GC 2007: Leipzig dated, Singapore unveiled
by Ross Miller 
{ Oct 25th 2006 at 1:15PM }
The 2007 Leipzig Games Convention will take place at the Leipzig Messe (same venue as this year) from August 22 to 26, according to GamesIndustry.biz. Additionally, a Games Convention Asia has been unveiled for September 7 through 9 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre.Games Convention Asia is said to cover 25,000 square meters of floor space, or the entirety of Suntec's facilities. In contrast, the Makuhari Messe (where the 2006 Tokyo Game Show took place) claims 210,000 square meters of space. GC Asia organizers expect 200 exhibitors and 105,000 visitors, which is about 60 percent of this year's GDC (183,000) and 54 percent of this year's TGS.
GC Asia 2007 will likely be just a few weeks prior to the Tokyo Games Show, but will its scale prove complementary or competitive to Japan's ten-year-old convention?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sagan @ Oct 25th 2006 3:16PM
Japan is very different from the rest of Asia. Most of Asia is PC-centric while Japan is console-centric.
I would think that the effects are complementary.
Junwei @ Oct 25th 2006 9:32PM
Yay! finally a games show on Singapore's soil...
Psaakyrn @ Oct 25th 2006 10:29PM
Took long enough for an IT-centric country to get a games convention, though hopefully it won't revolve around XBox. (Even if we did get the XBox later, Singapore's one of the places where the XBox has an obscene marketting presence)