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Leipzig Games Convention EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Nein! Leipzig GC axed, to be replaced by gamescom in Cologne 14 The world finally has a winner in the battle for European videogame convention supremacy. The organizers of the annual Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, conceded defeat today to the new kid o... 9/11 Space Invaders creator says the American reaction was "immature" 86 By now you may have heard word of the game Space Invaders 9/11 shown at last week's Leipzig Games Conference, or perhaps you read our Destructoid Discusses! on the subject. It's definitely the ty... Confirmed: Leipzig GC is better than E3, exhibitors and visitors want to return 16 While many in the industry bitched and moaned about this year's industry-only event E3 in event in Los Angeles, it seems that just about everyone loved the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany.&n... 'Best of Show' titles of Leipzig Games Convention announced 11 Games Convention at Leipzig has come and gone, but the impressions of the best games lasts at least a year. Leipziger Messe has recently released their “Best of GC” list and there are... Kororinpa 2 will have you playing with balls again in 2009 13 [video]100548:200[/video] When I saw video of the first Kororinpa game, I instantly knew it was going to be a must-have for my Wii. It's still one of my favorite games for the console, in part be... Mirror's Edge gameplay footage, now in glorious color! 41 [video]100486:199[/video] While the footage we've seen thus far of Mirror's Edge has been pretty impressive, a lot of it felt washed out by bright sunlight effects and sterile environment. With t... New Prince of Persia trailer, complete with German commentary 12 I have a horrible, guilt-ridden confession to make: I have never played a Prince of Persia title. Considering the type of story it is, I have even less excuse for not having played it, as I defin... SHOCKING NEWS: LocoRoco2 trailer is gleefully happy 13 I know, you're shocked. Trust me, I am too. The last thing I expected from the Leipzig Games Convention this year was to find that LocoRoco 2 is a happy game about happy blobs having happy advent... Sony's newest PSP model, PSP 3000 announced 29 You may have already seen our blurb about the PSP 3000 announcement at Games Convention 2008, but here's the skinny direct from Sony.The new PSP 3000 has an updated LCD screen "with a wider ... Sony goes nuts at GC 2008: PSP 3000, 160GB PS3, downloadable music and more 18 We're not at Leipzig's Games Convention this year, but that isn't stopping the new from pouring out of the event. IGN UK is liveblogging the event, so we'll just nab a bit from them. They won't m... New TNA iMPACT! trailer and screens help you 'embrace the pain' 7 [video]100430:196[/video]I think my head just exploded. This new trailer for TNA iMPACT! put together for Leipzig Games Convention is packed with action. Thumping dance music, lots of explosions,... New Mad World trailer is black, white, and red all over 48 If Platinum Games' Wii exclusive Mad World isn't good, there's going to be riots in the streets. The kind of riots where people pull street signs out of the ground to stab and bludgeon one anothe... Kore, a six-year-old unreleased Xbox game, revived for the Wii (Update) 13 While many of you might not remember this, The Kore Gang was a title originally announced for release on the original Xbox some six years ago. The title was never released, eventually fading into... BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins sweeping in, burning up PAX, Leipzig, and Gen Con 7 Shown behindclosed doors at E3 2008, BioWare's upcoming role-playing title Dragon Age: Origins is coming out of the closet for some upcoming public gaming conventions. The first will be this Gen ... Destructoid interview: A pleasant lunch-time chat with the makers of Postal 16 I like the guys from Running With Scissors. Far from being the baby-eating, kitten-punching corrupters of children that certain quarters would paint them as, I've always found them to be thorough... Leipzig GC 2007: The French team preserving gaming history for the future 16 "Dave, you've got to get over to Hall 5. There are some guys over there who've got every console ever on free play.""Every console ever?""And a couple of arcade cabinets.... Leipzig GC 2007: Quake Wars 17 Time was short at Activision on the day I popped over for a look at the new Quake II-themed Enemy Territory game, so I unfortunately didn't get as long as I'd hoped for with what was one of my mo... Leipzig GC 2007: The mysterious mystery of THEY 37 A game called THEY was teasing me for the entirety of the GC. It was one of the first games I made an appointment to see having recieved a press release weeks earlier about it, the last one I got... Leipzig GC 2007: Far Cry 2 30 Around a week into my Leipzig coverage, and looking at my writing schedule I've still got a bunch more FPS to detail. It's a sign of the times my friends, and one I'm not entirely happy about. So... PAX/Leipzig 2007 Combo Breaker! CTZ and David double team Haze 13 During PAX and Leipzig, Free Radical were showing off their the highly anticpated game, Haze. Whereas I (along with several community members) got a chance with some 4 player co-op hands-on with ... Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with Crysis 27 You might have read Fronz's report of his play test of Crysis back in January. While he found the game to be trouser-troubling beautiful and solidly playable -- despite bugs -- he ultimately wasn... Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 16 I like Rabbids. They do a lot of important work. In this world of mopey, emo, RPG heroes, violent, grizzled, downtrodden anti-heroes, earnest corporate mascots, and cute and cuddly cartoon critte... Leipzig GC 2007: Warhound 17 Remember when I said in my Dead Island preview that Techland could have another sleeper on their hands if things work out? Warhound is that game. Most of the journalists I talked to at Leipzig wh... Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with Spore 31 Sometimes things just turn out of the best. Earlier this week I had a ninety-minute appointment over in Electronic Arts' press area, where they had a whole load of their upcoming games available ... Leipzig GC 2007: The rumors are true! Heavens be praised! New Dreamcast games! 44 When I first met up with Lukas "3r0t1c n3rd" Cerin -- a sterling chap in case you don't know him, and a thoroughly dedicated member of the Dtoid army -- on Wednesday night, he told me o... Why is The Witcher so stupid looking? (Possibly NSFW video) 52 Okay, so seriously ... what the [intercourse] is this [fecal matter]? That's a cleaner example of the kind of thought that's been going through my head consistently during every minute of my watc... Leipzig GC 2007: Test driving the Wii Balance Board 35 I stepped up to the Wii Fit Balance Board feeling rather ambivalent about the whole thing. On the one hand, while I'm a big fan of what Nintendo is doing in taking games beyond being playthings a... Leipzig GC 2007: Hands-on with the Super Mario Galaxy demo's secret levels 65 I did not enjoy Nintendo's press "booth tour." Not one little bit. I never suspected for a second that they'd use the occasion to unveil anything radically new, but surely they could ha... Leipzig GC 2007: A New Beginning 15 I've been ranting about the need for a resurgence in point and click adventures for a good while now. The genre's been forsaken as unfashionable for far too long, and in this Wii and DS-dominated... Leipzig GC 2007: Dead Island 15 I've noticed over the years that I have three main reactions to new videogames I like. Firstly, I have the "serious" reaction, whereby I take on an expression of thoughtful reverence in... Leipzig GC 2007: Tom Clancy's EndWar gameplay demo 16 Ubisoft's new RTS Tom Clancy's EndWar kicked up a fair amount of interest when it was announced. The early teasing incited a great deal of intrigue, and when the game was revealed to be an apocal... Leipzig GC 2007: Hideo Kojima presents Metal Gear Solid 4 32 Working at Destructoid is brilliant. None of us will ever deny that. There are some days however, when you wake up that bit more excited and appreciative of you job than others. Days that start ... Leipzig GC 2007: Sony Press Conference 24 Okay, so we've already heard from EA, but what of the company who many still feel has most to prove this generation? I was sitting in on Sony's Leipzig press conference and now, a bit later than ... Ten more Rock Band tracks revealed, coming to PS2 with 'new game elements' 43 Leipzig is on, and Harmonix and Electronic Arts are setting things off by announcing Rock Band for the European market, along with ten new tracks. Not surprisingly, they've also announced that Ro... Leipzig GC 2007: EA Press Conference 17 Leipzig Games Convention 2007 has officially begun! First up this morning at 9:30 was EA's press conference, which I attended slightly dazed of head and achey of bones following the travel "... Like, omigod! Tween girls set to go wild over Dating Day on the DS 19 If there was ever a reason I'm completely bitter and miserable over the fact that I won't be covering Leipzig this year, it's this. German publisher Daedalic Entertainment will be revealing ... Emo rock star elves and gothic witches come to life on the DS in Doodle Hex 12 Doodles. Hexes. Just another day in the life of your average emo rock star elf.Tragnarion Studios has announced Doodle Hex for the Nintendo DS, a game where "Doodlers" compete head-to-h... Capcom to premiere 360 version of Devil May Cry 4 at Leipzig 8 Capcom has confirmed that this year's Leipzig Games Convention will mark the world debut of Devil May Cry 4 on the Xbox 360. While the PlayStation 3 version will also be playable, this marks the ...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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