Yes. But you have to be invited (PS3Fanboy keeps its fingers crossed). The new E3 takes place on July 11-13 in Santa Monica, California in both hotel suites and conference rooms as well as the Barker Hangar. The former two locales feature presentations, speeches, and conferences. Not to mention luncheons with game executives (and analysts), evening parties, Serious Games showcase and "Into the Pixel" art exhibit. The boring half, some may say. The hangar is where there will be booths set up (ranging from 100 to 400 feet) for gaming, gaming, gaming.ESA president Douglas Lowenstein had this to say about the new setup: "By combining suite-based meetings with the software showcase in a controlled and business-like environment, we believe we will successfully fulfill our primary objective of giving high-level media the best of all worlds -- the chance to engage in highly personal, one-on-one dialogue with leading game company executives, as well as the chance to demo games on their own time and to check out offerings from both the best known and emerging game publishers and developers...It will also provide an excellent opportunity for meetings with retailers, developers and other audiences." It sure will. What do you guys think? Is this a positive or negative change in regards to the former setup of E3, which can be argued as... well, enormous and crowded. We here support this change (because personally... smaller gatherings yield much more personal and intimate results).
