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A few years ago most people in the industry approached the oncoming German games trade show with dread and despair. The horrors of Leipzig were many. No one liked staying there. It confusingly had two airports, but no direct flights. I remember one very prominent games studio telling me the …
Read More »SCE Asia President to keynote GC Asia
Tetsuhiko Yasuda to tackle content development in South East Asia
Read More »David Reeves returns to the spotlight at GCO
Games Convention Online organisers announce the former SCEE CEO as a keynote speaker
Read More »Games Convention Online sets up camp in Leipzig
The organisers of Games Convention Online have announced the event with host the first GCO GamersCamp, offering affordable accommodation for the games trade show. Opening on July 30th, the day before GCO, GamersCamp will provide attendees with a campsite to stay in throughout the event. The site will be on …
Read More »Gamescom ‘wins’ as Leipzig cancels August event
The August Leipzig Games Convention has been cancelled. The organisers of the event confirmed the news as it announced a brand new event, Games Convention Online, due to take place from July 31st to August 2nd. Until this morning, the organisers were in a standoff with rival event Gamescom from …
Read More »Games Convention Asia 2009 announced
UPDATE: Event date changed - will now take place September 17th-20th
Read More »Leipzig and Gamescom go head-to-head
Organisers of the new Gamescom event have brought forward the inaugural show’s dates, pitching the Cologne expo directly opposite the Leipzig Games Convention, MCV can reveal. Gamescom is now set take place in Cologne from August 19th to 23rd – the exact same dates as those already announced by GC …
Read More »Leipzig GCDC Project Director quits
The Project Director of Leipzig GCDC has quit the event’s organiser to take up the role of CEO at Global Games Media Ltd. Frank Sliwka also acted in the same role for the Singapore-based Games Convention Asia Conference. The announcement of his replacement at Leipziger Messe is expected in the …
Read More »Leipzig enjoys record numbers
The organisers of Leipizg Games Convention have confirmed that the show drew in a record 203,000 attendees last week – and have vowed to return with the show next year. The future of the Convention is now up in the air, as German publisher body the BIU backs a new …
Read More »LEIPZIG 08: PS3 keyboard confirmed
Sony has announced a new Blackberry-style keyboard for PS3 at Leipzig this afternoon. SCEE president David Reeves – coming good on his ‘blockbuster’ promises this afternoon with announcements of new PS3 and PSP SKU – showed the crowd how the peripheral can easily slot into Sixaxis and DualShock controllers. The …
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