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Next weekend (October 15 and 16) sees the launch of the EB Games Expo at Australia's Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, offering one and all the opportunity to attend the show and play some upcoming games well before release. Previously, I was under the impression the Expo had announced everything in the way of playable demos for the two-day show, but it seems that has expanded quite significantly. What was initially announced as only 13 hands-on demos, has blown out to a total of 43 games out of a possible 68 to be served up for the public to play. Some of the more notable additions set for future release in 2012 include:
I had some past misgivings in regards to this event. A vendor trade show becoming a public expo could be too little of a transformation to really benefit eager fans who were lining up to see upcoming games. Coupled with pyrotechnics shows, sporting events, and cosplay competitions, it ran the risk of leaving the videogames in the background. But it seems EB Games are deadly serious to give the public what it wants with such a huge increase in playable titles. This is very welcome news for a local Australian game industry that has suffered in recent months and it looks like there's even more to come as the event approaches opening day. I'm officially excited. EB Games Expo Publishers & Exhibitors [EB Games Expo] Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)EB games expo just officially stopped sucking. I'm genuinely surprised. Time to reconsider getting tickets. EB looks a lot like E3, so I just had some quick future reference impact disorder syndrome sympton there for a second and thought it was March and we were all gettin' da hype for E3 2012. 5:00 AM on 05.07.2013 PAX Australia Indie Showcase winners announcedPAX Australia has announced the six indie games that will be on display at the Indie Showcase. The six titles were selected by a panel of industry peers from 60 submissions out of the Australia and New Zealand regions. The si...
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7:30 PM on 01.17.2013 Valve may resubmit Left 4 Dead 2 in AustraliaThe cuts made to Left 4 Dead 2 on its release in Australia were another example of the country's inconsistent rating system before the recent introduction of an R18+ rating. Valve is now considering resubmitting the co-op zom...
1:00 AM on 01.11.2013 Ninja Gaiden 3: RE is Australia's first game rated R18+It was a good day when Australia's R18+ rating was passed for videogames, paving the way for adults to purchase games that might have previously either been edited for content or refused classification. Of all the games that ...
6:30 PM on 10.22.2012 The DTOID Show: Bioshock, Borderlands on iOS & Mew-GenicsHey gang! We're backed after a long, charity-filled weekend. Oh, and look! Some video game news! Since we haven't talked about Borderlands 2 enough, news of an iOS game has been leaked. Team Meat's new game is called Mew-Geni...
12:30 PM on 10.22.2012 PAX Australia to be held in Melbourne next yearWe knew that PAX Australia was a thing, but we weren't sure where it would be held until now. It was just announced that Melbourne will be the home of PAX for 2013 and 2014. The Melbourne Showgrounds will host the show f...
7:00 PM on 09.21.2012 Lame Game Marathon 2 is a go!A few weeks ago, we let you know about the second Lame Game Marathon being hosted by our Australian buddies in which three intrepid gamers will play some of the worst games imaginable all for raising money for charity. The t...
4:44 PM on 08.31.2012 PAX Australia and four-day PAX Prime announcedTwo big bits of PAX-related news have just emanated from Seattle. As PAX Prime kicks off today, it's been revealed that next year's event will last not three but four days long. Not only that, but PAX is going international w...
10:00 PM on 08.22.2012 Lame Game Marathon 2 announced for September 22If you cast your minds back to about a year ago, you may remember some of our Australian friends held the Lame Game Marathon, a 24-hour live event where some of the worst videogames ever were played to raise money for the hu...
1:30 PM on 08.22.2012 Fall of Cybertron PC won't come to AustraliaIn Australia, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will not be getting a PC release. Aussie gamers will instead have to stick with consoles, nothing at all, or Plan B. When PC Gamer asked Activision for a reason, it got a very abrupt, "No info. It's just not available." Well, that sucks for Australian PC gamers. Still, they've gotta be getting used to these regular screwjobs by now.
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