October 23rd, 2007
IDG Worldwide, organizers of the E for All Expo, has announced that 18,000 people attended for the inaugural E for All, held at the LA Convention Center last week. The event is set for next year, with an August date planned. IDG CEO Mary Dolaher is pleased with the numbers:
We are thrilled with the attendance, and we are pleased that we delivered the event we aimed for, which was a celebration that truly was for the entire game community.
Chalk me up as more than a little surprised IDG went so close to meeting targets, and completely unable to grasp how moving next years E for All to clash with the long established Penny Arcade Expo fits in with their “all inclusive” mission statement.
via GamesIndustry.biz
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October 17th, 2007
E for All is shaping up to be a pretty decent event after all, with Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 4 available to play at the event. Konami are set to have 12 booths running the demo which has been tweaked based on feedback from the Tokyo Game Show. Konami will also be offering 2 booths worth of Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus to play.
via Kotaku
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October 10th, 2007
Nintendo are going to be offering play time with Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl at the E for All Expo in Los Angeles from October 18-22. Daily tournaments of Super Smash Bros. Brawl are also planned with participants taking home a different Wii shirt each day.
Hit the jump for the full list of games Nintendo plan to bring to the show.
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August 27th, 2007
What do Sony, Microsoft, Sega, Capcom, Midway and NCSoft have in common? None of them will be coming to the E for All Expo - IDG’s intended replacement for the older, consumer-oriented E3 - set to take place at the LA Convention Center on October 18-21.
So who is coming? Nintendo, EA, Konami, Namco, THQ, Intel and NVIDIA.
That might be a fairly unimpressive list, however there’s still no doubt that large numbers of gamers will attend in the hope of playing games like Super Mario Galaxy and Rock Band.
I just hope that some lesser known indie developers take the opportunity to strut their stuff in the halls while the big kids take a breather (both energetically and financially) after GC and PAX.
via Destructoid, Kotaku
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