus release date and price, and the Final Fantasy XIII demo that just hit in Japan.

Four Minute Warning makes its first appearance of the 2009 season and it's been too long. Scott Sharkey joins David, John, and Garnett to field the questions and jump into Whatcha Been Playin that includes Killzone 2, Punch Out, Groov, and more.

Victor Lucas, Sterling McGarvey, Matthew Kumar, Robert Ashley, and more join John, Patrick, and Garnett as we wrap up our GDC 2009 specials. The group talks about their experiences at the show and some of the big topics that came up and finishes up by tackling what gets us to spend our time playing games.

Listen UP's Game Developers Conference 2009 Specials continue with Bioware's Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk joining John and Garnett to talk about Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, and their experiences building rpgs. After that David Jaffe comes on to talk about the gaming press and the balance they hope to hit on his next game project. And then James Stevenson and Ryan Schneider from Insomniac Games shed a little light on the newly announced Ratchet and Clank game and get into the evolution of community design in shooters.

The first of our GDC 09 Listen UP specials includes Pete Wanat and Mark MacDonald joining John, David, and Garnett. First impressions of Punch Out, John's on the road time with GTA Chinatown Wars, and what may or may not be our final discussion on Resident Evil 5 all make there way into Watcha' Been Playin'. And in the second half OnLive gets the GDC talk going before Pete adds a few thoughts about Wii development to wrap things up.

With big plans in the works for the Game Developers Conference next week N'Gai Croal joins David, Patrick, and Garnett to get the party started. It begins with a Whatcha Been Playin that wraps up everything Resident Evil 5 as well as Bit.Trip: Beat, Metal Gear Solid Touch, and more. The second segment picks right up with the February NPDs, a consideration of when Mature games will actually be mature, and some picks for the must-see sessions at GDC.