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10-24-2008, 06:27 AM
Following the announcement that E3 is making a play to return to their old form, Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20806) has a report up that IDG has effectively canned E for All after only two short years.
Originally billed as a successor of sorts to E3 after its 2007 downsizing, E for All’s two annual events have been held at the same Los Angeles Convention Center as E3. Unlike E3, though, the events took place in early October and were fully open to the public.
The expo has struggled to find wide acceptance -- the last event saw only 15,000 visitors. This compares to upwards of 60,000 at E3’s peak -- when it was only open to those within the games industry.
Currently, the only confirmation of the scrapping of E for All is a brief statement on website Voodoo Extreme, which reads: "We want to thank all of our E for All partners for their support, and we encourage E for All exhibitors to participate in the E3 new event, which we believe will meet their needs as well as those of the industry at large."
In theory it was an good idea... but they came after PAX.
Update:
Speculation over, E for All is dead (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55556).
IDG World Expo, the event organization behind E3 and the open-to-public E For All, has officially ended E For All, confirming suspicions aroused by a statement last night.
"Unfortunately, E For All will not be occurring in 2009, as our focus now turns to E3," said an IDG representative to Joystiq.
"We encourage E for All exhibitors to participate in the E3 new event," said IDG CEO Mary Dolaher yesterday. The new E3 has been re-expanded to hopefully recreate the extravagance that came with the event prior to 2007.
In 2008, E For All had a measly attendance of around 15,000--a fraction of the 58,000 garnered by the Penny Arcade Expo, another event known for being open to the public.
Originally billed as a successor of sorts to E3 after its 2007 downsizing, E for All’s two annual events have been held at the same Los Angeles Convention Center as E3. Unlike E3, though, the events took place in early October and were fully open to the public.
The expo has struggled to find wide acceptance -- the last event saw only 15,000 visitors. This compares to upwards of 60,000 at E3’s peak -- when it was only open to those within the games industry.
Currently, the only confirmation of the scrapping of E for All is a brief statement on website Voodoo Extreme, which reads: "We want to thank all of our E for All partners for their support, and we encourage E for All exhibitors to participate in the E3 new event, which we believe will meet their needs as well as those of the industry at large."
In theory it was an good idea... but they came after PAX.
Update:
Speculation over, E for All is dead (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55556).
IDG World Expo, the event organization behind E3 and the open-to-public E For All, has officially ended E For All, confirming suspicions aroused by a statement last night.
"Unfortunately, E For All will not be occurring in 2009, as our focus now turns to E3," said an IDG representative to Joystiq.
"We encourage E for All exhibitors to participate in the E3 new event," said IDG CEO Mary Dolaher yesterday. The new E3 has been re-expanded to hopefully recreate the extravagance that came with the event prior to 2007.
In 2008, E For All had a measly attendance of around 15,000--a fraction of the 58,000 garnered by the Penny Arcade Expo, another event known for being open to the public.