This weekend starts Australia's largest video games expo at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. Visitors will be able to enter in a door prize to try and win a new Yamaha sound system or a Scorptec Venom PC.
Both Crysis and Assassins Creed will be showcased there, and Mass Effect will be playable to the public for the first time.
Sony will be there with Playstation 3 titles such as Haze and will be hosting an online game tournament.
Nintendo will also be there showcasing upcoming Wii and DS titles and of course Brain Training games because it's the home of Nicole Kidman.
Auran Games will be there showcasing Fury. It's their home turf so hopefully people will welcome the unique game to the convention.
Various Universities will also be on hand to help visitors get information on how to get a job in the industry. You can go to www.egamesexpo.com.au for all the hours and registration information.
I'm dissapointed I cannot attend as a Melbourne resident. The only weekend I am away!
Ive only ever been to one game event and that was the Golden Joystick awards back in 2002 just after the cube had come out :P I remeber playing the resident evil remake and thinking,........ i need one of these.
*sigh*
the nievity of youth, of course at this time i just wasnt aware about proper pc gaming!
Guys I'm going to this! sucks you won't be there intense we could've hanged out playing Assassin's Creed and UT3 all day :P.
Also Auran can go and die for all I care :P I won't be happy to see them since they are the worst publishing house in Australia.
I'm betting you just want me there so you can punch me for making such a bad site :P
Intense, why would I want to beat the crap out of you? I said the site was good, its just the lack of control panel and the crappy interface due to the lack of the control panel (ie. those crappy little icons that are confusing as heck) need to be changed.
I'm gonna be there the Friday and the Sunday. If anyone else is going, drop me an email and we'll catch up :)
GAH! My mum is working Friday and Saturday and she has to get my sister form the relatives on Sunday >:(
I have 2 VIP all weekend passes :D
I'll be tomorrow and probably again on sat or sunday.
I'll post some photos up somewhere, I'll be taking lots.
Also I hope to see something moddb related next year :p
Is this an event that happens every year? If it is, i'll be sure to go. I can't this year, one of the many pains of living too far away. :-(
Yep, its an annual event.
It looks like it, this is the second year, but with the popularity of last years event and the marketing of this years event, i'm sure we'll be seeing it next year too.
Have fun guys.
Hey I got 6 VIP passes. I win!
Annual Event... Awesome!!! I'll be in Ballarat next year so it will be a shorter drive than a 4 hour drive i would currently have to do. Thanx for answering my question Wraiyth.
Unfortunately couldn't afford the trip to melbourne this year. Last two events were great, rubbing shoulders with lots of cool industry peeps.
I expect a fully fledged report from whoever goes!