Outside the Los Angeles Convention
Center during E for All 2007.
Entertainment for All Expo or
E for All was a public video game
trade show, created to allow the general
public to see and experience new products from the
video game industry.
The inaugural E
for All Expo was open October 18 to October 21, 2007, at the
Los Angeles
Convention Center
.The Second E For All Convention took place
from October 3 through October 5, 2008 at the Los Angeles
Convention Center.
History
On January
5, 2007, IDG World Expo, announced
the first annual E for All Expo, the only video game event
to receive the endorsement of the Entertainment Software
Association (ESA
), the trade organization that organized the
Electronic Entertainment
Expo (E3). E for All was launched in response to ESA's
reorganization of the E3 event to the E3 Business and Media Summit,
where only invitees from the press and in the industry can attend.
The expo offers an opportunity for the general public to see and
try new products.
On September 16th 2007,
Games
Media Properties, announced that they will no longer produce
the World Series of Video Games. This announcement reduced the size
of Entertainment for All's show floor by 35%.
IDG World Expo is also responsible for producing tradeshows,
conferences and events such as
Macworld,
LinuxWorld, and
GreenXchange Xpo.
The 2007 Expo had an attendance of about 18,000.
Two highly-anticipated titles, Nintendo's
Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Konami's
Metal Gear Solid 4:
Guns of the Patriots were present in playable form.
Organizers consider the event a success.
IDG World Expo announced the date for
the 2008 Entertainment For All show months before their 2007 took
place. They announced that the date would be August 28-30, the same
weekend that the annual
Penny Arcade
Expo video game show falls on. The event took place October
3-5.
E for all is now no longer held because the convention had been
merged back into e3 by the ESA in time for e3 2009.
References
- "E for All detailed"
- "Entertainment For All Expo Announced"
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