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Electronic Entertainment Expo

E3 is the best part of any gamer's year. With over 4,000 TVs and every major developer, E3 boasts a magnificent display that will both give you radiation-related brain tumors, aneurysms, and a lifetime's worth of excitement in a three day period. The show floor usually opens around 10:00am and closes at 6:00pm, which is plenty of time to make your way around the gigantic Los Angeles Convention Center, including several different halls for numerous exhibits. You can go to the show as an exhibitor, media, or you can purchase a pass at $400 and be an exhibits-only low-life that nobody likes or wants there. In any case, you better be prepared for the biggest gaming event of your life.

The expo began in 1995 and became the best game show in the world. It was a chance for all the developers to show off their new stuff for the upcoming year, and media from numerous countries, especially Japan, flocked and crowded together to remember that life can be fun, and so can work. Unfortunately, after a good run, the show took a nosedive during 2007 when it became invite-only, and hardly anybody was invited. The show became hardly a show at all, and the number of attendees dropped from 60,000 to 4,000. Luckily for the gaming community, E3 2009 is back and better than ever. Though we're all excited, we can only hope it will be as good as it was, and as flashy as it proved to be in the past.

Links:

Official E3 Registration

E3 News

History of E3

Blizzard at E3

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Tokyo Game Show

Similar to E3, the Tokyo Game Show allows developers to give gamers a sneak peek at all their latest games and products. At TGS, however, the general public are allowed to attend during the finals two days of the show. While 60,000 gamers attend E3, 160,000 attend the Tokyo Game Show. Both have the games, the TVs, and the booth babes, but there is one fundamental difference: you guessed it; one is in Tokyo and one is in Los Angeles. Other than that, the shows are fairly similar and both receive a great deal of attendance and have gained much notoriety in the last decade. At TGS 2008, 194,288 people attended, creating a new world-record. We'll see if E3 2009 can beat that.

Links:

Official TGS Site

TGS News

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BlizzCon

Blizzard has become quite the successful developer over the past decade, and this convention mainly celebrates their greatest impacts on the gaming industry: World of Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo. Though the convention started just a few years ago in 2005, the show has already grown from 8,000 people to 15,000 people. With eight million people and counting playing World of Warcraft, we can expect the show to grow and grow until the Anaheim Convention Center explodes and people come flowing out the top like lava over the city of Anaheim. Tickets are $100 each, and the show is very similar to E3 and TGS in the sense that it's about gaming, new products, costumes and, of course, the gamers. Tickets sell very quick in August, so make sure to pick yours up if Blizzard is your choice for entertainment.

Links:

Official BlizzCon Site

BlizzCon News

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