IDG, publisher of GamePro magazine, will launch a consumer video game conference next October at the Los Angeles Convention Center to succeed the now defunct E3. "IDG has been secured to run the new GamePro Expo show, what we knew as E3," read an official memo sent to LA Convention center members yesterday. The event is being planned for 30,000 attendees, half the scale of the former E3. In addition to being a publisher, IDG puts on several expos including Macworld so the company has some event chops.
Does this mean fatty E3 is back? Though too early to tell, the announcement is a step in the right direction. But one thing's for sure; LA will get bombarded with a plethora of gaming nerds like us come next fall. And not just nerds with industry badges...
