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Poor Old Leipzig Ain’t What It Used To Be
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Last year, Leipzig was host to Europe’s premier games industry expo, which attracted over 200,000 people. This year? Leipzig’s Games Convention Online could only attract 43,000 punters. More »
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Canada To Get Major Gaming Show?
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | So the organisers of the Leipzig Games Convention want to set up a show in North America. Popular vote says it’s in the US, our vote was for sunny, sunny Mexico. Looks like we might both be wrong. Speaking with Gamekyo, the GC organisers have said they’re leaning towards Canada as the destination for the show. Yes, Canada! This is far from confirmed, mind you, but the proximity of most major Canadian cities to the US and the country’s big development scene certainly can’t hurt its chances. More »
GC Organisers Want To Bring Leipzig To North America
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Not the whole city, mind you. Doubt it’d clear customs. No, just the games convention, which after a reasonably successful 2008 showing in Germany want to continue recent expansion plans (there’s an Asian Games Convention run by the same team) with a North American event. GC CEO Wolfgang Marzin: The concept is flexible and the network of the global games industry permits us to be active at different locations. After the Southeast Asian Games Convention, we are now focusing on the North American market. North America? We can only hope he means a 2009 Mexican Games Convention, because really, we could do with the extra sunshine. Games Convention fixes sights on North America [VG247] More »LocoRoco 2 Trailer to Listen to
10:00AM Brian Ashcraft | Sony’s PSP title LocoRoco is back with a cleverly named sequel: LocoRoco 2. And it’s brought annoyingly catchy music with it! If you watch this trailer at least twice, you’ll have that tune stuck in your head all day. Once, even. More »The Games Convention Über Update Post
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Why Gears of War 2 Won’t Be At Leipzig
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Leipzig’s Games Convention will be Gears of War 2-less. While the game got top Microsoft billing at E3, Gears of War 2 won’t be at GC. Explains Epic’s Mark Rein: Microsoft doesn’t show Gears 2 at Leipzig because they don’t sell the game in Germany. Gears of War 2 won’t be sold in Germany due to the country’s restrictions on game violence. Bummer. Rein confirms Gears 2 as Leipzig no-show [VG247] More »
