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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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Leipzig Gamescon Lands Former SCEE Head As Speaker
5:00AM Brian Crecente | Gamescon may be only a letter off from Gamescom, but the Leipzig Games Convention Online is miles and weeks away from Cologne’s massive gaming event. More »
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Leipzig GamesCon Goes MMO, Mobile Only, Cologne Gamescom Ready to Pump You Up
1:00AM Brian Crecente | What’s a European gamer to do? With the once enormous Leipzig Games Convention fractured, two new gaming conventions are popping up around the same time to take its place. More »Everybody Do the Leipzig Rush!
11:00AM Adam Barenblat | There were tons of people running to get into Games Convention in Leipzig, no literally, tons of em’. Right as they opened the doors hoards of people stampeded through the halls hoping to be the first to get hands on time with the exhibits. James Bonti, Associate Producer for Activision Blizzard took this video footage and was nearly trampled himself. You can also see Crash Bandicoot leading the pack. For your courage, we salute you! More »
Leipzig Games Convention Dated For 2009… And That’s Final!
8:00AM Michael McWhertor | With another successful Games Convention under its belt, the folks from the Leipziger Messe, where the con throws down each year, have dated next year’s show. Games Convention 2009 returns to Leipzig from August 19 to 23. Wolfgang Marzin, CEO at the Leipziger Messe GmbH, has said that “The industry and visitors are giving us their clear support to continue with the fair in Leipzig”, dropping positive support data for the show to stay right where it is. According to a new release from the Games Convention hosts, the vast majority of those surveyed at the show think the show should stay in Leipzig. A competing show, known as Games Con, is planned to hit Cologne (Köln) around the same time, making for a very confusing split. Regardless of who’s doing what and where, we’ll be there… somewhere next Summer covering the sausage beat (and maybe playing a game or two). Final report: Games Industry Staying in Leipzig for 2009 [Leipziger Messe] More »
Behold, Leipzig’s Best In Show
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | What would a games show be without awards? We wouldn’t know. Haven’t really seen one without awards. Don’t think the back-of-the-box art bullet point teams would stand for a show without them. So without further ado, here are the Best In Show winners from the Leipzig GC last week! Sure, none of them are new games, but they’re still the best games the show had, so give them all a round of applause. Best PC Game: Spore Best 360 Game: Mirror’s Edge Best PSP Game: Resistance: Retribution Best PS3 Game: LittleBigPlanet Best Wii Game: Skate It Best DS Game: Sonic Chronicles (or, its more awesome German name, SONIC CHRONICLES: Die Dunkle Bruderschaft) Best Mobile Game: Pro Evo 2009 Best Online Game: Warhammer Online Best Hardware: PlayTV Best PS2 Game: “As there were too few entrants, no award was made in this category”. More »
Leipzig GC Sets New Attendance Record
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | While the food was certainly better than E3’s, there’s one other thing about Leipzig that trumps LA’s resident trade show: it’s open to the public. And the public, they come in droves. Indeed, this year’s Games Convention set a new record for attendance, 203,000 people passing through the Leipziger Messe’s doors over the course of the show. That’s a lot of people. More than TGS, even. More »
Guinness World Records Set At Leipzig GC
7:40AM Kotaku US Edition | Actually, there may have been several unofficial records set at the Games Convention – most teutonic booth babes, most embarrassing erection at a major trade show, etc. The actual Guinness Book Of Records people were on hand, though, to promote the Guinness World Records videogame and to oversee record attempts at three of the included minigames. Its a bit of an odd duck, the GWR game – yes, you can technically break the world record in one or more of the mini challenges (and have these uploaded to the Guinness site), but it is no more or less (actually, it probably is a bit less) impressive than getting the best possible score in any other, actually popular, game. So, tiny golf clap applause please for Max Schoenemann (virtual Sheep shearing – 5 sheep in just 13.71 seconds!), Florian Mack (Smashing melons with head – 60 in a minute) and Christian Kurka (100 balloons popped in 10.48 seconds). Well done you. More »Games Convention As Interpretive Dance
5:20AM Michael McWhertor | The Leipzig Games Convention is a show slathered in spectacle, with big booths, booming sound systems, and lovely female companions to distract from each game’s graphical shortcomings. What you might think it would be lacking in are interpretive dance routines. You’d be wrong, as the Germans have come through in a major way, capturing the essence of the show in a four minute dance number that will inspire you to… possibly never come to Germany. Writhing and high kicking to the sounds of Video Games Live! and choreographed by Irina Pauls, this bedazzled, spandex-packed celebration is one reason we love coming here. More »
